Norbert Teufelberger, the chief executive of the troubled and currently up for sale Bwin Party Digital Entertainment online gambling group, could be in the money big time if a successful acquisition of the company goes through. Since last November the group has been on the sales block, and has confirmed that it is in talks …
Police in Sibu, a city in the Sarawak province of Malaysia, have again been active over the weekend, raiding 12 locations and arresting 35 people – 13 operator staff and 22 online punters. Inspector-General of Police Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said the Anti-Vice, Gambling and Gangsterism Special Task Force operations followed tip-offs and investigations, and …
Rep. John Payne’s House Gaming Oversight committee continued its road trip style investigations last week, stopping at the Meadows Racetrack and Casino, where owner Bill Paulos and vice president and general manager Sean Sullivan, along with other industry executives, gave their views on internet gambling legalisation and the competitive challenges facing state businesses. “This is …
The Jakarta Globe reports that the national police force in Indonesia is enjoying success in its latest drive to shut down illegal internet gambling, and has blocked 360 sites operated from Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. “We are working together with the Communications Ministry in blocking the sites,” Brig. Gen. Viktor Simandjuntak, director of the …
Kelly Harris (27), the Brisbane, Australia-based financial officer of the Queensland Police Union, has resigned following an annual audit which found a million dollars had gone missing from the union’s accounts over a six month period. Harris has engaged a lawyer as investigations progress, with allegations that the missing funds were channeled into a series …
The majority of the 42 employees laid off in Orlando recently by social gaming developer Zynga have found a new home with the rising daily fantasy sports star Fanduel, which has taken on 38 of them in opening its new Orlando office. The casualties of Zynga’s failed Sports 365 venture will be led by one …
The break up of the Legendz online sports betting ring last year had another sequel in an Oklahoma federal court this week when three men were found guilty on racketeering conspiracy, conducting an illegal gambling business and money laundering conspiracy charges. Rodger Bramley, 73, of Plano, Texas; Kelley Diebner, 43, of Houston; and Leon Moran …
The ill-informed claims last week by Lyle Beckwith of the National Association of Convenience Stores that geo-location is not effective in intrastate online gambling situations has been debunked by Anna Sainsbury, chief executive officer of GeoComply. Beckwith made the claims in an op-ed article in the Washington DC publication Roll Call in what appeared to …
Las Vegas Sands owner Sheldon Adelson’s bid to have a court action heard in Macau rather than in the United States was defeated Friday when US federal Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez ruled that the full case could be heard in the Nevada. Adelson is being sued by former Macau executive Steven Jacobs, who has alleged that …
According to a report in the business section of the Irish Times, local betting group Boylesports is making moves aimed at taking over Ladbrokes’ loss-making Irish retail business, placed under High Court protection earlier this year at Ladbrokes request . The Deloittes manager appointed by the court as examiner to oversee a rescue bid, Ken …
Thwarted in a bid to take over the UK online bingo supplier Chelbis recently, the Toronto-based online gambling software developer Contagious Gaming has signed a letter of intent to acquire the well-established German sportsbook software provider Digitote. In a press statement advising its intentions, management at Contagious said the Digitote deal was worth Euro 5 …
World famous professional boxer Manny Pacquino has lent his name to a new Costa Rica-based online sportsbook and casino launching this week, entitled Vital Bet.com. The operation is powered by UltraPlay and accepts wagers via Bitcoin or more traditional currencies through a proprietary financial firm in Cyprus. In addition to an RNG casino, the site …
Shock news from Florida is that Merkur Gaming exec and industry veteran Jens Halle (58) passed away suddenly as a result of a chest infection earlier this week. Merkur parent group Gauselmann Gaming issued a statement yesterday (Thursday) advising that Halle had died “suddenly and unexpectedly” on Wednesday in a Florida hospital. Halle was married …
Given the Russian government’s tough anti-online gambling stance, it’s an optimistic games developer who seeks to penetrate the market in that country, but Prague-based Endorphina Gaming is going to have a crack at it. The company has announced that it plans to launch a brand new and Russian folk crafts themed video slot called Gzhel …
Poker Players Alliance director Rich Muny has flagged a deeply biased mailer campaign by Sheldon Adelson’s Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling that has targeted Pennsylvania residents. Muny published samples of the highly partisan mailers, which rely on the questionable results of the discredited Harper telephone auto-poll recently commissioned by the Coalition purporting to show that …
Australian problem gambling specialist Dr Sally Gainsbury from Southern Cross University is to present the findings of her latest research to an international addiction conference on the Gold Coast today, and has told ABC News that more education on the dangers of problem gambling is needed. The advent of smart phone betting and gambling has …
IGT, which claims to hold the largest portfolio of slot game feature patents in North America, has reached IP patent cross-licence agreement for the North American market with NetEnt, the Swedish online gambling content provider. The agreement enables NetEnt to offer games in North America that include any of the patented game features contained in …
Online gambling software developer and provider Betsoft Gaming has inked a content deal with Italian sportsbook provider AR Management which will see the Italian company taking on Betsoft’s Slots3 range of online games to distribute to a wide range of clientele. “Italian iGaming is one of the more exciting markets, and AR Management stands out …
Panel speakers at the G2E Asia conference this week said that the suspension of Chinese online lottery activity by the Chinese authorities was an understandable move on the government’s part to bring more order and control to a rapidly expanding sector. The success of the booming online lottery business had been beyond expectations, with lottery …
The troubled online gambling group Bwin Party Digital Entertainment has posted another mediocre quarterly report, recording that revenues year on year slipped a further 6 percent, although they were up a similar amount when compared with the preceding quarter. Q1-2015 revenue was Euro 155.3 million, with nationally regulated and/or taxed markets represented 62 percent of …
Tabcorp Holdings Limited has announced that it has resolved with the Australian Taxation Office the tax treatment of the $597.2 million it paid to the State of Victoria in 1994 in relation to the wagering and gaming licences granted at that time. The agreed tax treatment provides Tabcorp with an allowable deduction of A$429.6 million, …
Swedish online gambling software provider NetEnt has released its first game designed from the outset with a mobile first mindset, according to a company statement. The new release, Stickers, is a 5-reel, 3-row video slot with 20-lines (fixed), built in HTML5 for both desktop and mobile. It features regular Wild symbols that transform into Sticky …
Soft Magic Dice, a relatively new online gambling software provider, has previewed a new online slot for release soon, themed on the television program Prison Break. The slot is a five-reel slot game with 25 pay-lines, and carries a theme based on an encounter between prison supervisors and inmates who prepare an escape plan, all …
Betfair marketers have just completed an innovative and attention-grabbing project in the Midlands city of Hull, where the favourite football team is facing relegation in league competitions. Pinning the innovative project on a desire to cheer up Hull fans, Betfair organised a publicity campaign built around a drone hovering over the city and randomly dropping …