Mattias Wedar will take over the reins from acting chief executive officer Stefan Gustafsson in September who has led Mr Green & Co Technology AB since December 2016 in an interim capacity. Wedar, who has long-standing experience in the digital industry, joins Mr Green from Eniro where he has served in several senior managerial roles. …
Mobile social content developer Kama Games has debuted its flagship Pokerist title on European social media platform VK coinciding with the social network’s launch of its new Direct Games Gaming Platform. VK.com has proven popular with Europeans and is the most visited website in Russia, Kama Games said. Pokerist will launch with all of the …
Cirsa and Ladbrokes’ joint venture Sportium will launch its sportsbook in Colombia in the coming months following the establishment of an office in Panama earlier this year. The company will offer customers access to betting on major sporting events and live competitions leveraging its sponsorship relationship with LaLiga which it recently renewed for an additional …
Fantasy Sports operator Comunio has selected Sportradar to power its player performance scores across the top European leagues. Comunio provides fantasy football leagues based on ten of the top European competitions, including the UEFA Champions League, the top two divisions in Spain and Germany, as well as the top leagues in France, Italy, England, Portugal …
The new collective of 54 British racecourses has partnered Colossus Bets for a pool betting product which will be made available through racecourses and third-party betting operators. The Project Steering Board, representing the collective, and Colossus Bets have promised access to an “innovative exotic bets portfolio” including cash out opportunities, access to the ‘Syndicates’ platform …
iGaming solutions provider, Aspire Global is prepping the imminent launch of its first proprietary HTML5 progressive jackpot slot game, ‘Redeem the Dream’. The title offers a choice of four live progressive jackpots – Mega, Super, Major and Rapid – and incorporates a range of features that include Expanding Wilds, Bonus Scatter, Dream Spin Bonus Round …
Famously raucous English cricket supporters club the Barmy Army have struck a sponsorship deal with SportNation.bet, brokered by partnership agency Reg & Co. The Barmy Army, named such by Australian media during the 1994/1995 Cricket Test series, is a bunch of avid cricket fans who travel the world supporting the English cricket team. The organization …
GVC Holdings has boosted its HTML5 portfolio with the addition of Pragmatic Play content. Featuring a suite of 80 plus HTML5 games, Pragmatic Play titles include Hot Safari, Queen of Gold and the upcoming Pixie Wings. “We have been impressed not only with the performance of their [Pragmatic Play’s] slots, but the regularity of their …
Gibraltar and Berlin-based casual-real money gaming firm Glück Games has named Rafael Razim as its new chief technology officer and a “late” co-founder” following a rapid period of growth. Razim previously co-founded Berlin-based GimiGames, a VC-backed multiplayer skill-gaming platform, and a real-money poker-company in Malta. “Our Berlin development team has expanded from just four people …
Premier League football club Leicester City has named Ladbrokes its new Official UK and Ireland Betting Partner for the 2017/18 season in a deal that will focus on engaging with the Club’s supporters. Ladbrokes will enjoy extensive exposure across LCFC’s LED advertising boards and interview backdrops as well as a strong presence as LCFC’s King …
Online operators Monster Casino and Jackpot Mobile Casino have both launched Android apps in the recently opened gambling category on Google Play. “We have put in great efforts to launch this app so that the players can enjoy the game anywhere, anytime while making sure it’s simple to use and looks good,” a Monster Casino …
BetConstruct is targeting Persian speaking live casino players with the addition of Farsi-speaking live dealer Bet-on-Poker, Blackjack and Roulette tables. Vbet is the first operator to integrate the new addition.
In a new twist to football sponsorship social casino and games developer Playtika has signed a one-year sponsorship deal with top Spanish La Liga team Sevilla. The agreement will see Playtika’s free-to-play brand PlayWSOP.com appearing on team shirts in a bid to catch the attention of the 3 billion fans per season who watch La …
There’s a chance that Philippines gambling may be about to undergo another major disruption following the introduction of a House bill which seeks to remove the licensing powers of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, re-allocating these to Congress. Introduced by Representatives Enrico Pineda and Michael Romero, the proposal is that Pagcor should focus on …
Further information has emerged on the attempted assassination in a Toronto suburb last week of online gambling businessman Mark Peretz. Local media reports are that Peretz, who lies seriously in injured in hospital after the shooting, was accompanied in his car at the time by associate Paris Christoforou, who was also wounded, although not seriously. …
Reports in the Philippines media indicate that after months of appeals, what’s left of the Philweb group may be returning to the gambling industry following its approval as a service provider by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor). Our readers may recall that the company was forced to shut down last year after its …
Writing in The Times newspaper over the weekend, Gambleaware chairperson Kate Lampard observed that it seems gambling is everywhere in the UK these days through advertising, television coverage of sports events, the ubiquitous FOBTs in betting shops and football team sponsorships. She notes that according to data company Neilsen GBP 312 million was spent annually …
Malaysian police in Kuching report the arrest of 13 people Friday accused of illegal online gambling activity on live streamed cock fights. A police raiding party descended on a commercial centre premises Friday night, breaking up a ring offering bets on cock fights live streamed from outside the country, Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department Chief Datuk …
Daily fantasy sports operators who withdrew from the Delaware market mid-2016 following “cease and desist” warnings from then state AG Matt Denn will be back this month following the state Legislature’s measure legalising the vertical. Signed into law by Gov. John Carney earlier this month (see previous report) the measure allows DFS operations to recommence, …
There’s a little less pressure on online gambling in the United States following a decision by the Trump administration to halt Operation Chokepoint, a 2013 initiative launched by the Obama administration and designed to deter banks from conducting business with companies engaged in commerce that the administration at that time viewed as undesirable. The initiative …
Mark Peretz (50), said to be a ‘computer genius involved in illegal online gambling business, has reportedly been shot and seriously wounded in what appears to be an organised ‘hit’ outside a mall in the Toronto area. Peretz is apparently in a ‘life threatening condition’ after he was shot this week by a masked man …
Online gambling millionaire Jim Magner has successfully sued the Royal Bank of Scotland for Euro 10 million plus interest and legal costs in the Gibraltar Supreme Court. In an 82 page ruling this week Judge Adrian Jack accepted Magner’s claim that an RBS manager, Howard Shaw, was complicit in a 2007/8 fraud perpetrated on Magner …
Speaking at a Louisiana economic task force meeting this week, Golden Nugget land casino owner (as CEO and president of Landrys Inc.) Tilman Fertitta suggested a number of ways in which the Louisiana gambling scene could be improved and state tax revenues boosted. His recommendations included on levelling the playing field for operators with regard …
Convicted fraudster Tracey Stevenson (54) who is already serving a four-year prison sentence, faces the prospect of an additional 6 years in jail if she fails to obey a court order issued this week that she repay the GBP 786,766.38 she stole from former employer Ecsec Limited to fuel her excessive lifestyle and online gambling …