Genting Alderney, an online subsidiary in the Genting gambling group, has signed a licence agreement with software provider ComTrade. The agreement will enable Genting to deploy ComTrade’s e-gaming platform and will provide a single customer view and wallet across all products and channels including online, social and mobile games, a company spokesman said Tuesday. The …
Addressing a gathering whilst visiting the Tipico online gambling group premises in Malta Tuesday, the leader of Malta’s Labour Party said that if elected to government, the party would continue to sustain the online gambling sector, which it believes has a future in Malta. Party leader Joseph Muscat said the party believes in the digital …
Online gambling content provider World Match has announced an agreement to supply the Italian company Microgame with AAMS regulator-approved online casino games. World Match will provide a bouquet of internet casino games specifically developed to meet the tastes of Italian punters, and including Italian language features. The company claims that its Roulette range, for example, …
The Remote Gaming Association, a trade body which represents most of the major operators in the UK online gambling industry, says that it will continue to challenge the unfair treatment of private sector online gambling operators in Greece, where the government is trying to sell its 33 percent stake in the online and land gambling …
San Francisco-based Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity multi-platform engine and development tools, has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with International Games Technology. IGT will showcase games created in Unity at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas this week, a spokesman said. Unity is used by slot manufacturers and online gambling companies around the …
The Associated Press news agency reports that American Gaming Association chief Frank Fahrenkopf Jr. is expected to focus on the popularity of online gambling abroad while Congress and federal regulations prohibit Internet poker and other games in the U.S. when he addresses the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas this week. The news service presumably …
The Global Online Gaming Report 2012 reveals that the UK and Germany are among the top European markets for online gaming, and last year almost 20 percent of total time playing games online in Great Britain was spent on social networks, with only console games competing. And as other observers have noted, the mobile communication …
The representative trade body for most of Europe’s major online gambling companies, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has called for hard action from the European Commission to curb market fragmentation and protect consumers – and says that its EU operators have lodged formal complaint with the Commission against the new German gambling régime. …
Tipp24 subsidiary MyLotto24 has struck a deal with British Premier League football club Arsenal that will see the company provide a new online lottery game that allows fans to win weekly cash prizes and make contributions to the club’s fundraising effort, Arsenal Foundation. The Arsenal Lotto, the first of its kind in UK football, is …
International Game Technology is currently pumping out publicity on its appearance at the G2E expo in Las Vegas this week, announcing that the company has partnered with several third-party game developers, including High 5 Games, to expand the selection of titles in its game theme library. “Through securing a multiyear and robust arrangement with High …
Writing for Forbes Magazine this week, social gaming experts Alan Mcglade and Corey Wade presented an interesting perspective on the attitudes of the key 18-24 age demographic to competitive interaction on video games and its growing merge with internet gambling. Huge numbers of 18-24 year old males are keenly interested in competitions involving top-of-the-line video …
Social gaming software developer Playsino out of Santa Monica, California has acquired Popover Games, including the cross-platform Popover Poker, a number of other social casino games and most of Popover’s employees. It has also acquired Foghorn Games, a joint-developer of Popover’s social casino game Bingo Around the World, both for undisclosed considerations. Popover, founded in …
German Gauselmann Group-owned Merkur Casino UK Ltd (Merkur) has acquired the Marwyn Management Partners (MMP) wholly owned indirect subsidiary Marwyn Gaming Limited (MGL) for a gross consideration of GBP76 million in cash. Marwyn Gaming Limited includes all the gaming divisions within the MMP group being Praesepe Plc, Restcare Limited, Baleday Limited and Beacon Bingo Limited …
Former Gala Coral chief executive Dominic Harrison has been appointed to GamCare’s Board of Trustees effective November 2012. Harrison, a qualified Chartered Accountant, has held senior executive roles with Grand Metropolitan plc, Bass plc, Ladbrokes plc and Gala Coral. He is currently Chairman of Microgaming’s Poker Network Management Board and is the former chief executive …
Shuffle Master opens the next chapter with a new company name SHFL Entertainment, Inc. that it says incorporates the Company’s mission and its impact in the casino gaming industry. Chief executive officer Gavin Isaacs explained the choice of name: “The ‘SHFL’ part pays tribute to the name of the Company chosen by our founder, John …
A bill filed in the Hungarian Parliament today (Monday) reportedly described unidentified gambling industry related issues as posing a threat to Hungary’s National Security. Going against State Secretary Janos Lazar’s conservative family credo, Lazar said “Gambling is explicitly dangerous and harmful for society.” As such, he considers the matter a key priority for Government. The …
Williams Interactive, the online subsidiary of the WMS gambling group, has launched a first-of-its-kind, white-labeled B2B suite of interactive products and services on its Play4Fun Network platform with the Meskwaki Bingo Casino in Tama, Iowa. The Play4Fun Network product is a customised, interactive platform with online gaming entertainment and socialisation capabilities that enables a casino …
Sportingbet plc confirmed Monday that it has received an indicative offer from William Hill and GVC of 52.5 pence comprising of 45 pence in cash from William Hill and 7.5 pence in shares in GVC. The Board of Sportingbet has responded that this indicative offer significantly undervalues the business and its future prospects. A statement …
Asian-facing online casino and sportsbook operator Fun88.com has expanded its casino portfolio to include a live dealer product supplied by Bodog Gaming. The new suite of live dealer products which includes Baccarat, Sic Bo, Roulette and Dragon Tiger were integrated to keep Fun88’s offering fresh and exciting, said product director Jeff Wei. Fun88’s offering features …
Newcomer Nevada-based games developer Spin Games will embed geolocation capabilites in their games across PC, Mac and mobile devices in collaboration with Geolocation services provider GeoComply. The initiative tackles geolocation requirements for intra-state gaming from the development phase rather than as an add-on. Anna Sainsbury, chief executive officer of GeoComply said: “With this partnership Spin …
Online sports betting technology provider Offsidegaming has secured a contract to supply the Montreal-based Amaya Gaming Group with sportsbook technology for retail and internet; the deal includes the supply of internet and mobile sports betting technology to Amaya and its subsidiaries, along with the development of a managed retail solution for roll out to a …
The UK newspaper The Sunday Times reported over the weekend that online gambling group Sportingbet plc has rejected an acquisition offer of GBP 350 million from William Hill plc and GVC plc. The 52.5p-a-share proposed bid from the two gambling groups will probably be the subject of a Management comment when Sportingbet plc reports full-year …
Watch out for plenty of extracurricular excitement at the Ryder Cup golf tournament in the USA Saturday, where Paddy Power intends to “redress the balance” of an away game for the European team with a spectacular combination of Tweets and skywriting stunt pilots. The plan is for stunt aircraft to write 200 foot high letters …
Online gambler Balraj Kaler (34) will have sixteen months in a Yorkshire jail to contemplate his actions in defrauding his uncle’s business and driving it into insolvency, costing the jobs of 14 other employees. This week Kaler of Marcus Way, Mount, Huddersfield, admitted various offences of fraud relating to his position as a credit controller …