Sportech Racing and Digital will take 123Gaming, Inc’s handicapping contest-style wagering product 123racing online. 123racing is currently offered by twenty-five North American racetracks including Parx Racing, Emerald Downs and Keeneland but the terms of this deal will make the product available across digital channels. The offer is based on a Pick 6 format, but introduces …
Net Entertainment has announced the launch of its first five Jackpot video slot, Cosmic Fortune. This star attraction is packed with a galaxy of features, including the Jackpot game, two bonus games, Free Falls, Avalanche Feature and Wild substitutions. The new slot is a 5-reel, 3-row, 15-line game that entertains players as it takes them …
Top daily fantasy sports betting operator Draftkings suffered expensive outages during a peak period over the weekend as betting on NFL games mounted, costing the company significant amounts in lost betting and wasted marketing. The outages struck immediately ahead of the afternoon games on Sunday, with the operator citing “connectivity” hassles and keeping punters advised …
Online gambling affiliates and slot fans are speculating on the sudden and unannounced actions of Youtube over the weekend in unilaterally closing channels which feature general interest or promotional slot vids. Popular channels such as Slotjunkies and Gamingslots are included in the shutdowns, which do not appear to have involved any consultation with Youtube members. …
Weekend reports based on documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act that suggested US Navy nuclear commander Tim Giardina was actually involved in forging the $500 casino chips he was caught using at the Horseshoe casino have been denied by the admiral, now transferred to a desk job in Washington. Giardina was removed from …
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) has reacted to the recommendations on internet gambling by a Quebec government-appointed working group, which recently recommended the amendment of the Criminal Code of Canada to enable Quebec and the other provinces to issue online gambling licenses to private operators (see previous report). In its statement the MCK notes …
The imperative for online gambling operators to guard against problem gambling could be enhanced by a revolutionary software currently being developed by the successful and decade-long anti-gambling addiction partnership of Bwin.Party and the Harvard Medical School. In Britain, less than 1 percent of punters are problem gamblers, but the social and media implications, and the …
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican from Utah who is now notorious in the industry for introducing to the House the Restoration of the American Wire Act proposal seeking to ban most forms of internet gambling, has been appointed chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee. Chaffetz, who has served vociferously on the committee for the …
NYX Gaming Group Limited has confirmed its acquisition of the Gibraltar-based Ongame online poker network from Amaya Gaming (see previous report), and announced that it has started a process for an initial public offering (IPO) in Canada. The company says that the Ongame business will complement NYX Gaming Group’s casino, bingo and lottery solutions in …
Malaysia is to turn to the human rights-challenged Chinese government for assistance in tackling illegal online gambling, corruption and prostitution, Minister of Home Affairs Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told reporters Saturday after visiting an exhibition held in conjunction with the 60th anniversary of the Film Censorship Board. The Minister said there are plans to …
The widely reported opinion of National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver that sports betting is popular and legalisation is inevitable across the USA (see previous reports) has been supported by the owner of the Dallas Mavericks team, Mark Cuban. Cuban told reporters Saturday that Silver’s comments were right and he agreed with them 100 percent. …
There have been conflicting reports in US media regarding the announcement by Brookfield Asset Management that it has been unable to satisfactorily resolve an energy debt problem over the Revel in Atlantic City and is reversing out of the $110 million acquisition agreement for the property (see previous reports). Brookfield itself has not commented beyond …
New Jersey’s failure to persuade the courts to allow it to offer intrastate sports betting (see previous reports) has not deterred the state’s Monmouth racetrack from actively considering another possibility – the booming daily fantasy sports betting vertical. The track announced Saturday that it will start offering fantasy sports betting in the near future, although …
Reports last week that the closing of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal land casino on December 12 appeared inevitable have been sidetracked by fresh disclosures from Bloomberg business news that principal creditor Carl Icahn is still searching for a solution with the unions. The New York Post also reported over the weekend that Icahn has offered …
The Washington Times carried a strongly worded attack on anti-online gambling crusader and land casino magnate Sheldon Adelson over the weekend, suggesting that his opposition is more anti-competition than morally based. The man firing the op-ed broadside is top legal eagle, author and lecturer Bruce Fein (67), a Harvard Law School graduate and widely experienced …
Taking a retrospective look over the past year, when online gambling has been legal in the state of New Jersey, the Associated Press news agency noted over the weekend that whilst internet gambling revenues had helped some land casinos, the tax revenues anticipated by the state government have fallen well short of estimates. Governor Chris …
There’s a wealth of online gambling experience behind the founders of Tau Gaming, which has contracted with Dragonfish to launch new online casino and bingo brands on the market before the end of the year. Founded by former MetroPlay m.d. Jamie Walters and James Newman, who was head of acquisitions at Gamesys, the UK-facing company …
Alderney licensed Jumpman Gaming, a developer founded just two years ago, has made the rather bold claim that it is the first to launch a catalogue of Video Bingo games within the UK through the 15 Network. Already a popular game format in South America, Video Bingo combines elements of bingo with the fast-paced instant …
The performance of London marketing agency The7Stars in promoting the Coral interactive brands so impressed Gala Coral that its involvement has been expanded to embrace Gala Interactive. Following a competitive pitch, Gala Coral group has appointed the agency as its media planning and buying representative for Gala Interactive brands – Coral Interactive, Gala Bingo and …
US investors seem to like social gaming firm Youbetme, which has raised a further $2.7 million in funding this week following its $1,2 million in start-up funding back in January this year. Based in San Francisco, the company reports that its sports betting-oriented app achieved over 100,000 downloads in the first months following its launch, …
Scientific Games Corporation announced Friday that it has completed the $5.1 billion merger with Bally Technologies. “Completing the Bally transaction brings together two exceptional organizations with a common culture of innovation and customer focus,” said Gavin Isaacs, president and chief executive officer of Scientific Games. “We are excited by the opportunities that will be created …
New Jersey-based online gambling content developer High 5 Games is finding an enthusiastic audience in Europe for its products, which are now available across six major online casino sites This week High 5 launched seven new titles with Gamesys Ltd. including Michelangelo at Sun Bingo, Dangerous Beauty and The Mighty Atlas at Fabulous Bingo, and …
The Irish online gambling software developer Xanadu, set up by three Irish entrepreneurs with 8 employees in 2011, is to more than double its staff from 106 to 220 in 2015, the company announced in a statement Friday. Based in Cork, the company already employs 106 people full-time and between 15 to 20 on a …
Continent 8 Technologies, which over the last 15 years has established itself as a top provider of managed hosting and network solutions to many of the world’s largest online businesses, has been named ‘Company of the Year’ in the 2014 Isle of Man Newspapers Awards for Excellence. The panel of independent judges remarked that the …