The Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba continued to show interest in online gambling this week with a $1.5 million investment along with the Handnice Capital in Chinese digital sports data company LeidaSports. The new deal follows last September’s formation of Ali Sports in collaboration with media corporation Sina and private equity firm Yunfeng Capital (see previous …
The Bitcoin-denominated online casino Coinroll has confirmed independent reports from security specialist MacKeeper last month that information from over 4,500 of its player accounts has been found on an internet database not associated with the company. The accounts info was linked to over 9,500 bitcoin wallets, the publication Softpedia reported. According to Softpedia, MacKeeper staffer …
The Tipico gambling group has enjoyed success in its legal challenge against the German government’s arbitrary restriction on the number of sports betting licenses available. In a finding handed down late last week, the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden confirmed that under EU law the government has no authority to cap the number of sports betting …
The Connecticut Attorney General may have thrown a major spanner in the daily fantasy sports approval works Monday with his warning that legislation allowing the vertical to operate in the state presents a danger to Connecticut’s lucrative revenue-sharing compact with two tribal land casino groups. AG George Jepsen’s opinion was requested earlier this year by …
The Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling action group is apparently spending more of donor Sheldon Adelson’s plentiful supply of dollars in hiring yet another Washington DC lobbying firm, according to The Bottom Line column in the publication The Hill. The column reports that The Keelen Group will join the efforts of Squire Patton Boggs, a …
The US land casino trade body, the American Gaming Association has boosted its year-long “Stop Illegal Gambling – Play it Safe” campaign with the launch late last week of a new website titled stopillegalgambling.org/. The AGA has also announced a partnership that will look at training law enforcement, reviewing laws and communicating concerns, claiming that …
Online gambling games provider Habanero has gone back to nature with the launch of its latest title, Arcane Elements. This 50-line game allows players to enter a colourful world in which the elements Fire, Earth, Water, and Air rule supreme. Wilds representing the four elements, depicted as super hero fantasy figures, are chosen randomly in …
Omni-channel gaming platform provider Mediatech Solutions has agreed a deal with SKS365 to launch its PlanetWin365 brand in Spain. The agreement has seen Mediatech integrate SKS365’s existing in-house pre-match and live betting sportsbook into the Mediatech platform, ensuring that PlanetWin365 is tailored to the specific regulatory requirements of the Spanish market. PlanetWin365 will offer slots …
Online gambling software provider NetEnt has posted another set of impressive results for the period January-March 2016, noting that revenue growth was up by more than a third and operating profit by over 50 percent. In his report to shareholders, Per Eriksson, president and CEO, commented: “We have had a strong start to the year …
UK virtual sports games provider Inspired has inked an agreement with the Bulgarian land gambling provider Decart Limited which will make virtual sports gaming available in land-based retail betting outlets, as well as over mobile and internet channels. The deal is a first venture into the Bulgarian market by Inspired. Eurobet OOD, the first private …
The power of eSports to pull big online as well as land crowds was again illustrated this weekend in the inaugural Clash Royale live tournament, organised by developer Supercell in Helsinki, Finland. The tournament drew 200 international top players who competed for a $15,000 prize pool. The event was streamed live on Twitch and Twitter, …
A new online gambling app titled BetJuno has been pragmatically designed to create a ‘one stop shop’ for punters, with winning tipsters and bookmakers concentrated in one player-serving app. Created by a group of financial industry professionals, the app is designed to simplify betting, and enables effective tipsters to participate and, if successful by player …
The merged interests of Betgenius and SportingPulse was touted in a press statement Monday as a business destined to become the prime provider of data-driven technology to sports, media and regulated betting markets. Branded Genius Sports, a merged company is a provider of sports data systems, distribution and commercialisation services. The new brand is a …
Police in Klang, a city in the Selangor province of Malaysia, were active over the weekend, announcing Monday that in collaboration with the municipal police they had raided 10 cyber cafes alleged to be offering illegal online gambling MPK enforcement department director Andry Arman Masrom told local reporters that police officials seized 392 computer devices …
The Mr Green online casino group has announced the appointment of Jesper Kärrbrink as its Malta-based group chief executive officer. He replaces Bo Wänghammar, who will be working within the business development department of the Mr Green Group going forward. Kärrbrink said that he looked forward to developing the Mr Green international product offering and …
Plus500, the CFD betting firm that was the target for an abortive GBP 460 million takeover by Playtech late last year (see previous reports) has reported record revenue in its Q1-2016 reportage. Q1 revenue reached $85.2 million, an increase of 4 percent on the same period last year and up 26 percent on the final …
Gibraltar-based online gambling provider Nektan plc has reported that, for the third quarter to 31 March 2016, net gaming revenue grew by 115 percent to GBP2.3 million, noting the following highlights: * Total cash bets performed by players/turnover growth of 87 percent in Q3 to GBP56.21 million; * Total player cash deposits growth of 76 …
The European online gambling group Unibet is the first to go live with a new second-screen, live sports betting product from developer Commologic. In a press statement Monday Commologic claimed that its BetUp product is an effective acquisition tool for softer sports fans, designed to engage players by creating an in-game experience which educates users …
The UK Gambling Commission has reported the appointment of five new gaming commissioners by the British government’s Culture Secretary, John Whittingdale. Sarika Patel, John Baillie and Catharine Seddon have been appointed for five years and Simone Pennie and Stephen Cohen for four years. Sarika Patel is a business leader with over 25 years blending of …
The major online gambling group Unibet has joined other major foreign-owned gambling groups in offering Australian sports betting fans the convenience of in-play betting, launching its New Live Betting service across the nation. The new app is compatible with Chrome and Firefox browsers, with more functionality promised in the near future, and competes with similar …
The Delaware State Lottery has reported that March 2016 figures for legalised online gambling in the state set a new record at $260,539, surpassing the previous best results in April 2014 of $240,762. Our readers will recall that February 2016 was also a good month in which the three state licensed racinos offering online gambling …
According to a weekend report in the Economic Observer quoting informed sources, the Chinese government is considering the introduction of new regulations and an initially trial period ending the year-long suspension of Chinese online lottery sales. The report claims that officials plan to launch new pilot programs this year to restart online lottery sales, and …
Inspired’s Virtual Sports games will be made available to the North American region in a deal with Spin Games that will include the full suite of virtual sports including Rush Horse Racing and Rush Football. Inspired’s Virtual Sports content will be deployed using Spin’s HTML5 RGS, The Roc, which provides gaming content for digital gaming …
Members of the Rhode Island State Police, along with state Attorney General Peter Kilmartin, held a news conference Friday to brief media on the police raids on alleged organised criminal gambling enterprises and subsequent arrests earlier in the week. The conference was held at the State Police headquarters, and details of “Operation Freeroll” were given …