Greece’s OPAP has reached analyst’s high end forecasts in its nine month and third quarter results released Tuesday. The improvement in results has been attributed to cost-cutting measures imposed by OPAP along with the rejuvenation of the products it offers the public. Key performance highlights include: – A 26 percent rise in Net profit to …
Independent anti-corruption official of the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), Jane Mulcahy QC has given Morgan Lamri (22) a lifetime ban from officiating, participating in or attending any tournament or competition organised or sanctioned by the governing bodies of professional tennis. Lamri was found guilty of committing 16 breaches of Section D.1.a of 2012 and 2013 …
California-based OTP LLC, an independently owned strategic technology firm and independent payment service provider Secure Trading have inked an Indian country gaming partnership where OTP LLC becomes the exclusive reseller of Secure Trading’s ST-1 i-Gaming platform to tribal gaming operators. Secure Trading’s ST-1 platform promises to “revolutionalise player registration process and significantly increase card acceptance …
TopGame Technology has launch its latest title in the Sugar Rush series “Sugar Rush Winter”, a 20-payline game featuring a Gingerbread Man as Wild and CupCakes as bonus symbols. Three or more cupcakes on active paylines will award players up to 9000 bonus points. This latest release is the third in the series, the first …
Sportradar has reworked a deal with the Asean Football Federation (AFF) allowing it to continue its coverage and analysis of the global betting markets across all 18 matches of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2014. In return, Sportradar’s Fraud Detection System will notify the AFF in the event of picking up any suspicious betting patterns. Retired …
Ellmount owned and operated Casino Room has entered into a supply agreement for an entire casino suite of casino games from Yggdrasil Gaming and Infinite API for gamification. “Gamification is absolutely essential in today’s online casino marketplace,” commented Fredrik Elmqvist, Yggdrasil Gaming CEO. “Operators need to take their customers on a journey to keep them …
Sportingbet Plc has gone live with Wikibetting’s Facebook app in a new partnership that saw the veteran sportsbetting firm assist Wikibetting during beta testing to further develop their products. Users can bet on a peer-to-peer level using pseudo currency by challenging friends within Facebook based on different football events, apply the odds, and propose the …
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s (BCLC) PlayNow.com has launched casino game content from Williams Interactive. PlayNow’s integration with Williams Interactive’s Remote Game Servers will give players in Canadian Provinces British Columbia and Manitoba fresh titles to choose from such as Zeus, Reel’em In! Big Bass Bucks and The Wizard of OZ. Williams Interactive’s parent company …
Gibraltar game developer Spicy Horse is the latest to join the Odobo HTML5 Developer Program and Marketplace for the real-money gaming industry. Spicy Horse is known for its dark fantasy action game titles such as Akaneiro: Demon Hunters, The Gate and BigHead BASH. The studio is headed up by designer American McGee who developed American …
Betfair has become Premier League Liverpool Football Club’s (LFC) official betting and gaming partner following a deal announced this week. The partnership, covering the United Kingdom, Denmark, Bulgaria, Italy and Spain markets, will afford Betfair the opportunity to connect with LFC fans across digital platforms as well as through match day programme advertising, social media …
The absence of losses from failed land casinos, along with the new revenues from online gambling launched a year ago, have helped Atlantic City gambling venues to achieve a 7.2 percent rise to $147.5 million in gross operating profit in the third quarter ended September 2014. Associated Press reports that the numbers include comparisons with …
October 2014 numbers in respect of online gambling activity in the state of Delaware continue to showcase a weak market one year on from legalisation. The Delaware Lottery reports that gaming win was $130,468 and change…the lowest return since launch last November, when the corresponding figure was $111,387. Delaware’s best month yet was in April …
The land and online gambling content and equipment supplier Aristocrat has noted in its fiscal 2014 FY report that digital performance has been outstanding, with revenues up four-fold to $47.5 million. Other highlights from the report include: * Net profit after tax up 10.2 percent to $118.1 million; * Earnings per share up 6.7 percent …
Paddy Power has appointed Gary McGann as a non-executive director to the Board as well as a member of the company’s Audit Committee. McGann is Group Chief Executive Officer of Smurfit Kappa Group plc, since 2002. He joined the group in 1998 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this, he was CEO of Aer Lingus …
On the back of a corporate review, Betclic Everest Group will shutter its operations in Gibraltar and consolidate with its operational office in Malta. Betclic Everest said it will continue to support its group governance and strategy from its Paris, France office, sales and marketing from its London centre and now Malta for all online …
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 …