Danish slots provider Magnet Gaming says a recent strategic decision will see it expand from restricting its business to dot country licensees to include Malta and Gibraltar-licensed operators. According to Magnet’s head of game licensing, Thomas Nielsen, the companies thinking behind its previous restriction to dot country operators was based on the need for strict …
Betfred has taken over the naming rights of the Super League, a top-level professional rugby league club competition in Europe, for the next three years. “Next year will be Betfred’s 50th birthday and what better way to celebrate than by becoming title sponsor of the Betfred Super League!” Betfred co-founder Fred Done said. “Building on …
Gaming platform software provider Bit8 has been awarded a B2B license to continue operating in the re-regulated Romanian market. The company intends expanding its already “significant” presence in the market leading on from its partnership with the country’s largest retail and online bookmaker SuperBet. “Romania is an exciting market, and we are thrilled to have …
Betsoft has launch “Kawaii Kitty”, rendered in the Japanese cultural context of being cute or “Kawaii”. This 3D slot pays both ways and features Wild Yarn balls that can expand to fill an entire reel if they land on reels 2, 3 and 4. Watch the demo here: http://www.betsoft.com/games/kawaii-kitty
Games developer Quickspin has appointed Tomas Bergendal in the role of Sales Director as it looks to expand in global regulated and emerging markets. Based at Quickspin’s Malta office, Bergendal joins the company having spent a year with Yggdrasil Gaming as sales manager, prior to which he spent almost three years with Betsson Group as …
Åland-based gaming operator Paf has inked a multi-year deal for mobile and web content from Play’n GO. Play’n GO will provide the operator its full suite of games for the first time providing Paf customers access to popular titles such as Gemix, Eye of the Kraken and Grim Muerto. “As a Scandinavian company at heart, …
The arrest in China of 18 Crown Resorts employees, including three executives visiting the Australian casino company’s Chinese VIP punter marketing operations (see previous report), resulted in the company’s share price taking an almost 14 percent hit Monday as investors exhibited fears of an intensified Chinese crackdown. Late Sunday – three days after the arrests …
The international gaming testing laboratory and technical consultancy BMM Testlabs has announced the appointment of Ashley Burnside, formerly of the Eastern Shawnee Gaming Commission, as its Tribal Services Manager. Based in Miami, OK, Burnside will join Jodi DiLascio, director of tribal gaming, to provide support, training and technical compliance assistance to tribal gaming regulators across …
Whilst fantasy sports has managed to crack the legality barrier on gambling in many states, extending this drive into fantasy stocks and shares is definitely a no-no, according to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates such matters. The issue has been triggered by a Forcerank app offering fantasy stock-style competitions, which the regulator …
Ladbrokes and Coral announced over the weekend that they have agreed to sell a total of 359 retail betting shops to Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited (trading as Betfred) and StanJames (Abingdon) Limited (trading as Stan James). Betfred will purchase 322 shops for a cash consideration of £55 million and Stan James will purchase 37 …
British government sports minister Tracey Crouch has revealed to a horse racing industry meeting that she intends to set a rate of 10 percent of gross profits for both retail and online bookmakers under the new levy replacement system. The new levy system was announced by the government in March this year and is set …
The Australian Sunday media is speculating on the reasons for the arrest of 18 employees of Australian land casino company Crown Resorts, including thee senior executives visiting from Australia, by Chinese police last week. The police have yet to detail the charges leading to the arrests, and Crown headquarters has commented: ‘Crown believes that a …
The Association of Online Gambling Operators, a trade association representing the interests of European Union operators active in Sweden, has commissioned an independent research company to confirm the obvious to Swedish politicians – set the tax rate in a liberalised Swedish market too high and there will be fewer operators interested in licensing, leading to …
Online gambling games developer Pariplay Ltd., has announced the launch of its Atari Star Raiders online casino slot. The real-money title, based on the original 1979 Atari video arcade combat simulator game, is the newest release flowing from the company’s ongoing strategic partnership with Atari, Inc., formed in 2014 (see previous report). Other releases this …
Costa Rica software developer CGBets has announced the launch of a new Bitcoin-based platform that focuses on skill, logic and strategy rather RNG-based games. Players on CGBets.com compete against each other in the games, wagering in the cyber currency Bitcoin. In a statement this week a company spokesman claimed that the site currently has three …
Daily fantasy sports provider USFantasy is showcasing the growing interest of sportsbook operators in offering DFS products, revealing in a statement Friday that it has added several new Nevada sportsbooks to its client list, bringing it to over 40 companies and counting. Unlike traditional DFS operators that are business-to-consumer products, USFantasy is a pari-mutuel platform …
Hero Games has launched a new sports book product titled Betser, which is inspired by the relationships between social gaming and daily fantasy sports, and introduces this format to the online sports book vertical. The game has features like ‘Balls and Brains’ in which players can unlock free bets in a virtual locker room depending …
In the UK what is believed to be the first prosecutions for betting on video games and skin betting (eSports) came before a Birmingham Court Friday. The BBC reports that Brits Craig Douglas and Dylan Rigby pleaded not guilty to charges of using Youtube to promote a lottery and advertising unlawful gambling. The court adjourned …
Florida lawyer Kelly Mathis and the massive $300 million Allied Veterans of the World online gambling bust which brought down the state lieutenant governor two years ago (see previous reports) was back in the media spotlight Friday when Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal ruled that Mathis deserves a new day in court. The appeal …
A study by independent researcher Newzoo into viewing habits on traditional and eSports has found that the millennial demographic (defined as men aged between 21 and 35) watch eSports as often as they watch basketball or hockey. Researchers report that 22 percent of males between 21 and 35 watch eSports, and of that number, 76 …
Hot on the heels of serious opposition from Prevus Asset Management, a major William Hill shareholder, to the company’s merger talks with the Amaya Group (see previous report) comes news that former Will Hill CEO Ralph Topping has added his voice to those critical of the initiative. Topping, who ran the company successfully for eight …
Online and land gambling company Rank Group plc’s interim Friday provided little in the way of excitement with the news that it expects to post ‘flat revenues’ revenues for the 15-week period to 9 October, although management remains confident it will meet its FY forecast. Like-for-like revenues at subsidiary Grosvenor Casinos during the period were …
Cherry’s online casino brands are to benefit by the addition of live dealer services following a deal announced today with live dealer technology and games provider Evolution Gaming. Under the terms of the deal, Cherry brands will have access to Evolution’s full range of standard and VIP live games streamed from Evolution’s Latvia studio. Cherry …
Online sportsbook operator Tempobet has launched an extended Live Casino offering with Evolution Gaming, streaming live footage simultaneously from both Malta and Latvia. Tempobet’s branded studio will host 12 Blackjack tables, as well as being one of the first to feature Evolution’s Immersive Lite Roulette. The innovative product, which features five HD cameras, allows players …