Scientific Games Corporation’s newly created SG Digital division has announced leadership appointments to accelerate its customer-driven, product-led strategy across digital gaming, sports and iLottery. Ashley Sandyford-Sykes will serve as Senior Vice President (SVP) of SG Digital’s content team. Sandyford-Sykes previously held a number of executive roles in the industry and has lectured on slot product …
Presently unknown Distributed Denial of Services attackers managed successfully to take offline the US-facing online betting site BetOnline last Friday as security firms warned on the growing sophistication and strength of the attackers. BetOnlines official Twitter feed confirmed widespread player reports of the take-down, initially referring to the outage as “network issues” which were being …
US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s staff at the federal Justice Department must have by now become adept at handling letters urging the AG to overrule a September 2011 opinion from the influential Office of Legal Counsel at the Department concerning the applicability of the 1961 Wire Act to online gambling. The opinion, which effectively …
FC Barcelona has become the first professional football club to join the eFootball.Pro league, developed by Konami and eFootball.Pro. The newly established league, which will be played and broadcast on a global level, will have players competing on Konami’s football video game series. FC Barcelona Vice President of Marketing and Communication, Manel Arroyo commented: “Barça …
Slovenia’s parliamentary finance and monetary policy committee has reportedly voted in favour of a bill that would legalise sports betting. Sponsored by an MP coalition, the bill still has tough hurdles to clear as it faces stiff opposition from the upper chamber of Parliament and predictably from sports betting monopoly Športna Loterija.
Greek cyber-crime police officers have detailed the arrest of a 19-year old national suspected of operating an unidentified, illegal online gambling site. The Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate of the Hellenic Police Headquarters said its investigation had found information on a social networking site that indicated the national was making false claims and offering predictions on …
Online gaming and sports betting firm bet-at-home.com has boosted its games offering with a portfolio of Microgaming content following an integration with the Quickfire platform. bet-at-home.com has gone live with over 130 Microgaming titles, including top-performers Avalon, Ariana, Thunderstruck and EmotiCoins, as well as strategic development partner content. “Bet-at-home.com is a fantastic addition to the …
iGaming firm Bethard Group has signed up for a portfolio of games from Relax Gaming. The initial integration will see Relax provide Roulette and Blackjack titles to Bethard’s SverigeKronan, Bethard, SverigeCasino and SuomiVegas brands, with a further roll out of other content expected soon after. Patrik Österåker, Relax Gaming’s CEO, said: “The Bethard Group has …
Online gaming operator Videoslots.com has netted a naming partnership with Maltese water polo club, Valletta United. Under the terms of the deal, the water polo club’s senior teams will be officially renamed as Valletta Videoslots United, with Videoslots additionally enjoying prominent branding opportunities across the club’s social media channels and on advertising hoardings at home …
Romanian betting operator Get’s Bet has gone live with SBTech’s sports betting solution as part of an aggressive growth strategy in its home market. While the omni-channel solution is not yet fully rolled out, the operator will offer pre-match and live sports coverage, along with casino offering titles from the industry’s top developers. The Romanian …
Kindred Group is challenging gender bias, a hot topic across multiple sectors and industries at present, with a new global campaign developed by London-based creative agency FCB Inferno. The campaign’s purpose, carrying the hashtag queenrules, is to start conversations around gender bias and gender equality, kicking off on International Women’s Day through Kindred’s Unibet brand. …
Finnish gaming company Ålands penningautomatförening (Paf) has been fined for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) failures. A Finnish district court ruling last week, relating to charges brought against former Paf CEO Anders Ingves and the gambling firm, found the company guilty of “money laundering by negligence” but cleared Ingves of all charges. The case dates back to …
ASAP Italia-owned Sportito Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) has claimed an industry first with the introduction of a ChatBot designed to stimulate intelligent conversations and actions over the internet with its customers. The robotics system allows users to play on Sportito directly via Chatbot, provides instant information and solutions to player problems and enables the delivery …
The Stars Group (TSG) has increased its share in CrownBet from 62 percent to 80 percent shortly after announcing its initial share acquisition and is behind a definitive agreement in which CrownBet has acquired William Hill Australia Holdings Pty Ltd (see previous report). The aggregate purchase price for both transactions is approximately $315 million, of …
Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) Liquor & Gaming Board has proposed reforms to liquor and gaming legislation with the tabling of an Amendment Bill in the NSW Lower House today (Tuesday). The amendment proposes a ten-fold increase in penalties for betting service providers that offer inducements to gamble and who publish prohibited gambling advertising. NSW racing minister Paul Toole said the imposition and payment …
An industry advisory Tuesday from bookmaker William Hill details the successful sale of its Australian business assets to CrownBet for an A$300 million consideration. “The disposal will allow William Hill to focus on continuing to grow our UK online and US businesses,” Philip Bowcock, chief executive officer of William Hill, said. The business was put under strategic review earlier this year having …
Following receipt of a betting license from Portuguese authorities, Aspire Global will launch a new B2B sportsbook into the market in partnership with local onine publisher Confina Media. Our readers will recall Aspire Global entered the newly regulated market at the end of September, 2017, with the launch of Confina Media’s online casino Nossa Aposta. “We are delighted to …
Online B2B casino platform provider and gaming systems aggregator SoftGamings has integrated Swedish gaming studio Quickspin’s full video slot portfolio of 30 plus titles. Quickspin joins a range of other third party providers including Microgaming, Evolution Gaming, NetEnt, Ezugi, Authentic Gaming, Lucky Streak, BetSoft, Endorphina, Habanero, Booming Games, World Match and Betconstruct. Svetlana Gasel, Head of Partnerships at SoftGamings, …
Malta-based B2B gaming services provider Gamanza Group has agreed a new partnership with Lotto Warehouse which will enable them to boost their plug and play lottery betting solution. “It’s really pleasing for me that when companies think about adding lottery betting to their platforms more often than not the first name that comes to mind is Lotto Warehouse,” Thomas Biro, …
Casino games developer Pragmatic Play’s newest release is titled ‘Ancient Egypt’, a 3×5 reel game offering Wilds, Free Spins, Scatters and a Bonus game. Punters play as tomb raiders with historic symbols that include Anubis, an ankh, the scarab beetle, Cleopatra, pyramids and papyrus, as a backdrop. The bonus game offers players three treasure chests to choose …
Magnet Gaming has expanded its jurisdictional reach with titles now available to Gibraltar-licensed operators. HTML5-built, omni-channel titles include Railroad Express, Fish Tank, Auction Day and Lucky Dice along with many others will launch in the market under a Gibraltar license sheltering from Nektan. Thomas Nielsen, head of gaming licensing at Magnet Gaming, said, “We’ve seen great demand …
LeoVegas AB-owned Authentic Gaming has signed a strategic agreement with Playtech providing the live casino provider access to Playtech’s network of operators. Operators on the Playtech network will gain access to live roulette tables from terrestrial casinos Saint Vincent Resort Casino in Italy, Casino International Batumi at Hilton Hotel in Georgia and Platinum Casino at Radisson BLU Hotel in …
B2B and white label gaming software provider, Nektan plc, has gone live with over 200 games in the Asian market through a global platform deal for its Evolve Lite gaming system with Malta based Tyche Digital Malta Limited (Tyche). Gaming content also includes titles from third party suppliers such as Realistic Games, Pragmatic Play™, Booongo Gaming and Pocket Games Soft. …
Rival Gaming’s latest HTLML5 release is titled ‘Party Parrot Wild’, a 5-reel, 25-line video slot available on both desktop and mobile. Players join Pete the Party Parrot and his flock of cocktail-fueled pals deep in a tropical jungle where feathered friends, eggs and burstable balloon birds abound. Features include Bonus rounds, Wilds and Scatters.