Rumours sweeping through player and affiliate message boards Thursday are that Microgaming is to withdraw its popular Lord of The Rings, Fellowship of the Ring internet slot. Several affiliates have claimed that Microgaming licensees have been informed by the software provider that LOTR is to be removed from the games inventory by May 31. LOTR …
A bill authorising online betting in Delaware and allowing more sites for sports wagering and other gambling is headed to the state House for a vote, according to reports Thursday from Associated Press and other agencies.. The House Gaming and Parimutuels Committee voted Thursday to progress the bill for a vote on the bill, which …
Jamaica, long regarded as an epicentre for lottery fraud scams, usually on Americans via the internet, is turning out to be a dangerous environment for the fraudsters. In the third announcement of raids and arrests in as many weeks the police have revealed that 8 persons were detained this week and luxury cars, jewellery, computers, …
Industry execs strategising over the best route into the booming social gaming sector (and who isn’t?) might find a study of UK games developer Hooplo interesting. In an interview with social gaming publication Games Industry earlier this week, Hooplo execs Aly Chesney and Ed Chin gave some useful tips, and explained why they have chosen …
Online gaming provider CTXM’s latest online slot is titled “Polar Tale” The 30-payline video slot features 3D symbols that depict various polar creatures and an animated Inuit. Discover ice rocks going wild and tambourines on scatter symbols. Three or more snowflakes on an active payline hides quick pick treasures. Every time the player wins, a …
The increasingly bitter row over who should operate Malta’s lottery took a new turn Wednesday when aspirant Betco, which acts for GTech, obtained an injunction, putting a temporary freeze on negotiations between incumbent operator Maltco and the Lotteries and Gaming Authority regulator. The newspaper Malta Today reports that Betco Holdings is claiming the right to …
MGM Resorts International chief Jim Murren has been punting his company’s plans to enter the social gambling arena for the past few weeks at various speaking engagements, and this week the Wall Street Journal published an interview that may provide clues to what sort of vehicle MGM may be using. The interview was with former …
Nigel Northridge, chairman of the land and online betting group Paddy Power plc gave investors plenty of good news at the company’s agm Thursday, presenting an interim management statement for the period January to mid-May 2012 that showed net revenues up by 28 percent so far, and more investment planned for further expansion in a …
The current American interest in internet gambling appears to have prompted the prestigious University of Las Vegas to examine the topic at a full-day symposium scheduled for May 18. Hosted by the William S. Boyd School of Law at the university, the discussion will centre on internet gambling regulation, and will feature expert speakers and …
The bitter-end investors still holding Cryptologic shares were given another extension – to 30 May 2012 – by the company’s new owners Amaya Gaming Thursday. The extensions follows similar moves on 2 February, 29 March, 18 April and 2 May as Amaya gathers in all the stock, currently reporting that as at May 16 it …
A Middlesbrough woman, only identified as “DW”, hit it big on Easter Sunday when she won the progressive jackpot of GBP 597 697.86 playing the Chests of Plenty online slot game at Sky Vegas.com The loot was Sky Vegas’ largest non-networked jackpot ever and attracted a record number of players over the holiday weekend. Speaking …
Software development and online gambling operator, B3W Group has appointed Aj Thompson to the position Director of Strategy. Thompson, who had been consulting for the company prior to his appointment, has 16 years experience in the industry working with IAS, Pinnacle, Expekt and the Bodog Brand in various positions. He will take a role in …
Buongiorno S.p.A., the parent company of Italian and French internet gaming brand Winga, is the target of a takeover bid by Japanese mobile services firm NTT Docomo Inc. via its German subsidiary Docomo Deutschland GmbH. Mauro Del Rio, the owner of approximately 20 percent of Buorngiorno’s stock, has entered into an irrevocable undertaking with Docomo …
RealTime Gaming has released “Loch Ness Loot”, a fun 25-payline slot themed around the mystical Loch Ness Monster. The game features animated, cartoonish iconography that include treasure – the scatter symbol and Nessie – a substitute for all symbols including scattered Treasures. A Win-Win feature provides opportunity to win 8 free games with prizes doubled. …
Despite referendum results to the contrary, a recent Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind Poll found that 58 percent of New Jersey State residents oppose legalised online gambling, while 31 percent are in favour. Voters, by the same margin, however, were in favour of legalising sports betting with 60 percent of voters for, 26 percent opposed and …
Internet gambling and sports betting will again be a hot topic at a US conference this week when delegates gather for the East Coast Gaming Congress on Wednesday and Thursday in Atlantic City. Billed as one of the largest annual US industry conferences, the event is expected to host in excess of 600 people that …
In a GBP 500 000 deal negotiated by the7stars, Gala Coral Group will become UK National daily newspaper the Daily Mirror’s sole betting partner for the Euro 2012. Olly Raeburn, retail marketing director at Gala Coral, said: “The7stars has created an exciting campaign which ticks all the boxes for Gala Coral. It’s focused on one …
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned Paddy Power’s TV advertisement centered on the Cheltenham Festival and transgender race goers . The authority received 92 complaints from The Kent Transgender Forum, LGBT Diversity and 90 others challenging whether the ad was offensive. On making its determination, the ASA sought input from the Trans Media …
The Danish Gambling Authority has agreed terms for multiple bilateral cooperation agreements with the Alderney, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Jersey and Maltese gambling authorities. The agreements establish a formal basis for bilateral cooperation on the control of gambling providers and the exchange of information between jurisdictions which will be signed and formally executed once the …
Two new games from Net Entertainment and International Game Technology have released into the online environment titled “Super Nudge 6000” and “Diamond Queen” respectively. “Super Nudge 6000” is a 3-reel, 5-payline slot displaying the classic oranges, lemons, watermelons, pears, cherries, bells, sevens and crown iconography. Super Nudge 6000 can be played for as little as …
Hot on the heels of similar announcements involving Microgame, Gioco Digitale and Lottomatica, Evolution Gaming has launched live casino services for bwin in the Italian market. bwin now offers an Evolution Gaming localised solution – in particular Venezia Roulette and Ventuno Blackjack, with both tables staffed by native Italian speaking professional dealers who have come …
Another illustration of the power of social gaming was today’s announcement from the Gamesys Group this week that a staggering six million Facebook players have played Jackpotjoy’s Facebook Slot Machines offering since its launch in June 2011. The social network initiative saw Gamesys, in collaboration with iwi , adapt a selection of twenty of its …
Purple Lounge online casino parent company Media Corporation PLC’s reverse takeover plans on Gaming Media Group Limited have been abandoned as the company embarks on what it terms as a “preferable deal for shareholders” with the announcement of the acquisition of the soon-to-be launched Intabet online betting platform for a GBP 1.53 million consideration payable …
Multimedia sports content firm Perform Group plc has proposed the acquisition of real-time sports data provider RunningBall Holding AG for a minimum consideration of Euro 101 million (maximum of Euro 120 million). Under the terms of the proposal an initial consideration of Euro 70 million will consist of Euro 20 million in cash, financed from …