B3W Group white label customers will expand their selection of casino games with the addition of top titles from Sheriff Gaming and NextGen as well as branded content from Cryptologic. B3W Group Strategy Director Aj Thompson said: “The partnership with NYX was an obvious choice with a single integration offering us abundant quality new product …
Arizona’s fierce opposition to most things gambling does not make the state a healthy place for cyber-cafe gambling operators, but it still appears to attract those with an appetite for risk. This week one such operator found out just how much of a gamble business in Glendale can be when police swooped on the Jackpot …
The Montreal-based Caesars Interactive Entertainment has chosen Optimal Payments, the Isle of Man-based parent group of payment processing brands like Neteller, Netcard and Netbanx, as its partner for payment processing and anti-fraud services when online poker legalisation comes to fruition in Nevada. CIE is among around 40 companies that have applied for licensing in Nevada, …
Starting operations fifteen months ago with just three founders on board, the London-based social casino games start-up Plumbee now boasts 35 employees and is looking for more, according to a press statement issued Tuesday. Six months ago the company launched its first big game, Mirrorball Slots and hasn’t looked back since, with revenues soaring into …
Police in Peabody, Massachusetts report that 25 computers allegedly used for illegal online gambling were seized in a police raid on the Cyber Palace Cafe this week, and are the subject of a forensic inspection. The raid followed extensive multi-agency undercover investigations which were started shortly after the business opened, a police spokesman revealed. No …
The new Dutch ruling coalition comprising the Liberal Party (Volkspartij voor en Democratie, VVD) and the Labor Party (Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA) have laid out plans to modernise gambling policies in the Netherlands along with reaching agreement on the conditional sale of the state-owned Holland Casino. A gaming tax on land-based lottery and online …
Swedish online gambling group Betsson is taking a keen interest in developments in China, according to comments made by chief executive Magnus Silfverberg at a press conference this week. “Currently there are almost no revenues from China and we do not expect significant revenues over the next year, but in the longer term it is …
Creating shockwaves through the online gambling software development industry this week is the case of Extension Software Inc, an Arizona company whose owners have been arrested and charged by officials under orders from the District Attorney for Manhattan, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. In a press statement announcing the indictment of Robert Stuart (53), Susanne Stuart …
La Francaise des Jeux’s (FDJ) Euromillions.fr website was hacked this past weekend by a group calling themselves “Moroccanghosts“. The homepage of the website was replaced by an excerpt in Arabic and French from the Koran which condemns gambling, calling “games of chance and alcohol the works of the devil intended to turn people away from …
Prolific online gambling firm Microgaming will release new games onto its Viper and Flash platforms next month. A new 5-reel, 243 Ways To Win video slot titled “Break Away” will take players to the adrenalin-fueled world of Ice Hockey. The game immerses players in the rush and excitement of roaring crowds watching ice hockey, enhanced …
Digital sports media firm PERFORM presented its Q3 Interim Management Statement showing strong growth in revenue and a positive outlook for the year ahead. Key performance indicators for the three month period ending September 30, 2012 include: – Year on year revenue growth of 44 percent to GBP 39.5 million (Q3/2011: GBP 27.4million) – GBP …
A meeting held in Rome between representatives of online gambling authorities of the Italian Autonomous Administration of State Monopolies (AAMS) and France’s ARJEL formalised the cooperation agreement signed between the two bodies earlier this year. Defining terms under which market data would be transmitted and shared as well as discussions on effective player protection procedures …
Bodog88.com has launched a sports betting and online casino operation into the Vietnamese market with poker scheduled to go live towards the end of this year. The company offers traditional and simplified Chinese, Thai, English and now Vietnamese. Robert Gustafsson, managing director of Bodog88 said: “Vietnam has been overlooked by many online gaming companies, which …
Argentinean online games developer Leander Games has appointed Steven Matsell to the position of chief executive officer. Matsell joins the company from Gaming Technology Solutions (GTS) where he led the sale of the company as co-founder to Playtech . Founded by Ramiro Atucha and Daniel Schultz in 2008, Leander Games has prospered despite the difficult …
Recent moves towards legalised online poker in the United States could provide an advertising bonanza to US media, the marketing publication Advertising Age reported over the weekend. Heralding the potential rise in marketing activity, the publication opines that it could be the next boom for the advertising industry, quoting numbers from the respected online gambling …
Turkey’s Telecommunications Directorate and the country’s National Lottery have combined over the past five years to shut down 139 online gambling websites breaking the country’s laws against online wagering, reports the publication Hurriyet. However, many more appear to have fallen through the enforcement net after the lottery laid complaints against 457 websites over the same …
Hurricane Sandy, a blasting superstorm that has already claimed the lives of 43 people on its path across the Caribbean, is due to strike the eastern seaboard of the United States within hours, and New Jersey governor Chris Christie, along with neighbouring governors, is taking no chances. The Associated Press news service reported Saturday that …
The Guelph Mercury newspaper in Ontario, Canada is reporting the death in an aircraft accident of a respected webmaster in the online sports betting sector. Russ Hawkins (47) founded one of the pioneering online gambling information websites, Major Wager.com and was reportedly killed when a small Cessna 172 floatplane in which he was travelling crashed …
Gaming operator Betsson released its third quarter and interim report showing strong growth in the firm’s sportsbook but a drop in net income attributed in part to acquisition-related expenses. Key performance indicators for the third quarter include: – Revenues amounted to SEK 529.5 million (SEK 465.7 million), equivalent to an increase of 14 percent – …
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has said in a statement that it notes reports on the charges of illegal gambling activity against individuals connected with the AGCC-licenced Pinnacle Sports and as such has begun a special investigation into Pinnacle Sports Europe Limited to “ensure that the licensee is operating in accordance with approved operating …
Mark Lipparelli’s replacement as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board has been named by Governor Brian Sandoval as A.G. Burnett, a 43-year-old executive who has served as a board member for almost two years. Burnett was formerly the deputy chief of the corporate securities division and was senior deputy attorney general in the gaming …
The UK-based mega-jackpot supplier Topjack Games has extended its mega-jackpot concept to blackjack, announcing that its Lloyds-insured Euro 2 million jackpots are available on latest release Blackjack Millions. Topjack Games founder Nick Lynes says, “Blackjack Millions is the first blackjack game to offer a jackpot prize in the millions. The jackpot will start at Euro …
The arrests of 25 Americans across 5 different states on Wednesday on allegations associated with illegal sports betting were further detailed in widespread US media reports Thursday. It has been claimed that three men among those arrested, Brandt England of Las Vegas; George Molsbarger of Santa Monica, California; and Stanley Tomchin of Montecito, California have …
Online gambling is making regulation more difficult, luring children to gambling and introducing new types of problem gambling, a British academic told a problem gambling conference in America Thursday. Professor Mark Griffiths who heads gambling studies at Nottingham Trent University in the UK, has sounded warnings on internet gambling in previous interviews and presentations. Speaking …