Jitendra Tanna aka Jitu Dhadi (50), owner of vbet24.com and khelmasti.com, was arrested by Mumbai Police’s City Crime Branch Tuesday. Tanna is alleged to have started private accounts for bookmakers and punters betting on the Indian Premier League IPL-7 according to a Times of India report. Authorities said they will interrogate Tanna for further information …
New London-based games studio Jannio will use the Odobo Developer Program to debut its Sport Shotz-branded casino games. Jannio will develop a series of seven sports-themed casino-style table games exclusively for the Odobo Marketplace. Each game will deliver a themed dice format that emulates in-play betting targeted at sports enthusiasts and casino fans alike. Neil …
OPAP S.A. launched its online platform at pamestoixima.gr this week taking its popular sports betting game Stihima online for the first time. The GTECH-powered online sportsbook has been launched for desktop and mobile offering baseball, hockey basketball, tennis and football in-play and pre-match betting. More sports disciplines will be brought online as development continues. Additionally …
Former Unibet subsidiary, Kambi Group Plc began trading on First North at NASDAQ OMX Stockholm in the Consumer Services Sector earlier this week. The B2C sports betting provider said it was pleased with the company’s performance on the opening day with shares floating at SEK 34 (around GBP 3). Since its spin-off from Unibet Plc, …
59 people have been charged by The Supreme People’s Procuracy (SPP), Vietnam’s top prosecution unit, following raids on a major gambling ring led by “hundreds of Vietnamese police officers” in January this year (see previous report). The 59 charged for their alleged involvement in the multimillion-dollar gambling ring include a former bank employee and several …
White label peer to peer sportsbetting provider Tailorbet has appointed Liam Casey to the position chief executive officer. Casey previously served as managing director of Betsson Group’s Betsafe, head of operations and marketing at Amaya Gaming’s Wagerlogic and commercial marketing director of L-EV8. He will take ownership and responsibility for Tailorbet’s customisable white label P2P …
Online gaming operator Winamax has expanded its online poker offer to include online sports betting via a dedicated tab at winamax.fr. A timeous launch given the upcoming Brazil World Cup 2014, Winamx offers real-money pre-match and live betting on ten sports that include football, tennis, handball, basketball, ice hockey, baseball, rugby, snooker, auto-moto three-wheel scooter …
According to the fourth annual study commissioned by digital sport content provider PERFORM, Kantar Media and SportBusiness Group Online, fan engagement with sport content continues to evolve towards digital. The report titled “Know The Fan” marks the first time online digital content has surpassed print content in the 16 global markets surveyed, said PERFORM. 14 …
UK content and systems developer Betdigital’s popular offline Super Pots Bar-X game has been selected by the Ladbrokes online and land gambling group to be part of its online games suite. “Super Pots Bar-X is an exclusive multi-channel title and we are really pleased with the initial performance. This deal will further strengthen our position …
Net Entertainment has issued a statement confirming forum discussions last week that another major multi-million Euro progressive win has been recorded on one of its progressive jackpot slots (see previous reports). The statement details a Euro 7.4 million win – the second largest ever achieved in Sweden – which fell to a 50-year old winner …
The Macau gambling authorities have released figures for May 2014 which show that the island betting mecca delivered revenues below analyst expectations, although the numbers were still impressive in global terms. Macau operators generated 32.35 billion patacas ($4.05 billion) in gambling revenues, boosted by robust demand from Chinese visitors, reports the Reuters news agency. Revenue …
Australian finance manager Jason George McGregor (40) of Point Cook, Melbourne threw away a promising career in finance management, having risen from being a delivery driver for a leading Melbourne dental laboratory to a management position in the finance and pay-roll department over a sixteen-year career. But he stole A$2.148 million from the company to …
Social gaming giant Facebook has announced the appointment of Tarquin Henderson as head of real money e-gaming following the departure of Will Collins from the post in pursuit of his own business interests in the social gaming consultancy sector. Henderson was previous Facebook’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) head of gambling sales, and has …
Jamaica has moved quickly on amendments to its gambling laws which open the door to internet gambling, (see previous report) according to reports in the Jamaica Observer newspaper. The report quotes Ministry of Finance and Planning representative Horace Dalley, who told the publication: “Internet gaming is happening right now in Jamaica. Therefore, it is time …
Oaklawn Park, an American thoroughbred racetrack in Hot Springs, Arkansas says while its betting website launched late last year has been slow getting out of the gate, it still has high hopes of gaining ground on out-of-state competitors. OaklawnAnywhere.com allows Arkansas residents to place bets on U.S and international track events using smartphones, tablets and …
The Professional Sector Network has named respected lawyer Michael D. Lipton as Gaming Law Adviser of the Year for Canada during their 2014 Global Awards. Lipton is a Partner in the Dickinson Wright LLP law firm in Toronto where he serves as senior counsel on a wide range of special gaming law matters. A founding …
GENTEC (the Betancur Group) has become Inspired Gaming Group’s first Virtual Sports customer in Colombia ahead of an imminent change in legislation that will allow sports betting in the country. Inspired will provide GENTEC with its range of Virtual Sports, bet management system and EPOS solution called BetBOX via its local distributor Algazara S.A. The …
British online and land bookmaker Coral is to live stream a 2014 World Cup preview evening for the first time to thousands of online customers on Sunday June 8. A panel chaired by Sky Sports presenter and former Chelsea star Scott Minto will provide insight into the month-long tournament to help fans make their selections. …
A study carried out by Harvest Research, commissioned by the International Social Games Association (ISGA) has generated some interesting facts regarding the relationship between real-money online gambling and social gaming, revealing that the former has little influence on the latter in respect to any subsequent problem gambling issues that may arise. Luc Delaney, the chief …
Free-to-play online websites launched earlier this year by the two biggest tribal-owned casinos in the United States, Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun, are performing well, according to an Associated Press news agency report. Officials from the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe told the news agency that they want to be prepared …
Canadian online bingo software provider Parlay Games has been ousted as bingo provider for the Ålands Penningautomatförening (PAF) online gambling operation. PAF has selected the less well known Proactive Gaming, a Swedish bingo, poker and lottery games developer that was founded seven years ago and employs just 15 people in Norrköping, Stockholm, London and Milan. …
The overall gambling industry in the United States just keeps on growing, with the latest figures from professional business services company RubinBrown LLP showing continued growth to a record $66.3 billion in revenues generated at over a thousand tribal and commercial land casinos operated in 39 states in 2013. That’s an improvement of $1.06 billion …
Reports in the British marketing media indicate that the online and land gambling group Betfred has embarked on a review of its marketing strategies, and is setting up competitive pitching processes that could involve several agencies. The gambling firm has engaged the services of marketing consultants Creativebrief to help with both strategising and organising an …
Boris Becker, one of the most famous tennis players in history in his prime, has further extended his association with online gambling by becoming the brand ambassador for ISIS Friends, a real-money social gaming platform that was first launched by Cladstone, an Isle of Man-licensed casino management company, in March this year (see previous report). …