More ammunition in the drive to legalise sports betting in the United States became available Wednesday when the latest Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll found that 48 percent of Americans support changing the restrictive federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in order to permit sports betting more widely. Most respondents appeared to feel …
The Australian gambling industry’s performance has benefitted from developments in online technology and the consequent growth in sports betting, a new IBIS study has concluded, predicting that Australian gambling industry revenue will rise at an annualised 1.2 percent through 2020-21, and will reach A$3.7 billion by 2021. The study found that the shift to online …
Speaking on at a conference in London Tuesday, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, warned that the government would “retaliate in kind” to any state-backed cyber-attack, amid speculation about recent hacks by Russian-sponsored hackers. The topic has received extensive coverage in recent weeks following some spectacular hacks in Europe and the United States, and …
Malaysian authorities have detained twelve people following a raid involving six premises in the Nilai District. Eleven of the 12 detainees were reportedly customers. Police said the raid, which was conducted over 5 hours, culminated in the arrests and confiscation of RM2,000 in cash, along with gambling equipment valued at RM200,000.
The Ladbrokes merger with certain Gala Coral Group businesses, including Coral Retail, Eurobet Retail and Gala Coral’s online businesses, is complete. Earlier today, the listing of Ladbroke’s 1,050,455,117 Existing Ordinary Shares were cancelled and readmitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UKLA and to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s …
Sportech Plc’s GBP 97.25 million acquisition discussions with Burlywood Capital LLC regarding the sale of The Football Pools (see previous reports) have failed. A statement from Sportech simply states Burlywood were unable to conclude the transaction set out in the proposal. “The Football Pools is a valuable asset which has been transformed following a lengthy …
October proved to be a good month for Macau operators for the third month running, with gambling revenue up 8.8 percent year-on-year despite wider industry fears of a renewed Chinese government clampdown on high rollers (see previous reports). The regulator reported that newly opened casino resorts boosted spending in the southern Chinese offshore territory, pushing …
Daily fantasy sports provider FanDuel has inked a deal with Mohegan Sun which will allow casino guests to sign up for fantasy sports play with FanDuel directly through the Mohegan Sun website. In addition, FanDuel and Mohegan Sun will host exclusive contests throughout the year for various sports including the NHL, MLB, NBA, EPL and …
Gauselmann Group’s Merkur Media has launched its first social casino on web and mobile platforms. MERKUR 24, offering over 100 games including popular titles such as “Double Triple Chance” and “Knights Life,” is accessible through the newly launched merkur24.nl domain or via the 24 iOS or Android application. “For a long time it has been …
Yet-to-launch real-money gaming Android app store Betcade has received approval from the UK Financial Conduct Authority as an Authorized Payment Institution (API). Considered a significant milestone, Betcade said the approval cements the brand as trusted and secure. “At the forefront of our launch remains the focus to deliver not only a trustworthy platform, but a …
Following publication of the Prospectus, Ladbrokes has changed its name to Ladbrokes Coral Group plc in anticipation of the completion of its merger deal with Coral Group which is expected tomorrow (Tuesday).
Following a similar deal with SL Benfica, Betclic has become the official betting partner to top flight Premiera Liga Portuguese football club Vitóriafor the remainder of the 2016/17 season. Under the sponsorship deal, Betclic will offer fans club-specific promotions and prizes including club player merchandise.
Sportsbetting and eSports provider UltraPlay has made three key management appointments naming Metodi Zaburtov as head of eSports optimisation, Georgi Apostolov as head of sportsbook and Krasimir Kostov as sales executive. Zaburtov joins UltraPlay having spent the past 10 years with PartyGaming and then bwin.party digital entertainment in various positions, his last as live betting …
Nicolas Fleiderman has been named chief operating officer of EveryMatrix responsible for the company’s commercial strategy, new business, customer growth support as well as leading account management, sales and marketing teams. Fleiderman is a Licentiate in Economics from St. Andrews University and holds an MBA from Bar Ilan University of Tel Aviv. “Nicolas is an …
Virtual sports provider Inspired’s Rush Football 2 product has launched across Eurobet’s retail and online channels in the Italian market. Eurobet will add three channels in retail and six online to deliver Rush Football 2 along with updated versions of Inspired’s Rush Motor racing and Rush Horses products. “It’s exciting to see our premium product, …
Malta-based live table games pioneer Codeta.com has partnered up with Authentic Gaming to offer its customers a land-based live casino experience on their mobiles, tablets and desktops for the first time. The agreement allows Codeta.com to live stream games from international casino floors featuring real-world croupiers and actual players. The games are available to play …
UK sports fans without access to cable television services have a new channel for sports coverage following the launch of Front Runner, a free-to-air, dedicated sports television service that will be covering a wide range of sports, including ‘niche’ activity such as mountain biking, surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding and others. Front Runner can be accessed on …
30 years on from the 1986 deregulation of financial markets in the UK – the so-called Big Bang – the City of London saw the launch this week of what is claimed to be the world’s first online financial peer-to-peer financial betting exchange. Reporting on the event, the business publication Fortune explained that Flexihedge is …
A study of online gambling mandated by the massachusetts legislature gets underway this week when legal and gaming experts join a group of lawmakers for the first time monday as part of the special commission on online gaming, fantasy sports gaming and daily fantasy sports. it marks the start of a process that could lead …
The UK National Lottery operator Camelot has released its latest numbers, revealing that ticket sales reached GBP 7.7 billion in the year ending March 31, 2016 – up from GBP 7.3 billion in 2015 and the highest since the lottery was launched in 1994. Camelot reports that the increase in sales was driven by scratch …
Online slot fans have been spoilt for choice again with the release of four new slots from quality developers Blueprint Gaming in the Gauselmann group, Aristocrat, 2By2 Gaming and ELK Studios. First up is King Kong Cash, a 20-line video slot from the UK-based games developer Blueprint Gaming that features 5 full-fledged bonuses and 5 …
UK National Lottery operator Camelot had an embarrassing experience this week when it had to pull a malfunctioning app that could have led to users dumping winning tickets. Sky News reported Friday that the Lottery has “suspended” the app, which lottery ticket holders use to check their results, advising users to re-check their tickets on …
Our readers may recall an earlier report in which we covered the growing the threat of the Mirai super distributed denial of service botnet being deployed with malicious intent by unknown groups, who had boosted the threat by posting the coding on hacker forums. The danger represented by Mirai is that it is capable of mustering …
Big Fish Gaming, the consistently profitable online social gaming arm of US gambling group Churchill Downs, continued to be the group’s best performer in the quarter ended September 30, delivering an 18 percent rise in revenues to $122.3 million, although actual earnings slipped by a third to $23.4 million, mainly due to heavier marketing spend. …