Live casino solutions provider Evolution Gaming has clinched a deal with London’s Hippodrome Casino for the launch of both an online Live Casino service and a “Live from The Hippodrome” feed streamed to Evolution’s complete network of licensees. The Hippodrome’s own Live Casino service will be built around Evolution’s generic live tables, located at Evolution’s …
Betfred was named title sponsor of the upcoming World Lightweight bout between Anthony Crolla and Jorge Linares scheduled for September 24 at the Manchester Arena. The bout between the Englishman and the Venezuelan, which will be televised live on Sky Sports, is expected to be a blockbuster. “We are delighted to be sponsoring such a …
Malaysian authorities arrested 20 people this past weekend following raids on four online gambling premises n Taman Sri Mawar, Mambau Town, JAlan Tun Dr Ismail and Jalan Zaaba. “We were tipped off by the public two days ago,” District police chief assistant commission Muhamad Zaki Harun said. “After making our own observations, we took action”. …
Spanish La Liga football club Club Deportivo Leganés has extended its sponsorship agreement with MGA’s sports betting brand GoldenPark for the 2016/17 season. MGA is a leading Spanish-based operator of todoslots.es and Goldenpark.es both of which are powered by gaming and sports betting platform provider OPTIMA. The extension will see GoldenPark’s logo feature on the …
Ladbrokes has been named a Major Associate Partner and Official Betting Partner to Australian professional men’s basketball team, the Brisbane Bullets. “We’re incredibly proud of the footprint we have been able to make in Australia both as a wagering operator and supporter of key sport and racing clubs,” Ladbrokes Digital Australia chief executive officer Dean …
GVC Holdings and International Game Technology are the latest to receive licensing from the Romanian National Gambling Office (ONJN). The ONJN granted GVC Holdings a full and permanent 10-year licence to operate sports betting and casino games in the country, via its fully owned subsidiary, Headlong Limited. In addition, the Group was also awarded a …
The eSports league developer ELC Gaming has invested in a mobile broadcasting and venue presence it has christened Big Betty to tour European venues broadcasting events and promoting the ELC League. The concept arose from discussions between Ian Langstaff of WinMedia and John Hannigan, an executive with Allied eSports Property Network, which owns ELC Gaming. …
Having all but dismembered the online gambling industry, the Philippines government of President Rodrigo Duterte has now focused on the land casino interests of state-owned Pagcor as a possible source to fund the national budget. Philippines media reports Monday are that Pagcor chief Andrea Domingo has informed a parliamentary budget committee that the organisation has …
Questions have arisen in California over possible relationship conflicts between the latest lobbying hire by the Pechanga tribe and Assemblyman Adam Gray, the main driver of the current online poker legalisation bid presently bogged down on a ‘bad actor’ clause (see previous reports). The Pechanga tribe is one of the most vociferous proponents of the …
Using numbers from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, a Press of Atlantic City op-ed piece over the weekend concluded that at 31.7 percent the year-on-year rise of Atlantic City online gambling win in H1-2016 eclipsed the 0.6 percent delivered by land casinos in the same market, and probably did so at a cheaper …
GVC Holdings has announced the release on an exclusive basis to Danske Spil of a new slot developed by its in-house team and themed on Denmark’s most successful ever pop act, Aqua, who shot to fame with their 1997 smash hit and all round ear-worm, Barbie Girl. Launching simultaneously on desktop and mobile, the new …
The Amaya online gambling group has joined the rush into the new Romanian regulated online gambling market, announcing that subsidiaries Pokerstars and Betstars have secured licensing after introducing software changes to ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements. The licensing becomes effective from September 1 this year, enabling PokerStars.ro, BetStars.ro and Full Tilt to ditch temporary …
The traditional post-interim results media conference by Playtech executives this week provided some interesting insights into the company’s future plans and present priorities; among the revelations by chief executive officer Mor Weizer were the following: * Weizer confirmed that Playtech has ambitious international expansion plans and is interested in operating in the growing number of …
The predominantly online and mobile nature of fantasy sports is about to change following the announcement this week by US-based EagleStrike Fantasy Sports that it is ready to launch a new daily fantasy sports platform offering short-term fantasy sports contests via proprietary Fantasy Sports Terminals located in sports bars, restaurants and fraternal lodges. Virginia will …
US entertainment media reports indicate that daily fantasy sports will soon be the subject of a major movie studio production, noting that TriStar Productions has recently secured movie option rights on an upcoming book on DFS titled “The Big Game: Daily Fantasy And The High Stakes Battle For Fans, Fortune And Survival.” The book is …
The increasing focus on eSports by two major online sports betting companies – Danske Spil and Sky Betting – was the subject of media reports on Bloomberg this week, with Sky Betting’s Adam Smith going so far as to predict: “This is the future of sports, and we have to focus on that so we …
Italy-facing online gambling operator Newgioco Group, Inc. (formerly the OTC-listed Empire Global Corp.) has issued an update on its recent achievements, presumably to maintain share price momentum. The press statement details the company’s acquisition of two Austrian entities – software development and platform provider Odissea Betriebsinformatik Beratung Gmbh, and retail gaming distribution group Ulisse Gmbh…both …
The content deal between UK games start-up Gamevy and online gambling group Betsson (see previous reports) came to fruition this week when Gamevy’s skill and strategic games went live across the gambling group’s sites. Initial response to the new instant win games has been positive, emulating that of lottery and sportsbook players in Germany, Austria, …
The ‘season long’ fantasy gaming space is becoming more crowded following moves by daily fantasy sports market leaders FanDuel and DraftKings into the sector. This month FanDuel has launched Friends Mode, a bold new feature that takes on the bigger, more entrenched “season-long” fantasy sports providers by allowing users to set up private, recurring leagues …
Rival Gaming announced the launch of its new Megawins online slot Thursday, describing the game as a classically styled 3-reel, 5 pay line slot with traditional slots icons – Bars, Sevens and Cherries. Players can bet from 1 to 3 coins per line and bet on 1 to 5 lines. With coins valued from $.01 …
Following a partnership deal, NSoft virtual sports games will soon form part of the selection offered by iSoftBet’s Game Aggregation Platform. The GAP facility already hosts a library of more than 120 third-party games from over 20 software providers, and will now add NSoft’s portfolio of virtual games, including draw-based games Lucky Six and Lucky …
Fortuna Entertainment, the Central and Eastern Europe-facing gambling group in the news earlier today with its platform deal with Playtech (see previous report) has posted its H1-2016 numbers, claiming improvements across core metrics. Highlights of the report include: * Total Gross Win of Euro 80.5 million, on turnover up 24 percent year-on-year at Euro 511 …
NYX Gaming Group Limited announced Thursday that it has launched its NYX Open Gaming System, or OGS, to TonyBet for the regulated markets of Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark and UK. This is the first operator launch for NYX Gaming Group in the regulated market of Lithuania, which gives NYX the ability to deliver its market leading …
Antigua-licensed VGambling Inc has reported that it is well advanced in its preparations to launch into the online gambling market with a dotbet website that will also offer eSports gambling internationally, with the exception of the United States. VGambling has entered into a betting gaming platform software agreement with Swiss Interactive Software GmbH to provide …