Net Entertainment has provided Mr Green Casino with its own exclusively branded game which appears to be a skinned version of its popular Subtopia slot. The Marvellous Mr Green is a 20-payline video slot featuring Wilds, a Random Multiplier and Free Spins with a Multiplier Meter. A random multiplier during the base game multiplies bet …
Mobile marketing and analytical firm OtherLevels has been chosen by Betfred.com to power its native mobile messaging campaigns. The campaigns, which reach over 100 000 subscribed players, aim to provide relevant and targeted messaging while bridging between the online and physical sectors. “In gaming, and especially sports betting, delivering the right message to an engaged …
Inspired Gaming Group has signed a five-year extension to its long term partnership with William Hill for the supply of server-based video lottery gaming machines and Virtual Sports. Luke Alvarez, founder and CEO of Inspired, said: “William Hill is one of the world’s leading gambling companies and it’s a testament to the quality of Inspired’s …
A 47-year-old British engineer is likely to receive a jail sentence following acknowledgement of guilt regarding the theft of GBP 151 707 from his employer. The theft reportedly took place over an eight week period earlier this year from Wrightfield Ltd, a food conveyor manufacturer. Council for Stephen Endreson told the Ipswich Crown Court that …
Malta regulator Lotteries and Gaming Association (LGA) has warned it has no connection with Asian-facing online gaming website hg68.com, saying its licencing claim is both false and misleading. The website, which continues to display the LGA licencing logo as well as GamCare, touts its Crown International Cash Network as the fastest growing online gaming site …
Amendments to the Dutch Gambling Bill, which include gaming tax reforms, remote gambling law and laws on games of chance, have been remotely submitted to the Lower House of Parliament. The move follows confirmation earlier last week from the Dutch Council of Ministers of a 20 percent tax rate for online gambling operators in the …
Policeman turned Philippines lawmaker Rep. Samuel Pagdilao is concerned about the dangers to young people that he feels online gambling represents, and this week launched House bill 4540 in an attempt to tighten regulation. The Philippine Star reports that the bill seeks to more closely monitor Internet gambling and protect minors in the region. HB4540 …
The latest performance figures from the Nevada regulator show that land casinos in the Silver State enjoyed a 14.4 percent increase in overall revenues in June, thanks mainly to a surge in baccarat win. Revenue at state casinos reached $906.9 million, while casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, where most of the VIP baccarat action …
The Parx land casino in Pennsylvania is spreading its free-to-play social casino games business around, adding the Play4Fun site with software from Williams Interactive to its selection from GameAccount Network (see previous reports). The Williams Interactive product carries popular WMS games and is designed for desktop and mobile users with iOS and Android devices. “Our …
Looser restrictions on the amount that businessmen can spend on political contributions have seen an up swell in political donations led by Sheldon Adelson’s campaign against online gambling, the publication Opensecrets reports. In April this year in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the US Supreme Court struck down aggregate limits on how much an individual …
Respondents to the latest Palmetta Politics poll in South Carolina gave a negative reaction to the hypothetical legalisation of online gambling in the state this week, with 68 percent opposed to legalisation, 17 percent in support, and 15 percent undecided. The Post and Courier newspaper reports that 57 percent of the 1,000 respondents polled classified …
The marginal business returns in social real-money gaming and the imminent impact of Britain’s soon-to-be-implemented point of consumption licensing and tax laws are believed to be factors behind 888’s decision this week to pull its Magic 888 Casino app off Facebook after just five months of operation. That said, 888 has confirmed that it is …
Land and online gambling games and equipment supplier Aristocrat has launched its nLive virtual casino solution for the three Desert Diamond Casinos and Entertainment properties in Southern Arizona. The launch adds to Aristocrat’s footprint of free-play sites, which the US and Australian company claims is the largest in North America. Players at Desert Diamond Casinos’ …
In its latest annual report the Atlantic Lottery in eastern Canada reports a persistent decline in revenues, blaming it on a lack of interest by the important demographic aged below 30 years, and calling for renewed public debate on whether it should join other Canadian lotteries that have gone online. Despite the lower sales, the …
The Dutch government’s plan to launch legalised online gambling in the Netherlands next year has hit what may be a speed bump. The newspaper Dutch News reports that the most senior advisory body in the government, the Council of State, has voiced concerns over the Justice Ministry’s plan for regulation and the abandonment of the …
Figures for June 2014 online gambling in the state of Delaware have been released by the state lottery, recording an increase of 7.1 percent on the numbers for May, but noting a continuing decline in online poker popularity. Overall online gambling revenue for June came in at $184,944, but dismal numbers were reported by online …
The situation for French online poker may be dire (see previous reports) but the nation’s online sports betting vertical – boosted by the World Cup football in Brazil – delivered strong results in the second quarter 2014, with regulator ARJEL reporting: * Wagers up 44 percent y-o-y at Euro 286 million; * Gross profit up …
752 computer sets seized in Malaysian police anti-online gambling operations last year were destroyed in Georgetown Thursday by police intent on taking the equipment permanently off the market. Malaysian illegal operators have proved to be extraordinarily persistent, quickly re-equipping from a variety of sources after their computers have been seized in police raids. Timur Laut …
Swedish online gambling content developer Yggdrasil Gaming has some fun with fungi in its latest slot unveiled Thursday and titled Magic Mushrooms. The game is a fantasy world-themed slot where players can win on an unchronological draw slot – a first for a high performance casino product, a spokesman claimed. The majority of standard online …
Britain’s advertising watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority has again been active; banning advertisements flighted by Spin Palace and Jackpot Cafe. Malta-licensed Spin Palace provoked a complaint in respect of an advertisement promising sign up bonuses and a click through to more information. The complainant alleged that the offer was misleading in that it did not …
Politicians in the state of Kentucky, at one time among the most aggressive anti-online gambling states in the union, are taking a more positive tack when it comes to interactive lottery action. This week the state issued a Request for Proposals on its plans to introduce an online lottery system under the auspices of the …
Vast Studios, a Toronto-based casual games developer of desktop and mobile products, has been acquired by social gaming software and platform provider Isis Labs for Cdn$ 1.7 million. Isis chairman Daniel Kajouie said that over the years Vast has demonstrated a high capability which will be an asset in an industry increasingly approaching the intersection …
Two new slot releases have been announced by Swedish online gambling software developer Net Entertainment, Lost Island and Piggy Riches Touch. Lost Island is set in a forgotten land covered in tropical vegetation and dotted with ancient ruins. Players are tasked with discovering a prehistoric counting device that was invented by a mysterious tribe who …
Opposition Labour Party politicians in the UK are reportedly planning to extend the current horse racing levy paid on horse racing bets taken by bookmaking companies to retail and online sports betting in general, raising millions which they plan to spend on social projects associated with problem gambling and grass roots sports development. The Guardian …