Players and affiliate marketers across several message boards are still investigating just who is behind the scenes at WGS Technology, a software provider that suddenly popped up late in 2011 with an almost totally uninformative website. The website claimed that this previously unheard of developer had been in the internet gambling business for 14 years, …
David Attenborough, chief executive of the Australian betting group Tabcorp, says that live betting on sports is here to stay, and the federal government in Australia needs to do more to regulate it. Attenborough was speaking to the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia when he made the call Friday, revealing that the federal government …
Lawmakers in the state of Maine will soon consider a bill legalising the sale of state lottery tickets online, which supporters hope will deliver increased revenues and discourage in-state buyers from purchasing tickets from other states. LD 1880 is scheduled for a public hearing next Monday before the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, and …
The Bulgarian Focus news agency reports that the eastern European country’s lawmakers have approved an online gambling regulatory measure, and have already started to move on implementing internet blocks on unlicensed operators. The ban will become effective after regulations are finalised by the State Gambling Commission and the approval of the Sofia Regional Court has …
Online gambling industry veteran Las Vegas From Home.com Entertainment Inc. has entered the social gaming scene with the launch on Facebook of Real Vegas Casino. A company spokesman said that LVFH will launch additional games under the Real Vegas Casino brand shortly, coinciding with a specialised marketing campaign. To view the social game application, https://apps.facebook.com/realvegascasino/. …
The Italian betting and gaming service provider Microgame has signed a partnership agreement with Global Betting Exchange, a B2B betting exchange technology provider, to introduce exchange betting to the Italian market. The deal follows the January 16th announcement by Italian authorities that exchange betting will be legalised in Italy later this year. Italian company Betlab …
The Lottomatica Group has filed for Interactive Gaming Service Provider licenses from the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The group has applied for licenses under subsidiaries Spielo International USA, Spielo International Canada, and Spielo International Austria. Each subsidiary has been previously granted gaming licenses from the Nevada Gaming Commission. Other subsidiaries of the Lottomatica Group from …
The UK land and online gambling group Ladbrokes plc has appointed Sky IQ as a specialist partner to enhance its capability in customer analytics, campaign effectiveness, and Customer Relationship Management. Sky IQ’s remit will cover, digital, mobile and retail channels, though it is intended that digital will be a key area of focus. Ladbrokes CEO …
Rounder Inc., a social gaming company that has been on the periphery of online gambling for some time, has announced that it has signed a licensing agreement for the Invicta Corridor Social Gaming Platform which makes possible the creation of a 3D, user-based, online virtual world that will incorporate social interactions, poker, e-commerce/retail shopping, streaming …
The Matchbook online betting exchange appears to have successfully outrun its US exit and former troubled reputation in that market following its acquisition early last year by an unknown group of investors. This week Matchbook’s CEO, Andrew Pantling, announced the release of the company’s new multi-currencu platform, which gives punters the choice of betting in …
Internet gambling software developer Playtech plc has released its latest full year performance numbers, covering the period to 31 December 2011 and showcasing an impressive year of business activity. Financial highlights of the report include: * Gross income* up 41 percent to Eruo 243.6 million (2010: Euro 173.1 million) * Total revenues up by 46 …
Early reports indicate that Morris Mohawk’s Bovada.lv has shut-out registered players from the U.S. State of Maryland. According to posts on the TwoPlusTwo poker forum, an e-mail from Bovada customer and forum member DanjR reads: “Due to continuing difficulties finding and maintaining acceptable payment options we have been forced to make the difficult decision to …
The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has moved into the second phase of the international tender process in the privatisation of Greece’s national lottery. HRADF has qualified all three initial bidders who submitted an expression of interest. Candidates are now required to submit binding financial offers for the grant of a concession for the …
Finnish state owned lottery operator Veikkaus is launching the EuroJackpot lottery game with its first draw scheduled for March 23 and a pot up for grabs worth a whopping Euro 10 million. The EuroJackpot game, whose minimum jackpot for each draw will be Euro 10 million, has been launched due to customer demand, a company …
ICAP Patent Brokerage is punting the intellectual property rights to a new game designed for the casino environment. The patent portfolio, currently owned by Joseph Scibetta, contains a “new easy-to-learn, easy-to-play wagering game designed for the casino environment across most platforms. The simplified card game is said to provide an attractive wagering environment for both …
Following a profit warning on the group’s second half financial year ending 31 March 2012 and the resignation of chief financial officer Niall O’Kelly, WorldSpeads has announced the resignation of chief executive and major shareholder Conor Foley with immediate effect, who is said to be going off to pursue other interests. The Group is hoping …
Betfair’s Los Angeles-based subsidiary Betfair US has entered into a five year naming rights deal with the Hollywood Park Racing Association. Under the terms of the deal, Hollywood Park, a thoroughbred race course in Inglewood, California will be renamed “Betfair Hollywood Park” in what is claimed to be the first venue naming rights agreement in …
Following industry rumours that a large number of online gambling companies would be receiving their Spanish licences before Easter this year, the recently appointed Director General of the Spanish regulatory body Ordenación del Juego del Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda, Enrique Alejo González has dampened the optimism in an interview with juegoonline.org. González told sectordeljuego.org …
Police in Decatur, Georgia raided seven long-distance calling card stores alleged by prosecutors to be fronts for illegal Internet gambling cafes, Associated Press reports. James Kokott, owner of Big Dawg Calling Cards, was arrested on racketeering charges arising from a DeKalb County indictment that accuses the store owner and two partners of setting up the …
The business publication Forbes reports that gross gaming revenues (GGR) in Macau, the Chinese offshore island gambling mecca, could be on track for an all-time high in March. Channel checks for the first 11 days of March suggest GGR is growing at an impressive 40 percent annual rate, according to Citi. Revenue has already hit …
Some nefarious company has been dumping toxic waste in the ocean and it’s creating bizarrely mutated sea creatures in the latest five-reel, 20 payline online video slot to emerge from the Rival software studios – Nuclear Fishing. Players are invited to live dangerously by taking a virtual underwater dip, where they’ll see all sorts of …
Puerto Rico’s Hipodromo Camarero has signed up with the UK-based tote and pool sportsbetting provider Sportech to launch the island’s first online wagering site at Gana Donde Sea.com. Punters at the San Juan-based racetrack will be offered a variety of wagers online including Pool-Pote, where customers place bets starting from as little as 35 cents …
The convergence of mobile gaming and social networking resulted in another commercial deal this week when Swedish gaming firm King.com announced its lock-stock-and- barrel acquisition of Stockholm-based games developer, Fabrication Games. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it is understood that Fabrication’s 12 technical employees (the company was founded by Jadestone Mobile …
Online casino operator 32Red Plc has appointed industry veteran David Bowen as a non-executive director to its board with immediate effect. Bowen (60) has spent almost 40 years in the betting and gaming industry and has held senior and board level positions at Ladbrokes. During his tenure with Ladbrokes as Development Director, Bowen had a …