The Nederlandse Loterij Organisatie (NLO) has fallen foul of the country’s gaming authority Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) for failures in age restriction measures. The KSA said statistical research had shown that minors had participated in games of chance offered by the NLO deeming measures preventing minors from play are insufficient. According to the KSA it will monitor …
Aquila Group’s Wplay.co online sports betting operation has signed a sponsorship deal with the Comité Olímpico Colombiano (COC), its contributions focused on the development and participation of Colombian athletes in the Olympic competition. “We are convinced of the importance of sport in human development and peace in Colombia. We are committed to the Olympic Committee …
Eurobet has expanded its virtuals portfolio with the addition of Betradar’s Virtual Football League and Virtual Football Nations Cup across its retail, online and mobile platforms in the Italian market. The Virtual Football League features 16 teams playing 240 fixtures per season across 30 match days, each having 8 games played in parallel. The Virtual …
Stakeholders in the potential sports betting market in New Jersey will be watching proceedings with interest as they kick off in the US Supreme Court today. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will open oral arguments in opposition of the 1992 Federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) which effectively denies most US States from …
China’s Organised Crime and Triad Bureau has undertaken 30 cross-border raids leading to 71 arrests and the confiscation of HK$100 million in betting slips. The charges include bookmaking and money laundering, the South China Morning Post reports. “The ring worked in four tiers: overseas bookmakers; senior brokers; brokers; and gamblers,” Bert Lo Chung-wong, chief inspector …
Australian gambling giant Crown Resorts is facing a class action following a court filing by a local legal firm Monday, alleging that Crown management did not give shareholders enough information about the risks being taken in its marketing efforts in China aimed at gambling whales. Our readers will recall that 18 employees, including Crown’s VIP …
Swedish state-owned horse racing operator AB Trav och Galopp (ATG) has signed a deal to acquire Danish casino and sports betting operator Ecosys A/S in an initiative aimed at being prepared for changes in national gambling laws in Sweden that will liberalise the monopoly-dominated market. The agreement is conditional on the final outcome of the …
December 4 is a key date for US sports betting as the US Supreme Court begins hearing arguments on New Jersey’s appeal for relief from the provisions of the highly restrictive federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, seeking to widen and liberalise the sports betting market in the United States. The proceedings will be …
Live dealer gambling provider Authentic Gaming has introduced an interesting new enhancement for gamblers using its systems – the addition of live cabaret to the stream. The shows will be streamed in high definition to Authentic’s operator partners before and after this week’s UEFA Champions League matches, adding a little festive and glitzy cheer in …
Last week the Australian province of Queensland became the third state to roll out its version of a 15 percent “point-of-consumption” tax for online gambling companies, and local media reports indicate that operators – most of whom are licensed in the Northern Territory – are reportedly ramping up their lobbying against the new tax, which …
Simulated and real-money online gambling provider GAN has boosted its selection of games through a content supply deal with developer 1X2 Network. The latter’s inventory of HTML5 virtual sports games, table games and slots will be made available to GAN client operators around the world under the terms of the agreement, which schedules an impolementation …
Close on the heels of this week’s deal in which CrownBet agreed not to oppose the proposed A$11 billion Tabcorp-Tatts merger (see previous report) comes the news that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it will not further hamper the initiative. In a statement Friday the competitions authority commented that whilst …
David Hopkins, a former director of gaming product development at William Hill plc, where he worked for six years, has been appointed head of programmes for SkyBetting and Gaming. In his new position Hopkins will have executive responsibility for the delivery of strategic initiates at the gambling group. Prior to his service with William Hill …
The French government’s minister for culture, Françoise Nyssen, has revealed that plans are in motion to launch a heritage lottery with the objective of helping finance historical preservation projects across the country. Launching in September 2018, the Loto du Patrimone will be funded via a lottery draw and scratch card game, which is expected to …
German supermarket chain Aldi Sud has introduced an online lottery service in collaboration with several state-licensed lotteries on its website. Punters now can buy lottery tickets 24/7 for ‘Lotto6aus49’, ‘EuroJackpot’, ‘GlücksSpirale’, ‘Zusatzlotterie Spiel 77’ and ‘Zusatzlotterie SUPER6’ at aldi-lotto.de, the company announced in a statement this week, explaining that the service is operated through the …
Online gambling operator Betway has announced that it is to remain sponsor of snooker’s UK Championship up to and including 2020. Having first agreed a deal to sponsor the GBP 850,000 event in 2015, the online bookmaker has decided to back the prestigious tournament for an additional three years, a company statement advised.. Considered as …
The London-based online casino game development company ReelNRG has been awarded a software supplier licence by the UK Gambling Commission, enabling it to offer its games to UK punters through licensed operators. Calvin Kent, CEO of ReelNRG, said: “It is a hugely significant milestone for ReelNRG to be granted a licence by the UKGC, as …
Microgaming has posted a Youtube vid demonstrating an upcoming new 5 x 3 reel, 9 pay-line video slot titled Deco Diamonds. The new product has an art deco ‘thirties style theme redolent with traditional symbols like cherries, plums, lemons and melons, along with high scoring bells and lucky 7s. The top paying standard symbol is …
Figures from the Nevada Gaming Control Board Thursday show that gambling win was largely flat in the month of October compared to the same period in the previous year, with growth of just 0.27 percent to $988,744,450 (Oct. 2016: $986,075,384.) The state collected $59,688,436 in gaming fees compared to $59,609,540 in November 2016, a 0.13 …
International online gambling group SportPesa has teamed up with Italian online gaming solutions provider Microgame as part of its Italian expansion plan. SportPesa acquired a majority shareholding in RCS Gaming earlier in 2017 (see previous report), and will team up with Microgame to offer an online sportsbook and casino, as well as online poker, virtual …
Official figures on Macau gambling revenues released Friday show that the gambling island’s recovery continues, with a 22.6 percent y-o-y rise in revenue to 23 billion patacas (GBP 2.12 billion) – the sixteenth consecutive month of growth. Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau released statistics showing the second highest monthly tally this year, slightly exceeding …
Sportsbook specialist Kambi Group plc has announced a multi-year deal with South African gambling giant Sun International for the provision of a sportsbook and technology services. Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Sun International is one of the largest gaming companies in the Southern Hemisphere, with more than 25 hotels and casinos situated across Africa …
The UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced Thursday that it will ban betting on non-UK EuroMillions through a statutory licence condition following a recently concluded investigation. The ban will likely be welcomed by the UK National Lottery, which has seen stakes decline in recent times (see previous reports), but has already …
The current UK Gambling Commission review on gambling in the UK during the 2016-2017 period reveals that gambling firms received almost 50,000 requests to self-exclude from punters over the period. Across all forms of UK gambling there were 49,385 requests. That’s an increase of 7,000 over the corresponding period in the previous year, and comes …