The Misionbet online gambling site will be back online this week, at least in its home province in Argentina, following the implementation of geo-location measures ensuring that the action is confined within the boundaries of the Misiones province. Our readers may recall that the website was taken offline last year by the Buenos Aires public …
Barely two months on from its successful but agonisingly slow passage through the Pennsylvanian Legislature, the state’s new gambling expansion laws are already under fire, with legal actions filed against provisions relating to the establishment of mini-land casinos and subsidies paid by successful land operators to underperforming rivals. Our readers will recall that the $376 …
A range of games from online gambling games developer Oryx Gaming has been successfully integrated and launched at several of ComeOn! Group’s i-Gaming brands operated by XCaliber, both of which are subsidiaries of the Cherry Group. A wide range of casino games has gone live with Cherry Casino, Sunny Player Casino and Sunmaker. Games will …
Live dealer games and technology provider Evolution Gaming has announced that it is extending its Dual Play presence with Rank Group plc with the installation of a bespoke multi-camera Dual Play Baccarat table at Grosvenor Casino The Victoria in London. The Dual Play Baccarat table, Evolution’s first to go live internationally, joins The Vic’s existing …
Online gambling games developer BetSoft has announced a partnership deal with online gambling operator BtoBet that will see the latter company taking on board BetSoft’s complete suite of mobile and desktop accessible games. “I’m proud of the recent agreement signed with Betsoft,” said Alessandro Fried, BtoBet’s chairman. “Its high level digital games combined with BtoBet’s …
Indian online games developer Nazara Games has acquired a majority stake in sports games developer NextWave MultiMedia, two months ahead of Nazara’s planned IPO. Chennai-based NextWave owns the intellectual property for one of the most popular cricket games in India, World Cricket Championship (WCC), along with a range of other in-house developed sports related products. …
According to a Reuters news agency report this week Austrian online gambling games supplier Novomatic has followed Merkur in exiting the German online gambling market with effect from end December. A company spokesman used Reuters to call for more regulatory clarity in German gambling laws, presumably the reason for Novomatic’s departure. He said there was …
The Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit laid out its future priorities this week in a website notification, joining other international regulators in underlining the importance of protecting youth from gambling, and the need for operators to fully embrace responsible gambling precautions against compulsive gamblers. The regulator will be keeping a close eye on operators and how …
Playtech BGT Sports’ (PBS) Bet Tracker is now available to both iPhone and Android users on the Google Play store for the first time, the company advised in a press release Tuesday.. Betfred’s branded version of the app was the first to go live, with bespoke versions for other operators, including Boylesports, Sean Graham, Joe …
The Michigan Lottery has launched an affiliate program with Income Access, Paysafe’s marketing technology and services provider, claiming the agreement is the first of its kind for a US lottery, and will be powered through Income Access’ tracking and analytics platform. Since 1972, the Michigan Lottery has provided more than $21 billion to support public …
The London-based and owner-managed advertising agency Krow has landed the Sky Vegas online casino account following a three-way competitive pitch, and has hit the ground running with an order for a multi-media campaign for launch in February. The campaign will emphasise the Sky Vegas “experts in the unexpected” position, according to reports in UK marketing …
Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) licensees received an unpleasant end-of-year surprise from the Bureau of Internal Revenue in the form of the announcement of a new 5 percent tax on gross earnings. A local report in the publication Inquirer claimed that there was some confusion at state licensor and regulator Pagcor due to a lack …
RISQ, a London-based technology company, has announced a new deal to boost the jackpots of game developer Happy Pay up to a record level of GBP 25 million through a RISQ insurance-backed solution that enables the creation of non-networked prizes across a wide range of game types and channels. The new agreement follows on the …
UK-based iLottery supplier LOT.TO has announced a partnership with Nigeria’s Western Lotto which will introduce lottery betting services to the African market, enabling punters in Africa to take part in online and mobile iLottery games, based on existing national and international lotteries. Available games will include some of the world’s top draws, such as the …
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet re-shuffle this week offers a better understanding of the gambling industry following the appointment of West Suffolk MP Matt Hancock (39) as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The appointment has been generally perceived as good news; Hancock is respected as a politician who has …
Bidding for 120 Italian online gambling licenses – the latest tranche offered by the regulator AAMS – is expected to be opened this week, according to a report from the news agency Agipro News. 40 of the 120 licenses have been reserved for existing licensees as renewals, it is understood. The opening of a new …
The action group Poker Players Alliance has unearthed a new attempt by Republican congressional representatives to persuade the US Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, to revisit and overturn the important 2011 opinion by the DoJ’s Office of Legal Counsel that the 1961 Wire Act applies only to sports betting (see previous reports). The December 19 …
The Ontario Lottery is set to launch its interesting new hybrid retail-online product “Hit or Miss” today (Tuesday) amid claims by anti-gambling activists that the product will exacerbate the Canadian province’s problem gambling issues. Hit Or Miss players must buy their tickets from a retail lottery outlet, but can watch the draws on the lottery’s …
After weeks of denying that he had sold the originally $2.4 billion Atlantic City building, Revel Casino owner and Florida property developer Glenn Straub finally confirmed Monday that he had accepted an offer of $200 million on the asset from Colorado developer Bruce Deifik’s AC Ocean Walk company. Opened to great fanfare in 2012, the …
London-based Push Gaming and Microgaming on the Isle of Man have made pre-launch announcements regarding new upcoming slots for February. Push Gaming’s new offering Tiki Tumble is a five reel, 20 pay-line slot with an Aztec temple theme that will launch at the end of February. Features will include Wilds, Scatters, Free Spins, Multipliers and …
Several English Premier League football clubs found themselves unexpectedly (and negatively) under the Sunday Times spotlight this week in an issue around youth and gambling that could have been avoided with more sensitivity to a public environment in which youthful gambling has become a major issue. The UK Gambling Commission, anti-gambling groups and the British …
Indiana Representative Alan Morrison kept his December promise to launch an online and retail sports betting bill Monday, introducing to the House HB1325, which proposes to legalise intrastate sports betting contingent on the US Supreme Court overturning the provisions of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. His bill follows a similar measure – S405 …
The Kenya government’s tough new across-the-board 35 percent tax rate of gambling GGR continued to create mainstream headlines in the country Monday, with the Daily Nation reporting on a study by professional business services provider PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) that reveals Kenya’s betting tax is the highest in the region and ahead of international gaming hubs. PwC …
Asia-facing online sports betting operator Vwin is betting that its new multi-year sponsorship agreement with Italian Serie A football club AC Milan will attract European football-mad Asian punters to its virtual doors. On Monday Philippines-licensed Vwin confirmed that it is the first to sign as the Italian club’s Official Regional Partner for Asia, an arrangement …