Sportsbook and lottery supplier Sporting Solutions began to supply Swedish lottery Svenska Spel with its outsourced pricing services this week. The services agreement was concluded following a competitive pitch with other suppliers, and will run initially for a year, with an option to renew. The deal will see Sporting Solutions supply pre-match and in-play pricing …
Online casino games and platform provider Relax Gaming has announced the appointment of Simon Hammon and Andrew Crosby as chief product officer and head of account management respectively. The move will significantly increase the expertise of the supplier’s management and commercial teams, Relax said in a statement Thursday, with the two industry veterans bringing 18 …
Swedish online slots specialist Quickspin, a Playtech Group company, has announced a deal to deliver its full portfolio of games to sportsbook operator Interwetten. The agreement with the Malta-licensed operator will further elevate Quickspin’s profile among players and extend its international reach, particularly in German-speaking countries, a company statement claimed Thursday. Interwetten customers will shortly …
The Ipswich Town football club has announced a three-and-a-half year shirt sponsorship deal with Magical Vegas online casino, a member of the Stride online gambling group. The club will benefit by over GBP 2 million from the deal, an official said Thursday. Ipswitch Town also sports the logo of the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices on …
High technology provider Intel hit the headlines during the CES conference and expo in Las Vegas this week with its glittering night display above the Bellagio, achieved by 250 LED-equipped drones flying in various formations. The Shooting Star Drones repeated the stunning display put on by Intel at last year’s Super Bowl half-time show, twisting …
In 2013 few thought that five years on the industry would still not have a fully approved Gambling Control Bill in Ireland, but the fact was highlighted this week when David Stanton, the Minister of State for Equality, Immigration and Integration, requested Cabinet approval to set up an independent body charged with oversight of all …
Tax revenues from New York daily fantasy sports companies have fallen far short of the $25 million predicted by lawmakers who approved the regulation of the genre in 2016, the Associated Press news agency reports, noting that DFS tax revenues last year were only $3 million, and that just 15 licensed operators are still active …
The first of Pennsylvania’s ten mini land casino licenses – part of the state’s move to boost tax revenues by expanded gambling – was sold Wednesday to land casino operator Penn National, which put in a high bid of $50.1 million for the licence (almost as much cash as operators pay for a full licence, …
The Peerplays Blockchain Standards Association (PBSA) has engaged iGaming creative agency Vegas Kings to build a website for its new blockchain betting exchange app, Bookie. The PBSA describes itself as a non-profit standards organisation registered under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act. The Bookie website will go live during Q1 2018, ahead of the launch of …
Six members of Malta’s Under-21 Championships Team have been banned for match fixing by football’s governing body in Europe UEFA. A statement announcing the bans identified the matches in question as those against Montenegro on March 23, 2016, and the Czech Republic on March 29, also in 2016. Lifetime bans from professional football in Europe …
Spanish online gambling games developer Red Rake Gaming has announced another content deal, revealing that it has agreed to provide its 40 or more bingo and slot titles to Iforium for use on that company’s Gameflex platform. Phil Parry, Iforium CEO, said in a statement Wednesday: “Red Rake Gaming have some of the most engaging …
Reports earlier this week that the Italian regulator is at last about to open bidding for 120 new online gambling licenses (see previous reports) was confirmed today (Wednesday) by an official notice in the European Union Official Journal. As expected, applicants will have to pay a fee of Euro 200,000 and must have a physical …
UK online gambling games developer Push Gaming has released its ancient Egypt-themed new slot Blaze of Ra. The 5 reel, 40 pay-line game offers features that include two bonuses, wilds, nudging wilds, free spins, scatters and multipliers, all backed by colourful artwork depicting symbols typical of the era such as the Sun God Ra, spinning …
Attracting attention this week was an astonishing outburst from the head of Belgium’s national lottery, Jannie Haek, who in an interview with the Flemish daily Knack (later picked up by the Brussels Times) strongly criticised the Belgian Gaming Commission and characterised the industry in his country as the “Wild West of online gambling”. The reaction …
Online gambling games developer Yggdrasil Gaming claims it is about to revolutionise the i-gaming table games vertical with its entry into the sector offering a ‘game changing’ selection of products. The provider revealed Wednesday that it is developing several popular multiplayer table games, with Blackjack the first to go live, using its progressive, in-house technology, …
Online gambling software provider Bede Gaming is further expanding its content offering via an agreement with virtual sports provider Kiron Interactive. The deal will see Kiron’s full suite of 20 virtual sports and numbers games integrated into Bede’s content aggregator platform, PLAY. Kiron’s virtuals portfolio includes football, horse racing, greyhound racing and motor racing titles. …
Gibraltar-based international B2B mobile gaming solutions and services provider Nektan plc has posted a Q2-2018 report showing continued growth through strong trading over the period ended December 31 2018, The company said it continued to deliver year-on-year growth, with NGR in the quarter increasing 41.6 percent to GBP 4.7 million versus the same period last …
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority has expressed “serious concerns” regarding financial spread betting in the CFD (contracts for difference) sector, warning operators to ensure they “pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly”. In a statement Wednesday following its review of the sector, the FCA said it had sent a letter to …
Online slots and table games provider Habanero is to push into Italy in 2018, kick-starting a year of targeted commercial expansion throughout Western Europe, the company said in a statement Wednesday. All 33 games developed by the supplier in 2016 and 2017 have now been certified to the requirements of the Italian regulator (AAMS), with …
Look out for Legend of Loki, The Dalai Panda in Europe and Mystery of Long Wei. Online and mobile casino content provider, iSoftBet, is set to pull back the curtain on several new products and innovations at next month’s ICE Totally Gaming. Following the successful launch of its Eye of the Amulet slot, the supplier …
Australian gambling supplier Aristocrat has announced the completion of its $1.3 billion takeover of social casino games developer Big Fish Gaming, with CEO Trevor Croker commenting: “The strategic and financial benefits of this acquisition are highly compelling. Big Fish’s digital-first social casino content and industry leading meta-game capability and applications are highly complementary to Aristocrat’s …
The Paddy Power Betfair Group has announced management changes following the appointment of Peter Jackson as replacement for departed Group CEO Breon Corcoran. Dan Taylor is promoted to CEO of Europe and Barni Evans as CEO of Sportsbet, the group’s operations in Australia. Both positions will report to Jackson. In the newly created role, Taylor …
If the US Supreme Court finds in favour of New Jersey and overturns the restrictive Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act later this year, a predicted 18 US states will be prepared to introduce licensed and regulated sports betting. That’s the assessment of consultants Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, who predict that 18 states will introduce …
Swiss moves to legalise online gambling but make it the exclusive preserve of existing land operators in the country (see previous reports) could face the possibility of scrutiny through a national referendum, according to local media reports. The new law passed late last year has provisions for the imposition of ISP blocking on operators who …