The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement’s warning earlier this year that affiliate marketers who promote unlicensed operators in the New Jersey online gambling market could be prejudiced by such illegal activity (see previous report) has clearly influenced FourCubed, the parent company for Poker Affiliate Solutions (now PAS). In an email communication this week, FourCubed …
Internet gambling games developer World Match has released a new 5 reel online slot with a spooky theme in time for Halloween, revealing that it has translated Night Vampire to the HD online environment from the popular land cabinet product developed by Baldazzi Styl Art. The scary theme is presented with symbols that include holy …
The meteoric rise of daily fantasy sports, and its similarity to other forms of gambling, prompted Massachusetts regulators to come out in support of the vertical’s regulation Thursday. Massachusetts Gaming Commissioner Enrique Zuniga told the Associated Press news agency: “There are enough similarities to other forms of gambling that it warrants regulation,” whilst Commissioner James …
Figures for September from the Nevada Gaming Control Board show that gambling revenue rose in Clark County including 2 percent on the Las Vegas Strip to $504.8 million and 9 percent in the downtown Fremont Street corridor to $47.5 million, ending a three-month slide for the gambling state. The Board said Thursday that casinos in …
The acquisition of internet social gaming firm Big Fish Games last December is proving to be a valuable addition to US racing company Churchill Downs, which this week posted its Q3-2015 results. During the quarter, Big Fish Games contributed revenues of $103.5 million and adjusted EBITDA of $33.3 million. Comparing results to Big Fish Games …
Clients of online games and platform provider 1×2 Gaming will soon additionally have access to virtual sports facilities thanks to the company’s partnership with developer Leap-Gaming. The initial collaboration includes virtual horse racing, greyhounds, velodrome cycling and speedway, and there are plans to introduce tennis and trotting before the end of 2015, with football becoming …
Online gambling group Playtech plc has released a strong third quarter report highlighting good performances from both its gaming and financial operations. Financial highlights include: * Total revenues up 47 percent compared to Q3 2014 on a reported basis, with 24 percent growth excluding acquisitions and adding back the impact of the UK POC tax; …
Whilst attendees at the Sony Paris Games Week await the anticipated announcement of the company’s venture into the booming eSports sector, bloggers claiming insider knowledge have revealed details of Sony plans. IGN.com claims that the new initiative has already seen the launch of a PlayStation Plus League website accessible for PS4 users and including games …
Wednesday’s Republican presidential candidate televised debate saw New Jersey governor Chris Christie decrying mainstream media focus on the daily fantasy sports furore when more important international issues were in play. Asked by CNBC moderators about his position on daily fantasy sports, Christie forcefully opined to audience applause: “Are we really talking about getting the government …
Wednesday’s already postponed hearing on online gambling and daily fantasy sports has again been postponed, according to the House Gaming Oversight Committee website. Local media observers speculated Wednesday that committee chairman Representative John Payne may have postponed the hearing in deference to bipartisan lawmaker efforts to find a solution to the state’s $2 billion budget …
The chairman of the US Campaign for Liberty, former congressman Ron Paul fired a broadside at Representative Jason Chaffetz this week, accusing him of attacking the rights of states guaranteed under the constitution with his Restoration of America’s Wire Act federal proposal. Paul reminded Chaffetz that online gambling regulation is the sole prerogative and jurisdiction …
The current furore around daily fantasy sports put Utah Republican Representative Jason Chaffetz on the spot Wednesday at a sparsely attended Washington DC press conference called by the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling. Chaffetz was trying to breathe some life into the languishing Restoration of America’s Wire Act he is sponsoring in Congress, and was …
The Australian online and land gambling group Tabcorp published a fiscal Q1-2016 trading update Thursday, reporting that group revenues for the three months to 30 September 2015 were A$543.5 million, up 1.1 percent on the prior corresponding period, with digital turnover up 13.1 percent to A$900.3 million. However Luxbet turnover was down 1.7 percent at …
Seventeen individuals in New York, Nevada and California were indicted by the Queens County grand jury Wednesday. In a joint statement Queens District Attorney, Richard A. Brown and United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Robert L. Capers said the defendants had been indicted on charges of unlawfully operating a highly sophisticated …
Pala Interactive will integrate an additional 65 online and mobile games from IGT, Aristocrat and NYX on its Pala Casino.com operation, 44 of which were launched this week. The portfolio will offer the New Jersey market a choice of 155 games once the remaining 21 titles are launched in mid-November. “PalaCasino.com now offers one of …
William Hill and Bet-at-Home have joined the German sports betting association saying they want to actively contribute to the debate regarding the advancement of gambling regulation in Germany. Bet-at-Home said legal certainty is essential to justify its current commitments in terms of German team sponsorships which already underline its keen interest in the German sports …
Search engine optimisation (SEO) specialist company 90Digital has entered the bitcoin online casino arena with the launch of Oshi! in Alpha format. Oshi! utilises the SoftSwiss platform under a Curacao licence and is headed up by founder Nick Garner who has spent time at Betfair and Unibet in the SEO area. “Having been in the …
Parent company of online gambling operator GR88, Olympian Group, has entered into a merger agreement with Nevada-based disposable coffee lids manufacturer Coastal Integrated Services (CIS). CIS will acquire 100 percent of the Olympian Group for an undisclosed consideration. Part of the Merger Agreement includes a corporate reorganisation which will include a 1-for-100 reverse stock split …
French gaming firm Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) third quarter results have been hailed as better than expected even though a decline in gross gaming revenue and stakes were reported across most verticals. Key performance highlights for the first nine months of its fiscal year include: – Total wagers of Euro 7. 2 billion, down 2.2 …
bwin.party digital entertainment released a third quarter 2015 trading update Wednesday showing an 8 percent decline in total revenue impacted, it says, by the absence of a major football tournament, the sale of non-core businesses and EU VAT obligations. Key performance highlights for the nine month period ending September 30, 2015 include: – Clean EBITDA …
NYX Gaming Group Limited has announced the release of slots content directly to William Hill via NYX’s proprietary Open Gaming System. William Hill will continue to leverage slots titles from NYX’s wholly owned subsidiary NextGen Gaming; now complemented by a wide range of games supplied by third parties aggregated on to NYX’s OGS platform. “NYX …
On Tuesday, lawmakers in the Czech Republic lower house gave initial approval to a bill raising the tax on winnings from lotteries, sport betting and slot machines with effect from 2016. Legislators were told that Czechs spent 138 billion crowns ($5.63 billion) or roughly 3.5 percent of GDP on gambling in 2014, more than half …
The Advertising Standards Authority in the UK has censured three online gambling firms – Coral, Bet365 and Totesport – for social gaming tweets that featured an image of someone under the age of 25. The Drum marketing magazine reports that all three betting sites included an image of 22-year old professional golfer Jordan Spieth, which …
The Australian operations of William Hill plc have scored a significant victory over local regulators regarding in-play betting over the Internet. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Australian Federal Police has declined to investigate a complaint by the Australian Communications and Media Authority that William Hill and rivals like Ladbrokes and Bet365 exploited a …