In case you hadn’t remembered, today is April Fool’s Day and a good time to look at articles with cynical and cautious eyes. One of the better pranks which had affiliate marketers concerned early in the day was what appeared to be a news item posted on some forums, reporting that the US Department of …
The latest Morgan Stanley assessment of the US online gambling market created a few shivers Tuesday, slashing the analyst’s estimate of the potential U.S. Internet gambling market by nearly half to $2.7 billion by 2020. The firm attributed its more cautious estimates to slow developments and legislative uncertainty. The firm’s original estimate was $5 billion …
Endorphina, the Prague-based online gambling software provider, has announced a content deal that will see it supplying games to Asian slot game supplier XIN Gaming. The Czech company is to integrate its remote game server into XIN Gaming’s platform, providing its full portfolio of 30 casino slot games, spokesman Ruslan Lyulko said this week. “With …
The latest numbers from the Nevada regulator show that at $916 million gaming revenues were back in negative territory in February, declining 1 percent compared to the same period last year, and down nearly 4 percent from the preceding month figure. Las Vegas Strip revenues were down 4.4 percent at $531 million due to a …
GSN Games has further boosted its social gaming offering with the acquisition for an undisclosed consideration of social casino firm Idle Gaming. The agreement includes additional mobile technology and experienced members of staff at Idle. Our readers will recall that GSN bought bingo social gaming company Bash Gaming last year. GSN chief operating officer Steve …
ComeOn and Mobilbet online casino owner Co-Gaming has for the third time renewed its sports book supply agreement with SBTech. SBTech’s online sports book product is enhanced by the recent acquisition of a UK Gambling Commission licence, opening opportunities in the UK market (see previous report). Under the renewed agreement SBTech’s offering will include horse …
Top Lebanese state prosecutor Samir Hammoud has urged enforcement agencies in the country to crack down on illegal online gambling operators and pursue those who pirate Lebanese brand or copyright material by tracking down websites and taking appropriate action, reports the Daily Star newspaper.
Montreal-based and Toronto-listed online gambling group Amaya Gaming captured mainstream headlines Tuesday with an eight-fold increase in quarterly adjusted earnings, and an announcement that it intends to seek a secondary listing on Nasdaq. Management advised shareholders that the company aims for growth in its core poker business (the Rational group acquired last year for $4.9 …
Net Entertainment has announced a new content deal, this one with Codere, which will see the Swedish software provider supplying a suite of games to Codere’s Spanish online casino operation. Codere is a major Spanish gaming group with a significant presence in Italy and Latin America, and Net Entertainment’s deal with the group follows its …
Betting companies in Cyprus fed up with the advantages held by Greek-Czech gambling monopoly OPAP have formed an association with overturning the monopoly top of the agenda. Early members of the new Cyprus Betting Companies Association include Bet on Alfa, Fair Champions Meridien, Cy Bet and Megabet Plus, reports the Cyprus Mail. The companies are …
The tribal gambling industry in the United States continued to grow in 2013, albeit by a mere 0.5 percent, reports the Casino City Indian Gaming study, which notes that: * Tribal casinos in the United States won $28.3 billion from gamblers in 2013, a record for the tribal gaming industry; * There were 244 Native …
The relentless Malaysian police pursuit of illegal online gambling continued this week with a late afternoon raid in the Sarawak province which saw 17 people arrested and 10 computer sets and other evidence seized. “We raided a venue at Piasau Industrial Estate and rounded up four women and 17 men,” Miri police chief ACP Gan …
The Amaya Gaming group in Montreal has shed another subsidiary as part of its strategy to concentrate on internet and mobile gaming, confirming that it has entered into a sales agreement with AGS for Cadillac Jack, a slots manufacturing company. AGS is associated with fund management group Apollo Global Management LLC, which has about US$160 …
Online gaming software provider GameAccount has launched a new baccarat game, branded EZ Baccarat, in partnership with DEQ Systems Corporation. EZ Baccarat is carried on GameAccount’s Simulayted Gaming platform , with the first client Foxwoods Resort Casino Connecticut. Parx Casino in Pennsylvania and Empire Casino in New York will soon follow suit. GameAccount …
Vahe Baloulian, chief executive officer at BetConstruct, has announced that his company has signed a content deal that will see his company providing its Odds Feed service, covering over 20,000 matches a month, to online casino and sportsbook operator Gaming1 and its Cirbus.be site in the Belgian market. Gaming1 chief executive officer Sylvain Boniver …
With fifteen years in the online gambling industry under his belt, and a wealth of contacts, Alessandro Allara is well qualified to head up the online gambling division of Italian gambling group SNAI in Rome, a position he took up earlier this month after leaving Paddy Power, where he was Direttore della comunicazione, Italia. …
The management at Slotland online casino has reported a $180,004 jackpot hit on the Lucky Ducts slot game. Winning player DonnaS has been a regular at the casino for the past two years and told casino staff that whilst playing on a cold, dark winter’s evening she hit the jackpot. She plans to …
Prague-based online casino developer Endorphina has announced a new content deal with the Pololo group, which comprises the MrCasinos, Lightbet.com and BetTap online gambling websites. Pololo spokesman David Blomquist said this week : “Our aim is to target a broader range of potential players for our sites. Our brands are growing fast and we’re confident …
Online gambling software and games developer Microgaming has announced the launch of a new scheduled for early April titled Rabbit in the Hat. The new offering is a 5 reel 9 pay-line vbideo slot with a magician theme, presented with sharp graphics and appropriate sound effects. The base game springs to life when a colourful …
Greek gambling monopoly OPAP has posted its annual results for 2014 showing that despite tough economic conditions in its home nation, it has managed to grow and improve. Key points in the overall performance of the group include: * Net profits up y-o-y by 41 percent to Euro 199.2 million, boosted by new games and …
Online gambling jackpot tracker site Casino Listings.com, which uses proprietary software to monitor jackpot wins on most of the major online gambling platforms, reports as March draws to a close that it has been a fortunate period for at least 18 online punters who have hit jackpots in excess of $100,000. Biggest win this month …
Harvey Munford, a Nevada Assemblyman serving his last term of office, is making the introduction of an online lottery his last hurrah, submitting a proposal that this form of gambling be added to the list of games approved by the legislature for interstate agreements. Local media reports reveal that the proposal has been introduced in …
The UK Gambling Commission’s recent suspension of online gambling company MetroPlay-666Bet’s licence last week (see previous report) has been followed by the news that director of companies Paul Bell is being questioned by police in connection with an alleged £21 million fraud and money-laundering case. Reporting on the case over the weekend, the Sunday Independent …
The Rutgers Center for Gambling Studies has published the first of four annual independent reports on the efficacy of New Jersey’s responsible gambling requirements for the online gambling market. In summary, the report (see link below) indicates that the responsible gaming facilities offered by the New Jersey operators are used by only a small percentage …