The French regulatory authority for online gambling ARJEL has on the Amaury Group’s request withdrawn online gaming and online sportsbetting licences awarded to its online gaming business SAjOO following its merge with bwin France. The merge was undertaken by the two groups to optimise profits in a challenging regulatory and fiscal regime in the French …
Sports data provider to the betting industry Satellite Information Systems (SIS) has announced the appointment of Jack Davison in the position Director of Sports Data. Davison’s responsibilities include the completion of a new department within SIS which will focus on building a new data brand and products for its customers. SIS became the exclusive distributor …
Casino managment firm Beneficial Holdings Inc. will be initiating an aggressive marketing campaign for its Sportsbook.cr online sportsbook and live dealer casino. The Company will focus its campaign on the European market with the aim of increasing traffic and new players to its site utilising strategically selected websites for advertising. Sportsbook.cr is closed to U.S. …
A new branded slot game titled “Highlander” was released to various operators on Electracade’s GTS software platform this week. The game, based on the first run of the cult fantasy film The Highlander starring Christopher Lambert, is a 5-reel, 20-payline non-progressive video slot featuring Wilds, Scatters, Free Spins and multiple bonus features. Highlander movie buffs …
Top internet scratch card and instant win specialist, Neogames International, has released a sequel to its popular 20 line slot ‘Legend of Terra’. Branded ‘Forces of Terra’, the new game is a classic scratch card using the same fantasy characters as its forerunner. Placed in an ancient setting full of adventure and fantasy, the game …
The southern European nation of Montenegro embraced online gambling with the passage of e-gaming legislation earlier this year, and has now announced that it plans to offer licensing, financial services and hosting for internet gambling operators from January 2012. Promoting the new jurisdiction this week, spokesmen claimed that Montenegro is one of the most politically …
Internet gambling software provider EveryMatrix Limited has signed licensing deals for its OddsMatrix platform with four new clients, Artemis Bet.com, TopSport.it, Sport City 24.com and Bet Cave.com. Sport City24.com and Bet Cave.com are new sportsbook operators, but Artemis Bet.com is well-established and has chosen to move its existing sportsbetting operation to the OddsMatrix platform. TopSport.it …
Microgaming’s flash casino platform QuickFire has signed up the Russian and English language online casino site Red Star Casino.com for its flash casino product. Red Star Casino is an online casino gaming service that is using QuickFire to enhance its casino gaming offering, giving Red Star players access to a wide selection of Microgaming’s quality …
Ladbrokes plc and Sportingbet plc’s potential offer talks initiated in June this year have been mutually terminated by both companies in an RNS statement made to the stock market this week. Ladbrokes had until October 17 to put a formal bid for Sportingbet on the table according to the City Code on Takeover and Mergers. …
Atlantic City’s parlous economic situation, competitive pressure from surrounding states, and the possibility that New Jersey could make millions in tax revenues, continue to drive politicians keen to expand gambling opportunities despite the opposition of Governor Chris Christie. In an informative article over the weekend, NJ.com examined the current situation, identifying three political initiatives still …
Without citing its informants, the British newspaper The Sunday Times reported over the weekend that the Isle of Man-based GVC internet gambling group is close to clinching the acquisition of Sportingbet plc’s Turkish operations. Both companies have reported their negotiations in the recent past. Picking up on the story, the Reuters news agency noted over …
Ladbrokes Holdings’ impressive presence in Northern Ireland through subsidiary Northwest Bookmakers was in the BBC news over the weekend after reporting on its performance through 2010. The bookmaker, which holds 24 percent of Northern Ireland betting shop licenses, reported a pre-tax profit GBP 6.4 million, down slightly on 2009, on turnover of GBP 265 million …
Somewhere in Britain this morning, a lottery ticket buyer has awoken to the news that he or she is GBP101 million richer following Camelot’s National Lottery draw Friday. Won on the numbers 18, 26, 34, 38 and 42 and the Lucky Star numbers 5 and 8, the jackpot is the third largest to be hit …
Online gambling is on the agenda for the next Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling conference, scheduled for October 20 at the Water’s Edge Resort & Spa in Westbrook. Marvin Steinberg, executive director of the council, told TheDay.com that US government approval of online gambling appears to be drawing near: “While the U.S. casino industry once …
The UK mainstream media have been having a field day with allegations of “suspicious betting” and the arrest of nine men. Although the police have been careful to identify those arrested only by their ages, the newspapers have claimed that the father and uncle of famous footballer Wayne Rooney, along with top football player Steve …
The UK mainstream media have been having a field day with allegations of “suspicious betting” and the arrest of nine men. Although the police have been careful to identify those arrested only by their ages, the newspapers have claimed that the father and uncle of famous footballer Wayne Rooney, along with top football player Steve …
Internet gambling was in the news again as the week ended, with Seneca Nation President Robert Odawi Porter, testifying before a Senate committee in Washington, and critical of what he sees as the major American gambling corporates “seeking an instant monopoly” in legalised online gambling. The tribal leader lashed out at what he perceives to …
Following the defeat of online gambling operator Casino Enterprises in the Bloemfontein Court of Appeal earlier this week , there is renewed focus on the next step in the tortuous road to regulation in South Africa. The latest Gambling Review Commission submitted its report some weeks ago, recommending that online gambling be licensed and regulated …
Online scratchcard and instant games developer Neogames has released its latest scratch card title, inspired by the popularity of horoscope-themed scratch cards both in the online and offline world. ‘Horoscope’ is a multi-scratch card featuring 12 different designs, one for each zodiac sign, and is available in multi-language and multi-currency, with a top award of …
Online gambling group Bodog Europe has appointed Harald Kaiblinger to the newly created role of Research and Development Director, charged with finding and commercially developing quality new products and platforms for the group, and based in London. Kaiblinger was previously R&D manager for the Austrian gambling supplier Novomatic AG. “In iGaming it is crucial to …
Online gambling group Bodog Europe has appointed Harald Kaiblinger to the newly created role of Research and Development Director, charged with finding and commercially developing quality new products and platforms for the group, and based in London. Kaiblinger was previously R&D manager for the Austrian gambling supplier Novomatic AG. “In iGaming it is crucial to …
Yesterday’s EU Parliament communication on the deliberations of European politicians regarding online gambling are stirring up some controversial questions, not least of which is the propriety of the apparent intention that a different set of EU free trade principles should be applied to internet gambling. Litigation has been repeatedly waged over how the EU principle …
The Malta-based live dealer provider Medialivecasino is targeting the Bulgarian market with its live roulette, Baccarat and blackjack offering, and will showcase its wares at the BEGE fair in Sofia later this (October) month. “We think that eastern Europe’s markets offer a wide range of possibilities for the growth of our company, in particular our …
Radical enforcement techniques such as ISP blocking may be adopted by the Slovakian government, which this week announced that its proposed legislation for the regulation of online gambling is soon to be presented to other EU member states and the European Commission in line with EU procedural rules. The TASR news agency reports that the …