Plus500, the contracts for difference financial firm targeted for acquisition by Playtech has issued a trading update covering the six months to June 30, highlighting the following key points: * H1-2015 revenue up from $106.2 million in the comparative period in 2014 to $127 million this year; * New customer registrations signups are up 19,544 …
UK software provider Openbet has confirmed Asian reports yesterday that it has been contracted in a seven year deal to provide sports betting products and services to Singapore Pools. OpenBet was selected from an open Expression of Interest (EOI) exercise initiated by Singapore Pools in February 2014 to replace its ten-year-old sports betting system. “Signing …
EveryMatrix has partnered Swedish games developer QuickSpin in a content supply deal that will see a range of its games integrated into the company’s CasinoEngine. “We are constantly working on increasing our CasinoEngine portfolio with quality games from the very best producers,” commented Ebbe Groes, Chief Executive Officer of EveryMatrix.
Sven Ivo Brinck will leave the mybet Board prematurely and will be replaced by Zeno Ossko who has been with the company for over a decade. For the past few years, Ossko has been responsible for the management of operative affiliates but is an expert in sports betting, mybet said. Brinck will continue to support …
Aristocrat named Patrick Ramsey as its new chief digital officer, succeeding Craig Billings who leaves the company at the end of September 2015 to “pursue other opportunities”. Managing director, Australia & New Zealand Trevor Croker will lead the digital business from late September as Ramsey fulfils his non-compete obligations until January 1, 2016. Ramsey leaves …
The Rank Group Plc has lost a Supreme Court appeal by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) regarding an overpaid VAT claim on certain types of amusement machines between 2001 and 2005. Following a Court of Appeal ruling against the Company in October 2013, Rank repaid GBP 25.2 million in May 2014 of the GBP …
In an effort to restrict individual states over and above New Jersey, Delaware and Nevada from legalising online gambling, US politicians seeking a federal ban on the pastime may be developing a plan to impose a moratorium on further legalisation drives, using the excuse that a Congressional study of the phenomenon is required. It is …
Genesis Gaming has announced that its Norse-themed popular online video slot Ragnarök is now available on Microgaming’s Quickfire network. “Ragnarök is one of our most successful and popular games of the past 18 months,” the company’s statement claims. “Having gone live with Unibet in April 2014, Ragnarök featured in the operator’s all-important top 10 for …
Internet giant Yahoo has unveiled a retooled version of its fantasy-sports mobile app that allows users to wager real money daily and weekly against their friends and in major online tournaments. The publication Cnet reports that Yahoo hopes to score by expanding its already popular app. into daily fantasy sports; previously, Yahoo’s service offered only …
Online gambling group Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment has released a pre-close trading update (its six-month results are due end August) confirming that it has received an offer of 110p a share in an acquisition bid by rival gambling group GVC Holdings. The update highlights the following developments: * Gaming revenue in the three months to 30 …
The Mr Green Casino group has announced a strengthening of its management team with the appointment of Jan Tjernell as its General Counsel and Frida Adrian as Head of Investor Relations. Both positions are newly established, and the appointees will take up their responsibilities in the autumn. Tjernell has extensive experience as a company solicitor …
Coingaming.io, a software provider for white-label Bitcoin casino solutions, announced Wednesday that it is the first ever licensed Bitcoin-only gaming platform to integrate and launch NetEnt casino games. NetEnt’s games offering provides the Coingaming Bitcoin only casino platform with access to 150+ HTML5 games. It also includes 30+ mobile games, including Gonzo’s Quest, Starburst, South …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzuU49rlZKY The UK National Lottery has turned to humour to promote its offering, commissioning a series of television advertisements poking a little fun at high profile celebrities. Created by the AMV BBDO agency, the “Please Not Them” campaign was inspired by the idea that while everyone has big win lottery dreams, they’d rather it was …
The Financial Times has expanded on the GVC Holdings announcement in May this year that it had combined with Amaya to make an acquisition proposal for Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment. The FT report Tuesday is being widely quoted in the British business media and claims that the two companies have offered GBP 900 million (about US$ …
It seems that the blanket Singapore ban on remote gambling imposed earlier this year (see previous reports) might be loosened in time for local monopolies to benefit from the 2016 European football championship games. Reports across Asian media claim that Singapore Pools and the Singapore Turf Club (STC) have applied to be exempted from the …
Ladbrokes has exited the Danish market with immediate effect saying in a customer communication it is closed for registrations and will not accept further bets with immediate effect. Withdrawals will be processed until July 31, 2015.
Online gaming operator Winamax has signed a two-year clothing sponsorship deal with French Ligue 1 football club Olympique de Marseille. Under the terms of the deal, the Winamax logo will appear on the front and back of the team shorts for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 seasons.
Betradar has launched a Virtual Basketball sports betting product, the first it says in the market, and its fifth sports variant. The “Virtual Basketball League” (VBL) is the result of a massive Motion Capture technology project where two professional basketball teams were captured by over a hundred cameras and sensors on a full-size basketball court, …
According to Hungarian-focused news agency hvg.hu, the Hungarian parliament adopted an amendment to its Gambling Act Monday restricting online sports betting to state-owned Szerencsejáték Zrt., and online horse betting to state-owned Magyar Lóversenyfogadást Szervező Kft. According to the report, online casino concessions are restricted to the only two Hungarian land casino operators owned by Andy …
Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp. has launched its Fantasy Sports Network (FNTSY) and Fight Network on Suddenlink Communication, the US’ seventh largest cable company. The high-definition channels are available to Suddenlink’s 1.5 million subscriber base across the US. FNTSY Sports Network is a 24/7 television network offering live studio programming, call-in shows, expert panels, celebrity …
Antanas Guoga (42), a Lithuanian-born Australian entrepreneur and professional poker player better known as TonyG, has big plans in Denmark for his Tonybet Poker, which has achieved Danish online poker licensing. The site features the increasingly popular Open Face Chinese style of poker, which is now being offered to Danish online poker fans. Sune Hansen, …
State and federal authorities in New Jersey are investigating cyber-attacks launched on four Atlantic City online casino gaming websites late last week, in which criminals orchestrating a Distributed Denial of Service assault demanded a Bitcoin ransom as protection against further attacks. New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement Director David Rebuck said the attack was launched …
The latest 3D interactive slot from software provider BetSoft has been released simultaneously in desktop and mobile versions under the title “Weekend in Las Vegas”. “Dual releases have proved to be very popular,” said Mark McKeown, Betsoft’s VP Sales and Marketing. “With this release structure, we cast a wider net to reach an larger and …
Paddy Power was left red-faced, but well publicised, following an early payout on Wednesday July 1, 2015 when it overconfidently and incorrectly predicted the outcome of a Greek vote on proposed austerity measures. A convincing 61 percent of the Greek vote went to rejecting the proposal, costing Paddy Power “thousands of Euros” it says was …