Betsoft Gaming’s latest content supply partnership will see its Slots3 collection launched on VoodooDreams.com, SuprNation’s primarily Swedish and Nordic focused online gaming operation. The deal includes the deployment of Betsoft’s ToGo line of mobile games. “We have built our site to serve as a future-facing, next generation casino that is specifically tailored toward mobile gaming,” …
Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) has appointed Aaron Xuereb as chief data officer responsible for GIG’s iGaming Cloud data infrastructure. “The power of data is most evident when you are able to forecast the future (Predictive Analysis) or even better being able to change it in a positive way (Perspective Analytics),” Xuereb said. “This is what …
The longest sponsorship deal in the history of British horse racing has come to an end with Ladbrokes becoming the new sponsor of the race formerly known as The Hennessy Gold Cup for the next five years, Racing Post reports. The Hennessy Gold Cup is an annual Grade 3 National Hunt chase in Great Britain …
Ladbrokes Coral Group plc has appointed Annemarie Durbin as a non-executive Board Director with immediate effect. Durbin, a qualified lawyer with over two decades of international banking experience, will also take up membership of the Audit, Remuneration, Social Responsibility and Nomination Committees with effect from March 1, 2017. She is a non-executive director of WHSmith …
The WinADay online casino has reported a major jackpot hit of $210,435 on its ancient Greece-themed proprietary progressive slot Olympus. Player JohnT, a retired grandfather, told casino management that his first priority for the windfall was to take his wife of 30 years on an anniversary holiday, and his grandchildren to Disney World. “I feel …
NetEnt has launched a new local jackpot title “Divine Fortune”, a five-reel, 3-row, twenty-fixed line video slot themed on ancient Greece and a world of mythical creatures, legendary riches, and golden coins. The game features Falling Wilds re-spins, Wild substitutions and a Jackpot Bonus game with three different jackpots including the progressive Mega Jackpot. Divine …
bet-at-home.com AG has lifted its profit guidance for the 2016 financial year following what it terms a “supremely positive business development in the fourth qinary EBITDA expectations of Euro 30.0 million within the bet-at-home.com AG group were exceeded to amount to around Euro 33 million. Preliminary guidance on gross gaming revenue (GGR) of Euro 134.0 …
Kenyan sports betting operators are currently voicing concerns regarding amendments to the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act proposed last month by member of parliament Jakoyo Midiwo. The proposals include provisions that seek to licence only betting companies that are fully owned by Kenyan nationals; marketing and advertising restrictions; tax on winning players; limits on playing …
The anti-smoking panacea vaping will be the unusual theme of Endorphin’s next online slot, Diamond Vapor, which the company plans to showcase at the ICE expo in London next month, according to a company announcement Monday. The company’s publicity material on the new game explains: “Fruit-themed slots, some of the most popular games of all …
The Chinese government’s powerful and organised internet censorship drive, euphemistically described as a clean-up designed to protect the citizenry from unacceptable content, is to focus on internet service providers, virtual private network services, internet data centers (IDC), and content delivery networks (CDN) companies, according to an announcement at the weekend by the Ministry of Industry …
The Bovada online casino has reported rather sketchily on two major wins this week. Paul D. from Boston, MA, scored really big, earning $808,529.80 playing the Food Fight progressive jackpot slot on the Bovada online casino on a wager of $11.25. Unfortunately Bovada’s press release does not give any further details. Rock H. from Parker, …
The UK Government has extended Walter Merricks’ term as Commissioner of the Gambling Commission for a further year, ending December 31, 2017. Merricks chairs the boards of IMPRESS, the independent monitor for the press, and JUSTICE, the law reform charity. He was the inaugural Chief Ombudsman of the Financial Ombudsman Service for a decade, and …
It’s going to be costly for Macau online gambling and junket tycoon Jack Lam to return to the Philippines following his rather hurried departure last year with allegations of economic sabotage, bribery and tax evasion swirling around him (see previous reports). On Monday a Philippines Senate hearing evidence on a P50 million bribery at the …
The European Court of Justice Attorney General Maciej Szpunar’s rejection of the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association’s arguments on the UK p.o.c. tax and his opinion that the UK and Gibraltar were one entity in these circumstances (see previous reports) could have major implications, opines an article published by Bloomberg business news this week. Tim …
Privately-owned online sports betting operator Interwetten delivered robust full year results for the 2016 fiscal period, in which the company has almost achieved doubling its revenues over the past four years, success it attributes to its in-house developed platform and targeted marketing. Key performance indicators for the 12 month period, ending December 31, 2016 include: …
The Gaming Standards Association (GSA) will formerly launch its newly founded, Malta-based European division at the upcoming ICE expo. The expansion enables the GSA to better focus on the regional needs of its members outside of North America and underscores its recognition and commitment to growing European membership. “The intent is to continue fostering an …
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has reportedly terminated Betway’s three-year sponsorship partnership as an extension to their anti-match fixing and sports integrity policy. “The ITF took the decision to end the Betway partnership early as part of a policy decision to cease having betting sponsors,” Dave Haggerty,president of the ITF, commented. “We strongly condemn any …
Content provider Konami will provide its Gypsy Fire and Fortune Stacks slot games to Rush Street Interactive-operated PlaySugarHouse.comon an exclusive basis in the New Jersey real-money online and mobile wagering market. The inclusion follows success of the Konami portfolio on SugarHouse’s social casino site sugarhouse4fun.com. “These Konami games are found at hundreds of casino locations …
A London-based construction worker’s year got off to a great start when he hit the Loot’enKhamun jackpot at bwin casino. The GBP 3.8 million payout is one of bwin’s biggest jackpot hits to date. “I am in complete shock at the moment,” the lucky punter said. “I haven’t really thought about what to do with …
Online betting operator OneBet has partnered the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship in a multi-year official sports betting partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, OneBet will offer a range of betting markets on the Rally which kicks-off in Sweden next month. “OneBet is delighted to work closely with WRC and to …
Online casino operator Mr Green has become the first sponsor of the free-to-air UK television channel Front Runner, which carries poker content along with coverage of extreme and other sports. Only four months old, the channel is expecting more sponsors to come on board, attracted by its viewership in 19 million households via Sky ch468, …
The Russian Finance Ministry’s latest tax advisory has confirmed a two-fold increase in gambling taxes as a result of the latest amendments to its May 2016 draft legislation, and among the taxes are hefty increases for the country’s currently two online bet processing centres (TSUPIS) owned and operated by competing self-regulatory bookmaker associations. The TSUPIS …
Chinese online lottery operator 500.com has announced major executive changes to the company with the apparently amicable departure of director and chairman Man San Law, as well as director Weiguo Zhao from its board of directors, effective January 20, 2017. In a stock exchange filing Sunday the changes were announced, with Lian Qi taking over …
The Chinese official news agency Xinghua reports that according to figures from the Ministry of Finance released Monday, Chinese lottery sales in 2016 rose 7.3 percent year-on-year to 394.64 billion yuan (about US$57.53 billion). Welfare lottery sales increased by 2.5 percent to 206.49 billion yuan, and the sports lottery rose 13.1 percent to 188.15 billion …