The UK National Lottery has turned to humour to promote its offering, commissioning a series of television advertisements poking a little fun at high profile celebrities. Created by the AMV BBDO agency, the “Please Not Them” campaign was inspired by the idea that while everyone has big win lottery dreams, they’d rather it was their …
The Financial Times has expanded on the GVC Holdings announcement in May this year that it had combined with Amaya to make an acquisition proposal for Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment. The FT report Tuesday is being widely quoted in the British business media and claims that the two companies have offered GBP 900 million (about US$ …
It seems that the blanket Singapore ban on remote gambling imposed earlier this year (see previous reports) might be loosened in time for local monopolies to benefit from the 2016 European football championship games. Reports across Asian media claim that Singapore Pools and the Singapore Turf Club (STC) have applied to be exempted from the …
Ladbrokes has exited the Danish market with immediate effect saying in a customer communication it is closed for registrations and will not accept further bets with immediate effect. Withdrawals will be processed until July 31, 2015.
Online gaming operator Winamax has signed a two-year clothing sponsorship deal with French Ligue 1 football club Olympique de Marseille. Under the terms of the deal, the Winamax logo will appear on the front and back of the team shorts for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 seasons.
Betradar has launched a Virtual Basketball sports betting product, the first it says in the market, and its fifth sports variant. The “Virtual Basketball League” (VBL) is the result of a massive Motion Capture technology project where two professional basketball teams were captured by over a hundred cameras and sensors on a full-size basketball court, …
According to Hungarian-focused news agency hvg.hu, the Hungarian parliament adopted an amendment to its Gambling Act Monday restricting online sports betting to state-owned Szerencsejáték Zrt., and online horse betting to state-owned Magyar Lóversenyfogadást Szervező Kft. According to the report, online casino concessions are restricted to the only two Hungarian land casino operators owned by Andy …
Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp. has launched its Fantasy Sports Network (FNTSY) and Fight Network on Suddenlink Communication, the US’ seventh largest cable company. The high-definition channels are available to Suddenlink’s 1.5 million subscriber base across the US. FNTSY Sports Network is a 24/7 television network offering live studio programming, call-in shows, expert panels, celebrity …
Antanas Guoga (42), a Lithuanian-born Australian entrepreneur and professional poker player better known as TonyG, has big plans in Denmark for his Tonybet Poker, which has achieved Danish online poker licensing. The site features the increasingly popular Open Face Chinese style of poker, which is now being offered to Danish online poker fans. Sune Hansen, …
State and federal authorities in New Jersey are investigating cyber-attacks launched on four Atlantic City online casino gaming websites late last week, in which criminals orchestrating a Distributed Denial of Service assault demanded a Bitcoin ransom as protection against further attacks. New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement Director David Rebuck said the attack was launched …
The latest 3D interactive slot from software provider BetSoft has been released simultaneously in desktop and mobile versions under the title “Weekend in Las Vegas”. “Dual releases have proved to be very popular,” said Mark McKeown, Betsoft’s VP Sales and Marketing. “With this release structure, we cast a wider net to reach an larger and …
Paddy Power was left red-faced, but well publicised, following an early payout on Wednesday July 1, 2015 when it overconfidently and incorrectly predicted the outcome of a Greek vote on proposed austerity measures. A convincing 61 percent of the Greek vote went to rejecting the proposal, costing Paddy Power “thousands of Euros” it says was …
Live casino provider Evolution Gaming has launched a complete line-up of live tables for Georgian operator Adjarabet. Adjarabet now offers all of Evolution’s generic shared tables – Live Roulette, Blackjack, Baccarat, Casino Hold’em and Three Card Poker, including Immersive Roulette, Blackjack Party and VIP tables – with customers able to play a choice of live …
UK-based content provider 1X2 Gaming has launched its latest 5-reel, 25-payline slot titled “Red Dragon”. As the title suggests, the game is themed around Ancient China, mythical legends and a fierce dragon waiting to be awoken. Features include Wilds, fire breathing Free Spins and a Bonus Round where the more the dragon is revealed, the …
Bede Gaming has partnered High 5 Games (H5G) for the integration of a portfolio of H5G slot content. The new content will launch on the Bede Platform towards the end of 2015, adding to an already impressive third-party content line-up that includes Microgaming, NetEnt, WMS andIGT. “High 5 Games’ content, with its artistic design and …
A UK player identified as “Hilton” has surfed his way to a massive GBP 3.7 million online progressive jackpot win on Playtech’s Beach Life slot game – the second largest of its kind in the company’s 16-year history. The five-reel slot game is one of Playtech’s most popular in-house titles and holds the record for …
NetEnt has released a preview of a new online slot that fans can look forward to later this year, titled Dazzle Me. The game has 5 distinctive reels and 76 bet lines, and features include randomly appearing Dazzling Wild Reels, Free Spins and Linked Reels. Dazzle Me™ keeps the suspense at a high as Dazzling …
Foxium, an Estonian games developer, is the latest to join the Odobo programme with the inaugural launch of its “Big Time Journey” title, a feature-rich, time travel-themed offer. “Games that Foxium delivers via Odobo will increasingly introduce more social gaming elements to enhance every player’s experience. This will serve to supplement the stylised artwork, skilful …
Virtual sports, mobile and SBG video lottery provider Inspired has renewed its virtual sports contract with major Italian gaming operator SNAI. SNAI will soon add “Rush Football 2” to its existing portfolio of eight Inspired Virtual Sports titles across retail and online as part of the extended deal. Additional terms of the deal will see …
NYX Gaming Group will provide an interactive gaming platform for New Jersey’s Golden Nugget Atlantic City online casino. The deal includes the provision of a new website and enhanced mobile applications scheduled for launch in December 2015. In the meantime, the Golden Nugget will begin launching titles from NYX’s content division NextGen Gaming on its …
PlayScan, Svenska Spel’s responsible gambling subsidiary, is to be absorbed back into the company and its PlayScan product will no longer be made available for commercial purchase. Historically, Playscan AB has marketed and developed software for responsible gaming for the regulated industry and counts Svenska Spel, France’s La Francaise des Jeux, Sweden’s Miljonlotteriet, Finland’s Ray …
Spin Games LLC and Nektan plc, through its joint venture company Respin LLC, have inked a deal with payment solutions provider Sightline Interactive for the integration of its Play+ product into Spin’s mobile gaming platform. On completion of the integration, customers will be able to instantly move money in and out of their Play+ account …
International Game Technologies (IGT) will deliver an upgraded Player Services e-commerce solution for Finnish lottery operator Veikkaus Oy while extending its current web and mobile platform support agreement to 2018. “Through this agreement, we will now gain even further flexibility with continued stability,” commented Juha Koponen, chief executive officer or Veikkaus Oy. “Customer personalization is …
Denmark’s state gambling group Danske Spil has acquired a 60 percent stake in fantasy games company Swush.com for an undisclosed consideration following that country’s introduction of Fantasy Sports licensing. The Copenhagen-based company, founded in late 2000, is owned and run by Jesper Carstensen and Ole Christensen and has had a long-running relationship with Danske Spil. …