BetVictor management is clearly happy with the live dealer services of Malta-based supplier MediaLive; this week it renewed its three year contract with the company. The head of BetVictor online gaming operations, Andrew Dymock, said that the MediaLive product had proved popular with his company’s internet punters, prompting BetVictor to renew its contract for both …
Oren Shwartz, a fifteen year industry veteran and head of online operations for William Hill Online, has left the company to join gaming services provider EveryMatrix as VP for product development. EveryMatrix CEO Ebbe Groes said this week that Shwartz’s extensive experience in leading complicated projects with cutting edge technologies will help propel EveryMatrix forward.
Genesis Gaming has released its latest online video slot, titled Reindeer Wild Wins, a 5 reel, 1,024 Ways-to-Win with a Nordic theme that takes players on a hunting adventure. Scott Sims, Genesis head of global design, said Wednesday that the game is available in 22 language variations and demonstrates the fresh approach to development that …
DraftKings CEO Jason Robins will deliver the keynote address at the third annual Indian Country Online Congress on June 11, 2015, at Pala Casino Spa Resort, the organiser, Spectrum Consultants, has announced.. An avid sports fan, Robins started the company in 2011 with hopes of creating a forum that allowed the public more options when …
The National Tax and Customs Authority in Hungary has issued directives against 82 allegedly illegal online gambling operators, requiring the Hungarian media authority NMHH to ISP-block their websites; however thus far only 17 sites have been blocked, the daily newspaper Világgazdaság reports. In response to a query by Hungarian news agency MTI, the National Tax …
Police in the coastal Chinese province of Guangdong have announced the successful conclusion of a major anti-online gambling operation in which 1,071 people were detained, 40 servers and computers were seized, and bank cards and deposit books taken into custody as evidence. The China Daily newspaper reports that most of the suspects detained are bankers, …
Three major software and operational companies in the online gambling industry, Core Gaming, Net Entertainment and Betsson, have achieved licensing from the UK Gambling Commission, allowing them to supply operators in the UK market with their products. The independent British HTML5 games developer, Core Gaming is a well-established company that has supplied games to all …
Gambling revenue in Macau plunged another 39 percent in March, the tenth consecutive monthly fall, as Chinese mainland high rollers remained cautious due to the crackdown on extravagance and corruption by the Chinese central government. The March revenue decline is the second worst on record for Macau, the Reuters news agency reported, noting that revenue …
Online gambling entrepreneur Teddy Sagi has big plans for his newest venture, online payment service provider SafeCharge, which has announced that it plans to make an acquisition of $100 million or more this year to expand its client base, and if necessary will raise money to do so. CEO David Avgi told the Reuters news …
In case you hadn’t remembered, today is April Fool’s Day and a good time to look at articles with cynical and cautious eyes. One of the better pranks which had affiliate marketers concerned early in the day was what appeared to be a news item posted on some forums, reporting that the US Department of …
The latest Morgan Stanley assessment of the US online gambling market created a few shivers Tuesday, slashing the analyst’s estimate of the potential U.S. Internet gambling market by nearly half to $2.7 billion by 2020. The firm attributed its more cautious estimates to slow developments and legislative uncertainty. The firm’s original estimate was $5 billion …
Endorphina, the Prague-based online gambling software provider, has announced a content deal that will see it supplying games to Asian slot game supplier XIN Gaming. The Czech company is to integrate its remote game server into XIN Gaming’s platform, providing its full portfolio of 30 casino slot games, spokesman Ruslan Lyulko said this week. “With …
The latest numbers from the Nevada regulator show that at $916 million gaming revenues were back in negative territory in February, declining 1 percent compared to the same period last year, and down nearly 4 percent from the preceding month figure. Las Vegas Strip revenues were down 4.4 percent at $531 million due to a …
GSN Games has further boosted its social gaming offering with the acquisition for an undisclosed consideration of social casino firm Idle Gaming. The agreement includes additional mobile technology and experienced members of staff at Idle. Our readers will recall that GSN bought bingo social gaming company Bash Gaming last year. GSN chief operating officer Steve …
ComeOn and Mobilbet online casino owner Co-Gaming has for the third time renewed its sports book supply agreement with SBTech. SBTech’s online sports book product is enhanced by the recent acquisition of a UK Gambling Commission licence, opening opportunities in the UK market (see previous report). Under the renewed agreement SBTech’s offering will include horse …
Top Lebanese state prosecutor Samir Hammoud has urged enforcement agencies in the country to crack down on illegal online gambling operators and pursue those who pirate Lebanese brand or copyright material by tracking down websites and taking appropriate action, reports the Daily Star newspaper.
Montreal-based and Toronto-listed online gambling group Amaya Gaming captured mainstream headlines Tuesday with an eight-fold increase in quarterly adjusted earnings, and an announcement that it intends to seek a secondary listing on Nasdaq. Management advised shareholders that the company aims for growth in its core poker business (the Rational group acquired last year for $4.9 …
Net Entertainment has announced a new content deal, this one with Codere, which will see the Swedish software provider supplying a suite of games to Codere’s Spanish online casino operation. Codere is a major Spanish gaming group with a significant presence in Italy and Latin America, and Net Entertainment’s deal with the group follows its …
Betting companies in Cyprus fed up with the advantages held by Greek-Czech gambling monopoly OPAP have formed an association with overturning the monopoly top of the agenda. Early members of the new Cyprus Betting Companies Association include Bet on Alfa, Fair Champions Meridien, Cy Bet and Megabet Plus, reports the Cyprus Mail. The companies are …
The tribal gambling industry in the United States continued to grow in 2013, albeit by a mere 0.5 percent, reports the Casino City Indian Gaming study, which notes that: * Tribal casinos in the United States won $28.3 billion from gamblers in 2013, a record for the tribal gaming industry; * There were 244 Native …
The relentless Malaysian police pursuit of illegal online gambling continued this week with a late afternoon raid in the Sarawak province which saw 17 people arrested and 10 computer sets and other evidence seized. “We raided a venue at Piasau Industrial Estate and rounded up four women and 17 men,” Miri police chief ACP Gan …
The Amaya Gaming group in Montreal has shed another subsidiary as part of its strategy to concentrate on internet and mobile gaming, confirming that it has entered into a sales agreement with AGS for Cadillac Jack, a slots manufacturing company. AGS is associated with fund management group Apollo Global Management LLC, which has about US$160 …
Online gaming software provider GameAccount has launched a new baccarat game, branded EZ Baccarat, in partnership with DEQ Systems Corporation. EZ Baccarat is carried on GameAccount’s Simulayted Gaming platform , with the first client Foxwoods Resort Casino Connecticut. Parx Casino in Pennsylvania and Empire Casino in New York will soon follow suit. GameAccount …
Vahe Baloulian, chief executive officer at BetConstruct, has announced that his company has signed a content deal that will see his company providing its Odds Feed service, covering over 20,000 matches a month, to online casino and sportsbook operator Gaming1 and its Cirbus.be site in the Belgian market. Gaming1 chief executive officer Sylvain Boniver …