The annual Fire and Ice bash put together by Lyceum Media around the same time as the ICE show in London, has announced that this year’s (sixteenth) outing will be mainly sponsored by online operator Dafabet and games developer Play’n GO. This year the now legendary party takes place on Wednesday February 8th at the …
Figures released this week by the Macau Government Tourism Office show that the number of visitors to the gambling island of Macau rose 0.08 percent y-o-y in 2016 to 30.95 million. MGTO director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes told local reporters that preliminary data shows that international and total visitor arrivals in Macau both registered …
Virginia Delegate Roxann Robinson and her HB2010 proposal to introduce online sales of state lottery tickets are back to square one following a voice vote defeat in the Virginia House General Laws subcommittee this week. Robinson faced concerted opposition from the state’s retail lottery ticket sellers concerned that online sales would deter buyers from visiting …
News of massive police actions across the island of Taiwan last week has surfaced in several local media reports, revealing that two major police operations involving thousands of police officers raided premises and made arrests of around 1,600 suspects. The initial operation targeted organised crime activity and criminal gangs and involved almost 6,500 officers who …
In a company statement Thursday, International Game Technology plc announced that its subsidiary, IGT Canada Solutions ulc has signed a contract to provide Video Lottery Terminals (VLTs), a VLT Central System, site controllers, games, and operational services to AB Svenska Spel in Sweden as part of a competitive procurement process. IGT, as legacy GTECH, has …
A report from the Auditor General of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island has revealed that late last year the provincial government finally wrote off $1,125,131 as a bad debt flowing from its abortive and secretive attempt to partner with a local tribe in setting up an online gambling regulatory and licensing jurisdiction (see …
Next month’s ICE Totally Gaming conference and expo will again be a truly international affair, following confirmation by organisers Clarion Gaming that a total of 67 jurisdictions and sovereign states will be represented on the show floor at ExCeL Centre, London. Countries that will have double digit representation at the event are, Malta (46 exhibitors), …
The Czech Republic’s new online gambling regulatory and licensing regime kicked in on January 1st this year, but there has been a lack of official action against 25 unlicensed and therefore illegal operators, according to a statement released to the Czech press Wednesday by director David Ondracka of Transparency International. Ondracka claims that the Finance …
Asia Gaming will be practically demonstrating its live dealer baccarat at the ICE show next month. The Asia-facing online gambling provider is on the expansion trail and intends to make a big impact at the expo and conference in London. In a statement announcing his company’s plans, Kelvin Chiu, sales director at Asia Gaming, revealed: …
Major operator 888sport is the latest to join sports betting integrity body ESSA with the company adding its customer base and betting market platforms to ESSA’s global anti-fraud alert and reporting system. “The operator is a leading player in the industry and I am delighted that it has joined ESSA. It is the perfect start …
The Chinese New Year is the theme of the moment with the latest title developed by NextGen studios and launching with Iforium, via NYX OGS, in time for this important celebration. “Rooster” offers 243-ways-to-win along with a big chase in the free games bonus round, where all 5-of-a-kinds are multiplied by the lucky number 5! …
Scientific Games has completed its acquisition of table games product developer DEQ Systems Corp after a deal was announced at the end of August 2016 (see previous report). DEQ’s proprietary table games, table progressives, electronic table systems and casino pit utility products will complement Scientific Games’ casino product portfolio. Derik Mooberry, Scientific Games’ Group Chief …
Kindred Group (formerly Unibet Group) has announced the launch of a new online casino brand focused on Norwegian and Swedish high rollers. Storspiller.com is targeted at “high rollers” within Kindred’s total registered customer base who play for GBP 200 or more per month. The brand will, for the first time, introduce third party affordability assessments …
Australian slot developer, Lightning Box Games, has entered into a distribution deal with electronic gaming content provider, Everi Games, for a selection of its proprietary slot content. The first two titles from Lightning Box’s portfolio, Silver Pride and More Fire, will be introduced to North American casinos this month, with additional titles expected to roll-out …
Microgaming’s Mega Moolah progressive jackpot slot was hit for Euro 6,078,249.33 earlier this week by a mobile Captain Cooks Casino customer. Identified as N.C., the player was a novice who signed up to the online casino on a new customer bonus offering 100 chances to become a millionaire for Euro 5. Incredibly the punter became …
WinADay Casino has added a new proprietary 5X4 penny slot title “Magic Spells” to its portfolio. The penny slots’ Wild symbol is a bubbling cauldron which is an Expanded Wild that can cover up to four positions for multiple winning combinations. Landing three to five Magic Pumpkin symbols will trigger a pick and click bonus …
IGT will continue its 16-year partnership with Colombian administrative gaming authority Coljuegos EICE following a public procurement process for a five-year private operator contract to run the draw-based online lottery game Baloto. “With this new contract, Coljuegos will be able to increase the amount of revenue transferred to the Colombia health sector,” Juan B. Perez, …
100 of the 1,317 allegedly illegal Chinese workers busted at the Lam online gambling centre in the Clark Freeport late last year (see previous reports) have been ordered deported by the Philippines Bureau of Immigration (BI). Nineteen of them left the country last weekend as the BI continued to process the deportation of the rest …
Delaware ended 2016 on a high note, recording its third month running of positive revenue from licensed and regulated online gambling. Regulator the Delaware State Lottery released figures showing that intrastate i-gaming win came in at $229,987, a 29 percent year-over-year gain and the state’s best month since August. The state’s online gambling sites attracted …
The Czech Republic’s new regulatory regime kicked in on January 1 this year, and rather than face tough enforcement and draconian punishments (along with high taxation) Marathonbet has announced its withdrawal from the market. The online gambling operator is making an orderly departure, but is not the first to pull out of the Czech market …
One of the first submissions to a Massachusetts state commission tasked with studying the implications of legalised and regulated daily fantasy sports (and indeed online gambling generally – see previous reports) was from joint market leader DraftKings at a meeting Tuesday. The company was represented by former Massachusetts AG but now privately practising lawyer Martha …
Observers of the eSports market speculated this week that UK and Australian-licensed eSports betting operator Unikrn may be eyeing Germany as its next market following news that the company has invested an unspecified amount in the German professional eSports player team BIG. They point to the confused legal situation in Germany, which may make access …
Police in the Netherlands have launched a public appeal for possible victims of a password scam to come forward and assist in their investigations into the activities of an as yet unnamed 35-year-old Dutch developer. The developer stands accused of illegally accessing victims’ email and social media accounts, fraud and identity theft, using 20,000 passwords …
Regulatory certification and consulting firms Quinel and Avviza have concluded their extensive survey of European national online gambling technical regulatory requirements following a six month project to assemble an easy to reference matrix, commissioned last year by the European Commission’s Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs directorate. The companies delivered their conclusions, which include both …