The Danish gambling authority Spillemyndigheden’s Birgitte Sand has signed a bilateral cooperation agreement with Jenny Williams of Britain’s Gambling Commission. Spillemyndigheden announced a similar cross-border partnership with French gambling authority ARJEL (see previous report) earlier this week. The scope of the cooperation will include the protection of personal data, safeguarding player accounts, advertising supervision and …
Curacao-licensed bitcoin and real-money online casino Bitstarz is the latest to partner FENgaming in a content deal inked this week. The partnership will allow Bitstarz to offer a suite of NetEnt games to add to an already established portfolio comprising games from third party providers Quickfire, Amatic, Ezugi and BetSoft. “NetEnt games add more depth …
Phuket Police have arrested eight Koreans accused of operating an online gambling business that it estimates would have had THB 100 million in annual turnover. The men were arrested following raids on four condominium’s in Wichit, Phuket, however, the mastermind behind the operation is reportedly still on the run. THB 60 000 in cash, mobile …
Social games developer Plumbee has added a new game to its award-winning Mirrorball Slots social casino range. Jewel Blast is a five reel, 25 pay-line slot developed by Quickspin for the Mirrorball Slots App on Facebook. It can also be unlocked at level 40 on Android and will be coming to iOS soon, according to …
Adam Smith, currently head of external affairs at Paddy Power, is about to take up a newly created post at Sky Betting and Gaming as head of corporate communications, reporting to marketing chief Rob Painter. PR Week reports that Smith will work with CEO Richard Flint and the rest of Sky’s management team and be …
Pokerstars has taken the plunge, releasing its sportsbook in the UK market and accepting bets on football, tennis, basketball, ice hockey, rugby union, handball, and volleyball, with more promised soon. The new vertical is accessible via the Pokerstars 7 client, and mobile punters are catered for on both iOS and Android app formats. The sportsbook …
The latest addition to the roll call of online casinos, Yako Casino, is on the final run-up to a July launch, according to a company statement issued this week, bringing with it a special focus on personalising the gaming experience for online punters by tracking their activity and offering appropriate games and promos. Announced back …
Bill HB475, which looked to create state law exemptions effectively legalising daily fantasy sports in Louisiana, was pulled this week by sponsor Rep. Joseph Lopinto who said: “I didn’t have the votes”. The bill sailed through the State House but encountered heavy opposition not just in the Senate Judiciary Committee but from the lobbying efforts …
Finnish online casino Casinohuone has augmented its game offer with content from QuickSpin and Play’n GO that include a mix of classic favourites and more recent releases. “We are delighted to announce partnerships with two industry-leading game providers,” Atte Sarantila, brand manager for Casinohuone said. “Our players will have an even wider selection of exciting …
A new contender in the fantasy sports arena, Chicago-headquartered SportsLock, has secured $5 million in Series A funding just two months after launching its app but says its fantasy sports offer is different from those offered by market leaders DraftKings and FanDuel. SportsLock says its product is a mobile application offering “a first-of-its-kind fantasy sports …
Denmark gambling authority Spillemyndigheden’s report on the markets’ first quarter based on duty/tax payments from license holders was released this week. In terms of total Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR), the first quarter of this year delivered an amount of DKK 750 million, up from the comparative first quarter 2014 of DKK 670 million. Of that …
Amaya Gaming Group, in partnership with Connective Games, has struck a content supply deal with Dutch-facing Spillehallen.dk The deal not only covers a portfolio of Amaya Gaming’s proprietary game titles but includes those from other third-party developers. “We have experienced great success within the Danish market as a direct result of an excellent gaming platform …
Genesis Gaming has premiered its latest Egyptian-themed Gods of Giza title exclusively on the Quickfire Network in Flash and HTML5 for a limited time. The game debuts a new Rotating Reels feature which rotates a full 360 degrees following each free spin, stopping every 90 degrees to re-evaluate new winning combinations from the shifting symbols. …
Texas-based game developer Bee Cave Games has closed a Series A funding round for $5.5 million from sole investor Matrix Partners, its fourth investment in the company. Total funds raised to date exceed $10 million with the latest being used to support the growth of Bee Cave’s current and future titles. Following this latest round, …
William Hill has withdrawn from the Romanian market due to regulatory developments in the country. The company said in a customer communication that it will no longer accept business from Romanian residents for the forseeable future. Romanian customer accounts have been suspended with immediate effect but allow for the withdrawal of outstanding balances.
Curacao-headquartered turnkey and white-label solutions provider SoftSwiss’ partnership with FENgaming, established earlier this year, has borne fruit enabling SoftSwiss customers access to a portfolio of NetEnt games. NetEnt is the fifth game content partner to be added to SoftSwiss’ online casino software platform which already offers third party content from Microgaming, Amatic, BetSoft and Ezugi. …
Spillemyndigheden, the Danish gaming authority and French counterpart ARJEL have signed a bilateral cooperation agreement that strengthens their common views on the regulation of gaming. The agencies will work together on common principles in terms of protection for consumers, gamers and minors, combating money laundering and terrorist financing, protection of private information, supervision of advertising …
Playtech-powered online casino WinTrillions.com has abruptly closed its virtual doors less than two years after it was founded. On Monday this week the casino management announced the closure, citing financial problems but promising that all owed players will be paid. The Alderney-licensed operation was operated by Ledonford Gaming Services Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of …
Software provider NetEnt has announced that a selection of its award-winning games is now live and available in Spain with major gaming operators 888, Premiere Megaplex and Paf. Our readers will recall NetEnt’s announcement earlier this week that it has secured licensing from the Spanish regulator Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling. Following successful …
Online gambling software and games developer BetSoft has announced that it is to provide its full suite of desktop and mobile games to the land-based Belgian operator Starcasino for use on the website Star Casino.be. “This is our first foray into the Belgian market,” said Annamaria Anastasi of Betsoft. “Star Casino has established an impeccable …
Russia-based online gambling platform provider Connective Games together with Amaya Inc have partnered with Danish-facing online casino Spillehallen.dk, providing operator with access to proprietary slot games, along with offerings from third-party games developers. Originally a manufacturer of land-based slot machines for the Danish market, Spillehallen.dk is a Danish-language online gambling operator, licensed by the Danish …
Swedish online gambling software provider NetEnt has been awarded licensing by the Spanish regulator, the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling. The licenses authorise NetEnt to operate in the Spanish market on both a general license for the operation of online games and a singular license for slot games, and follows an extensive application …
Prima Networks, powered by Microgaming, will today (Tuesday) launch online and mobile slots in the regulated Spanish market, which has been opened for online and mobile slot action and exchange betting by the regulator. Prima will be taking several big-name operators live today in Spain with a Microgaming-powered collection of slots, the company has announced. …
Global Gaming Network, Inc., a California-based developer and aggregator of digital sports information for online and mobile platforms, has announced plans to merge with the Innovativ Media Group, Inc., a Los Angeles-based producer and distributor of digital entertainment. The two companies has signed a letter of intent that envisages a reverse takeover transaction, whereby the …