The Stars Group has acquired a 62 percent equity interest in CrownBet Holdings Pty Limited from Crown Resorts Limited for an aggregate amount of around US$117.7 million in cash. CrownBet launched its online sports betting operations in Australia in 2014, growing its revenues from A$76.5 million in 2015 to approximately A$204.0 million in 2017 and …
iSoftBet will offer operators in the Danish market a range of casual games from game developer Spigo. The integration marks the first time iSoftBet will offer social games, delivered through its Game Aggregation Platform (GAP). Titles from the Danish developer include single player, multiplayer, card-based, dice-based, classic and modern games such as Diamonds, Fruits and …
According to the Australian Financial Review (AFR) four bids had been received by the Citigroup’s Monday deadline for the acquisition of William Hill’s Australian operation, which is led by CEO Tom Waterhouse. bet365, Sportsbet, Ladbrokes and Crownbet are speculated to be in the running with the winning bidder expected to be announced Friday this week. …
Content developer Habanero has launched a new graphic-rich video slot melding two themes from Steam Punk to palaeontology in its ‘London Hunter’ title. Set in Victorian London, the five-reel, three-row, fixed 25-line slot requires players help save the city from devastation when an escaped dinosaur takes to its streets. Features include free games, multipliers and evolving Wilds, …
iGaming customer retention specialist Enteractive has struck a deal with online sports betting and casino operator Pinnacle. Enteractive’s Player (Re)activation Service is now live with the operator, which turns churned players into active users through its unique one-to-one personal phone calls. Enteractive CEO Mikael Hansson said: “This is another major deal for us, which highlights our growing reputation in the iGaming industry …
Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) has entered into a partnership with Hong Kong-based game studio, D-Tech in which it has acquired a 36 percent stake in the company for a Euro 360,000 consideration. “We are very happy with this investment and with the partnership between us and D-Tech,” Mathias Larsson, managing director of GIG Games, said. “The people behind the studio …
Betsson has agreed a content supply deal with Relax Gaming in which Relax will initially provide its suite of table games, before rolling out further products later in 2018. Relax Blackjack and Roulette will go live on Betsson.com as well as on a number of other Betsson brands including Betsafe, NordicBet, Oranje Casino, and Casino.dk, via Relax’s proprietary RNG engine. Patrik Österåker, Relax …
UK bookmaker, Betfred, and daily news and betting publisher, Racing Post, have collaborated to provide mobile customers a new digital football content package. The offer, through Betfred’s latest iOS and Android Apps, provides a broad range of football markets from Betfred and football data content from Racing Post including match verdicts, keys stats for a variety of …
Online casino operator BGO Entertainment is the latest industry company to take the innovative Rightlander tracking software on board, which will enable it to ensure affiliate marketer compliance with growing regulation. Rightlander is a landing page tracking platform that allows affiliates as well as operators to effectively and efficiently identify broken landing pages, or those …
Daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings showed its determined move into the sports betting vertical this week with the appointment of Sean Hurley as head of sportsbook, based in New Jersey and reporting directly to co-founder and chief revenue officer Matt Kalish. In a statement Monday DraftKings outlined Hurley’s responsibilities as assisting in the build, launch …
Betway has landed three new sponsorships in partnership with prominent esports firm ESL. The new sponsorship’s comprise ESL’s Intel® Extreme Masters (IEM) and ESL One in 2018; starting with a sponsorship of IEM Katowice this February. In addition, Betway will sponsor Season Seven and Season Eight of the CS:GO Pro League, which conclude in May and December of this year. Adam Savinson, Betway, said: …
Online casino Win A Day has augmented its crypto currency deposit and payment services with Litecoin following the addition of BitCoin late last year. LiteCoin peer-to-peer cryptocurrency is considered to be a faster and cheaper alternative to Bitcoin.
William Hill is addressing the gender pay debate with the release of a new report detailing numerous internal gender pay breakdown’s in terms of pay at a senior level, bonus receivers, and gender balance. “Our median pay gap is 5.71% and our mean pay gap is 17.19%,” the company said, saying the reason behind the gaps …
Blueprint Gaming’s upcoming branded release is the heavy-metal-themed video slot titled ‘Spin̈al Tap’. Spin̈al Tap is a parody band, who first appeared in 1979 on ABC TV in a sketch comedy pilot called The T.V. Show and later hit the big screen in a movie that traced a music tour undertaken by the fictional aging British …
500.com lottery betting subsidiary, Lotto Warehouse, has signed an exclusive B2B deal with Earners Alliance, the owner and operator of numerous online casino’s including Casino Wilds, Betify, Loco Joker, Winner Resort and Slot Champ, and a provider of white label solutions. “Lottery Betting has evolved over the course of the last 18 months or so from being a new and upcoming …
A new online casino operation has gone live on Aspire Global’s platform. Goliath Casino is headed up by co-founder and chief executive officer Marcus Adler who served most recently as head of online acquisition at LeoVegas. The new destination has initially launched with online casino but expects the integration of a sportsbook to follow shortly with an extensive offer including …
International Game Technology PLC (IGT), through its subsidiary, IGT Global Solutions Corporation, has been awarded the lottery system and other services contract with the South Carolina Education Lottery (SCEL). Under the terms of the agreement, IGT will provide a new draw-based central system, new lottery terminals, a back-up, multifaceted communications network, and ongoing services to the SCEL for a …
Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) has acquired a majority stake in Brazil-based video bingo content developer E-SYS Techologia EM Informática (EsysnetG) for an undisclosed consideration. SGC will expand its video bingo content through the acquisition which provides access to EsysnetG’s existing and future video bingo content for the development of online, mobile, and land-based games. EsysnetG is a privately-held …
Play’n GO’s latest slot release is a five-reel, 20-payline slot themed on royal riches and all that glitters. ‘Gold King’ offers a super spins mode when the King symbol lands on reels one, three and five – which awards players 10 free spins – and a Super Stack feature amid others. Johan Törnqvist, CEO of …
A lucky PokerStars Casino player won GBP 1.2 million, when Blueprint Gaming’s Jackpot King progressive jackpot landed while playing Genie Jackpots. The freshly-minted Norwegian millionaire plans to use some of the winnings to attend future PokerStars Live events and to take family on a summer holiday. “When the wheel stopped at the jackpot, I was …
UK-based content developer Tom Horn Gaming has agreed a deal with BetConstruct for the supply of its full portfolio of video slot games. The deal enables Betconstruct operators to boost their games offer with titles that include Blackbeard’s Quest, Don Juan’s Pepper and 243 Crystal Fruits, among many others. Ondrej Lapides, CEO at Tom Horn …
ORYX Gaming will integrate Golden Hero mobile-first content to its platform after reaching a partnership agreement. All games are built on a new HTML5 framework, optimised for flexibility, size and speed which, together with ORYX’s games platform, caters for any type of game mechanic and jackpot solution,” ORYX said. In addition, Golden Hero offers a …
Yggdrasil Gaming has clinched its latest deal with Global Gaming for the integration of its entire portfolio of games. Global Gaming brands Ninja Casino, NettiCasino and Kotikasino will offer customers Yggdrasil Gaming’s full portfolio of slots along with its BOOST in-game promotional tools. Yggdrasil CEO Fredrik Elmqvist said: “Much like Yggdrasil, Global Gaming is a …
Online casino software provider SoftSwiss has rebranded to become BGaming. The company revealed it has invested “several million” in the rebranding of its proprietary content along with new appointments to support its new vision. SoftSwiss CEO Ivan Montik said: “We are lucky to welcome one of the really best talents in the industry. This makes …