Hopes earlier this week that the Brazilian Senate’s Constitutionality and Justice Committee would progress online and other gambling reform legislation (see previous reports) were dashed when the committee dissolved before turning its attention to PLS 186/2014. Committee chair Sen. Edson Loboão regretted the failure to address the much-delayed gambling proposal but explained that committee members …
The House Regulatory Reform Committee in Michigan has passed an online gambling legalisation bill on a vote of 12 vs. 3 with a single abstention in the closing hours of the current legislative session. Although it is unlikely that bill H 4926 will make it to the floor before the session ends, under the Michigan …
Brazil possibly rivals only the Netherlands in its glacially slow approach to passing gambling legislation, as evidenced by bill PLS 186/2014, which has been doing the legislative rounds in several years of amendment and debate, delaying the introduction of what could be a massive gambling market that includes legalised online activity. The latest development on …
Currently on the run-up to launch, international lottery and e-gaming platform provider Wild Crypto has announced that it will be helmed by William Trentini, who has more than 20 years international experience in the financial industry across wealth management and investment banking, and has recently been involved in developing business opportunities across the crypto and …
Gambling technology firm Win Systems splashed out in the Italian city of Venice this week as it launched its unique new roulette system, Gold Club Knockout. The exclusive event at Casino di Venezia was billed as the world premiere of the pioneering, patented product, which received positive feedback from invitees impressed by the new concept. …
Australian gambling group Tabcorp has reported that its merger plans for Tatts are on track following shareholder approval this week. On Wednesday the group also advised in a stock exchange release that the Supreme Court of Victoria has approved the merger, and that Tatts has confirmed that the Court orders have been lodged with ASIC …
Sports betting solutions provider SBTech has added to its range of in-play products with the launch of Action Betting, a mobile-first feature which dynamically suggests markets of interest to players through contextual alerts and call-to-action betting options. Powered by SBTech’s machine learning algorithm, Action Betting creates instant notifications when a specific incident occurs in a …
Where do all the discarded toys of past Christmases go when the children no longer want to play with them? They go to Misfit Toyland, says games developer Rival Gaming in releasing its latest offering – a 5 reel 243 line slot titled Misfit Toyland. On Christmas Eve, Santa and his helper Elves visit Misfit …
The eSports phenomenon has met expectations for increased revenue in 2017 according to new figures from independent research analysts Superdata, which show that the sector delivered revenues of $1.8 billion in 2017. Superdata predicts that growth will continue to an overall 26 percent by the end of 2020, fuelled by increases in viewers of 12 …
The UK mainstream press has been having an anti-gambling field day following the release of the latest UK Gambling Commission report on Young People and Gambling, which examined “awareness and participation rates” of skin gambling by minors in video games. Our readers will recall that skins are cosmetic changes to a player’s in-game weapons, accoutrements …
ProgressPlay, the owner of the Fruity King online casino has been sharply criticised for a sexist and insulting September tweet posted by the operator, who ProgressPlay claims is a licensee. The tweet targeted the ITV television show Loose Women, insulting the swimwear-clad presenters via their images and the words “You can put lipstick on a …
PokerStars Casino paid out $1,879,437.02 to its seventh 2017 millionaire winner this week after German player ‘beckskr’ hit the progressive jackpot on the Arcade Bomb slot. Beckskr went online on Monday afternoon and seven minutes later he hit the big money. Unfortunately that is all that PokerStars has released regarding his big win and future …
Online betting platform and information provider Better Collective has unveiled its latest flagship product, BetBehind – the first auto-betting platform that allows users to instantly back the best tipsters from the extensive community of international tipsters on bettingexpert.com. BetBehind was created using innovations, not only from the sports betting world, but from elements used in …
The Norwegian government’s fierce defence of its national online gambling industry appears about to ramp up even further next year. In addition to the recent directives compelling banks to disrupt transactions with certain international payment processing companies (see earlier reports) there are now plans to shut down television adverts from overseas and particularly EU member …
NYX Gaming Group has agreed a deal with Paf to integrate the Finnish operator to its OGS (Open Gaming System). Paf serves players from countries including Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Spain. It will deliver a host of proprietary NYX content from the company’s four in-house games studios, including NextGen Gaming, as well as the more …
The innovative Rightlander software (see previous reports) has found wider application in assisting online gambling operators to ensure that their affiliate marketers are complying with increasingly strictly enforced marketing regulations in a growing number of jurisdictions. Operators can provide Rightlander with lists of affiliate websites and the scanner identifies pages where operator brands are mentioned …
In compliance with an Australian Competition Tribunal pre-condition related to the merger with Tatts (see previous reports), Australian gambling group Tabcorp has announced that it has divested its Odyssey Gaming Services holdings, clearing the path to the merger. Odyssey has been divested to Australian National Hotels Pty Limited (ANH), a subsidiary of Federal Group. Tabcorp …
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval announced Monday that AG Burnett, the respected chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, is to step down on December 22 this year in order to take up a new position with a local law firm. Before actively practising gaming law with the firm Burnett will first have to complete a …
Macau-based land casino operator SJM Holdings has hailed the success of last week’s eSports event, a three-day competition held at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and titled MDL Macau Dota2 International Elite Invitational. SJM claims the international event was the first of its type to be held in Macau, with chief executive Ambrose So Shu Fai …
Criminal proceedings alleging insider trading and other irregularities against former Amaya chief executive David Baazov and two associates began Monday despite a request for a delay by the accuseds’ legal representatives (see previous report). Baazov’s lawyers had earlier submitted a motion to stay, claiming that the prosecution had overwhelmed them at the last moment with …
The first online sports betting site to achieve licensing in Russia last year, Liga Stavok, did a little justified bragging at a press conference Monday when vice president Dmitry Pavlovsky gave the press information on a few KPIs covering this year to date at the bookmaker. Admittedly starting from a low base, the company recorded …
The chair of independent responsible gambling body Senet, Wanda Goldwag, has stepped down after three years and is moving to the UK health sector, the organisation advised Monday. Goldwag was the first chair appointed by Senet in 2014 when the group was founded to improve industry-wide social responsibility standards in gambling advertising and operational practices. …
UK-based developer Realtime Games as leveraged interest in fantasy football to raise GBP 600,000 in a funding round designed to finance the continued development and marketing of its real-time fantasy football mobile game, titled UFL. The project is a first for Realtime and allows fans around the world to connect simultaneously to a live football …
Online gambling group Kindred plc, parent company for operating companies like Unibet, Stan James, and 32Red, has revealed that it is working with augmented (AR), virtual (VR), and mixed reality (MR) firm Zappar to explore the potential of MR in the gambling industry. Zappar has been working with Kindred Futures, the innovation arm of the …