230 online punters claim that operator unfairly limited their wagering or closed their accounts for being too successful. Online gambling group Bet365 is facing litigation initiated by 230 Spanish players who allege that their success in wagering through the online bookmaker resulted in the operator limiting or even closing their betting accounts. The allegations are …
Virtual sports games and technology provider Inspired has announced a global and exclusive brand relationship with retired professional NBA star and recent Hall of Fame inductee, Shaquille O’Neal. The agreement with the basketball legend includes his participation as the face of Inspired’s new Rush Basketball Virtual Sports product group, due for release in 2017, along …
Playtech has announced the launch at operator Bet365 of its new native mobile betting app, claiming that it boasts loading speeds three times faster than HTML5, and users can play from a choice of over a hundred games in seconds with improved performance across all Android and iOS devices. The five-star rated app has already …
The American Gaming Association has used social media and other channels to urge US media to “jump on board” its drive to legalise sports betting in the United States, highlighting a Neilsen study that suggests that if sports betting was legalised the number of regular season viewers of NFL events would jump by 17 million …
The independent research group Newzoo has started promoting its latest survey on social casino gaming, noting that in the US alone, there are 73.9 million social casino gamers… and more than half of these spend money. In a teaser on the content of its report, Newzoo claims that social casino titles made up one quarter …
The Canadian Jewish News and other related media are reporting the startling news that a Jewish charity organisation may be embroiled in the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) investigation into insider trading allegations against former Amaya CEO David Baazov and other associated persons. The reports quote from documents filed by the AMF disclosing that its …
Online gambling continued to outperform land gambling in New Jersey during the month of August, delivering revenues up 31.6 percent year-on-year at $16.1 million vs. land casino win down 4.9 percent at $245.9 million. Only two casinos – the Golden Nugget and Tropicana – posted monthly land gambing revenue gains in August. The biggest decline …
The police in Istanbul, Turkey have reported the breakup of a major online gambling ring following a tip-off that led to a five-month investigation and a nation-wide police swoop this week. 39 persons were arrested in raids across twenty Turkish and Turkish-Cypriot cities, police spokesmen revealed, claiming that the ring generated in excess of $100 …
Online gambling games developer World Match has announced its latest release, Hercules HD, a five-reel, three-row 20 line slot featuring one of the greatest ancient heroes of Greek mythology. Hercules slays the Hydra, captures the Cretan bull, brings back Cerberus and performs many other heroic deeds in the game, all represented with sharp 3D animations …
Playtech major shareholder Teddy Sagi’s sally into the online payments solution sector through his SafeCharge plc enterprise (see previous reports) continued to prosper this week with the announcement that the company has been signed to provide services to the Sun newspaper’s gaming brands, SunBingo and Fabulous Bingo. The arrangement with the Sun’s brands will see …
According to reports in The Straits Times. Singapore online punters will soon – perhaps by the end of next month – be able to legally make bets on Singapore Pools and Singapore Turf Club online sites currently in preparation in anticipation of getting the green light from the authorities. A spokesman for the Singapore Ministry …
888Sports has launched its new television campaign in the UK under the title ‘Take‘Em On’. The campaign, which has flighted on SkyTV channels, emphasises the competitive instinct present in most gamblers and was designed by London agency Recipe to deepen engagement beyond traditional offer and odds advertising. Explaining the change of thrust, 888Sports marketing director …
Erik Balbaugh, a PR veteran with experience in both Washington DC and Boston as a consultant, has been appointed as VP Public Affairs by the land gambling trade body the American Gaming Association. The former PR advisor to Democrat political leaders like Hillary Clinton and John Kerry is tasked with playing a major role in …
NYX Gaming Group has welcomed Jason Walbridge and Eric Matejevich to its Group Executive Team with immediate effect. Walbridge joins NYX Gaming Group in the role of chief operating officer having spent an eighteen year career with Aristocrat where he served as chief supply officer and managing director of EMEA, in addition to other roles. …
The latest data from Juniper Research indicates that global online gambling wagers will approach $1 Trillion by 2021, equaling total global spend on digital goods and services forecasts. Juniper’s latest research, “Mobile & Online Gambling: Casinos, Lotteries, Betting & VR 2016-2021” unsurprisingly found that the trend towards migrating to the online environment and importantly mobile …
Coral Interactive advertising was the subject of scrutiny again by the UK Advertising Standards Authority, the fourth time in the past fortnight. The ad in question was an email offering new customers a GBP 20 free bet on placing their first GBP 5 sports bet. Terms and conditions stated that the bet had to be …
Gaming tech firm Pariplay Ltd. has launched a new mobile gaming platform which will enable land-based casino patrons access to real-money and free-play casino gaming via a branded iOS or Android App for mobile and desktop. The Eyeon system will allow a casino visitor to install the property’s branded app featuring a wide range of …
Software developer Tom Horn Gaming has clinched a deal with iSoftBet in which its full suite of online and mobile casino content will be integrated to iSoftBet’s Game Aggregation Platform. The deal expands Tom Horn’s footprint across Europe with the distribution of its content to an additional 60 gaming operators. Ondrej Lapides, chief executive officer …
Malta-based software developer and operator Hero Gaming has launched Betser sportsbook, a product based on the same gamification behind its Casino Heroes success story, which aims to offer customers a new and more entertaining way to bet on sports. Hero Gaming collaborated with NHL players Nicklas Bäckström and Carl Hagelin during the development of Betser, …
La Liga football club Valencia CF has partnered Asian-facing operator S36.com for the 2016/17 football season. Established in the Philippines, and licensed by the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority, S36 offers a range of casino, live casino and sports betting content from SAGaming, Opus Gaming, Ho Gaming, BetSoft, Game Play, Playtech, Play’n GO and InPlay …
After a tumultuous month in which the Philippines State-owned regulator declined to renew PhilWeb Corp’s technology contract and the ensuing shut down of over 480 egames and ebingo outlets (see previous reports), PAGCOR has invited letters of intent for the application of offshore gaming licenses to shore up lost revenue and curtail illegal operators. Key …
The content supply deal will see ten Intervision games initially integrated into Oryx Gaming’s platform which include titles such as Buffalo Run, Jester and 101 Lions. “We want to offer our customers the best gaming experience around and, in terms of slot games, the Intervision offering is the perfect partner to achieve that mission,” Matevz …
The Philippines regulator, state-owned Pagcor, has announced the licence revocations of another 197 venues as it conforms with President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against online gambling. Our readers will recall that last month 286 e-games sites were closed down when the PhilWeb Corp. contract expired and Pagcor refused to renew it. The latest revocations impact 120 …
The regulated online gambling market in New Jersey has a new contender following the news Monday that Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino land operator has launched an online casino in collaboration with New Jersey-licensed online operator Golden Nugget. Our readers will recall that in addition to managing its own online activity, Golden Nugget also hosts Betfaircasino.com. Online gambling …