The latest HTML5 slot from Realistic Games is a five reel, twenty pay-line game with a futuristic theme titled Clockwork Mice, which has been released across desktop and mobile channels this week. The theme features a space age inspired world populated by tiny automatons and backs a slot with wilds, scatters, up to 24 re-triggering …
The American Gaming Association has announced that its general counsel and VP industry services, Stacy Papadopoulos (47), will act as CEO until a replacement for departing Geoff Freeman is found. Our readers will recall that Freeman resigned last month and is to join the Grocery Manufacturers Association on August 1 as CEO and president. Last …
In a trading update issued Monday, online gambling technology and games provider Playtech plc reported that revenues have continued to rise. In business-to-business operations the company reported that average daily revenue on a year-to-date basis excluding Asia is up 7 percent compared with the same period last year, and up 12 percent in Q2-2018 vs. …
Two former Playtech managers, Amir Askarov and Dan Fischer, have launched what they claim is a revolutionary online gambling marketing platform designed to allow operators to create differentiation by using the full power of jackpots, thus driving player engagement. Titled Blue Ribbon, the platform allows operators to create, customise and control bespoke jackpots that are …
Finnplay, the Finnish-based open gaming platform provider, announced Sunday that the company has been awarded a Class II licence in the regulated Romanian market by the Romanian National Gambling Office (ONJN). The licence will enable the company to deliver its Billfold platform services to Class 1 Operating licensed holders in the country. Martin Prantner, the …
Gross gaming revenue in Macau for the month of June amounted to MOP22.49 billion (US$2.78 billion), up 12.5 percent year-on-year but lower than expectations by analysts of a 17-21 percent range. Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) revealed the latest numbers on Sunday, noting that the amount recorded in June 2018 represents a 11.8 …
Online gambling games developer Playson has released across mobile and desktop channels a new 5 reel, 25 pay-line online slot with an undersea theme titled God of the Wild Sea. The theme takes players to the fabled undersea temples of the lost city of Atlantis, where the sea god Poseidon rules. Reel symbols continue the …
There was good news from Spain this week, where parliamentarians passed the 2018 budget containing significant reductions in taxation on gambling in a move to attract more operators, especially in the online environment, to the market. The cuts to tax rates based on GGR, include a 5 percent reduction on fixed-odds sports betting, other fixed-odds …
Police in the Chinese city of Shenzhen have reported raiding and dismantling an illegal online sports betting operation taking bets on the World Cup football championship. Seven individuals have been arrested in connection with the ring, which police claim took in around 100 million yuan (about 15.1 million U.S. dollars).
Digital media company Motorsport Network has moved into the betting business with a proprietary app titled Pit Stop Betting available at App Store and Google Play. The app offers an array of event-by-event betting cards with simple, visible pay-out terms and seeks to appeal to a knowledgeable audience. It covers 10 motorsport series at launch, …
Speaking to reporters at the lavish opening of Hard Rock International’s new Atlantic City casino this week, chairman Jim Allen laid industry speculation to rest by revealing that sports betting, both land and online, is very much part of the company’s plans. There have been reports that Hard Rock’s commercial connections with the NFL could …
Online gambling games provider Pragmatic Play has announced the launch of Asgard, a new video slot taking players to the land of the mythical Norse gods. Situated in the home of the famous Viking deities, the 5 reel, 25 pay-line video slot puts players in the middle of a tense stand-off between Aesir and Vanir, …
Thursday’s spectacularly entertaining launch of the new Hard Rock land casino in Atlantic City has been followed by the news that the company’s online offering, Hardrockcasino.com, has soft-launched, powered by experienced online casino company Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) in an agreement signed back in February this year (see previous reports). GIG received its provider transactional …
Online gambling technology and games provider Pariplay has entered the Italian market with a contract to provide casino games to leading Italian online casino brand StarCasinò.it, which is part of Betsson Group’s brand portfolio. The company’s entry into the regulated Italian market forms an integral part of its broader European strategy, Pariplay advised in a …
Two years ago a bitter clash between the then newly elected Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte and Roberto V. Ongpin, at that time chairman of online gambling provider Philweb had almost disastrous consequences for the company; it lost its licensing from regional regulator Pagcor, and it took the best part of two years for it to …
Czech Ministry of Finance numbers on the gambling industry’s performance in 2017 show that overall growth was low at 1.1 percent y-o-y with revenues amounting to CZK39.8 billion (US$1.78 billion), although turnover was up 14.1 percent at CZK224 billion. Despite high taxation, which enabled government to harvest an overall CZK 12.2 billion from gambling, online …
Australian lawmakers passed the Interactive Gambling Act Amendment (Lottery Betting) Bill 2018 Thursday, effectively banning online secondary or synthetic lotteries such as those offered by Lottoland to its 700,000 regional customers. The legislation comes into force six months from now to give those operators affected an opportunity to wind down their businesses. Lottoland CEO Luke …
Danish gambling regulator Spillemyndigheden released Q1-2018 gambling industry stats Thursday, reporting that overall gross gaming revenues rose almost 9 percent y-o-y to DKK1.52 billion (US$236.4 million). Nevertheless, revenues eased compared with the preceding Q4-2017. Sports betting delivered a 7 percent y-o-y rise in revenue to DKK 555.4 million, with wagering on mobile devices performing well …
With the liberalisation of the Swedish online gambling market just over the horizon, Kindred Group has announced that subsidiary Unibet has signed the biggest football sponsorship yet for the group. Unibet will become title sponsor for the two top tiers of Swedish football – the Allsvenskan and Superettan leagues. The governing body Svensk Elitfotboll has …
Sports and live betting operator Betano has inked a premium sponsorship deal with German Bundesliga football club VfB Stuttgart. Running through to 2021, the three-year agreement will help Betano establish brand awareness in the German market, which it has recent;ly targeted. CEO George Daskalakis said his company’s entry into the German market will be shaped …
Australian online games developer Lightning Box is on final approach for the launch of its latest slot, a 5 reel, 40 pay-line game with a spooky fantasy theme reminiscent of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow titled Lightning Horseman. The game has a claimed RTP of 95.5 percent and is set for exclusive release to Betsson …
1X2 Network continues to expand into regulated markets after being given the regulatory green light to launch its games to operators and players in Colombia. The first game to hit operator portfolios will be Diamond Roulette from the developer’s 1X2gaming subsidiary. This will be followed by other titles from 1X2gaming and Iron Dog Studio such …
UK-based game studio Blueprint Gaming has released its latest online slot titled This is Spinal Tap with a theme inspired by the classic 1980’s rock mockumentary. Under licence from Studiocanal, band members David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls all feature in this 243 ways-to-win game. The crowd goes wild when the Rock Mode …
Ladbrokes subsidiary Betdaq (bought for Euro 30 million back in 2013) has inked a starting stall sponsorship agreement covering up to 1,000 races at UK racecourses in 2018 with Arena Racing Company (ARC) . The deal allows BETDAQ’s brand to be shown on starting stalls at any unsponsored flat meeting on ARC racecourses, including live …