Online betting exchange Smarkets released its HY1/2015 report saying it had delivered a solid performance that should see it achieve GBP 6 million in profit at year end. Smarkets said profits had doubled as a result of triple-digit growth on every major sporting event and a doubling of profit in the first half of the …
According to The Globe and Mail newspaper, the Quebec court has lifted a publication ban on an updated search warrant by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), a Canadian-government mandated financial regulator, into Amaya Inc. The investigation, reportedly triggered by a whistle-blower, delves into alleged widespread trading of Amaya Inc. stock ahead of its acquisition …
Asian software provider XIN Gaming has entered into an exclusive re-seller agreement with Australian boutique slot developer Big Wave Gaming. Under the terms of the deal, Big Wave Gaming will integrate its remote game server into XIN Gaming’s platform providing its full portfolio of casino slot games. “Big Wave Gaming are thrilled to be partnering …
MGA-licensed Casino Saga has partnered Stockholm development studio Quickspin in a content supply deal. Quickspin will supply its entire existing and future games catalogue to Casino Saga across both desktop and mobile platforms, under the terms of the deal. “It is our goal to deliver the best online casino experience to our customers. The addition …
Curacao-based Vincere B.V. has launched phase one of its new browser-based virtual casino at vegastomacau.com utilising the Entropia Platform. Vincere will utilise Entropia’s 3D online virtual environment, which offers one universal real cash economy system, until the release of its own virtual gaming platform, scheduled for later this year. The casino currently offers customers social …
The Malta-situated Dragonara Casino’s online destination has launched a suite of Microgaming Quickfire games, saying it is the single most important development to its product line since its launch in December 2013”. “We are very excited to add the 500 plus games available on the Microgaming Quickfire suite of online casino games to our online …
Malta-based online gaming firm Interwetten delivered an upbeat quarterly report, saying net profit had quadrupled in the first half of 2015. The company attributed its strong performance to efficient marketing and customer relationship management, saying it was confident it would exceed its annual net profit target of Euro 10 million. “The company’s comparative period included …
TopBetta, an Australian online sports and fantasy sports betting firm run by former rugby league player-manager Todd Buckingham, is heading for the ASX stock exchange, where it hopes to raise between $5 million and $7 million from investors by listing in September. Buckingham says the popularity of fantasy sports is a key differentiator in the …
Germany’s seemingly chaotic betting laws under the 2012-revised State Treaty on Gambling have come under fire from the European Commission through the EU Pilot scheme, a system introduced in 2008 through which the Commission can communicate its concerns to Member States on possible infringements of EU laws. The Commission has raised several questions regarding German …
A spokesman for the US action group Campaign for Liberty has launched an attack on Republican presidential hopeful Mark Rubio for his support in the US Senate of the Restoration of America’s Wire Act, a measure intended to ban online gambling in the United States and introduced to the Senate recently by Sen. Lindsey Graham …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWSxXhEwX2c Fans of the innovative online slots developed by Nordic provider Quickspin have a little more time to wait for the launch of the company’s latest game, Crystal Queen, which is scheduled for release mid-August this year. The new game is based on the Hans Christian Andersen story about the Snow Queen, and features swooping …
The sad saga of MetroPlay-666Bet, which hit the headlines earlier this year amid reports of police action, multi-million pound fraud and unpaid players , appears to have reached a closing chapter with the announcement in the Alderney Official Gazette that Metro Play, as operator of dotcoms Bet666 and MetroPlay, has been placed in compulsory liquidation. …
There has been a top management reshuffle at Gamesys, with Noel Hayden exchanging his CEO seat for one as executive chairman of the board, and chief operating officer Lee Fenton succeeding him in the CEO role. The company has been quick to assure the market that the changes will make no difference to company’s association …
Online gambling firm Condor Gaming has partnered with Play’n Go Gaming to introduce a wider array of games across its brands: b-Bets, Sieger and Rembrandt. This adds to a portfolio of new games released on a weekly basis from major suppliers NetEnt and Microgaming.
The Canadian province of Quebec says it still plans to move forward with its promise to block internet gambling websites it considers to be illegal, and that take business away from the state-owned and exclusively licensed Loto-Quebec site Espacejeux, according to the CJAD radio station, which approached the provincial government for comment. Our readers will …
Global online gaming business Mansion Group has been confirmed as the official main sponsor of Crystal Palace FC in a move that will see the company working closely with the Premier League team, across a broad spectrum of commercial activities. Sagi Lahav, CEO of Mansion Group, said: “At Mansion we are proud to be working …
Swedish online gambling software developer NetEnt has posted another impressive quarterly, with Q2-2015 highlights flagged as: * Revenues increased by 32.3 percent to SEK 271.2 (205.0) million; * Operating profit of SEK 92.7 (56.7) million, an increase of 63.3 percent; * Operating margin was 34.2 (27.7) percent; * Profit after tax came in at SEK …
The Australian row over whether a computer microphone that is switched makes in-play betting via the internet legal (see previous reports) produced an interesting “wait-and-see” response this week from the Northern Territory Racing Commission, which acts as regulator for some of the companies using the ploy. Approached by The Australian newspaper for comment on the …
HTML 5 games developer SidePlay Entertainment has selected the Odobo Developer Program for its expansion into the i-gaming commercial sector. The company has produced over 160 instant win games for lotteries and operators around the world over the last 12 years. SidePlay’s first release via Odobo is an interactive oceanic adventure featuring pirate ships and …
Online gambling group 888 is exiting the Portuguese market this week, according to an email notification addressed to its affiliate marketers, which reads: “We are writing to inform you that due to recent regulation changes in Portugal, we have decided to terminate the offering of our services to players from Portugal. “We have therefore stopped …
Darren Lovern, formerly the head of online sports book operations at Paddy Power, has been appointed chief marketing officer of the Czech online and land betting company Fortuna Group. Lovern spent over eight years at the Irish bookmaker, two as online operations manager and six as head of online sports betting. Prior to his Paddy …
Surprise news this week is that the Gibraltar-based online operations of respected bookmaker Stan James have been sold to online gambling group Unibet for GBP 19 million. The deal includes full rights to the valuable Stan James brand. Unibet chief executive officer Henrik Tjärnström said Friday that the acquisition will strengthen his company’s position in …
After reviewing the circumstances around an online software video slot flaw, the British Columbia Lottery Corporation has confirmed it will pay a total of Cdn$1.1 million to nine online punters prejudiced by the fault. The Province newspaper reports that the error was found in a progressive jackpot in the online slot-machine game the Wizard of …
Online casino operator Casino777 and offline partner Casino de Spa have teamed up with live dealer provider Evolution Gaming to launch a range of live table games. The games are presented 7 days a week between 18:00 and 2:00 by French and Dutch speaking dealers from Spa, the picturesque Belgian town famous for its thermal …