Spin Games LLC, in conjunction with KGM Gaming, have integrated their games to the Bally IGS in New Jersey for distribution of a wide range of content on the Golden Nuggett Casino online gaming website. “It is exciting to be expanding our offerings and make our mark as a proven content provider, as well as …
Following Portugal’s entry into force of new online gambling law this past weekend (see previous reports), its gambling authority Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ) has published the necessary rules and requirements for the game and online wagering. The SRIJ invites all stakeholders to participate on proposed rules and regulations within the next …
Game developer Play’n GO has launched its latest online slot title “Royal Masquerade”. Players take a romantic trip to Venice of old in this five-reel, 10-payline slot, lighting up prize-winning combinations as they traverse along Venetian canals, meeting other masquerade ball guests while baroque music plays in the background. Royal Masquerade includes Play’n GO’s Win …
NetEnt has completed the integration of a portfolio of casino games within Danske Spil’s Vegas online casino platform following a web and mobile content supply deal inked in March (see previous report). “I am very pleased to announce that we have launched our games with Danske Spil, one of the leading WLA operators. I am …
Betclic Everest Group (BEG) has posted its first net profit since 2007, French publication Les Echos said in a brief report. Key performance indicators for the 2014 fiscal period include: – Net profit of Euro 1.1 million compared to a loss of Euro 8 million in fiscal 2013. – Group EBITDA rise of 53 percent …
William Hill has launched a Startup Accelerator in Shoreditch, London and Tel Aviv, Israel under its newly formed WH Labs. The initiative is a new partnership with technology entrepreneur Stuart Marks’ investment fund L Marks that aims to develop new betting technologies through the provision of funding, office space and mentorship. “The purpose of WHLabs …
The Swedish online gambling group Betsson AB announced Monday that it has acquired privately owned land and online gaming operator Europe-Bet based in the eastern European nation of Georgia. The deal gives Betsson access to the growing Georgian market, making it the second largest local online gaming operator in Georgia with close to 30 percent …
The Association of British Bookmakers has finally and permanently replaced former CEO Dirk Vennix, who departed for greener pastures in January this year (see previous report). The new man at the top is Malcolm George, a 1985 University of Warwick BA Honours graduate in economics and international studies with an impressive resume that includes management …
In an op-ed article in the Toronto Star this weekend, prominent Canadian legal expert Michael Geist warns on the dangers of allowing provinces like Quebec to introduce internet blocking measures unchallenged. Geist, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, questions the motives for …
Despite the closure of the Riviera Hotel and Casino at the beginning of the month, Nevada land gambling operations continued to prosper in May, with revenues rising 3.3 percent y-o-y to over a billion dollars, according to figures released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. With the Paquino-Mayweather fight bringing crowds to Las Vegas, casinos …
The UK Gambling Commission has published industry statistics for the period 1 April 2010 to 30 September 2014, with the final twelve months of the period providing a useful comparison benchmark for the future as one of the last set of pre-point-of-consumption gambling statistics. Highlights from the report include: * Only 19 percent of UK …
Given its track record of opposition to online ticket sales in state lotteries, it is hardly surprising that the the Association for Convenience & Fuel Retailing Stores (NACS) was among the first last week to applaud the re-introduction to the US Senate of the Restoration of America’s Wire Act. The notoriously misinformed Senior Vice President …
The change in Italian online gambling regulations allowing operators to offer casino games and notably slots has proved to be popular with players according to local media reports. Pokerstars’ dedicated Italian operation is among the first to offer online slots this month following its introduction of blackjack and roulette in May. The new slot games …
The state Supreme Court in California made a landmark ruling on internet cafe ‘sweepstakes’ style online gambling last week, almost unnoticed in the celebrations over the federal Supreme Court’s recognition of gay marriage rights in the same timeframe. The bad news for internet cafe operators who have used the ‘sweepstakes’ loophole is that the court …
Paddy Power and the major French betting group PMU have announced the renewal of the five year partnership between the companies, which originally agreed to collaborate in the French sports betting market back in 2010. The agreement tasks Paddy Power with risk management, event management and fixed odds pricing services to PMU in a business-to-business …
NYX Gaming has launched a new scheme which awards free casino rounds as a prize in the real time poker achievements technology Instant Rewards. The announcement follows NYX’s recent acquisition of Ongame Poker Network (see previous reports). Instant Rewards is an integrated achievements system where rewards are triggered by action at the table. The product …
Something went spectacularly wrong at the UK gambling group Coral Wednesday when large numbers of players – some claiming never to have had anything to do with the gambling group – started receiving repetitive and intensely annoying text messages offering online betting services. Despite using the “stop” facility within the SMS messages, the text promos …
Online gambling software developer and turnkey provider 1Click reports taht it has launched a new white label casino and sportsbetting site for an unidentified client at Wintika.com. The site is licensed in Curacao and runs an affiliate program via Partners.Wintika.com, which is owned and operated by HighWeb Ventures N.V. Financial transactions are routed through Cyprus. …
The erstwhile Seals With Clubs online poker site operator Bryan Micon entered a guilty plea of running an illegal online gambling website when he appeared in a Las Vegas court Thursday. Our readers will recall that Micon cut a deal earlier in the week to return to the United States in order to clear his …
Presidential hopeful Sen. Mark Rubio found himself defending his support for Sheldon Adelson’s Restoration of America’s Wire Act shortly after it was re-introduced in the Senate this week (see previous report). At a town hall meet in New Hampshire reporters pressed the candidate on his support for a bill widely believed to have been drafted …
Plus500, the troubled financial CFD trader that Playtech recently agreed to acquire in a £459.6 million offer (see previous report), has pushed ahead with its marketing programme, agreeing this week to a two-year extension of its football shirt sponsorship association with Atletico Madrid. Playtech’s Plus500 deal remains under threat from the powerful London-based hedge fund …
At least some of the RMB 64 billion in funds that China’s Academy of Social Sciences claimed earlier this week was unaccounted for (see previous report) has been found; according to a Reuters report released Thursday RMB 16.9 billion (about US$2.72 billion) was misused or misappropriated. The government’s National Audit Office claims that it has …
Daily fantasy sports provider DraftKings has confirmed that the $250 million Walt Disney investment in the company is off the table, although it has salvaged an exclusive three-year advertising deal with Disney subsidiary ESPN. Neither company has offered any explanation for the change, although industry observers have noted that Disney may have shied away from …
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has acted on complaints it has received that William Hill and Ladbrokes have crossed the legality line in their new in-play betting drive Downunder. The organisation has asked the Australian Federal Police to enquire into the companies’ tactics to establish whether they are breaking the law. The issue hinges …