The American land casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has spent the last three days in a Las Vegas court being questioned about his company’s practices and the dismissal in 2010 of former Sands China CEO Steve Jacobs, who is suing the billionaire. The litigation is focused on whether the American or Macau judicial systems should hear …
Yoyou Gaming, a Shanghai-based development studio, has used Odobo Marketplace to launch its second Asia-themed game in HTML5, an online slot titled Fire Dragon. “Fire Dragon retains the simplicity we aim for in our games with the personality and unique dice symbols that are our trademark,” said Kevin Li, managing director at Yoyougaming, this week …
Online gambling software provider Microgaming has revealed details of its games launches for the month of May, which will take place simultaneously across download, Flash, HTML5, Android Native and iOS Native platforms. Ariana is a 5 reel, 25 pay-line video slot with an aquatic theme and features that include both stacked and expanding symbols during …
Johnny Devitt, Betfair’s director of online marketing for the past year, has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer of the group following a merger of the online marketing and brand director roles on the company executive. Devitt, a mechanical engineering graduate from University College Dublin in 1998, joined Betfair in 2013 as head of marketing platforms, …
The respected Global Betting and Gaming Consultants’ latest edition of its Global Gambling Report is now available and estimates that world gambling revenues were over $450 billion and rising at the end of 2014. The tenth edition of the report reveals that the world market grew by just 1.1 percent in 2013 but performed more …
June 28 this year will be an online gambling occasion to remember in Portugal; that’s the date set for the implementation of the country’s online gambling regulatory and licensing regime. It’s the culmination of almost a decade of lobbying and political debate, but on Wednesday this week the government’s Secretary of State for Tourism, Adolfo …
Video bingo game development company Patagonia Entertainment has announced a game content deal with new online bingo operator Bingo Bombo.com that will see the incorporation of 9 of its games on the newly launched website. Bingo Bombo operates under a Netherlands Antilles licence granted to Vision Media Service N.V. The suite of games includes titles …
Olympic Entertainment Group, an operator of online and mobile casinos, has posted a healthy Q1-2015 report showcasing solid growth and covering the following highlights: * Total revenue up y-o-y 12.4 percent to Euro 39.2 million; * EBITDA up at Euro 8.8 million; * Net profit of Euro 5.5 million (Q1-2014: Euro 4.9 million) thanks to …
Scientific Games online gambling subsidiary Williams Interactive has launched an online version of the popular land casino slot Monopoly Big Event, a game based on the perennial board game favourite bearing the same name. The online version is a 5 reel, 20 pay-line game rich in features that include three interactive bonus games, Wilds, Free …
Online gambling software developer OpenBet has increased its overall headcount by 25 percent following the acquisition of its previously outsourced technical development hub in Greece, the Athens Technical Centre. A company spokesman said the acquisition, for an undisclosed consideration, was part of Openbet’s strategy to increase its global presence and investment in innovation and its …
Online casino operator Mr Green & Co has initiated an appeals process regarding its fiscal responsibility in Austria, and has sought recourse through the European Commission. “We contest the tax liability in its entirety and are hopeful that our objections will be given due consideration. We are now seeking recourse through the Austrian courts and …
The 58-year-old Tropicana Las Vegas casino resort has been bought by Penn National for $360 million, the Associated Press news agency reports. Penn National plans to spend a further $20 million on an extensive revamp of the1,467-room Vegas Strip property.
Arsenal football fans could be excused from scratching their heads over Bodog’s latest promotional drive, which features a video showing a model, all body-painted up….but in arch rival Manchester United strip. In 2013 Bodog and Arsenal agreed a three year official betting partnership deal in Asia (see previous report)
Louisiana could soon join the majority of US states that permit fantasy sports betting following the introduction of a new legalising bill by Republican state Representative Joseph Lopinto from New Orleans. Lopinto’s bill simply provides clarity on the state’s position on fantasy sports, noting that it does not constitute gambling in terms of state law.
The Cherry online gambling group has become the first operator to debut Yggdrasil Gaming’s pooled progressive jackpot video slot, Joker Millions. The new slot has exclusively launched on Cherry’s flexible platform on the gaming sites CherryCasino.com, SpilleAutomater.com, EuroSlots.com and SveaCasino.com, a spokesman revealed Thursday. Joker Millions is a 5×3 slot with 25x win multiplier, paid …
In a wide-ranging press conference this week Jim Murren, chairman of the American Gaming Association and chief executive officer of Las Vegas gambling group MGM Resorts International, opined that the Internet is here to stay, but that if a Sheldon Adelson-inspired federal ban on internet gambling were to succeed, it would not cripple his company. …
Bookmaker UBET has been named exclusive wagering partner to the Australian-based motorsport championship V8 Supercars for the next two years. UBET, formerly TattsBet, also signed as naming rights partner for the Perth SuperSprint at Barbagallo Raceway and recruited veteran V8 Supercar driver Greg Murphy as its motorsport ambassador. The agreement additionally provides UBET with naming …
The Chinese Ministry of Public Security reported the detention of over 140 people since a crackdown began in March on illegal gambling. 1980 cases were opened along with raids on 120 gangs, Xinhua News Agency reported. Among those were cross-border gambling websites “run by overseas casinos”. Three online gambling gangs from the Hainan, Jiangxi and …
American gaming firm Churchill Downs Inc (CDI) reported record net revenues in its first quarter 2015 results, saying its recent acquisition of Big Fish Games had performed beyond expectation. Key performance indicators include: Net revenues of $250.9 million, up 50 percent over first-quarter 2014 Record Adjusted EBITDA of $48.3 million, up 97 percent over first-quarter …
Unibet delivered its first quarter results reporting a drop in gross winnings revenue, the result affected by currency exchange fluctuations. The company said underlying organic growth in gross winnings revenue was more than 15 percent if considered in a constant currency. Key performance highlights for the quarter included: Gross winnings revenue of GBP 76.1 million …
Webis Holdings PLC has appointed Ed Comins, its current group director and president of WatchandWager.com LLC, as group managing director. Comins replaces Garry Knowles who the company said is leaving under mutual agreement at the end of this month.
Burgeoning online gambling games developer High 5 Games, has officially opened its new premises on the 58th and 59th floors of the newly opened 1 World Trade Center, taking possession of 87,663 square feet of floor space. “The opening of our new WTC headquarters represents a new chapter in the history of High 5 Games …
The impartial and professional manner in which Pennsylvania’s House Gaming Oversight Committee is assembling information on the possible legalisation of online gambling in the state was again in evidence Tuesday when the committee held its second hearing this week at the Mount Airey Casino Resort in northeast Pennsylvania. Our readers will recall that there are …
Mission2Game is a recently launched online casino utilising a new software platform from Soft Magic Dice. The platform provides slots, such as 80’s Night, 20,000 Leagues, Caesar’s Gold, Jewels of The Dead, Nights of Sahara and Trust Fund Baby, along with a variety of baccarat, blackjack and roulette variants, video poker, scratch cards, bingo and …