In a planned replacement, the post of chairman of the board at Ladbrokes has been taken up by former Coral founder and CEO John Kelly following the resignation of Peter Erskine. Kelly, a senior non-executive director on the Ladbrokes board, will also serve as chairman of the proposed merged corporate group Ladbrokes Coral. Kelly has …
Online gambling group GVC Holdings issued a trading update Friday, showcasing a strong financial performance during the first months of its fourth quarter ended 30 November 2015. Highlights of the update included: * Net Gaming Revenue for the two months was 11.7 percent higher than the same period in 2014 averaging Euro 716,000 per day; …
There could be a daily fantasy sports storm brewing in Texas following the news that state Republican Rep. Myra Crownover has asked the state Attorney General for an opinion on the legality of the genre in Texas. Crownover’s letter to Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton notes that Texas law has “generally criminalized gambling.” Texas …
Just three months after signing a content provision agreement with New Jersey online gambling operator Golden Nugget, Swedish internet gambling software developer NetEnt reports that its games are now live on the desktop and mobile facilities of the operator. NetEnt has received a transactional waiver from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement and completed …
The stars were certainly aligned just right for a Californian lottery punter last week, who won $1,000 on a scratchcard, reinvested the winnings, and moments later scooped a $10 million jackpot. Modesto, CA resident Rodney Meadows said he initially bought one of the $30 California Lottery 30th anniversary scratch cards from his local Fast Mart …
Once high-flying Hong Kong online lottery seller 500.com has undoubtedly been feeling the pain of the Chinese government’s ten month “temporary” ban on online lottery sales (see previous reports) and this week started what appears to be a diversification program. The company has announced an agreement to buy a controlling 63 percent interest in the …
The big money that eSports companies are prepared to pay to get mainly youthful players on their teams has again been illustrated by the hire of Korean League of Legends ace Lee “Easyhoon” Ji-hoon….at an annual salary of $860,000 and benefits. “Easyhoon” left his well-paid position on SK Telecom T1 to sign for the Chinese …
The Dallas-based Internet marketing and events firm Cataboom has announced a partnership with New Jersey online gambling operator Resorts Digital Gaming LLC that will see the creation of $5 million jackpots on the operator’s ResortsCasino.com and MoheganSunCasino.com websites. Our readers will recall that Resorts is the preferred New Jersey partner for PokerStars and NYX Gaming. …
US online gambling expert Michelle Minton has published another of her factual articles designed to rebut some of the misinformation on the genre pushed out by opponents of online gambling like Sheldon Adelson’s Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling. In a piece published this week on the Competitive Enterprise Institute website, Minton says that in heated …
Further light has been thrown on the Restoration of America’s Wire Act Congressional hearing scheduled for December 9 (see previous report), and the title given to the hearing by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman, Jason Chaffetz, is revealing. Chaffetz, now notorious for stacking the deck against online gambling with his selection of biased …
The request for an injunction against daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings made early in November by the New York Attorney General’s Office (see previous reports) has brought to light some interesting information about actions against DFS in another state. In its submission to New York Judge Manuel Mendez, the AG provides details of an eight …
The fantasy horseracing operator DerbyWars.com is being sued in the US District Court for Central California by racetrack owner and operator of the Xpressbet online wagering site, Stronach Group. Stronach claims that DerbyWars owner, Kentucky-based Horse Racing Labs (also known as Immerse), breached the federal Interstate Horseracing Act by offering wagering activity without a California …
Online sportsbetting operator 188Bet has signed an agreement to become the main sponsor of the Lancashire Rugby League club Wigan Warriors RLFC in 2016, continuing a previous relationship with the rugby club. The agreement gives 188Bet the customary sponsorship business, branding and publicity opportunities on the club’s digital channels and stadium, and the company says …
A content provision agreement between online gambling games and software supplier NetEnt and Caesars Interactive Entertainment (see previous report) has come to fruition with the first games going live this week on CIE’s online casino site in New Jersey, USA. Backed by a recently granted transactional waiver from the regulator and completed integration work, NetEnt …
A collaborative agreement between Gibraltar-based online gambling operator BetVictor and UK games developer Realistic Games has produced an innovative and exclusive new slot themed on the high profile UK Premier League football club Chelsea FC. The slot features some of Chelsea’s greatest players, with a soundtrack that recreates the atmosphere at the team’s famous Stamford …
The British Horseracing Authority has announced a three-year deal with online betting group Betfair that makes the firm the first official Authorised Betting Partner of racing Betfair, along with 32Red and Bet365, was accepted as betting partners by the Authority in October, because the three online firms were already contributing to racing from the profits …
One of the industry’s longest established and respected gambling information portals, Casinomeister.com, has announced the launch of its new US website CasinomeisterUSA.us, detailing its mission as the provision of information on properly licensed US online casinos, crucial player tips and advice and “the resources to make waves (politically speaking).” Bryan Bailey, founder and director of …
The Victoria provincial government-commissioned study of gambling conducted by independent researcher Schottler Consulting has been published, delivering interesting results from a large telephone response base of 13,584 residents of the province. Running to 300 pages and titled Study of Gambling and Health in Victoria, the survey is the first comprehensive look at the gambling industry …
The lull in activity on Sheldon Adelson’s Restoration of America’s Wire Act – a bill designed to federally ban online gambling in the United States – could be interrupted soon with another heavily biased hearing driven by Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz. John Pappas, executive director at the Poker Players Alliance action group, tweeted Wednesday: …
A Brisbane-based team of video gaming fans led by CEO Phillip Barclay has launched a new Australian eSports company titled meVu, and has plans to ultimately expand beyond the Australian and Oceanian markets. Initially set up as a community betting platform, the company combines social and gaming features, allowing meVu visitors to bet on eSports …
Sikkim, arguably the most progressive province in India when it comes to tolerance of gambling, has given Essel Group’s Playwin site and Maarm International permission to offer virtual horse racing, which launched last (November) month and has been enthusiastically supported. Both companies have confirmed plans in the near future to expand into sports betting, which …
The Chinese Ministry of Finance has released figures showing that the nation’s lottery sales have declined 2.9 percent in the ten months ended November 30 2015 compared with the same period in 2014. Lottery sales fell to 303.13 billion yuan (US$47.45 billion), according to a statement from the Ministry, which revealed that Welfare lottery sales …
The rhetoric on a proposal to legalise online gambling operated through Massachusetts land casinos ramped up this week with an article in the Sun Chronicle, which interviewed a senior member of the state Senate and a spokesman for a land casino operator licensed in the state. Republican leader in the Senate, Sen. Bruce Tarr, who …
NetEnt is back in the headlines with news of another jackpot win, this one on its Mega Fortune Touch, mobile video slot. The win makes history as the biggest jackpot award via mobile and it was a 30-year-old Swede who hit the Euro 8.6 million jackpot playing a Euro 1.50 bet at ComeOn Casino’s mobile …