The latest online slot from the Rival Gaming studios is a 5 reel, 50 pay-line game with a theme based on the mythical and magical world of the Thunderbird. Symbols reflecting the theme include a high mountain stone nest, tribal drums, masks, totems, drums, snakes and colourful fish, all backed by a digital soundtrack. The …
Gamesys, an online gambling games developer which also operates Virgin Casino.com in the New Jersey market in partnership with Tropicana Atlantic City Casino & Resort, has announced the US launch of its online slot themed on the popular television gameshow “Deal or No Deal.” The game is presently exclusive to Virgin Casino.com via both desktop …
NSoft, a multi-channel Bosnia and Herzegovina-based provider of games and the Seven platform to the online gambling industry, has announced a distribution agreement for its games with London-based games developer and supplier iSoftBet. The deal will help NSoft to expand beyond its traditional Eastern European target markets, offering its games through iSoftbet’s Game Aggregation Platform, …
The UK Responsible Gambling Trust has warned bingo players to be careful with the largely social gaming pastime, claiming that it is causing problem gambling issues that could impact one in ten players. The Trust recently carried out a research study which showed that nine percent of regular bingo club visitors are at a moderate …
Florida Circuit Judge Teresa Pooler made an interesting ruling on the cyber currency Bitcoin this week, finding that it was not legal tender (ie money) but could be characterised as property. The judge was presiding in a case against a Bitcoin dealer named Michell Abner Espinoza who was caught in a police sting operation and …
Global Daily Fantasy Sports Inc., a publicly traded company on the Toronto Venture Stock Exchange, has announced a distribution agreement that will see its desktop and mobile B2B fantasy sports platform available on the NYX Gaming Open Gaming System network. The Canadian firm also advised that it intends to complete an additional private placement for …
Online sports betting platform provider FSB Technology (UK) Ltd has made its first move into Africa with the launch of a website and SMS betting service for Tanzania’s Mkekabet. The London-based supplier has designed a bespoke site for the popular sports betting operator, which is available in both English and Swahili. The platform has also …
Police based at the Seoul Geumcheon Police Station held a press conference Thursday to detail the successful break-up of an online gambling ring and the arrest of 10 individuals, including the 29-year-old ring leader, whose name was given only as Lee. The ring generated wagers of around 200 billion won (US$180 million) using servers based …
The new online casino Royal House Casino, operated under Malta and UK licensing by Progress Play boasts a large gaming suite with over 400 games from top providers like Microgaming, NetEnt, Leander, 1×2 Gaming, Big Time Gaming, NYX, ELK and Quickspin, giving players a wide selection of genres and providers. Offering live dealer, desktop and …
The Czech Republic national drug addiction coordinator Jindrich Voboril and Viktor Mravcik, addiction monitoring centre head, claimed Thursday that around 100,000 people in the Czech Republic are addicted to gambling, online games and betting and another 440,000 people have potential problems with these pastimes. The country has a population of 10.5 million, the Prague Daily …
The creative marketing team responsible for ICE Totally Gaming has drawn on the unconventional cultural sources of William Shakespeare and graffiti artist Banksy as inspiration for the campaign in support of the 2017 show, scheduled for February 7 to 9, 2017 in London. The ICE 2017 ‘World theatre of gaming’ campaign, which features a Banksy …
The good news for online sports betting operators this week is that the areas of Cyprus under Greek legislative authority will soon legalise their activity and offer licensing. The legalisation will apply only to sports betting, leaving bans against online casino and poker activity in place. Announcing the changes, the president of the Cyprus National …
Online gambling games developer iSoftBet announced Thursday that its latest online slot, Platoon Wild is now live following a licensing agreement with MGM Interactive Inc., a division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Platoon Wild follows the success of the similarly military-themed Platoon slot, which was based on the classic 80’s Vietnam war film, bringing all the action …
Online casino operator Lucky Casino.com reports that an anonymous Norwegian player hit a Norwegian kronor 672,103.70 (GBP 60,000) jackpot on Microgaming’s Mega Moolah progressive slot July 21st. The lucky player placed the NOK 25 (GBP 2.25) bet on the evening of Thursday 21st July and landed the major pay-out. When asked what she intends to …
There really is a village in Scotland named Dull, and the marketers at online gambling company Maria Casino have developed a play on words, using the village to set up a promotional campaign centred on brand awareness. The company has hired YouTube sensation Mark ‘Turps’ Turpin to get as far away as possible from the …
Playtech announced Thursday that it has gone live with its first ‘out of the box’ retail Virtual Sports product across 100 UK Coral retail shops in the UK, with the potential to deploy the product across 1,000 outlets in the next 12 months. Replicating a real-life football accumulator or acca, the Virtual Sports Football Accumulator …
The Chance Hill online casino group has engaged Fast Track and its front-end platform to successfully migrate to the iGaming Cloud. In a statement Wednesday the company said that the change of platform (the group previously used SoftSwiss) and migration was completed early in the first week of July and there have been no complications. …
The massive Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba, working through its subsidiary Alisports, has announced a $150 million (a billion yuan) investment in Jack Ma’s International e-Sports Federation. The move follows an announcement by Alisports in March this year that it had invested $5.5 million in the “World Electronic Sports Games” a eSports tournament hosting disciplines such …
Online bookmaker Tipbet has enhanced its offering by taking on board Sportradar’s Live Channel Online, adding a live streaming facility that gives punters access to over 7,150 live events a year. Betradar’s live streaming solution for online and mobile sports books currently provides sports like soccer, tennis and basketball from European countries like Germany, Italy, …
Betfair’s online casino venture in new Jersey with partner Golden Nugget has announced the reintroduction of the popular “Let it Ride” table game, which features major crowd-pulling jackpots that in the past have soared in excess of a million dollars – the largest in New Jersey online gambling. The game was withdrawn last year for …
The Quebec provincial government’s attempt to hobble online gambling competition to its own Espacejeux.com commercial venture through the recently implemented ISP-blocking Law 74 (see previous reports) has triggered another legal challenge, this one from the powerful Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. The Association filed its legal challenge with the Quebec Superior Court Wednesday, with spokesman Mark …
Mobile gaming operator LeoVegas.com announced in a statement Thursday that it has added a full suite of proprietary table games from specialist supplier Felt. Leo Vegas mobile punters can now play table games that have proved to be the popular and successful in the US and European land-based sectors over the last few years, including …
Rank Group subsidiary Mecca Bingo has been quick to exploit the current Pokemon Go craze, launching a promotion this week with good rewards for players who capture Pikachus and Squirtles. The rewards include meal and slot game vouchers and free bingo games, and all players have to do is share a screenshot of any Pokemon …
Asian-facing online games developer XIN Gaming has announced the acquisition for an undisclosed consideration of online gambling software provider Tain and sister company, sportsbook supplier Betting Promotion. The two Swedish companies merged in 2013. XIN managing director Matthias Larsson said in a statement Thursday that his company was attracted to Tain by its reputation as …