UK online bingo brand GalaBingo.com has extended its partnership with 52 Lives, a UK-based charity, for another two years. GalaBingo has already raised GBP 218,818 for the UK-based charity whose aim is to change someone’s life every week. The charity chooses a person in need each week from nominations submitted through its website and shares their story across …
Bahamas lottery and casino operator Island Luck has revamped its customer experience with FAST TRACK’s CRM tool. “FAST TRACK CRM is designed with the online gaming industry in mind and will allow us to communicate with our players at just the right moment,” Sebas Bastian, CEO of Island Luck, said. “We couldn’t be happier to work with a company that …
Despite Lottoland’s best efforts, 60 percent of Zeal Network SE shareholders approved the preconditions for the planned takeover of Lotto24 AG in a general meeting on Friday. Dr Helmut Becker, CEO, ZEAL, said: “Our plan to reunite ZEAL and Lotto24 offers a fantastic opportunity for sustainable growth and creates significant value – for shareholders of both companies, customers and the German …
The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has distanced itself from sunny-casino.net, lucky-casino.co, white-casino.net and malta-casino.com saying it has no connection with these operators and any reference to the MGA are false and misleading. Two of the operators, White-Casino and Sunny-Casino are listed as being operated by MT SuperPlay Limited with ownership by SuperPlay Limited. The other two, lucky-casino and malta-casino, are listed as being owned by TEM …
GSA Europe’s Managing Director Mark Pace has been elected by the Comité Européen de Normalisation (CEN) to co-lead the creation of a European Union online gaming reporting standard. CEN has established Technical Committee 456 to create this standard in support of online gambling supervision. GSA Europe joined Technical Committee 456 as a Liaison Organisation in 2017. “The Technical Committee’s mandate from the European …
Yggdrasil Gaming’s upcoming launch ‘Cazino Cosmos’ is a sequel to its popular Cazino Zeppelin title launched over three years ago. This steampunk, space-themed 5-reel, 20 payline slot is set in a spaceship piloted by matriarch Stella. Cazino Cosmos offers Free Spins, Wilds, Multipliers, Sticky Wilds and a Collections Free Spins feature where each reel has its …
Microgaming’s progressive jackpot network paid out an impressive Euro 154,954,249 during 2018. In total, nine lucky players took home seven-figure sums from Microgaming’s progressive jackpot games, equating to more than Euro 40 million in winnings. The largest jackpot win was through Microgaming’s Mega Moolah progressive, with a massive Euro 18,915,872.81 paid out on Friday 28 September at Grand …
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker proposed the legalisation of on-premises and online sports betting in the State, Thursday, saying he plans to file legislation that would allow wagering on professional sports. Under the proposal, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) would be responsible for licensing and enforcement of the gambling expansion. “Our legislation puts forth a series of commonsense proposals …
Unauthorised drones are in the news again, this time over UK horse racing courses. According to various UK media reports, unauthorised drones have been reported to be flying over UK race courses and live-streaming footage of horse races to beat the average 3 second transmission time lag. The UK’s largest racing group, Arena Racing Company (ARC), said …
Dubbed ‘Strategy Robot’, poker bot ‘Libratus’ that defeated top poker pros at no-limt Texas Hold’em in 2017 has been enlisted by the US Military on a two year contract worth $10 million, an article written by American, emerging technologies-focused publication, WIRED, reports. Created by Noam Brown – a PhD student, and Tuomas Sandholm – a professor of computer science, both at Carnegie Mellon …
Kambi and Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment have launched an on-property sportsbook at South Philadelphia Turf Club in Pennsylvania. The launch marks Kambi’s second sportsbook to go live in a week following the debut of Parx Casino’s sportsbook (see previous report) after completing two days of testing in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB). The Turf Club, an off-track betting establishment, is located …
William Hill PLC has appointed Robin Terrell as Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Committee to replace outgoing David Lowden from March 4, 2019. Terrell, a Chartered Accountant, has been a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee since 2017.
BtoBet has expanded its White Label Partnership Programme in the Latin American market with a new strategic partnership with Wildar Gaming who becomes BtoBet’s Regional Certified Partner. Alessandro Fried, chief executive officer of BtoBet: “The region, which is still predominantly retail, offers huge opportunities in terms of online sports betting, and the fact that a number of countries are legalizing …
A number of new releases from various content providers have been launched this week carrying a diverse range of themes from futuristic to ancient times. Pragmatic Play released its Wild West-themed 3×5 reel, 25-payline slot, ‘Mustang Gold’. The reels fill with traditional slot symbols, as well as cowboys, cowgirls, sheriff badges, majestic horses and golden horse …
Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has been granted affiliate vendor registration in New Jersey enabling the company to send traffic to regulated casinos and Sportsbooks in the state on a Cost Per Acquisition (CPA) basis, starting from Q1 2019. GiG’s media services arm has, over the past 12 months, been building up portfolio assets to target the …
Eyecon, a Playtech-owned development studio, has partnered with UK-licensed MrQ for the integration of its content across the online bingo operator’s platform. “We are delighted to launch Eyecon games on MrQ.com,” Paul Gilbert, head of customer management for Eyecon said. “Eyecon and the online bingo market are entwined, and so it’s great to see a new entrant to the market. …
In a post-close trading update for the year to December 31, 2018, GVC Holdings expects full year 2018 proforma underlying Group EBITDA to be in the range of GBP 750 million – GBP 755 million, ahead of current “market consensus”. Other full year pro forma trading highlights include: Total online net gaming revenue (NGR), up 19 percent. …
Microgaming and Betsson have agreed a content supply deal for the Spanish market boosting the operator’s portfolio to over 400 titles and labelling it as one of the “largest providers” in the market. Andrea Rossi, managing director for southern Europe and LatAm in the Betsson Group: “We are trying to complete the best casino games catalogue in the …
Officials of Thailand’s Action Taskforce for Information Technology Crime Suppression have arrested eight suspects who allegedly operated an online betting ring which accepted wagers on foreign soccer games. Reportedly led by Kritaphop Seethammarat, the bets were funnelled through online betting and casino website i99bet.net with the operation generating $6 million in two years.
William Hill US has partnered Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Iowa as official sportsbook operator in the event that sports betting is legalised under Iowa State Law. Should regulatory changes allow, William Hill will operate a more than 8,600 square foot sportsbook near the casino’s racing centre, subject to the approval of Iowa gaming regulatory authorities. “We …
Rhode Island isn’t wasting any time in expanding sports betting in the State with the introduction of a bill which would allow mobile sports betting. The bill, introduced by Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, enables the development of a Twin River app enabling patrons to bet via their mobile devices within State lines. “With the big crowds that …
RISQ iGaming insurance platform (iGiP), used to power jackpot-based marketing campaigns, has partnered with Chalkline Sports to scale up incremental revenue opportunities for sports betting operators within new player and existing player segments. Chalkline Sports provides simple live-odds free-to-play (F2P) sports games backed by rich data visualization and customer personalisation software, powered by proprietary Bettor BI. Julian Borg-Barthet, …
Nolimit City has entered Latvia through a partnership with 11.lv following certification of its content for the market. The developer says it has further promising partners lined up who have shown “immense” interest in releasing Nolimit games. “We’re planning big things for 2019 and will be entering more respectable, regulated markets in the world,” a press …
Cherry’s ComeOn operator has taken on Stakelogic’s full suite of slots including popular titles Book of Adventure and Book of Anubis, as well as recent releases White Buffalo and Great Wars, which link in to Stakelogic’s progressive jackpot system. Stephan van den Oetelaar, CEO of Stakelogic, said: “We are thrilled to have integrated our games with yet another tier …