Two Swedish-listed online gambling companies clinched a SEK 25 million deal this week when Play Hippo acquired Futuremark Gaming Group, owned by the New Equity Venture (Nevi) group. Futuremark is the operator of three gaming sites: pdisewin.com, mywin24.com, and vipstakes.com. All three sites offer games from Microgamingand Netent along with a live casino. The three …
The Philippine Department of Justice has reported receiving up to P200,000 (GBP 3216) for the release of each of the 1,316 Chinese nationals arrested last week in the Fontana Leisure Park and Casino raids (see previous reports). According to Global Nation Enquirer, the revelation from Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II comes as the Philippine Bureau …
Online casino operator, Casino Kings, has boosted its web and mobile gaming portfolio with seven BluePrint Gaming titles including Casper’s Mystery Mirror, Fortunes of Sparta, Jewel Strike and Wild Antics. “Casino Kings players love innovative games, which is exactly what we look to provide,” Nathan Howes, marketing manager for Casino Kings commented.
A collaboration by leading international football clubs and footballers has led to the launch of Dugout, a new, free-to-access digital social football platform offering exclusive football content to sports fans. The platform will offer club and player originated content twenty-four hours before it is published on a wider basis. “Football fans are hungry to discover …
The massive online gambling and immigration bust by Philippines authorities late last week, in which 1,318 Chinese nationals were detained (see previous report) has been followed by a government announcement from the Bureau of Immigration that it is preparing to deport those arrested to their homeland. Bureau officials said in a statement that the detainees …
Online casino content provider World Match has partnered Spanish operator R. Franco Group for the distribution of online gaming content on Wanabet.es. World March considers the deal an important expansion in the Spanish market which it believes may also potentially lead to opening doors in Latin America. “In addition to providing an in-depth know-how of …
Swedish gaming operator ahaWorld will integrate a new portfolio of gaming content from ELK Studios following a deal announced earlier this week. The games will be integrated to ahaWorld’s Ahabingo.com and Ahacasino.com operations. “ELK Studios games portfolio is perhaps the most interesting portfolio of next-generation slot games in the casino market,” Krister Bergström, president of …
Thai authorities are the latest to effect arrests on illegal online gambling following a raid in Pattaya. Twenty people were arrested for allegedly betting on foreign football matches with Police seizing three computers, a printer, betting slips and THB 75,000 in cash. According to the Bangkok Post, the raid was led by Pol Col Apichai …
The authorities in Cyprus are tightening online gambling counter measures; a parliamentary finance committee was assured this week by the National Betting Authority, which reported to lawmakers that it is in the process of ISP-blocking some 2,500 websites offering illegal online gambling to Cypriots. Monday’s hearing of the House committee focused on a series of …
The UK Gambling Commission is addressing what is clearly a need for online gambling marketers to better understand and comply with rules and regulations around the advertising of gambling services in Britain. The Advertising Standards Authority has been increasingly clamping down on unsuitable advertising and promotional offers recently, particularly in regard to email and television …
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has given its approval to the e-gaming hosting facilities operated by telecommunications company Sure. The company provides services across the Channel Islands, will be able to use the Alderney certification to offer solutions to e-gaming brands in Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey, where it has individual data centre facilities.
The respected independent research organisation Juniper Research has issued a new study on daily fantasy sports which predicts that consumer spend will double from $2.6 billion in 2016 to $5.3 billion by 2021, with market leaders DraftKings and FanDuel (currently in merger mode) serving 90 percent of consumers. The study found that North America continues …
Singapore Police flexed their muscle with their first successful, and one of the largest, operations carried out under the country’s newly adopted Organized Criminal Group Act. The simultaneous remote gambling raids netted 33 suspects across thirty physical locations, S$1.3 million in cash, technical hardware and documentation which included betting records. In further action related to …
iSoftBet has launched a new 3-reel, 5-payline slot across desktop and mobile titled “Cherry Trio”. The game, carrying a Vegas-style theme, features Respins, Sticky Stacked Wild Reels and a 1,000-coin Jackpot. “A classic five-line mechanical slot with some modern twists, the game offers the best of both worlds,” Nir Elbaz, managing director of iSoftBet said. …
Core Gaming has launched an unusual, 7-reel slot with a “Fred Flintstone” style prehistoric cartoon theme and titled it Rolling Stone Age. There are 3 progressive jackpots, 3 bonus features and a dino-mite upgrade, along with 3 reel based features and a reel modifying bonus spin, wilds, stacked wilds, free spins and scatters. The 3 …
Inspired has launched land-based versions of popular NetEnt online titles across over 10,000 SBG terminals in the UK market through its Open Gaming API technology. NetEnt games join a content portfolio offering Inspired and multiple third-party provider titles in over 3,000 LBOs across the U.K
Spilleren, a new online casino operated by EveryMatrix, has launched with an “old world” book-store feel, the casino name itself inspired by The Gambler, a classic novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Featuring a range of games from top-notch software providers, including Microgaming, NetEnt, Play’nGO, Leander, Playson, World Match, OMI Gaming and 1X2Gaming, Spilleren utilises EveryMatrix’ GamMatrix …
White label and platform provider SoftSwiss has introduced two new features in a platform upgrade designed to enhance casino operators’ player retention strategies. Softswiss said its new limited-time tournaments are unique from other platforms in that various participation and winning criteria have been developed and introduced providing casino administrators a multitude of settings in which …
French operator Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) and Greek operator Hellas Horse Races SAS have partnered for the launch of a joint pool betting offer on French horseracing. On implementation, Greek bettors will have access to betting on around 10,000 races offered each year by PMU along with expanded options in terms of bet types. Prior …
Gambling services supplier Playtech has appointed Austrian entrepreneur and founder of BGT, Dr. Armin Sageder, as chief executive officer of its newly established division, Playtech BGT Sports. Playtech Sports companies BGT, Geneity, Mobenga, Unilogic and the company’s internal Sports Trading team have been brought together under the new business division. Sageder, reporting directly to Playtech’s …
White label and platform provider SoftSwiss has expanded its third-party gaming content with that of Habanero Systems. The partnership will see the addition of around 70 HTML5 slots, 10 video poker and 10 table games integrated into Softswiss’ game aggregator application. Titles include 12 Zodiacs, Dragon Throne, Fa Cai Shen and Shaolin Fortunes. The deal is described as …
Social gaming and online bingo gaming company Stride Gaming plc delivered strong full year results for the 12-month period ending August 31, 2016. The company attributed its success to robust organic growth and the completion of its “transformational” acquisitions of 8Ball, Netboost Media and the Tarco Assets. Key performance highlights include (results adjusted to reflect …
Superscommesse.it owner, ASAP Italia, has expanded its partnership with Sportradar with the launch of a joint venture for the development of Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) in Europe. The joint venture focuses on ASAP Italia’s recently launched Sportito.co.uk, a UK Gambling Commission-licensed daily fantasy sports platform that the company expects to be rolled out to other …
The Chinese government is clearly very serious about clamping down on corruption-associated activity like gambling, underlining their threats to enforce strict laws this week by busting a gambling ring that has been providing services so that Chinese whales could travel to other destinations in Southeast Asia to gamble. The Xinhua news service reports that 94 …