The board of directors for Bwin Party Digital Entertainment decided Thursday night to switch their approval from 888 Holdings to GVC Holdings in the bidding war for the company, according to a report in the respected and usually well-informed Telegraph newspaper. Since July this year the Bwin directors have stood by their recommendation that 888 …
After years of false starts and political cogitation, the Irish online gambling regulatory and licensing regime for online gambling operators accessing the Irish market finally came to fruition August 1 and has been followed by the release of a list of 27 operators who have been successful in achieving licensed status. The list includes the …
Clarion Events, the UK expo and conference organiser perhaps best known in the industry for its International Casino Expo (ICE Totally Gaming) annual events, has secured a majority partnership in the US company Urban Expositions. The agreement allows Urban Expositions to maintain its existing corporate identity, executive management team, event staff, brands and events, statement …
There can be few nicer places to take a professional course than Malta, where the inaugural Totally Gaming Academy’s Online Gaming Masterclass is currently underway at the Dragonara land casino. Given the large online gambling business community on the Mediterranean island, it is an appropriate location for the first of these educational events, with a …
The retail division of Playtech plc has announced that it is integrating its retail software across more than half of Talarius’ Quicksilver-branded UK high street Adult Gaming Centres (AGC). In partnership with SG Gaming, Playtech will work closely with Talarius over the coming months in order to ensure the smooth migration from its existing platform …
Online gambling operator 888 Holdings has announced the launch of major brands in regulated markets Romania and Denmark following the procurement of licenses from the respective regulators. The company has been authorised to launch three of its prominent online brands, as part of the business’s ongoing strategy to expand into the regulated gaming market. 888poker, …
Daily fantasy sports provider FanDuel has more than quadrupled its head office accommodation following a move to a 14 floor building on New York’s upmarket Madison Avenue – boosting office space from 9,000 sq. ft. to 41,000 sq. ft. at a cost of $3.3 million. The office accommodation costs pale in comparison with the tens …
Las Vegas Sands mogul Sheldon Adelson continues to fight against a Las Vegas district court’s decision that it has jurisdiction to hear a “wrongful termination” case initiated by former Sands China CEO Steven Jacobs (see previous reports). Adelson’s legal team had argued that the issue fell under the jurisdiction of Macau, but Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez …
The legality (or not) of daily fantasy sports seems to be creating a widening debate on the booming vertical and the differences between the daily genre and the traditional seasonal format which successfully achieved carve-outs in federal law (see previous reports). The latest influential personality to express an opinion is Rick Kalm, the executive director …
Betfair chief executive Breon Corcoran has more than the Paddy Power merger on his mind this week, according to Irish media reports – the European investor advisory group and corporate monitor Pensions and Investment Research Consultants (PIRC) has come out in opposition to his pay deal. Betfair shareholders have been urged by an influential body …
The European Gaming and Betting Association, a trade body representing the interests of most of Europe’s major gambling companies, has thrown down the gauntlet on lottery licenses issued to Dutch companies last year, challenging the process as “non-transparent and discriminatory” in a formal complaint to Kansspelautoriteit, the regulator. The multi-year licenses were awarded to De …
The British Gambling Commission is planning to advise the government on what fee structure changes may be necessary to take account of the significant changes in the population of operators that it regulates and to address identified problems in the current fees structure. The previous coalition government indicated that it would consider reviewing the Commission’s …
Genesis Gaming announced Wednesday that it is about to launch a new line of video slots tailored for the American social casino market. Titled The Vegas Line, the new range consists of games optimised for mobile play, developed by designers with experience in both American land-based slots and in European online gaming. Since land-based casino …
Scientific Games Corporation announced Wednesday that it has launched Hot Shot Casino on Facebook – the first social casino to combine subsidiary companies Williams, Shuffle Master, and Bally content in one game. Hot Shot offers some of the newest slots in both land-based and online casinos, and will feature popular games such as Zeus III, …
The Roxy Palace Casino has reported a major progressive jackpot hit on Monday on Microgaming’s Major Millions slot. In an email announcement the company reported: “We made a player at Roxy Palace Casino a millionaire on Monday when Eric D. hit the Major Millions jackpot scooping a cool Euro 1,166,534. There is still a huge …
New research into social casino activity has been published by global research firm Newzoo, which reports that nearly half of US social casino players spend money on the games. The market research firm analysed players of 17 casino franchises in the United States and Western Europe, and found that 46 percent spent real money in …
The Aussie social sports betting group Favourit, currently chasing a listing on the Australian stock exchange, has appointed Sportingbet veteran Gary Harris as chief executive officer. Previously the IT director and a board member of the Sportingbet Australia Group between 2004 and 2013, Harris was responsible for technology development and operations, growing online turnover from …
Australia’s perennial anti-online gambling crusader Sen. Nick Xenophon was quick to take advantage of Social Services Minister Scott Morrison’s call for a fresh review of the Interactive Gambling Act of 2001 (see previous reports), quickly scoring several media interviews on the topic Wednesday. He urged the federal government to ban gambling advertising during live sport …
The news Monday that the Bwin-Party directorate still favours the 888 Holdings bid for it seems to have spurred rival bidder GVC Holdings to exert more media pressure in the ongoing bidding war. The Reuters news agency reported Wednesday that in a Times interview GVC chairman Lee Feldman did not discount the option of “going …
Privately-held California-based Betcade is planning the launch of an Android-based app store for real-money gambling, initially in the UK market in July 2016. The outfit founded and headed up by David Chang, claims it will be “the first dedicated Android app store for the gaming industry and the premier destination for players to discover, download …
NetEnt has received a transactional waiver from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement for the Borgata and bwin.party brands ahead of approval of its application for a Casino Service Industry Enterprise Licence for the New Jersey market. NetEnt’s recent deals with Golden Nugget and Caesars Interactive Entertainment will need to follow the same process …
Prague games developer Endorphina will distribute a 30-title portfolio through SoftSwiss-powered BitStarz and Chance Hill online casinos. The portfolio includes titles such as Origami, Minotaurus and Blast! Boom! Bang!.
Seattle-based eSports startup Unikrn’s latest investment round has raised $7 million in funding and attracted celebrity attention through Sound Ventures, a recently formed venture capital firm founded by Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary. Kutcher is known within tech circles “as a savvy angel investor”, according to GeekWire, whose list of past tech investments …
The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) and the Jersey Gambling Commission (JGC) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that covers arrangements for the acquisition, exchange, handling, protection and use of information. “This is a welcome development – it’s increasingly important for gambling regulators to work together, not just to share best practice, but in …