Samer Raghep has been appointed marketing director for social gaming firm Plumbee. Raghep will lead the Plumbee marketing team in strategy, planning, customer acquisition, CRM, community management and PR according to Social Casino Intelligence (SCi). He joins the “Mirrorball Slots” social operator from a three-year stint at Facebook in various positions, prior to which he …
San Francisco city employees in two divisions have been accused by a whistle blower of internet gambling on company time, prompting and investigation by the City Attorney’s office, reports the San Francisco Examiner. The investigation will conclude soon, and its results will be published, a city spokesman told the newspaper, noting that there were allegations …
The very public, and increasingly distasteful, fight for seats on the International Game Technology board of directors took a further downward turn over the weekend when reports surfaced that IGT’s management has imposed internal blocks preventing employees from accessing challenger Jason Ader’s websites. The Las Vegas Review Journal revealed that CEO Patti Hart, whom Ader …
A new Canadian law – C-290 – which seeks to give individual provinces the right to decide whether to allow single-game sports betting appears to be bogged down in the Senate on its third and final reading into law after sailing without problems through the Commons. Earlier this week Canadian senators returned from a short …
Platinum SB, which our readers will recall was the target of a massive police raid and seizure in Toronto during the Super Bowl last week, resurfaced within hours with a new domain. One anonymous customer told the publication National Post: “Nothing has changed. Police are making a fool of themselves. This book will never be …
It appears that Nevada may be upping the ante in its bid to stay out in front in the licensing and regulation of US online gambling, spurred by the probability that New Jersey will soon join Delaware in legalising online gambling. Nevada already has an online poker legalisation law in place, along with a fully …
New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s conditional veto on the legalisation of online gambling continued to generate international ripples of interest through Friday and Saturday, with positive comments from analysts and associations, and soaring prices in the stock of publicly quoted online gambling companies in both Europe and the United States. The consensus appeared to be …
The dual threats of drugs and corruption in Aussie sports has prompted calls for the federal government to release its review of the nation’s online gambling laws, according to a Sydney Morning Herald article which appeared on Friday. The article claims that the most popular sports and clubs in Australia receive many millions of dollars …
According to figures released by Nevada Gambling Commission, Nevada Casinos have seen a 1.5 percent increase over 2011 in take from gamblers amounting to $10.8 billion. December was a particularly strong month recording a total win of around $943 million, up 10.2 percent compared to the same period last year, of which $39 million went …
A successor has been named following the departure of Ian Timmis as chief executive officer at London-based SG Gaming, a position he held for just four months. Phil Horne will assume the newly created role of Group Managing Director, UK leading the company’s British-based gaming businesses, which include the LBO, Pub, Arcade, Bingo and Interactive …
Games developer QuickSpin will enter the UK market following a multi-year deal signed with Gala Interactive this week that will provide all Gala brands access to content from the developer. The deal is a marker for QuickSpin who had its sights set on entering the UK market during 2013 but hadn’t expected it to realise …
“Muse” a new Net Entertainment slot themed on the Greek mythological daughters of the God Zeus is set for release towards the end of this month (February 2013). The 5-reel game depicting the nine Muses features Wilds, Scatters and other rewarding features judging by the YouTube preview.
Canadian gaming firm Amaya Gaming Group Inc. has extended its agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) acting on behalf of DC Entertainment. Amaya will remain the exclusive provider of DC Comics-inspired pay-to-play online casino games that include popular super-hero themes such as Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Superman, and The Flash. The Group said …
Australian sports betting, already reeling under revelations of doping among top Aussie sportsmen, took another blow Thursday when the national police warned of significant match-fixing risks due to large Asian betting pools, citing A$40 million in wagers on one local soccer match alone. The Reuters news agency reports that Australia’s top criminal intelligence body, the …
Belgium‘s black list of operators that the Belgian Gaming Commission regards as unlicensed and therefore illegal just keeps growing, with another four sites added this week, bringing total numbers on the list to 64. Betwingo.com, Scratchmania.com, Wataro.com and Jeuxcash.rtl are the latest additions, and will be subjected to ISP blocks. Betwingo is a well-established sports …
The US land and online gambling group WMS has posted its latest quarterly report covering the three months ended December 31 2012, reporting weaker overall revenues, although the online operations of Williams Interactive and Jackpot Party internet casino performed well. The company reported revenue of $157.5 million for the quarter, down 2.9 percent on the …
California state Senator Rod Wright, already well known for his attempts to push online gambling legalisation measures through the state Legislature, is spearheading another gambling initiative…the legalisation of sports betting. Wright’s effort this year mirrors a similar attempt last year, when his SB1390 made it through the Senate but stalled irretrievably in the Assembly According …
Mississippi Representative Bobby Moak’s attempt to legalise online gambling in the southern state has failed at the committee stage…barely three weeks since he introduced it for the second time in as many years. Moak’s House Bill 254 met the same fate this week as did his HB 1372 in 2012 . The bill died in …
The suspense of the past 45 days is over at last….and not in a good way. On Thursday New Jersey governor Chris Christie for the second time imposed a last-minute veto on an attempt to legalise intrastate online gambling. The Associated Press news agency reported late Thursday that the governor vetoed a bill that would …
Online gambling software provider Playtech plc has released an interim management report on the three months ended December 31 2012, posting a strong Q4 performance to end a successful year. Financial highlights in Q4-2012 included: * Gross income up 26 percent to Euro 98.8 million (Q4/11: Euro 78.4 million) * Total revenues up 20 percent …
Chumba World is the unusual title chosen for a new online and mobile social game based on gambling and developed by Australian start-up Virtual Gaming World, which hopes to generate enough interest to garner financial support for the massively multi-player, freeplay offering. VGW chief executive and and founder Laurence Escalante told the publication VentureBeat that …
The Home Affairs Bureau in Hong Kong this week approved the two-way combining of betting pools with foreign jurisdictions, allowing overseas punters access to the larger and more attractive pools in the former British colony. The system, known as commingling, would mean a boost of HK$200 million a year in revenue for the government on …
Online and mobile wagering operations have boosted business at Australian bookmaker Tabcorp, according to a trading update from the company this week, with the bookie firm reporting strong growth in its digital activities. Overall, the corporate picture was not as rosy. Tabcorp on Thursday reported a net profit of A$72.9 million for the first six …
According to the sports betting information website Sports Book Review, player accounts at online betting exchange Betmaker have been transferred to the Bookmaker sportsbook following a merge of the two companies this week. Players have been notified that they can log-in to Bookmaker by adding an “L” to the end of their account IDs. All …