The National Hockey League (NHL®) has inked a multi-year North American partnership with DraftKings, the U.S.-based daily fantasy sports operator. Under the terms of the agreement, DraftKings will serve as the Official Daily Fantasy Game of the NHL and will enjoy prominent brand placement across the NHL’s digital platforms, including NHL.com, NHL Mobile™ and the …
UK bookmaker Coral has replaced Houses for Homes as the Wigan Warriors Rugby League Club’s main sponsor for the 2015 season. The sponsorship marks Coral’s first sponsorship venture into Rugby League. Under the terms of the sponsorship Coral will be the main shirt sponsor, with the Coral logo appearing on the front of the Wigan …
Online and land gambling group Sportech plc issued a trading update Tuesday covering the period 22 August to 10 November 2014. Management reported: * Trading in the Football Pools vertical is performing in line with expectations; * Performance of in the company’s Venues and Racing and Digital divisions has been impacted by a reduction in …
Playtech plc has announced that Thrills.com and SuperLenny.com have signed up to its Open Platform, allowing both brands access to hundreds of games from more than 30 suppliers. Thrills and SuperLenny are both owned and operated by BetIt Operations licensed in Malta. The company has gone live with an initial 29 games that consist largely …
Indonesian police officers from the Yogyakarta station created a major furore Monday when they acted hastily following mistaken public complaints that online gambling was occurring on a business premises. Certainly there were non-gambling mobile games under development at the premises, owned by Gameloft, when undercover police arrived to inspect the office….without a warrant. When security …
Mobile punter IR scored a major progressive slot win of $3,390,332.58 at the Golden Tiger Casino this week after experiencing a premonition that fortune was about to smile on her. “I had a feeling I was going to win big and I was telling my friends that one day I would win a house – …
The publication China.org reports that police in China’s central Hunan province have broken up an internet gambling ring involving over 20 million yuan in wagers (US$3.2 million), arresting seven people and searching for a further 20 individuals believed to be involved. Over 200 officers were deployed in breaking up the ring, a police spokesman in …
Defence lawyer claims that federal agents using subterfuge acted unlawfully in securing entry to hotel suites where they believed that illegal activity was taking place were refuted by government lawyers this week in court submissions. The arguments are rooted in a federal bust of Paul Phua and his associates who are alleged to have conducted …
Net Entertainment is gearing up for two releases just days apart in November that should please both mobile and desktop players. On November 20 the company’s popular Jack and the Beanstalk slot debuts for mobile punters on the Touch brand games inventory re-spins on all Wilds and Treasure Collection Free Spins. Four days later, on …
It’s taken the best part of four years for an independent commission to report back on the Quebec online gambling market, presently the exclusive preserve of the provincial government, but it has finally tabled its report, and there are positive implications in its findings. The commission appointed by the Canadian province began its work in …
UK marketing consultancy Oystercatchers will manage a review of Paddy Power’s creative advertising account following a three-year stint with creative agency Crispin Porter & Bugusky (CPB). Paul Sweeney, the head of brand at Paddy Power, told Campaign Live UK: “After three amazing years with Crispin Porter & Bugusky, a fantastic campaign and a bagful of …
Cophart Technologies, a software company founded by a sports bettor-turned entrepreneur, is marketing a new suite of B2B sports betting tools under the Sportsrated banner. The Sportsrated suite is designed to increase organic acquisition and retention in sports betting with the ultimate goal being the use of its interface as a bet stimulation tool. The …
Betclic Everest Group’s online sports betting and online gaming subsidiary bet-at-home.com reported a strong 9M/2014 performance saying it had already exceeded its full year EBITDA target and had produced a 30.6 percent increase in gross gaming revenue. The company said its good fortune benefited from the continued awareness created by effective advertising campaigns surrounding the …
Italian operator SNAI reported a mixed performance in terms of its nine months to September 30, 2014 period saying strong results from VLTs and the introduction of virtual sports betting partially offset a decrease in revenues from horse race betting. Key financial highlights for the first nine months of the year ending September 30, 2014 …
Canadian software developer Contagious Gaming Inc. (CGI) has agreed an extension to its third-party development contract with Zynga Inc until June 2015. CGI carries a portfolio of in-house developed social, real money and lottery gaming content while also focusing on the deployment of its lottery-style sports betting platform in the UK and its proprietary digital …
Touchstone, founded in 2008, develops land based skill games, slots, table games and virtual horse racing and its newly-signed collaboration with Odobo will now enable the studio to expand its titles to the online gaming sector. Odobo’s Developer program provides developers HTML5 tools and services optimising game titles for play across mobile, tablet and desktop …
Betradar will integrate its Virtual Football product in German lottery operator Lotterie-Treuhandgesellschaft mbH Hessen’s (Lotto Hessen) betting offer. The deal marks the first German State lottery to integrate Betradar’s Virtual Football product in an effort to attract new customer groups and younger players in an increasingly competitive market. “Betradar’s impressive suite of entertaining and profitable …
Playtech will deploy Ainsworth Game Technology’s (AGT) popular game titles across its desktop, mobile and tablet platforms for regulated UK and European online licensees following a recent online content licensing deal. “Playtech is a renowned industry leader online and we very excited in partnering with them to expand our market leading land based slot content …
The Irish founder of the online and retail betting group Boylesports, John Boyle, gave some interesting insights into his plans for the future in an interview with the Irish Independent this week, saying that he felt the company had reached peak expansion in Ireland and therefore needed to expand into the United Kingdom. In addition …
A new study of the Australian gambling market by IBISWorld shows that online gambling may be impacting the growth rate of traditional betting on sports and racing. Revenue growth in Australia’s horse and retail sports betting industry in the five years through to 2014-2015 has been at a compound average annual rate of 2 percent, …
Faced with massive enforcement drives over the past two weeks, illegal online gambling operators in Malaysia have been forced to practically demonstrate the principle that for every action there is a reaction. Last week police officers reported a noticeable rise in the use of mobile devices such as tablets to avoid being tied to physical …
The introduction of legalised online gambling in the Netherlands next year (see previous reports) surfaced in the media again this week when the land gambling trade body, VAN Speelautomaten voiced its concerns about the increased competition and differentiated tax rate. The Association claims that the introduction of online gambling will lead to major cutbacks in …
A police bust in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam that broke up a large illegal football sports betting ring last month (see previous reports) had a sequel this week when 14 South Koreans involved in the ring were deported. Prior to leaving Vietnam the deportees paid fines of between $470 and $940 for operating an …
The initial runaway success of New York Stock Exchange-listed Chinese sports lottery provider 500.com appears to be slowing amid uncertainty around its legality vis-a-vis the Chinese authorities, and claims that its financial operational practices are not on a par with those in the United States. Earlier this year, Chinese media reported that China’s Sports Lottery …