Online gambling white label and turnkey provider EveryMatrix has consolidated its presence in the Nordic region with the launch of internet casino and bingo sites for Danish media company Ekstra Bladet. Ekstra Bladet, which publishes Denmark’s biggest tabloid newspaper and news website, recently switched its popular online casino sites ekstrabladetcasino.dk and ekstrabladetbingo.dk to the EveryMatrix …
Daily fantasy sports companies will address Massachusetts gambling regulators in an informative forum Thursday, with market leaders DraftKings and FanDuel both on the speaking list. The Associated Press news agency reports that former state Attorney General and Democratic candidate for governor Martha Coakley is among those expected to speak in her capacity as legal counsel …
Deutsche Telekom has announced its intention to shut down its online processing subsidiary ClickandBuy at the end of April 2016. Customers are being advised to clear their accounts before this date. Telekom said it was closing the business due to intense market competition. A Telekom spokesperson confirmed that 80 jobs at ClickandBuy would be lost, …
Danish online slot developer and provider Magnet Gaming has reached for the stars to deliver its latest title, Space Gems. The new three reel slot boasts two progressive jackpots, three bonus games, and a unique Black Hole feature, a spokesman revealed Thursday. Space Quest, Star Map, and Milky Way are all waiting to be discovered …
Online gambling software developer NYX Gaming Group Limited has announced the coming launch on December 16 of a new 5 reel, 243 Ways to Win online slot titled Spin Sorceress. The game was developed by NYX subsidiary NextGen Gaming and will launch simultaneously on mobile and desktop platforms. Set in a fantasy winter landscape relevant …
Microgaming has officially been awarded the Guinness World Records title for the ‘Largest jackpot payout in an online slot machine game’. Our readers will recall that on 6th October this year, Microgaming’s Mega Moolah slot made history when UK player Jon Heywood hit the mega jackpot, scooping £13,213,838.68 (€17,879,645.12). The Cheshire soldier became an instant …
Australian gambling group Tabcorp Holdings Limited and Rupert Murdoch’s British media company News UK have announced the signing of an agreement to partner in the launch of a new online wagering and gaming business in the UK and Irish markets. The business will be known as Sun Bets and will launch in 2016. The new …
If Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s ambition was to reignite his languishing Restoration of America’s Wire Act proposal at his House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing Wednesday, he will be a disappointed man; widespread media coverage showed almost unanimously that the preference that emerged from the rather rambling affair was one for regulation and licensing …
Tuesday’s informational hearing by the New York Assembly committees for Racing and Wagering, Consumer Affairs and the Protection and Legislative Commission on Administrative Regulation appears to have gone off rather well, with sensible and relevant information being imparted to committee members by generally balanced experts, and lively and pertinent questions coming from committee members. The …
International Game Technology plc has announced that it has reached a licensing agreement with online gambling software provider Gamesys, providing the online gaming company with intellectual property usage rights for certain game features offered in IGT’s patent portfolio. The license agreement provides Gamesys with game and bonus features found on IGT slot machines, enabling the …
A bill introduced recently by New York Assemblyman Felix Ortiz seeking to licence and regulate daily fantasy sport operators in New York state has been followed by another legislative proposal, this one from Assemblyman Dean Murray. Murray’s Bill AO8587 proposes amendments to the state constitution in order to protect daily fantasy sports in the event …
The Gibraltar-based online gambling group 888 Holdings plc has issued a brief pre-close trading update on business prior to entering the close period in respect of its preliminary results for the year ending 31 December 2015. Executive chairman Brian Mattingley reports that the group has continued to deliver a very encouraging performance in line with …
The Swedish online gambling software developer Play’n Go has announced the launch of a new 5 reel, 20 pay-line slot titled Wizard of Gems. The game features high-definition animation and smooth performance across mobile and desktop devices and is released simultaneously in both HTML5 and Flash formats. The Wild feature in the game is represented …
The conventional wisdom is that Bitcoin was invented by a mysterious Japanese genius named Satoshi Nakamoto, although a credible physical presence has never been demonstrated, creating one of those industry mysteries and associated rumour and myth. Two respected techie publications – Gismodo and Wired – this week suggested that the man behind the Nakamoto alias …
Online casino operator Slots Million is one of the first visionaries to start exploiting the enormous advantages of virtual reality in creating spectacular and convincing online ambience for internet punters in order to increase engagement, entertainment and immersion levels. The company is currently leading the pack with its imaginative casino lobby “located” at the top …
Against all the odds, Rep. John Payne’s online gambling legalisation bill HB649 is set for second consideration on the Pennsylvania House floor later today (Wednesday), and could result in approval for internet gambling operated from state-licensed land casinos, with a 14 percent tax based on GGR. The measure passed a House sub-committee last month , …
Vic Palermo, an experienced entrepreneur and gambling operator who founded American Wagering Inc (subsequently sold to William Hill plc) has surfaced in the midst of the daily fantasy sports furore in Nevada, applying for a state off-track, pari-mutuel sports system operator’s licence for his new US Fantasy DFS company. Our readers will recall that the …
Poker Players Alliance executive director John Pappas tweeted this week that only 8 state Attorney Generals have signed up to support a call to Congress to vote the Restoration of America’s Wire Act into federal law. That’s a significant drop from the 15 who signed a similar initiative last year and one that falls well …
The congressional hearing on the Restoration of America’s Wire Act scheduled for today by Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform looks likely to be a more balanced affair than the farcically biased last hearing on RAWA back in March, when Chaffetz attracted ridicule with his stacked deck of anti-online gambling witnesses. …
The merger of online gambling groups Paddy Power and Betfair, due to take place early next year, will create a gambling giant that leads the UK market, says Nomura analyst Richard Stuber in a report this week. Stuber says the combination is a good fit due to Paddy Power’s distinctive brand and recreational punter bias, …
New York state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has almost become the acknowledged point man in US enforcement agencies efforts to exercise more control over the daily fantasy sports phenomenon, but a number of lawmakers in the state legislature say they need a better understanding of the genre before making far-reaching decisions. Later today (Tuesday) …
Online gambling games and betting product supplier SIS has launched a suite of on-demand casino racing games with industry operator Sky Vegas. The deal includes 2D and 3D horseracing, greyhounds, cycling and novelty Christmas interactive mobile games which will go live on December 10, offering simple fixed odds bets, as well as forecast and tricast …
Online gambling software and games developer Habanero is the latest to sign a content agreement with multi-software platform EveryMatrix, contracting to add more than 50 slots, six table games, and 10 video poker games to the distributor’s CasinoEngine platform, arguably the largest aggregator of casino content on the market. Nic Ioannoy, CEO of Habanero, said …
The Casumo online casino has launched a new and innovative competitive tournaments promo titled Winter Games and focusing on social interaction between its players, supported by the company’s television advertising. The competition features Reel Races – fast-paced, non-game specific casino tournaments with “points boosters” in which the aim is to spin to collect as many …