Online gambling games developer Concept Gaming has revealed that it has converted 32 of its Flash-based gamed to the more versatile HTML5 format. The games include Multi-Hand Blackjack, Roulette, Slots and Keno. A company spokesman said in a press statement Wednesday that Concept has taken a digitally convergent approach, whereby each HTML5 game can be …
It looks as if the online payment processing giant PayPal is about to incorporate cyber currencies into its system; the company has reportedly lodged a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that includes a lengthy description of how it manages virtual currencies, specifically naming bitcoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin. The application’s abstract describes …
The Spanish General Directorate for the Regulation of Gaming Activities (“DGOJ”) has published through its website its 2015 Annual Report on the regulated market. The document summarises activity in the market during 2015, and includes relevant information with regard to the development of Spanish gambling, sanctioning procedures, new licenses granted and draft advertising regulation. The …
Justifying their action by claiming that the Czech government is censoring the internet with its initiative to ISP-block unlicensed online gambling websites, unknown hackers launched a DDoS assault on the Senate.cz website this week, taking the site down for around 24 hours. “We hacked Senat.cz because you passed a law to prevent free access to …
Grosvenor Casinos, a Rank Group online and land casino gambling subsidiary, has launched an innovative plan to push up its brand profile in the London area and attract punters to its venues. Billed “The World’s Smallest Travelling Casino” the initiative centres on a specially adapted traditional London cab fitted with audio visual equipment designed to …
The Philippino gambling group PhilWeb Corporation has announced a capital raising initiative to fund expansion of its internet cafe gambling facilities, revealing that it plans to raise US$128.6 million through the sale of treasury and subsidiary-held shares. In a stock exchange advisory this week the company certified that its shareholders have unanimously approved the project …
Official figures from the Macau government show that once again revenues on the gambling island fell in May 2016, dropping 9.6 percent on a year-on-year basis with analysts noting that the pace of decline appears to have accelerated on a month-on-month basis. Gambling revenue for May was 18.4 billion patacas (US$2.3 billion), government data released …
Premier League football team Arsenal FC and Betfair have renewed and expanded their partnership until 2019. Under the terms of the new deal, Betfair has been named the club’s official betting partner in the UK, Europe, South and Central America and will receive increased branding opportunities at all domestic fixtures at the Club’s home stadium …
Italian operator SNAI, in partnership with Sportradar, is the first to market with the launch of an eSports package comprising pre-match and in-play betting initially on Dota 2 and League of Legends tournaments with plans to expand the offer in the near future. Skyrocketing in popularity, electronic sports comprises competitive playing of video games for …
SkyBet has launched “Viva Scratch Vegas”, a GBP 1 instant win, two panelled scratch card game with a Progressive Jackpot. If the player finds a ‘Vegas Wheel’ symbol in the second scratch area, then the ‘Vegas Wheel’ bonus is activated and the player is presented with a spinning wheel with both winning values and ‘LOSE’ …
Lithuanian content provider MrSlotty has inked a bitcoin content supply deal with B2B platform provider Softswiss for their entire slot game portfolio of 40 mobile slots in HTML5 and full HD quality. MrSlotty launched late last year with titles including Super Dragons Fire, Emoji Slot, Meme Faces and Treasures of Egypt. Our readers will recall …
Oryx Gaming has taken on a selection of online and mobile content from Berlin-based software developer Gamomat whose content is well known in the German terrestrial sector. The first integration has already taken place offering onlinecasino.de players a broader selection of games. “Coupled with their vast experience, incredible track record throughout international land-based markets and …
Viktor Hoffman has been promoted to chief executive officer at Panbet Ltd’s online sports betting operator Marathonbet having previously served as chief product officer for Panbet. Hoffman has served in numerous senior management roles within the industry. Prior to the past nine years at Panbet, he served as Head of CRM Planning and Strategy: Gaming …
Betfred will released an innovative in-house developed iOS and android app which will allow customers to place their bets using voice recognition technology. The launch of the Betfred Voice Bet APP this coming weekend will be supported by a new advertising campaign across the Betfred TV, social media and video on demand channels starring former …
Swedish games developer Play’n GO has partnered Hugo Games A/S in a licensing deal that will see the development of a new game themed around the famous Danish animated troll, Hugo. The game is scheduled for release in the third quarter of 2016 in HTML5 and Flash and will be a five-reel, 10-payline slot featuring …
Gibraltar-licensed gaming firm Lottoland has been awarded a remote bookmaker’s license from Ireland’s National Excise License Office. The license provides for the provision of Lottoland’s bet-on-lotteries product to the Irish legislated gambling market. “The Republic of Ireland is a vibrant, growing market with huge potential and we’re very confident there’s a strong appetite for our …
Prima Networks, powered by Microgaming, has signed a letter of intent to be the primary provider of casino and exclusive supplier of poker to the newly merged Dutch gambling organisation, Nederlandse Staatsloterij / De Lotto, once regulations for online gaming permit them to go live. Prima Networks entered a competitive tender process for the contract …
The UK-based slots and table games supplier Realistic Games has released an exclusive new title with BetVictor in time for the Euro 2016 football championship competition. Titled Million Pound Goal, the game is a five reel, ten win line game featuring boots, balls, and referee whistles, as well as more traditional symbols – designed for …
Business-to-business sports betting solutions provider Digital Sports Tech has launched its Player Props product with Australian operator MadBookie.com, claiming a world-first in customisable player prop betting. Player Props enables sportsbook customers to create and customise their own proposition bets on any player and statistic for sports including football, American football, basketball, rugby league and Australian …
The numbers are in from Friday’s inaugural and much anticipated Counter Strike: Global Offensive eSports tournament organised by ELEAGUE (http://www.e-league.com/) and aired live on the Turner Sports Broadcasting network….and the statistics illustrate once again the massive millennial demographic interest in this form of skilled and competitive entertainment. TBS reported viewership figures in excess of 509,000 …
In New York, where state AG Eric Schneiderman has vigorously opposed daily fantasy sports, opining that it constitutes gambling, the Assembly could be about to override his cease and desist notices to major operators (see previous reports). Good to his recent pledge, Rep. Gary Pretlow has launched his DFS legalisation bill A10473, details of which …
Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corp. has agreed to pay more than $75 million to settle a lawsuit by its former top Macau executive, Steve Jacobs, whose allegations prompted federal bribery investigations into the company, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal Tuesday. The Las Vegas-based online gambling group settled the almost six-year …
US gambling group Boyd Gaming Corporation announced Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its 50 percent equity interest in Marina District Development Holding Company, the parent company of Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to MGM Resorts International for consideration of $900 million, as well as a 50 percent share …
Details are still sparse, but it appears that a UK player has hit a progressive jackpot worth GBP 1.6 million at the BGO Casino on a stake of just GBP 6.25, placed on an iPhone on Playtech’s Gladiator slot. Player 52ALM apparently hails from Bedfordshire and plans to use the windfall to buy a new …