Online gambling software developer NetEnt has put up Youtube previews of its latest online slot, a comical and zany, pirate-themed game titled Hook’s Heroes. This 5-reel, 3-row, 20-line video slot features Free Spins with 3 different features to choose from, single Feature Spins that preview the Free Spin features for a single spin, as well …
A new Nigerian online sportsbetting company, SuperiorBet.com, launched in Lagos, Nigeria Tuesday with chief executive officer Tunde Adebayo pointing out that it not only provided gambling entertainment, but has the potential to create more jobs. Adebayo pledged to provide fair and efficient gambling, competitive odds, and quality customer service. “SuperiorBet is a digital sports betting …
Following an agreement with Microgaming, online gambling content supplier 1×2 Gaming is to supply the Quickfire online gambling platform with selected virtual games. The initial package includes Blackjack Players Choice, four data-driven virtual sports games and a darts game, all made available to Quickfire’s extensive list of operator clients. Kevin Reid, marketing officer for 1×2 …
Online Bitcoin casino operator Fortune Jack has announced that games from the Prague-based game developer Endorphina are now available following a content deal. Jan Urbanec, business development manager at Endorphina, confirmed the agreement and said that updated content would be provided as new games were developed.
A new Australian academic study based on surveys of 2,100 respondents has triggered concerns that social media promotions and casino-style games may be encouraging younger people to gamble. The study was commissioned by the government-funded Gambling Research Australia, and was headed by the ubiquitous Australian academic, Dr. Sally Gainsbury of the Southern Cross University. Gainsbury …
Social casino game developer LuckyFish Games has integrated a tournament feature in its OMG! Fortune social product. The proprietary tournament system is based on cloud based real-time technology and allows “thousands of players to compete against others for a cumulative jackpot prize,” the company said. The system also includes a “Lucky Jackpot” feature, which once …
Betfair has entered into an official betting partnership agreement with English Premier League football club Leicester City ahead of the 2015-16 Barclays Premier League season. “We’re very much looking forward to working with [Betfair] in the coming 2015/16 season and to forging a relationship that will have great benefits for both parties,” Ian Flanagan, Leicester …
BitCasino.io has expanded its offer to include a bitcoin-only sportsbook in anticipation of the kick off of the English Premiership football season later this week. The operator said due to customer demand the “sportsbook will provide over 10,000 live betting markets per week, including popular fast-developing betting sports such as MMA and eSports”.
In Finland, the state-owned gambling group Veikkaus reports that 40.3 percent of its revenues now come through the internet and mobile channels. The company reported total sales for 2014 of Euro 1.95 billion in 2014, up 5.4 percent y-o-y, with digital operations up four points from 2013, and website visits up 7 percent to 414,600 …
The fourth edition of the annual Audi Cup football competition has signed UK football club website provider My Club Betting.com and partner Premier Sports as official broadcast sponsors for this year’s event. The Audi Cup has become one of the traditional curtain-raisers to the UK football season, and kicks off today (August 4). The two-day …
The Times of Malta reports that several Malta-based internet gaming operators have received letters from the German tax authorities investigating their tax liability in Germany. The newspaper quotes Joerg Hofmann, an attorney at German law firm Melchers, who claims that German tax prosecutors have recently started to investigate international i-gaming companies accessing the German market, …
With one legislative deadline (July 1) already passed, Pennsylvanian politicians are still debating the budget, and it appears from local reports that the general gambling possibilities have been left off the agenda as a potential fund-raiser, although thus far online gambling legalisation as a possible source is still on the roster. However, political observers seem …
Scientific Games has posted its Q2-2015 results, which show that the group’s interactive division delivered another creditable performance despite wider group losses attributed mainly to acquisition and integration related to the company’s $5.1 billion takeover of Bally Technologies last November . Overall group revenues were up 65.8 percent y-o-y at $691.5 million, but the group …
Following a flurry of English Premier League football sponsorships in anticipation of the upcoming 2015-16 season, Coral is the latest to sign as official betting partner and Barclay Stand sponsor for Norwich City Football Club (NCFC) in what has been described as a “substantial and historic” deal. Under the terms of the deal Barclay Stand …
Mobile gaming platform provider Nektan plc is among the first to have been awarded a remote betting intermediary licence by the Irish gaming regulator as new regulations came into force August 1, 2015. Nektan said the licence award builds on the company’s momentum within the Irish market in recent months. “We will continue to seek …
Evolution Gaming has launched an exclusive Live Casino product for MarathonBet providing the operator a complete range of Evolution generic tables. Mobile access for these games will be added in September, while Evolution’s online live dealer version of SHFL’s Three Card Poker will join the desktop line-up. In addition, Marathonbet.com will launch a dedicated Live …
Dutch gambling authority Kansspelauthoriteit has advised of a rise in fines levied towards illegal operators as of August 1, 2015. In conjunction, the authority published a ‘fining policy rules document’ to ensure transparency in how the fines are calculated. The minimum fine amount for the provision of illegal gambling in the Dutch market is set …
The popular independent bet-tracking and football results app AccaTracker has been updated with a third iteration featuring improved features that includes better navigation, live results tracking and real-time notifications, a capability to generate accumulators over 100 football leagues and betting facilities with major UK sportsbooks. Creators Team FA say the new iteration combines the best …
Gaming technology provider Genii has partnered with Tain, adding more than 130 new casino games to the platform and solutions supplier’s portfolio. Tain significantly expands its casino portfolio offering to its operators with Genii’s suite of interactive games, including the revolutionary Spin 16 titles. Powered by patented technology that utilises the full area of touchscreen …
The latest numbers from Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau show that the decline in gambling revenues continued in Macau during July, falling 34.5 percent on a year-on-year comparison basis to 18.6 billion patacas (US$2.3 billion) and hovering around five-year lows as wealthy Chinese punters continued to stay away. Analysts pointed out that the decline …
The Malta Gaming Authority’s action in suspending the online gambling licenses of several companies last week following an Italian police investigation into organised crime, money laundering and fraud activity (see previous reports) took a new turn over the weekend, when three of the suspended operators threatened the regulator with legal action. Local media reported that …
Police in Kuching, capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak on Borneo, have reported the arrest of 24 individuals during two raids on internet gambling dens. A police spokesman told local media that personnel from the state Anti-Vice, Gaming and Gangsterism Unit (D7) took part in the raids on a warehouse and a shophouse in …
The former head of the now defunct Mt.Gox Bitcoin exchange, Mark Karpeles (30), was arrested Saturday by Japanese police on allegations of fraud. The Agence France Presse news agency reports that the alleged fraud led to the collapse of the exchange and damage to the credibility of Bitcoin as a virtual currency. Bitcoin is becoming …
With the 2016 presidential election fever gathering momentum in the United States, several influential donors have thrown their financial weight behind New Jersey governor Chris Christie, one of several candidates vying for the Republican nomination. The Washington DC publication Politico reported Friday that a super PAC (political action committee) backing Christie received $11 million dollars, …