The Cordish Company-owned Maryland Live! Casino will launch an online Simulated Gaming offer following a deal inked with GameAccount Network plc today (Monday). The new offer is expected to launch in the second quarter of this year subject to regulatory and other approvals. GameAccount’s Simulated Gaming™ has been designed specifically for land-based US casinos to …
B2B live casino solution provider Evolution Gaming confirmed its intention to float on the Nasdaq First North Premier stock exchange today (see previous report). The offering, comprising 13,824,267 existing shares (38.4 percent of the total shares outstanding), is targeted at the Swedish general public and institutional investors in Sweden and Internationally. The “selling shareholders” consist …
Spanish gaming regulator Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) has announced the appointment of José Antonio García in the role of deputy director general of management and institutional relations succeeding Laura Minguito Gil. Garcia is a Telecommunications engineer and has been in the State Administration since 2005. He has previously served as a technical …
Realistic Games have launched an Egyptian-themed three-reel slot titled “Great Pyramid” across mobile and desktop platforms. “Great Pyramid” offers a top award of X200 the total stake, a note trail bonus round and nudges. Landing three gold pyramid symbols on the reels will trigger the bonus. One and three nudges can be awarded at random …
As bwin.party digital entertainment ends its long-running partnership with top-tier German Bundesliga football club Bayern Munich, Tipico has filled the void with a four-year deal reportedly worth around Euro 5.5 million per annum. The sponsorship deal expands Tipico’s already impressive Bundesliga sponsorship portfolio which includes Hamburger SV and Hoffenheim Football Clubs.
Virtual Sports software developer VSoftCo has partnered Kiron Interactive to provide virtual games for Italian operator Intralot Italia. The collaboration will see the deployment of virtual sports on a new Virtual Gaming TV channel, with live Italian voice commentary in association with gaming content provider Vermantia. Vermantia has undertaken the design, creation, localisation and content …
The row over the loss of a million dollars of taxpayer monies on an abortive e-gaming venture by the provincial government of Port Edward Island in Canada continued to create consequences this weekend, with the province’s conflict of interest commissioner, Neil Robinson, stepping down following allegations that he had improperly invested in a company associated …
Recorder Martin Heslop QC of the Reading Crown Court in the UK sent 49-year-old Julian Kremer to jail for five years after hearing this week that he had abused his position of trust as head of accounting for a Berkshire estate agency to steal GBP 1,981,916, which he spent on internet gambling, luxury hotel accommodation …
US land casino companies, backed by the American Gaming Association, are lobbying against an IRS proposal to change the tax code in order to lower the threshold for gambling win reportage. The current threshold of $1,200 has been in place for the past 40 years despite inflationary trends, but the taxman wants to cut it …
During the recent ICE expo in London, online gambling software provider Microgaming’s technology experts demonstrated some impressive applications of new technologies such as virtual and augmented reality, wearable mobile devices and how the gambling experience on mobile devices might be enhanced. The company’s chief executive, Roger Raatgever, has followed up on this interesting technical activity …
The Holland Casino group, a state-owned gambling monopoly in the Netherlands, has posted its first profitable performance in seven years….good timing for the government’s privatisation drive on the asset. The publication Dutch News reports that the group posted a FY2014 profit of Euro 12 million, a massive improvement over the previous year, when it recorded …
Two major online gambling information and promotional companies, both offering free games and online casino reviews, became one this week when US-based VegasSlotsOnline.com paid $500,000 to acquire Europe-facing MrGamez.com. The two companies will continue to operate separately but as close partners. VegasSlotsOnline spokesman Josh Turner said the acquisition would enable his company to expand into …
With Canadian interest in online gambling high in the wake of the massive Amaya Gaming agreement to acquire the Rational Group last year, one stock broker missed the boat and admitted as much this week. In a conference call Friday following stock broker GMP Capital’s fourth quarter results, CEO Harris Fricker was asked why his …
A financial adviser and friend of Amaya Group chief executive David Baazov, Toronto investor and accountant Yoel Altman, is one of the people the Quebec securities regulator Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is interested in, according to a Globe and Mail newspaper update on the Amaya-Rational Group acquisition deal probe Friday. Our readers will recall …
NEW GREEK GOVERNMENT MULLS ONLINE GAMBLING LICENSING. Pre-meeting letter to Eurogroup gives hints on Syriza coalition’s intentions. The new Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, has outlined key reform proposals – including an intention to licence online gambling – ahead of a crucial Eurogroup meeting scheduled for Monday to decide whether the country is meeting the …
In its second deal in a week (see previous reports) Iforium has signed up for content for its Gameflex platform from games developer 1×2 Gaming. The developer will make its full inventory of casino games and virtual sports betting titles available, accessible via both desktop and mobile channels. “By partnering with such reputable companies as …
The Oriental Group, an Asian facing Live Dealer casino operator, has inked a content agreement with BetSoft that will see that company’s RNG games added to the Oriental offering. Under the terms of the partnership, Oriental Group with be adding Betsoft’s Slots3 suite of premium 3D video slots to its gaming suite, along with BetSoft’s …
Citing an operational performance that did not support the costs involved, a BetVictor spokesman revealed this week that the company is shuttering its in-house live dealer venture in favour of operations through third party providers. The in-house project was launched in April 2013, but has failed to gain sufficient traction to make it viable, with …
The controversial illegal gambling federal prosecution of international poker pro Wei Seng Paul Phua and his 23-year-old son Darren took a new turn Thursday with the disclosure that a homesick Darren has buckled under the pressure and agreed to plead guilty to a single misdemeanor charge of transmission of wagering information in order to leave …
The Malta-based Medialive live dealer provider is extending its reach by negotiating deals that will see its offering expanded to land casinos, enabling them to provide online games broadcast directly from their gaming floors. The company is currently negotiating agreements with the Casino di Sanremo in Italy and Perla Casino in Slovenia. Medialive has also …
Online gambling software provider Play’n Go is backing its newly released online slot Easter Eggs with extensive operator-based promotional activity that includes a 9-day luxury safarei trip to South Africa. The new 5-reel, 20-payline game has a theme replete with Easter bunnies and Spring lambs, along with a slew of prize-filled Easter eggs. Features include …
Ireland’s new laws designed to tax online gambling companies which access Irish punters, stalled for years by extensive discussions and delays (see previous reports), appears to be on the final stretch. On Thursday finance minister Michael Noonan confirmed that the measure has been sent to the president’s office for signature into law, which will make …
Washington Post journos were quick to pick up on the symbolism of an incident in Congress this week in which Sheldon Adelson’s wife Miriam, sitting in the public gallery with her husband for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech, accidentally nudged her purse, which landed on the shoulder of Nebraska Representative Brad Ashford seated below. …
In what appears to be a follow-on from comments earlier this month by Macau Social Affairs Secretary Alex Tam that there are concerns about the overly large numbers of mainland tourists visiting the gambling island, Chief Executive Chui Sai On has directed Tan to institute an appropriate review of the situation and the island’s visitor …