Start-up scratch card game developer Gamevy has clinched a deal with Swedish online gambling operator Betsson to provide four exclusively designed scratch card games. Incorporating Betsson imagery, themes and built around the Betsson mantra of “Anytime’s playtime” and “Anything can happen”, these bespoke cards are built specifically to appeal to the gambling group’s players “It’s …
The People’s Court in HCM City handed down sentences Monday to dozens of defendants linked to a major online sports betting ring dismantled last year by Vietnamese police. Prosecutors claimed the ring generated the equivalent of around US$28.7 million from its operations between February 2012 to January 2015, and that profits were laundered through 56 …
Online gaming firm Mr Green has agreed a commercial partnership with Wigan Athletic Football Club, a professional association football club that competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Named Official Betting and Gaming Partner to the Club for the 2016/17 and 2017/18 football seasons, Mr Green will offer in stadia betting at …
Following completion of the consultation aimed at bringing the remote gaming tax treatment of free plays in line with the general betting industry (see previous reports), the UK Government has determined the existing proposal will impose greater burdens on remote gaming business than initially expected and has undertaken to revise the draft legislation proposal by …
International sports betting companies – many of them with online divisions – are playing an increasing role in English football sponsorship deals, with ten industry companies involved in football club relationships this year – up on the seven who inked deals last year. Reporting on the phenomenon, the publication Ghana Soccernet says that Ghanaian sports …
Hot on the heels of its deal with Tain (see previous report), Yggdrasil Gaming has partnered Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) for the supply of its full suite of video slots. GIG will roll-out Yggdrasil’s portfolio across its B2C sites including its flagship online casino and sportsbook, Guts.com and Rizk.com, and B2B network, iGaming Cloud. In …
The Austrian Association for Betting and Gambling (OVWG) has become the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) latest member. The OVWG, on the challenges it faces in the Austrian market, said its membership of the EGBA will strengthen its position in both local and European markets. “EGBA has been the leading voice for the industry …
Virtual sports provider Inspired has entered into an exclusive collaboration with Carm Productions and The Jockey Club for the development of a Virtual Grand National product. The backdrop to the new suite of products will be familiar to die-hard race-goers as Aintree Racecourse and its iconic fences. Merging the virtual with the real, legendary names …
Playson content has gone live with Hero Gaming’s casinoheroes.com, casitabi.com and betser.com following the inking of a content supply deal. Hero Gaming sites will offer 40-plus Playson omni-channel slots including popular and recently launched titles Down The Pub, Art of the Heist andGold Rush. In a second announcement, Playson expanded into the Czech Republic, Slovakia …
Rival’s newest release is a 5-reel, 25-payline video slot titled “Wishing Cup”. Themed on Tutankhamun and all things Egypt, the title is derived from one of the first items discovered in his tomb, a lotus-shaped alabaster chalice. When a Wishing Cup icon is hit, King Tut is reborn from within the chalice, rising upwards and …
Gaming solutions provider Intralot has entered into a strategic partnership with a binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with AMELCO. The partnership will open new avenues by combining Intralot’s retail expertise with AMELCO’s sports betting platform functionalities into a single solution. Intralot group chief executive officer, Antonious Kerastaris, considers the partnership a milestone in the development …
Betsson is claiming “world’s largest mobile casino” with the development of “One Betsson Group” (OBG), a new front end technology that enables it to include over 800 games in combination with an improved design and layout. According to Betsson, OBG is a component layer that will sit between the proprietary technology platform Techsson and the …
GVC Holdings has inked a content deal with Gauselmann Group subsidiary, Blueprint Gaming. Over 40 Blueprint Gaming slots will be integrated and made available to GVC’s bwin, partypoker, party casino and game bookers customers. “Our aim is to ensure we have the most attractive content available to our customers and Blueprint’s is amongst the most …
A Chinese legal expert has offered some unsolicited advice to Crown Resorts, the Aussie gambling group that is still trying to arrange the release from almost two months in detention of 17 of its employees – including three visiting Australian managers – arrested on gambling promotion-related accusations (see previous reports). Chen Youxi, director of Hangzhou-based …
After two years of discussion senators in the self-governing British overseas territory of Bermuda finally approved the Casino Gaming Amendment Act 2016 last week, ushering in a potentially more liberal and practical approach to gambling in the Caribbean island nation. Whilst the bill deals mainly with land casino-related licensing requirements, anti-corruption measures and fighting the …
Swedish online gambling games and software supplier NetEnt has announced an important inaugural milestone in its Latin American expansion strategy – a content deal with existing Spanish client Codere that will see the company’s games presented to the regulated Mexican online casino market. Codere has a significant presence in the traditional land-based casino markets in …
The widespread alerts on land and online gambling tycoon Jack Lam in the Philippines following President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to the chief of police to arrest him on bribery and “economic sabotage” allegations (see previous reports) will be to no avail, according to an official Immigration Bureau statement Sunday. BI spokesperson Antonette Mangrobang told local …
Rodrigo Duterte, the shoot-from-the-hip Philippines president, has intervened in the fast-moving bribery scandal involving his Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, Pagcor chief Andrea Domingo and Macau-based casino magnate Jack Lam (see previous reports), ordering the arrest of Lam before he leaves the country…but it is not known whether Lam is still in the Philippines. News of …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujILz-mZaaA IGT is about to launch online its popular land casino slot Golden Jungle, adding yet another jungle-and-temple themed game to the dozens already available to internet and mobile punters. The 4×5 reel, 50 pay-line game has a wealth of temple, jungle and treasure related symbols executed in sharp and colourful graphics, backed by a …
Russian online sports betting operator Fonbet has achieved local licensing status and opened its bkfon.ru site, becoming the sixth online sports betting operator to be awarded a Russian licence since the regulatory regime was implemented early this year. Russian-licensed operators are required to use officially sanctioned payment hubs called TSUPIS to facilitate government oversight, and …
Allegations by Philippines Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre that casino tycoon Jack Lam used ‘facilitator’ Wally Sombero in an attempt to bribe him into protecting Lam interests (see previous reports) have been hotly denied by Lam. In a statement issued through his lawyer, Raymond Fortun, Lam claimed Friday that his client never spoke directly to Aguirre …
Industry journalist Steve Ruddock picked up on some interesting statistics from the latest annual report of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission released this week, flagging the current results from its on-going monitoring research of the state gambling market. The research throws some light on the participation rates and preferences of adults in Massachusetts, and this year …
The Austrian gaming technology group Novomatic has issued a statement confirming that it has completed the final required steps for the successful acquisition of the Albanian National Lottery. Following a 2012 tender, Lotaria Kombëtare was granted a ten-year license to establish, operate and manage the Albanian National Lottery. With the completion of the acquisition, Novomatic …
Spain’s gambling industry continued to advance in 2015 with growth in most sectors, according to the latest research report from the Codere – University of Madrid Institute for Policy and Governance collaboration released this week. Highlights from the report include: * Online gambling revenue in 2015 was up around 25 percent year-on-year at Euro 320 …