Online gambling operations were one of the few bright spots in Loto-Quebec’s Q1-2012 results for the period ended June 25, the Canadian provincial gambling provider reported this weeks Internet gambling on the Espacejeux.com website delivered revenues up 30.7 percent over Q1-2011 at Cdn$ 5.9 million. Overall, the province-owned group’s results were hardly exciting; net profit …
Gamesys subsidiary Jackpotjoy.com has launched a GBP 4 Million marketing campaign to encourage greater interaction with its members. On site members will have new and exciting features said the company, with a strong Social Media undercurrent between Jackpotjoy’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. “Jackpotjoy.com has always focused on the importance of having fun,” said managing director …
The Gibraltar-based online gambling company BetVictor announced Thursday that it has acquired Botsphere Ltd, a UK based provider of automated trading solutions, for an undisclosed sum. Botsphere was founded in 2005 by technology entrepreneurs Stewart Vassie and Julian Leach, who had previously created and sold Oddschecker. Botsphere is based in London, with 14 full time …
New York-based social gaming company Face Up Entertainment Group has announced it is in Alpha testing of its Facebook integrated gaming software and are planning on closing Beta testing within 45 days. Face Up’s proprietary non-wagering gaming platform comprises cross language functionality and games from across multiple International regions. Its poker product underwent a soft …
Former Ladbrokes chief executive officer Chris Bell has reportedly become Chairman of concierge betting service Bet Butler. Serving as Ladbrokes chief executive officer just short of a decade before departing in 2010, Bell currently serves as a senior director at Quintain, a non-executive director at Spirit and is actively involved with the Responsible Gambling Strategy …
Redbet Holding AB has changed its name to Nordic Leisure AB in a bid to “be neutral from the Redbet.com company brand.” Claes Hallén, chief executive officer said: “We have long noted that the world equated parent Redbet Holding AB and the operations conducted within Redbet.com. In order to highlight that our company group business …
The now closely watched Belgian Gaming Commission’s (BGC) website-posted blacklist has added another ten domains to its unauthorised website list. The domains will be blocked by the four most prominent Belgian internet service providers. Latest additions are: Betfred.com Bingocams.com 32redbingo.com zeturf.com winpalace.com bidyes.com gimigames.com www2.williamhill.com www.rivapoker.com www.stargames.com
Betfair Plc and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) information sharing agreement enabling the two organisations to share information on potential betting integrity related issues. The MoU is relevant to any cricket played under the auspices of the ECB, including England international matches and all County cricket …
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) expressed its disappointment at Bet-At-Home’s failure to respond to questions it posed with regard to a website banner ad that appeared on charltonathletic-mad.co.uk. The complainant challenged whether the ad straplined “Life is a Game” which featured a woman’s naked midriff and other suggestive images was offensive in that it …
Digital sports content distributor PERFORM has announced its acquisition of German sports media company Sportal GmbH from a group of private investors for an undisclosed consideration. Sportal owns Sportal.de, a popular sports portal in the German market and also provides a range of content, production and technology services for clients such as Spiegel, Süddeutsche, RTL/sport.de, …
Sports betting games developer RocketPlay, formerly known as Gamingo, is launching a new title on Facebook branded Sports Casino. The app is designed to create a Vegas-style sportsbook betting experience, in which users place virtual bets on global sports with real-time odds and can take part in other casino games like video poker, blackjack and …
Malta newspapers are reporting the close of an unpleasant chapter in online gambling on the Mediterranean island with the 14 month sentence of imprisonment handed down to a former online casino executive convicted of misappropriating the winnings by players through his Malta-based online gambling company. Greek national Dimitrios Drosos (45) was director and founder of …
Online gambling group Sportingbet has announced the appointment of Marie Stevens as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Stevens has extensive experience in the gaming industry, having spent 10 years within Ladbrokes, latterly as Head of the Group Legal department. Subsequent to this, she spent four years as a member of the Gaming Board for …
The Evolution agreement to supply 888.com with a live casino has been met just weeks after the deal was inked in July this year. The arrangement sees Evolution providing live casino games and services to 888’s international operations, with content and services developed at Evolution’s production studios in Riga, Latvia, and features a dedicated 888 …
The Gibraltar subsidiary of US gambling supplier Bally Technologies has been granted a core service associate e-gaming certificate with the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) following its application in May this year. The category is described by the AGCC as applicable to “an entity (other than a Category 2 eGambling licensee) to whom a Category …
Online gaming company 32Red plc posted a sterling H1-2012 report for the period to June 30 2012, and advises that trading since then is up 22 percent despite punters being distracted by the Olympics. The Microgaming-powered and Gibraltar licensed gambling group also confirmed it is to launch casino, poker and bingo action in Italy before …
Bitfloor, an exchange for virtual betting currency Bitcoin, has had to suspend its operations following a criminal hack of its servers which made off with 24,000 Bitcoins, worth almost a quarter-million dollars, leaving the company cash-strapped, reports the publication Arstechnica. The company’s founder reported that the exchange no longer has enough cash to cover all …
The Swedish online gambling software developer Net Entertainment, fresh off its launch of the new online slot Beach, has more goodies in store for online gamblers, according to recent postings on the Youtube video sharing site. Unfortunately, the vids are not accompanied by details on the new video slots, branded Evolution and Wild Rockets, although …
International Game Technology announced Tuesday that its online social gaming subsidiary Double Down Casino has inked its first agreement with a land-based Las Vegas casino in a partnership deal with the iconic Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. The DoubleDown Casino application will be hosted on the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Las Vegas website at …
The police in Borneo resumed their anti-internet gambling drive Monday, raiding four premises in the Miri region after tip-offs that the occupiers were running internet gambling operations. In a simultaneous swoop, 30 computers were seized Monday evening, with five punters and four staff members arrested.
JPM Interactive (JPMi) has entered into a game supply deal with Microgaming that will see its online game portfolio deployed through the QuickFire platform. Historically a pub and club machine game developer, the 40-year old company’s land game conversions to the online environment are proving popular. JPMi’s new content development under the Max Power brand …
Online gamblers were intrigued this week by an email from Sportech betting subsidiary Vernons advising that the company will no longer accept deposits from the residents of 11 European countries. No reason for the decision was given. The email advised as follows: “Due to the current regulatory position with regard to online gambling we have …
According to law firm Olswang, the deadline of September 4, 2012 for the application of the twenty available German sportsbetting licences has been extended until September 12, 2012 while the new Government of the state of Schleswig-Holstein takes steps to repeal the state’s local gambling act in order to join the new German Interstate Treaty …
Sports betting odds supplier Betting Promotion will provide Elec Games Ltd, the company behind the InstaDeal fast poker product, with sportsbetting services for smartphone or tablet devices. Elec Games Limited with utilise Betting Promotion services in order to offer a full turnkey service for mobiles that will include its InstaDeal fast poker product, casino and …