Colombian regulator Coljuegos has authorised the twelfth online gaming operator, apuestalo.co, owned by Royal Betting Solutions SAS. apuestalo.co. joins wplay.co, betplay.com.co, colbet.co, zamba.co, codere.com.co, mijugada.co, masgol.co, luckia. co, sportium.com.co, rushbet.co, aquijuego.co and apuestalo.co in the market. Coljuegos revealed approximately 870,000 players have registered with licensed operators in the lead up to the Football World Cup, an increase of 35 …
Online operator W88 has been named Leicester City Football Club’s (LCFC) Official Betting Partner for the 2018/19 and 2019/20 Premier League seasons. W88 will gain brand exposure through pitch-side LED advertising, LCFC marketing activities and club-experiences. “We are very proud to partner with Leicester City Football Club, who have experienced incredible worldwide growth since winning the Premier League in …
Wazdan is the latest content provider to be signed up by iGaming Platform (iGP). Under the terms of the deal, Wazdan will supply its full HTML5 slots portfolio via iGaming Platform’s Game Hub aggregation platform. Wazdan omni-channel titles, including Football Mania Deluxe, Magic Stars 3, Wild Guns, Jumping Fruits, Magic Fruits Deluxe, Dracula’s Castle, Fenix Play Deluxe and Bars & …
Curacao-licensed, Bosnian-language online casino operator Dobrobet has announced its removal of pirated Playtech and NetEnt games following an expose by casino affiliate Latest Casino Bonuses (LCB). The outfit carried a range of unlicensed pirated games which it took down shortly after an article by LCB but not before allegedly throwing legal threats at the affiliate. However, a cursory glance at their ‘about us’ page still …
In its latest annual report, the Malta Gambling Authority (MGA) delivered a 6 percent rise in licence fees, gaming tax and other administrative fees and fines for a total revenue of Euro 66.3 million in 2017 (2016: Euro 62.5 million). The direct contribution of the gaming industry to the Maltese economy was valued at Euro 1.1 billion …
Playtech’s trading update earlier today (Monday) voicing concerns regarding competition in the Asian market (see previous report) have been interpreted as the group’s second profit warning this year, triggering a 23 percent decline in share price Monday morning on the London exchange. In early trading, shares were down 23 per cent at 580p. The bank …
Online gambling games and software provider NetEnt has at last released its much hyped and anticipated blockbuster online slot Jumanji, themed on the beloved classic film of the same title from Sony Pictures Entertainment. The unique branded 5 reel game combines the classic board game with video slots and unleashes a rhino stampede, wild monkeys, …
Live dealer technology provider Evolution Gaming is off to a fast start in the soon-to-be-liberalised Swedish gambling market, announcing this week that it has secured a deal to provide live casino gambling to the established and primarily horse racing Swedish group AB Trav och Galopp (ATG). The company says it will be ready to go …
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 …