Social games development studio, Mytopia – a subsidiary of 888 Holdings Plc – has appointed Barak Rabinowitz as its new chief executive officer.
Operator and supplier of pool and tote gaming, Sportech PLC has announced two executive board appointments this week.
Software developer Playtech has added Iron Man 2 to its Marvel Series of online slots in its latest release this week.
Swedish online gaming firm Betsson AB has entered into a business relationship with a local company in China.
Industry observers were intrigued by a report in the UK newspaper The Guardian this week which claimed that Caesars Entertainment (formerly Harrah’s) had made an attempt to purchase its UK software provider Gamesys but that the private company was not interested in selling.
Swedish gambling company Betsson is to enter into a joint venture with G.Matica Srl in Italy.
The UK pools and tote gaming operator Sportech plc has inked an agreement with Phumelela Gold International Limited, South Africa’s largest pools, tote and horseracing company, that will allow customers of both companies to bet into each other’s football pools products.
Online gaming provider, 888 Holdings PLC has released its fourth quarter 2010 and twelve months ending 31 December 2010 results this week.
British media are reporting that merger talks between Ladbrokes and 888 may have come to an impasse over price.
The European Gaming and Betting Association, a trade body representing most of Europe’s major online gambling companies, has released a progress report on new self-regulatory measures aimed at providing a high level of consumer protection and ensuring that remote gambling operators behave responsibly.
The British Gambling Commission has announced that it will soon release its latest statistical studies on British internet gambling behaviour with the third in its British Gambling Prevalence Surveys, research which includes the incidence of problem gambling in the country.
Conservative estimates that the British government’s sale of the Tote gambling group will realise around GBP100 million in net profit will see the British horseracing industry benefitting by GBP50 million, according to reports in the UK media as the week ended.
Malta-licensed Nordic Gaming Group Ltd has acquired the rights to the Watch&Bet live streaming service from sports media company PERFORM in a three-year deal finalised this week.
Internet lottery service provider MDI Entertainment LLC, a subsidiary of Scientific Games Corporation announced the development of a new division; MDI Interactive this week.
The Spanish Government’s Council of Ministers have approved the draft bill on new gaming regulations and have committed to submitting the bill to Parliament within the next few weeks.
Online gaming operator Victor Chandler has launched Chartwell Games’ latest product release, which positions them to deploy Chartwell’s latest suite of four slot games as well as Live Dealer in the near future.
The long anticipated Italian online gambling regulations were released Thursday by Italian regulator AAMS and authorise operators to offer cash poker and casino games and multi-level tournaments.
With Valentine’s Day imminent, it was perhaps predictable that the February games release schedule from online gambling software provider Microgaming would include at least one romance-themed slot machine, and this has proved to be so, with the new 5 reel, 30 pay-line Queen of Hearts in the three slot line-up.
The US media was having a field day with the December 14th $1.5 million Bellagio chip theft story this week as the police arrest report on Anthony M. Carleo (29) was made public.
The Spanish Association of Internet Bettors, Asociación Española de Apostadores por Internetedit (AEDAPI) released its estimated online gaming industry results this week.
Live Dealer gaming specialist, Evolution Gaming has signed Scandinavian online gaming operator Betsafe in a two-year deal that will see live dealer online blackjack, baccarat and roulette games at betsafe.com.
Las Vegas has a glossy, hi-tech new race and sports book facility following a launch at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino this week in collaboration with Cantor Gaming.
The war against online sportsbetting in the United States continued this week with the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York apparently seizing 10 websites it claims were conspiring to promote the illegal live internet streaming of the NFL Super Bowl.
With controversy swirling around the question of gambling reform in Australia, the recently appointed prime minister, Julia Gillard has commissioned legal advice on who holds the power – the individual territories making up the Commonwealth of Australia…or her federal government.