The chief executives of 888 Holdings and Rank plc issued a statement Thursday afternoon advising the market that they have abandoned their pursuit of a merger with William Hill plc and have withdrawn their offers. The statement follows the rejection last weekend by the directors of William Hill of a second offer from the two …
Pagcor chief says the issue is not Ongpin’s ownership of Philweb, but President Duterte’s stand against online gambling. Fomer Philweb chairman Roberto Ongpin’s offer to donate his majority shareholding in the company to Pagcor (see previous reports) has been spurned by Pagcor chief Andrea Domingo, according to reports Thursday in Philippines media. Domingo confirmed to …
High profile mobile casino operator Leo Vegas launches a major television drive today (Thursday) with the content celebrating the play found in everyday situations. Developed by the Now advertising agency, the material will feature the lion caricature that has been used extensively in the company’s branding work Shenaly Amin, UK country manager at LeoVegas, said: …
Seaniemac, an over-the-counter US penny stock company which entered the online casino sector in 2013, attracted the negative attention of the mainstream Independent newspaper this week as it attempted to raise new capital. The newspaper noted that since the company launched in 2013 under the management of Sean McEniff, son of a successful Irish hotelier, …
The Norwegian Gaming Innovation Group, which operates online gambling sites, has reported record Q2-2016 results with positive growth in both revenue and EBITDA. Highlights of the report include: * Operating revenue up year-on-year 23 percent at Euro 9.7 million; * Gross margin up a percentage point at 85 percent; * EBITDA positive at Euro 0.96 …
Following a strong performance by its digital operations in fiscal 2015-2016, Australian betting group Tatts is to focus on the faster enhancement of the channel to offset disappointing results in other divisions of the company. On Thursday Tatts reported a 7.2 percent fall in annual profit for 2015/16 to A$233.8 million, adversely affected by long-running …
Asia-facing online bookmaker FUN88 has announced a two-year partnership deal which sees it become the Asia and Latin America official betting partner of English Premier League football team Tottenham Hotspur. The deal is the second involving the sports betting operator, which was shirt sponsor for Burnley FC throughout the 2014/15 Premier League season. FUN88 joins …
Online sportsbook Tempobet has penned a deal to become a partner of newly-promoted Middlesbrough Football Club in the English Premier League. The agreement, which sees Tempobet appointed as Official Betting Partner of the club, will allow the use of the North East club’s crest on the Tempobet website, give the company access to advertising at …
Data management and analytics platform services provider Cloudera has partnered Sky Bet for the delivery of real-time services and targeted promotions for its gaming customers and sports punters. Sky Bet anticipates the services will improve the user experience, differentiate the brand in a crowded sector and increase revenues. “Promotions are massively important to our customers, …
NYX Gaming-owned development studio NextGen Gaming has given its Irish-themed Emerald Isle title’s graphics and animations a “modern refresh”. The title will relaunch across NYX OGS next week. A demo can be accessed here:
Ladbrokes Australia has launched a new ad campaign carrying the strapline “Up for the Challenge”. The campaign was created by Ladbrokes’ lead creative agency Saatchi & Saatchi Australia who said they wanted to move Ladbrokes branding away from the ‘laddie’ led messaging that has dominated industry marketing, and give the betting operator a more mature …
US daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator DraftKings has released “DraftKings Leagues” in a new product update saying it hopes “to enhance its community and attract recreational DFS players”. The new product allows DFS players to create private, customisable league contests among their friends on ten of its sports which include eSports and NFL.
The Australian Wagering Council (AWC), a trade association representing the interests of online bookmakers such as Sportsbet, William Hill, Betfair and Bet365 has said it will disband following the withdrawal of William Hill on the back of the Government’s in-play betting ban as the association is now “less representative” than they would like. According to …
Evolution Gaming Group AB has reported strong second quarter 2016 results that delivered a 50 percent increase in revenue during this their tenth year of operation. Key performance highlights for the period include: – Revenue amounting to Euro 27.1 million, up 50 percent over Q2/2015 of Euro 18.1 million. – Profit amounted to Euro 7.6 …
US land based casino operator Isle of Capri Casinos has launched its Lady Luck social casino brand under a new interactive arm of the company. The social casino developed on GAN’s simulated gaming platform is supported by Isle of Capri’s 14 casino properties across the US and is described as a global contemporary lifestyle brand. …
Betway Ltd candidly admitted that a complaint received by the UK Advertising Standards Authority had merit regarding an ad on betway.com that featured large text stating “Football Betting Offer £30 Free Bet … Bet Now” accompanied by terms and conditions in smaller text. The complainant questioned whether the ad made it clear that to obtain …
Greentube subsidiary StakeLogic has scored a significant content supply deal with Betsson in which its first slot titles have already launched across Betsson channels. Titles currently on offer include Classic2000 and Random2Wins with many more expected to go live in the near future.
In what is being hailed on eSports sites as the biggest yet tournament prize, the Wings Gaming Dota 2 team from China has picked up $9.1 million for its triumph in the 2016 International tournament. Wings met and defeated the Digital Chaos team in the final in a surprise victory for one of the least …
Online gambling message boards lit up this week following the launch of the Tabcorp-Sun newspaper betting website Sunbets in the UK market, boosted by a reportedly GBP 3 million publicity and advertising campaign. Impatient punters complained winning payments are being delayed, and they had been required – sometimes on multiple occasions – to send in …
Online betting company Sportsbet pushed back against the South Australian government’s proposed 15 percent place-of-consumption NGR tax (see previous reports) this week by scrapping plans for a $20 million high-tech data facility in Adelaide. The announcement by Sportsbet that it would take its expansion plan elsewhere followed a week in which major Australian online …
The French online gambling market delivered a mixed bag of second quarter results, for the three month period ending June 30, 2016, with sports betting predictably a star performer due to the UEFA Euro 2016 championship. Sports betting stakes reached Euro 585 million, an all time high since the market’s opening in 2010 and a …
The embattled Philippines online gambling technology supplier Philweb Corp., has posted its Q2-2016 results amidst the chaos caused by new national president Rodrigo Duterte (see previous reports), reporting a nine-fold weakening in profitability due mainly to asset impairments. The company booked a net income of P22.5 million, which settled 89 percent below the P203.1 million …
Another conflict of interest allegation has surfaced in the eSports sector, linking promotional and until recently skin-betting site CSGOLounge with competitive professional eSports Counter Strike team Virtus.pro with the same Poland-based owner. The publication esportsobserver.com uncovered the relationships after investigating company filings in Poland, revealing that CSGOLounge and the Virtus.pro team are 90 percent owned …
Well-known Lithuanian businessman and poker player (and member of the European Parliament) Antanas “Tony G” Guoga showed extraordinary generosity this week in donating his Euro 109,000 winnings in the 2016 Celebrity Cash King’s Summer Edition tournament in Rozvadov to Lithuanian charities. The money will be routed through Guoga’s own A. Guoga Foundation to Vilnius University …