The Golden Palace Group has been awarded an A+ license from the Belgian Gaming Commission (BGC). As one of the first operators in the regulated Belgian market, Golden Palace Belgium has been operating under a B+ license since 2011. The A+ license enables the group to expand its offering to include additional verticals such as …
Betfred has expanded its content offer with Scientific Games’ interactive (SG Interactive) portfolio. The new additions include titles such as Rainbow Riches: Pick’n’Mix, Rainbow Riches Free Spins, Rainbow Riches Reels of Gold, Raging Rhino and Monopoly Big Event. Further SG Interactive games will be rolled out in the coming months along with a number of …
Authentic Gaming has launched a new live dealer format streaming, for the first time, from studios located on casino floors. The new vertical dubbed Casino Floor Live Studio allows online players to access dedicated tables in studio environments which are located in the heart of actual gaming floors in real land-based casinos. LeoVegas was the …
Stockholm-listed app developer SpiffX has partnered Bede Gaming to distribute its sports betting predictor and in-play product Take5 through Bede’s content aggregator platform, PLAY. The Take5 platform comprises a number of hybrid games that provide players with a quick and easy alternative to already established sports games. Lennart Gilberg – Acting CEO and Director of …
Eccles confirmed the development via a tweet on Twitter, saying: “Excited but a little bit sad to be leaving @fanduel today.” Eccles, who has spent eight years building FanDuel, will be succeeded by Matt King. King, who served as chief financial officer of FanDuel from 2014-2016, will join the Board with immediate effect. “Nigel achieved …
BetSoft has announced the latest edition to its Classic Slots collection, a 1,024 ways-to-win game with an African wildlife theme titled Stampede. The theme transports players to the windswept and sunny African savannah, home to majestic elephant families, herds of zebra and gazelle, and w diversity of other wild animals and birds. The Scatter Pay …
French Senator Jérôme Durain has asked France’s online gambling regulator ARJEL to follow Belgium and the Netherlands in investigating whether loot boxes in video games constitute gambling, and what consumer protections may be necessary. Loot boxes are in-game “crates” full of surprise upgrades, prizes and accessories which can be won through accumulating points or bought …
Malta-based AXL Affiliates Ltd, has acquired global advertising platform firm Astute Media and its twelve subsidiaries for a GBP 22 million consideration. Astute delivers over 900 million ad impressions per day through its twelve subsidiaries, and the announcement from AXL says its acquisition will help AXL reach new markets and territories and strengthen its position …
US-based online and land gambling supplier Scientific Games has joined the legal war being waged by NYX Gaming against Brit bookmaking group William Hill plc over the proposed acquisition of NYX by Scientific Games. William Hill has indicated that it intends to use its shareholding in NYX to abort the deal, but faces the combined …
Four years ago, when Atlantic City launched its online gambling market, there were many naysayers on the commercial viability of the sector, its alleged propensity to create problem gamblers, and its gloomily predicted negative impact on land casino revenues. All have been proved wrong. Despite the downward trending land casino business in Atlantic City at …
The interactive division of AGS, a primarily land-based games developer that has diversified into mobile social gaming, reported on the progress of its white label social casino platform drive this week, noting that six operators are now live with the product. AGS Interactive SVP Bryan Bennett said in a company statement: “Six new partners have …
The Tivoli online casino reports that an anonymous player became a Danish kronor millionaire in 25 seconds this week after hitting the jackpot on its Gunslinger slot. The 51-year-old woman player was rewarded with DKK 1,126,200 (around Euro 151,333) after betting just 125 kroner on the popular slot. She told casino management: “I collected the …
NetEnt has just launched a new product – Mobile Standard Blackjack – that it claims will give players the chance to get closer to the live casino action in a more immersive experience. With HTML5 gameplay and touch point table setup, NetEnt Live Mobile Standard Blackjack features close angle design, bringing players closer to the …
The cross-over between sports and poker is much in evidence in the news this week that World Poker Tour and daily fantasy sports giant DraftKings have teamed up on the former’s upcoming (January 2018) WPT European Championships main event. DraftKings will offer its vast player base eight opportunities to win a seat in the main …
In a company statement Friday Australian gambling giant Tabcorp advised that the Australian Competition Tribunal has for the second time given its authorisation for the merger with Tatts to take place. Our readers will recall that the full Federal Court of Australia ordered the original Tribunal approval to be reviewed after opposition to the merger …
Canadian online casino operator Mohawk Online Limited, which operates the SportsInteraction online casino site, has advised that it is to take on board branded superhero slots from Playtech, including popular titles such as Green Lantern, Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Batman Begins. The first games launched on Sportsinteraction.com feature the iconic …
Two industry managers, former NetEnt regional chief Michael Pedersen and former head of operations at LeoVegas, Stefan Lind, are joining forces to create a new and pioneering online casino titled Letsbet.com, which they plan to launch early 2018 with an initial focus on the Nordic region. After a year of extensive research, the two founders …
Video games developer and publisher Electronic Arts is embroiled in controversy over its new Stars Wars Battlefron II game release, with players complaining about the difficulty of winning sufficient points to receive a loot box, and an opinion by the Belgian Gambling Commission that loot boxes acquired with points purchased with real money constitutes gambling …
The English Football League and its betting partner Sky Bet have launched a new commitment to responsible gambling as part of a record five-year partnership that will see the sports gaming company continue as headline sponsor of the Sky Bet EFL until 2023/24. The new agreement represents a 20 percent year-on-year increase from 2019/20 on …
The use of loot boxes in video gaming – “crates” of prizes, upgrades and accessories the contents of which are not known when won through loyalty points or by purchase – is currently under investigation by the super-strict Belgian Gaming Commission, which contends that the product is a form of gambling which is exposing young …
The Swiss bank Vontobel has announced that on Friday it will start trading Switzerland’s first two mini futures to short bitcoin, giving investors a tool to bet against the value of the volatile cryptocurrency or to hedge bitcoin positions. Earlier, CME Group Inc, the world’s largest derivatives exchange operator, said it will launch a futures …
For the second time in as many years, Italian police have linked the online gambling jurisdiction of Malta with a current organised crime investigation. The investigation, code named Operation Double Jack, saw significant police activity mid-week as raiding parties across Italy visited and searched more than thirty premises suspected of being involved in both land …
Online gambling games developer Pariplay has announced the launch of its latest HTML5 slot, a 6 reel, 100 pay-line game titled Jack in the Box. Aiming for the nostalgic, the new title conjures up the fun and surprises of the golden age of big-top circuses yet features the latest UX and graphical design and soundtrack. …
Luc Pettett, founder and CEO of digital racing publisher punters.com.au is set to depart the company after nine years. Starting out as a blog in 2008 and acquired by News Corp last year, Punters.com.au provides audience news, results, tipping, odds comparison and a forum for horse racing enthusiasts. When Pettett departs early next year to …