Panama City-based online sportsbook Betonline.com continued its expansion this week with the hiring of an additional four highly experienced traders – two from the United States and two from Europe. The sportsbook, which also offers online casino and poker action, has also raised the limits on NFL to $25,000 a game and dropped the prices …
A 40-year-old Spanish player identified only as “V A” has won a hefty payout of Euro 181 310 playing Net Entertainment’s recent slot release “Egyptian Heroes”. With little further information available, a Unibet Casino spokesperson revealed that the payout was won on a Euro 100 bet.
Online gaming company Gamesys has scooped the rights to develop a series of online Red or Black? games in a deal signed with ITV Studios this week. The new prime time TV game show Red or Black?, predicted to be a runaway success, was conceptualised by music mogul Simon Cowell. The game starts with thousands …
Online gaming company Cayetano Gaming will be supplying its casino games and a suite of slot machine games to online casino operator Sky Vegas in a supply deal signed this week. Casino games include Roulette and Blackjack and popular slots titles Fun Fair, Marines and Snow White amongst others. The deal also provides for Sky …
Swedish gaming company Cherryföretagen AB announced its six month interim report ending 30 June 2011 along with its second quarter results, this week. The Group’s first half 2011 turnover increased by 31.2 percent driven primarily by an increase in online gaming. Key Performance Indicators for the six months ending June 30, 2011 include: – Group …
Russian prosecutors from the Far East city of Habarovsk have filed suit in the local courts requesting a court order that will force local internet service providers to cut off access to a list of unidentified online casino sites operating in the country according to the Vostok Report. A news insert appearing on regional television …
William Hill has entered into a three-year partnership with the Scottish Football Association that will see the UK bookmaker become the title sponsor of The Scottish Cup. The new seven-figure deal expands on William Hill’s existing official betting partner relationship with the Scottish FA and will allow the bookmaker to showcase its online, mobile and …
The American Gaming Association, a trade body representing the interests of major US gambling corporates, announced Thursday that Jan Jones, senior vice president of communications and government relations for Caesars Entertainment Corp. of Las Vegas, will receive the AGA 2011 lifetime achievement award for gaming communications. The former Las Vegas mayor will be honoured October …
Good to his word, New Jersey Senator Ray Lesniak re-launched his proposal to legalise intrastate online gambling Thursday, reasoning that the horse-racing industry in New Jersey is in danger of collapsing if it does not receive subsidies possible from a regulated and legal intrastate internet gambling regime. Last week Lesniak hinted at the relaunch following …
The Czech online and land gambling group Fortuna Entertainment has posted its H1-2011 results, reporting that online operations have driven higher turnover. The company posted a 19 percent rise in first-half net profit thanks to the higher bets and lower costs, ikt revealed Thursday. Net profit reached Euro 8.6 million euros ($12 million) from a …
GameAccount Network’s collaborative agreement with land gambling game and equipment developer Aristocrat Technologies in March this year has produced its first fruits – a deal through which GameAccount will provide Aristocrat with a free-play internet gaming platform for use by its US casino clients. The platform and range of free-to-play slots, table games and skill …
In Australia a recent federal court decision has the Victoria territory in an uproar after its law banning online betting kiosks was overturned, creating wider implications that could impact other Australian states. The case involved the use of Sportsbet’s internet betting kiosk Betbox, which connects players in land locations like retail shops to the Sportsbet …
Attempts by the German lander (provinces) to perpetuate the state sports betting monopoly under a new Treaty were dealt another blow by a German court this week. The state of Hesse’s administrative court said it doubted that the German state’s monopoly on sports betting was legal ahead of a planned relaxation of the country’s stringent …
Sporting Solutions, the B2B fixed odds trading and pricing division of the Sporting Index Group, has launched a significant extention of both the number of games and the quantity of markets offered in-play ahead of the new National Football League season. This is the third full season that Sporting Solutions will be supplying American football …
Internet gambling software developer and turnkey casino supplier TopGame has released its latest new slot, a 20 pay-line game with an amusing Fred Flintstone-like cartoon theme titled Cool Stone Age. The theme may be a little confusing to some, featuring as it does prehistoric elements mixed with scientists, granite laptops and cell-phones. Symbols such as …
British gambling firm Sportech PLC announced its H1 Interim results for the six months ended June 30, 2011 this week. Results include a six month contribution from the company’s October 2010 acquisition of Sportech Racing formerly Scientific Games Racing. Key performance indicators include: – Revenues of GBP 57.4 million (2010: GBP28.6 million), up 100 percent …
Online gambling software developer Playtech plc has released its interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2011, reporting continued momentum and a positive future sustained by development and major licensee achievements. Financial highlights included: * Gross income up 19 percent to Euro 95.0 million and 8 percent on an absolute basis (H1-2010: Euro …
Playtech has released its Q2-2011 numbers, reporting continued strength through the launch of new Italian products and its major contract with the Gala online and land gambling group in the UK. Highlights (excluding France) include: * Total revenues up 19 percent on Q2-2010 and 8 percent higher than Q1-2011 * Casino revenues up 24 percent …
Online sportsbook operator Bet-At-Home.com AG – a subsidiary of the Betclic Everest group – has released its financial results for the first six months of 2011 showing an impressive 12.1 percent year-on-year increase in gross profits to Euro 35.16 million. The company revealed that its pre-tax profit came in at Euro 3.97 million, a significant …
Gamblers at land casinos in British Columbia are to be discouraged from making cash transactions in a bid to reduce the risk of money laundering, the Canadian provincial government announced this week. The government’s Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch said it would be introducing changes with the aim of, “transitioning the gaming industry away from …
The internet social networking giant Facebook has announced policy changes for its Ad Guidelines, and among them is a new directive that permits online and offline gambling advertising, providing that the material is targeted outside of the United States and has Facebook’s explicit consent. The changes embrace a wider range of industries, giving these the …
Double Down Interactive, the Seattle-based operator of Double Down Casino on the internet social network Facebook, has entered into a distribution partnership with Wild Tangent, a cross-platform games service that allows global consumers to access downloadable, online and social games through one Games App. The new pact gives Wild Tangent players a chance to win …
Spanish gaming and leisure firm, CIRSA Gaming Corporation has signed a two-season shirt sponsorship deal with Real Betis Balompié S.A.D., a Spanish La Liga football club based in Seville. A Club spokesperson said: “Notably Cirsa Gaming Corporation is a Spanish company, a leader in its field, which will make it easy to establish a relationship …
With the contentious issue of live-odds promotion during sporting events in the cross-hairs of the Australian Government, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) has banned the activity on its scoreboard during Australian Football League (AFL) fixtures. A contract held by online betting exchange Betfair to display live-odds on the scoreboard screen at the MCG and Etihad …