Rank Group’s Mecca Bingo has extended its decade-long partnership with Playtech in a multi-year agreement. Playtech Bingo will remain Mecca’s exclusive bingo and games software provider and will continue to develop dedicated content for the leading UK bingo brand. “The network is performing well with stakes and active players at their highest ever levels and …
US fantasy sports operator DraftKings is expected to expand into Europe with the award of a newly introduced controlled skill games license from the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA). “We are pleased that Malta has recognized the need for special licensing of daily fantasy sports and other skilled based games,” Jason Robbins, co-founder and chief executive …
iGaming platform provider SoftGamings has selected World Match (WM) for the integration of a portfolio of over two hundred WM titles. The deal expands World Match’s footprint into the Russian Commonwealth, Turkish, Greek and Eastern European markets. “At SoftGamings we aim to get on board the most popular games, such as those of World Match,” …
Major retail and super funds that are members of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia have weighed in on the problem gambling debate Downunder, lobbying major banks to prevent their credit cards being used for online betting. Reporting on the development, the Australian Financial Review says the trade body has expressed concerns regarding the growth in …
The Italian online gaming brand StarCasinò, operated by Betsson Group, is now an official gaming partner of the top Italian football club Juventus. For the duration of the 6-month partnership, StarCasinò will have a strong brand presence at the Juventus Stadium, including the new LED light system, video spots on the Maxi screen and social …
For the second consecutive year Sky Betting and Gaming plans to invest GBP500,000 in its successful Yorkshire technology graduate recruitment program. This year the company will repeat its 2016 drive by hiring a further 20 graduates to train and take up positions in its operational divisions, embracing disciplines needed in commercial, finance, marketing and technical …
Swedish online gambling games developer Yggdrasil Gaming has announced an important gaming content supply deal with the UK online gambling giant William Hill plc. The Gibraltar office of Yggdrasil signed the agreements this week to supply the company’s full suite of slots, including blockbuster titles Joker Millions, Vikings Go Berzerk and Big Blox to William …
Omni-channel gaming platform provider Mediatech Solutions has agreed a deal to integrate games from Philippine-based developer Digital Graphix Hub Technologies (DGx Hub) into its content portfolio. Under the deal, Mediatech’s operator partners will gain access to the supplier’s full suite of 2D and 3D slots, which include titles such as Dragon Master, Tiki Quest and …
The Casinomeister online gambling information portal’s annual awards for 2016 have been released, with webmaster Bryan Bailey giving his usual amusing and often biting commentary following a survey of the site’s players and a review of the forum and dispute resolution services operated by manager Max Drayman. As usual, the awards cover a swathe of …
The first two months of 2017 have already been marked by an extraordinary number of new or imminent game release announcements from several developers, with the latest coming from Playtech, ELK Studios, NextGen and the little-known Fugaso. Playtech has just launched Fields of Fortune and Roaring Wilds; the former is a 5 reels and 25 …
The Iowa House of Representative’s Ways and Means Committee is considering a House Study Bill – HSB 52 – just introduced by chairman Guy Van der Linden to examine the intrastate legalisation of daily fantasy sports: “An Act relating to fantasy sports contests, providing for a tax, making an appropriation, making penalties applicable, and including …
Finnplay, the Finland-based open i-gaming platform provider, announced Sunday that it has signed an agreement with Malta-licensed GoWild Gaming allowing the company the platform rights for development and operations regarding its iGaming platform. Martin Prantner, chief executive officer of Finnplay, said in a statement: “We are delighted to partner with one of Europe’s fastest growing …
One of the most influential men in Swedish gambling, Lotteriinspektionen regulatory head Hakan Halstedt, departs end March in order to take up a new position as a district court judge. In addition to his duties as regulatory chief, which he took up in 2008, Halstedt has also played an important role as a member of …
China’s Year of the Fire Rooster and new year celebrations have inspired Prague online gambling games developer Endorphina’s latest online slot, a 5 reel game titled Chunjie (spring festival) The Chunjie theme features traditional and colourful Chinese symbols with deep spiritual meaning, including firecrackers, golden yuanbao, lucky tangerines and traditional coins. The highlight of the …
The little known Montenegro-licensed online sports betting operator Jojobet.com has signed up for a year sponsorship of World Poker’s Gibraltar Open tournament, an announcement by World Snooker revealed this week. The terms of the agreement have not been disclosed, but it believed to include the usual sponsorship publicity, brand exposure and social media provisions, and …
New Jersey is moving forward on the legalisation of daily fantasy sports, according to New Jersey.com, which reports that a bill sponsored by Democratic Party Assemblyman Ralph Caputo is to be discussed in committee early next week. The bill proposes that operators be required to pay quarterly fees, and that the Assembly clarifies that DFS …
MoneyGram, an e-cash processing company and rival to Western Union as a popular method of making online gambling transactions, has been acquired for an undisclosed consideration by Ant Financial, a company associated with the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. MoneyGram shares rose 10 percent as news of the deal broke Thursday, but CNN opined that there …
After just a year in existence online gambling games developer Reflex Gaming has announced that it has clinched a content deal with the online division of William Hill plc, and is to sign the contract at ICE next week. In a statement this week managing director Quentin Stott described the deal as a “significant business …
Gaming Innovation Group’s (GIG) subsidiary iGaming Cloud announced the launch of Wetten.com, a new sports betting operator for the German speaking market, Thursday. Wetten.com is the first operator to be powered by the iGaming Cloud platform, making use of a Class 4 b2b Remote Gaming License obtained by iGaming Cloud sister company BettingCloud recently in …
The tribal online and land gambling company Pala has announced that its Pala Casino Spa and Resort in Northern San Diego County has added five new virtual sports games, Horse Racing, Dog Racing, Trotting, Velodrome and Speedway to its Pala Casino web site and Facebook. The games embed real-life, high-resolution footage and motion-captured data. Pala …
RealTime Gaming is reportedly set to re-visit the popular underwater theme in its latest online slot, a five-reeler titled Megaquarium that is scheduled to go live mid-February. “Few things in life are as relaxing as watching a kaleidoscope of tropical fish gliding and darting through a magical aquarium, which makes Megaquarium, whose reels are populated …
GameCo Inc., a US video game gambling machine manufacturer, has joined the growing number of advocates for eSports regulation by joining the eSports Integrity Coalition. The Coalition is campaigning for the booming vertical to regulate in order to protect participants as investment and betting volumes continue to rise. Among the organisation’s initiatives are moves to …
Online gambling games and software developer Microgaming has announced its new slot releases for February, led by a game titled Secret Romance, which features stacked mystery heart-stamped envelopes that open to hopefully reveal wins across multiple lines. Three or more scatters in the base game trigger 14 free spins, during which mystery symbols can super …
A British PokerStars Casino player has turned gold into bricks and mortar with an impressive $280,270 win on PokerStars Casino’s Winstar slot. The lucky 31-year-old from the East Midlands was “shaking like a jelly” and had to ask his mother to double check if he had really just hit the jackpot or if it was …