Norwegian gaming firm iGame Group has signed up for Quickspin’s full suite of games across both mobile and web-based platforms. “It will enable them to offer our games across multiple channels and use the platform’s innovative promotional tools to further attract and retain players,” commented Daniel Lindberg, chief executive officer at Quickspin. iGame will be …
The respected director of the Washington DC Lottery, 65-year-old Buddy Roogow was rushed to the Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore early Saturday morning but died soon after arrival. The usually fit, energetic and active director had been out with family and friends on Friday night and had been in good form. “He was the picture …
Unlicensed and illegal online gambling is rampant in three urban areas in the Philippines, the Manila Times reported over the weekend, pinpointing the Clark Special Economic Zone in Angeles City, the Subic Bay Freeport Zone and the Makati suburb of Manila. The newspaper’s investigative report claims that the illegal activity has grown into a multi-million …
The Poker Players Alliance “We the People” petition to the White House, calling on the US president to oppose the Restoration of America’s Wire Act as an attack on states’ rights and internet freedom, is unlikely to reach the minimum requirement of 100,000 signatures within thirty days at the rate it is growing at present. …
The authoritarian president of Kyrgyz Republic, Almazbek Atambayev, has signed extensive gambling bans into law following the approval of amendments against gambling, betting and bookmakers by parliament in February this year. The ban has involved amendments to the Tax Code, the Criminal Code, the Civil Code, the laws on licensing in the Kyrgyz Republic, and …
The US Major League Baseball authorities may be supportive of daily fantasy sports (see previous reports) but on Friday they took the precaution of specifically prohibiting its players from participating in any DFS activity that involves real money betting. The ban does not preclude players from entering into endorsement or promotional deals with the booming …
The failed attempt to introduce tribal-licensed online gambling in the Canadian province of Port Edward Island (see previous reports) turned increasingly ugly this week when one of the companies that claims it was involved in the venture filed a $25 million legal claim against the provincial government. Wes Sheridan, the finance minister at the time, …
Hoang Pham, a 49-year-old resident of Kansas City, Missouri entered a guilty plea on charges of illegal online sports betting and money laundering when he appeared before US District Judge Fernando Gaitan this week. Pham admitted to running the operation from at least 2008 until it was broken up by federal enforcement agencies early in …
Online sports betting and casino operator Betway has engaged former England rugby star Mike Tindall MBE as its ambassador, a shrewd move on the run-up to this year’s World Cup rugby championship. In 2003 Tyndall was a member of the English team that won the global competition, held every 4 years and involving teams from …
The UK government has launched a consultation initiative on the regulation of binary options, an area of growing interest to online gambling companies….witness Playtech’s acquisition of FXTrade recently (see previous reports) The main thrust of the consultation, which is being driven by HM Treasury, is on which body should control the new sector, the UK …
UK social gaming operator Gaming Realms has signed a deal to sell its online bingo brands Bingo Godz and Castle Jackpot to European Domain Management, a British online gambling operator. The consideration agreed is GBP 500,000, to be paid GBP 200,000 upfront and the balance over 17 months. Alderney-based European Domain Management will use the …
New statistics from the Italian Observatory on Online Gaming report prepared by the University of Milan show that Italian online punters wagered Euro 726 million in 2014, a mere 0.1 percent rise year-on-year. Casino action was that most favoured by players, generating Euro 255 million or 31.5 percent of all online action, a rise of …
Bookmaking firms expect to see around GBP 100 million in bets made on the outcome of the May 7 general election in Britain, reports the Reuters news agency, noting that this is the closest-fought election in a generation and could result in a hung parliament and coalition government deals. Individual punters are betting on their …
Online gambling software developer Topgame’s latest online slot has a rather macabre theme based on the Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), Mexico’s unique annual holiday festival where families and friends remember and pray for those who have passed on. The symbols used in the game capture the ambience of the festival with …
Over the past 12 hours it appears that Microgaming’s Mega Moolah progressive jackpot has been hit, with lucky mobile punter MarkA in line for a full $7,561,766 pay-out. Details are scarce at present, but it is understand that the jackpot was hit at Royal Vegas Casino. Since 2009 Mega Moolah has on average paid out …
Prague-based online gambling software developer Endorphina has revealed that its next online slot will be titled Satoshi Secret, and will be themed on the Bitcoin trend currently sweeping through online casino operators. The developer is playing its cards close to its chest on the content of the new game, other than to say that is …
Online gambling group Amaya Gaming has again made good on its undertakings to shed non-core assets, announcing the sale this week of software developers Amaya (Alberta) – formerly Chartwell Technology – and Cryptologic to NYX Gaming Group for a consideration of Cdn$ 150 million satisfied through a share purchase agreement. The transaction is anticipated to …
London-based i-gaming technology provider Genii has appointed Nick Barr as Sales Director driving its products in the industry, with the company’s ‘revolutionary’ Spin16 slot software in the forefront. Barr has extensive sales experience within the iGaming industry and commented this week: “It is an exciting time to join Genii as we take the most creative …
Experienced BetVictor VIP manager Chris Willmott has left the Mediterranean climate of Gibraltar for the less salubrious weather of Yorkshire, where he has been appointed VIP director at SkyBet. Willmott spent almost five years with BetVictor International, where he was at first business development director, and then managed and recruited top customers for the company. …
The Montreal-based online gambling group Amaya Gaming has again issued a statement protesting its innocence following the publication of redacted search warrant documentation associated with an enquiry into trading around the company’s $4.9 billion acquisition of the Rational Group being carried out by the AMF – Quebec’s securities regulator. In a further statement this week …
Fortuna Entertainment stockholders will have to forego their 2014 dividend following a decision by the company’s Board, which is intent on investing in future growth opportunities. These are particularly important regarding a new IT platform enabling multi-channel, -product and -country capability, operational excellence, and people that will support further organic growth and expansion into Central …
The latest advertising campaign from online gambling group Unibet integrates the group’s live event streaming with its credentials as a respected bookmaking company and is titled “Frozen Moments”. Created by the Albion agency, the campaign centres on a television presentation that features sportsmen in real scenarios, slowed down to pin-point the moment when the game …
Playing on All Fools Day earlier this month, veteran Liberty Slots player Ellen turned a stake of $25 into a $100,000 slots pay day Playing the slot Birds of Paradise, Ellen was wagering a modest $1.25 a spin until a couple of Free Spin features with doubling multipliers presented her with an opportunity to really …
The Romanian government has triggered an investigation into the affairs of national lottery Loteria Romania, accusing the company of entering the gambling proper business without licence or authority by introducing 6,263 slot machines over the period 2006 to 2014 in collaboration with an Intralot subsidiary, Lotrom SA. Prosecutors claimed Wednesday that this illegal activity has …