Online payment processors Neteller and Skrill – both subsidiaries of the Paysafe group – have advised Brazilian online punters that they will regretfully no longer service their gambling transactions, effective February 21. Customers will have until February 28 to withdraw funds from online gambling sites to their Neteller/Skrill accounts. The decision may be based on …
Figures from the Italian news agency Agimeg this week show that 2017 was another bumper year for Italian gambling, with sports betting operators enjoying buoyant business conditions that saw sports betting wagers alone rise to Euro 9.9 billion vs. Euro 7.5 billion in 2016, delivering FY revenue of Euro 1.34 billion – a 44.5 percent …
The latest online slot from Prague-based game developer Endorphina relies heavily on the “cute” factor with a theme of baby pandas and other colourful animals and insects inhabiting a lush bamboo forest setting, all backed with soothing sound effects. “Little Panda” is a five reel, 1,024 ways-to-win (a first for Endorphina) game with a slew …
West Virginia Delegate Shawn Fluharty is off to a running start in 2018 with the re-introduction of his H.3067 online gambling legalisation bill, which stalled in committee last year. Fluharty’s proposal, which has already attracted four co-sponsors, would permit land casino licensees in West Virginia to operate online gambling businesses, overseen by the West Virginia …
Analytics specialist Formisimo’s latest gambling study, conducted in December last year, independently examines registration time performance on a range of 43 European and UK mobile gambling sites. The company is respected for its attention to detail and has in the past published regular surveys on various aspects of gambling (see reports regarding its September 2017 …
DraftKings, now arguably the market leader in the daily fantasy sports vertical as FanDuel struggles, appears to be prospering, reporting from Boston that it plans to hire an additional 300 employees by June 2019, and will require more office space by 2019. The Boston-based company currently employs 425 people, and the majority of the new …
Online gambling group GVC Holdings plc has posted its trading update for Q4-2017, showing good growth and with the following highlights: * Total Net Gaming Revenue up 21 percent year-on-year at Euro 279.5 million – the highest since GVC acquired Bwin in February 2016; * The Q4 results bring NGR for the year to around …
The online casino wing of gambling group PokerStars reports that it has created a total of nine millionaires during 2017. Seven players pocketed seven-figure sums from PokerStars Casino in-house developed slot games Millionaires Island and Stars Mega Spin, which paid out a total of more than $10.3 million. The largest jackpot paid out to date …
The Malta-based online slot developer, Pragmatic Play, has launched its new 5 reel, 25 pay-line online slot Gold Rush, inviting players on a race to unearth hidden riches. The game takes players back in time to the peak of the American gold rush, lining the reels with prospectors, packhorses and pickaxes, along with an explosive …
Casino game development company ReelNRG has announced a deal to integrate its full portfolio of games with the Pariplay platform. The deal will see Pariplay integrate ReelNRG’s entire range of slot games into its platform, including popular titles such as Goddess of Asia and Ella’s Riches, and marks the next step in ReelNRG’s commercial expansion, …
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 …