Bill Scott, a veteran industry businessman and founder of the offshore sports betting firm World Wide Tele Sports paid dearly for contraventions of the US Wire Act and money laundering regulations when he was sentenced on January 7 after living in exile for fifteen years in the Caribbean. Scott surrendered himself to US authorities last …
RealTime Gaming associate Nuworks has launched a new 25 pay-line online slot with a cartoon-style theme in which a crafty junkyard pooch and his artful associates turn trash into treasure. Titled Watchdog, the game has been designed to complement the Windows 8 screen lay-out and allows players to trigger the Win-Win bonus round by collecting …
Illinois politicians dropped the ball during the state legislature’s last session, allowing a law permitting online horse betting to expire and failing to renew it. Consequently, the Illinois Racing Board could not renew betting company licenses. The omission has resulted in a clash between the Board and major betting companies Xpressbet and TwinSpires, two of …
For several weeks a major allegedly cheating software scandal has been brewing on internet gambling message boards, more recently spreading to online media and gaining momentum that could spell reputational trouble for several leading internet gambling companies. The issue first aired on the Casinomeister site, where a player complained about the Reel Deal game offered …
The Belgian Gaming Commission has approved three more licenses for online gambling within its borders, naming Napoleon Gaming and Stargames SA in extending the operator’s’ licensed casino activities to include sports betting, and approving Lucky Games as an operator of internet arcade games. Napoleon Games is teaming up with Unibet subsidiary Kambi and plans to …
Mahjong Logic Ltd. has named its newest licensee as Betluck.co.uk, a gaming operator focusing on Japan and Greater China. Betluck, a Plus-Five Gaming white label, is the second licensee to select Mahjong Logic through its Plus Five integrated solution. “Mahjong Logic has a worldwide reputation for bringing the very best in online mahjong,” said Mamoru …
Sports betting provider SBTech has entered into an exclusive agreement with Xhoilloto, Albania’s largest land based operator. SBTech will replace Xhoilloto’s retail shop legacy sports betting platform while enabling the operator to expand into the online sportsbetting and casino environment in the future with a turnkey solution that will include trading and risk management services …
The 2003 partnership between Sky Betting and Gaming and Openbet will continue for another three years following the award of a software supply contract renewal for casino, poker and sportsbook products on Sky Bet, Sky Vegas and Sky Poker. Richard Flint, managing director of Sky Betting and Gaming, said: “OpenBet has been our biggest software …
Malta-based online gaming company AliQuantum Gaming has entered into a mobile game supply deal with NYX Interactive that will see NYX OGS games integrated within its casino gaming suite. Andy Jones, chief executive officer of AliQuantum said: “Adding NYX OGS Games to our product offering was an obvious choice for us and the addition of …
An injunction issued against Cherry AB which was initiated by the Norwegian State Lottery-og Stiftelsestilsynet in 2011 will be challenged by the Company in the Oslo City Courts its chief executive said this week. The legal action required Cherry AB stop marketing and offering real-money games to Norwegian citizens through the EuroLotto.com website. The lottery …
Eindhoven-based 3D gaming developer Sheriff Gaming has entered into a game distribution agreement with EveryMatrix integrating its entire portfolio of 3D games onto the EveryMatrix platform. EveryMatrix licensees will have access to Sheriff Gaming 3D titles such as Gold Raider and The Amsterdam Masterplan along with the developer’s Mega Money Pool jackpot games which include …
US convenience store owners have long expressed fears that the advent of online lottery ticket selling could adversely impact their profits as physical retail ticket purveyors, and trade body the Retail Industry Leaders Association has accordingly sponsored a survey of American attitudes to internet lottery sales. The Association targeted registered and proven voters in the …
It appears that the Austrians are intent on maintaining the Casinos Austria monopoly on internet lottery and i-gaming wagering following a High Court decision this week rejecting an appeal by online gambling companies Bet-At-Home, Lotelo and Bandal that a 15-year exclusive deal awarded to CA subsidiary Austrian Lotteries was unconstitutional. The case has its roots …
Coming hot on the heels of the political furore in the UK triggered by the recent Campaign for Fairer Gambling criticism of Fixed Odds Betting Terminals, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport has announced a comprehensive consultation and review program on gambling in the UK. Part of that review will examine the issue of …
Microgaming’s instant-play division, QuickFire, has signed another content supply agreement that will see its choice of games expand further. The company is to add Magic Dreams games from Push Gaming, a London-based company which specialises in the integration and distribution of land-based games to the online and mobile markets and represents major land-based games suppliers, …
The Bwin.Party online gambling group has reported that chief operating officer Joachim Baca has stepped down from the board of directors so as to bring the board’s composition into compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code recommendation regarding the balance of independent and non-independent directors. “Mr Baca remains a core member of the group’s senior …
Police in Temerloh, a Malaysian town about 130 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur, reported Monday that yet another cyber cafe offering online gambling to patrons has been busted following complaints from the public. Chief Inspector Rizal Mohd Dan, who led an evening raid by seven officers on the premises, told The Star newspaper that 30 computers …
The latest online slot from the RealTime Gaming studios, titled Dream Run, is a 5 reel, two-level jackpot game with a theme centred on motor racing….the informal street variety! Experienced RTG players will probably recognise it as a successor to the popular Real Series slot ‘Green Light’ developed by the same company. Punters pick their …
Latest figures from the French online gambling authority ARJEL covering the year ending December 31, 2012 (2012) confirm consolidation within the French market compared to the previous year attributed to a tough economic climate and a stringent tax regime. ARJEL reported the award of only two new licences and the repeal of 17 others (7 …
Online betting firm BetVictor has entered into an agreement with London Capital Group for a white label financial spread trading solution. The trading platform live at betvictorfinancials.com will allow customers access to trade indices, FX, equities, bonds and commodities through the use of LCG’s proprietary spread betting and CFD platform. “More and more companies – …
Robert Chvata, the former md of T-Mobile Austria, has accepted appointment as CEO of the embattled Czech lottery company Sazka SA, and will take up his new responsibilities in February this year. Sazka owner KKCG Investment Group, which took control of the company last year in a buy out of half-owner retail banking and insurance …
Tipp24 SE subsidiary Tipp24 UK Ltd has appointed Paul Witten (51) as managing director and head of business development in a newly created position designed to further its international alignment strategies. Witten previously held the position of director of e-commerce and mobile at Ladbrokes PLC, prior to which he served as global marketing director at …
UK Bookmaker Stan James has kicked off a twelve month advertising campaign in Manchester using a branded taxi fleet as its primary vehicle to target Manchester United and Manchester City football fans. The initiative facilitated through London Taxi Advertising will see bright green Stan James branded taxi’s traversing the streets of Manchester. Taxi’s feature notable …
Online sports betting firm Cashpoint, a subsidiary of German gaming firm Gauselmann AG, has become a premium partner to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga’s (DEL) top division following agreement on a significant sponsorship deal. DEL, a German professional ice hockey league which was founded in 1994, is an independently run league, fully owned and operated by …