The online division of the UK land and online gambling group Gala Coral has become the latest online betting company to partner with a British football club, inking a two year deal with Everton FC. Welcoming the betting company, the communications director of the Premier League team, Richard Kenyon, said: “Coral Interactive are a renowned …
The response to Newsweek’s lopsided article on the evils of online gambling (see previous report) has been immediate and scathing, with numerous blogs and other online publications slamming the author for the many inaccuracies in the piece, weak fact-checking and its biased nature. Among the latest to voice an opinion has been Poker Players Alliance …
The blacklist maintained by the Bulgarian State Commission on Gambling just keeps growing, and now contains 263 websites following the addition of ten more domains allegedly accessing Bulgarian punters without authority this week. Two of the new additions are Betit sites licensed in Malta, which will now be the subjects of Bulgarian ISP blocks.
Online casino operator Mr Green & Co AB’s Q2-2014 results published Friday show continued strong growth in revenues and earnings as the firm widens its marketing effort beyond the Nordic region and into the United Kingdom. Financial highlights of the company’s second quarter included: * Revenue up 40.8 percent year-on-year to SEK161.4 million, bringing H1-2014 …
If the New Zealand Labour Party gets into power in the next general election, offshore gambling operators beware; the party has promised that a crackdown on internet gambling is among its priorities. Labour MP Ross Robertson told local media this week that legislative steps would be taken to stem the flow of an estimated NZ$300 …
South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa’s Real Gaming online poker offering is not among the pioneering sites to launch in the legalised Nevada market, but it claims it has an important advantage…it is the only operator to launch exclusively in no-download format, and that gives wider accessibility to players who rely on their mobile devices. …
Jeff Ifrah, a high-profile US gaming lawyer, has launched a new blog on internet gambling titled IfrahOniGaming.com. The publication houses three years of content on US legal developments related to poker, sports-betting, mobile gaming, sweepstakes and lottery, casino gaming and fantasy sports, and features current updates and articles, all written by legal experts in the …
The mass-circulation news magazine Newsweek irritated online gambling observers and writers this week with what appears to be a largely one-sided and decidedly negative article on the alleged dangers the industry presents to US families. The flaws and inaccuracies of the article aside, it was written with professional style by Leah McGrath Goodman, who regrettably …
Russian online games publisher Nikita Online is assisting Minsk-based games developer Oofsource to widen the reach of its new Russian Roulette game Deadly Gambling on the GameXP online network. Deadly Gambling ( http://dgam.gamexp.ru/) boasts an intriguing mix of roulette mechanics with poker and PvP-components to create a virtual version of the infamous game in which …
Players at GetMinted online casino, owned by the Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment group, report receiving emails advising them that the venue is closing its virtual doors on August 28, and offering them incentives to switch to sister site in the group, Party Casino. Whilst no reason for the closure is given, players have speculated that it …
Montreal-based online gambling group Amaya Gaming has posted its Q2-2014 report for the three months ended June 30, highlighting financial and operational developments that include: * Q2-2014 revenue up 14 percent at Cdn$42.45 million (Q2-2013: Cdn$37.24), driven mainly by an increase in gaming machine sales through the Cadillac Jack subsidiary; * H1-2014 revenue rose by …
WinADay online casino’s games development team has been busy devising new penny slot games to meet member demand for cost-effective but fun new games, and the latest release has just appeared, titled Euro Trip. Penny slots have been so popular at WinADay Casino that the developers just can’t introduce new ones quickly enough, says a …
Isle of Man online and mobile gambling software provider Microgaming has released a new multi-player tournament slot branded Sweet Harvest. The game is a five reel, 20 pay-line video slot with a distinctly bucolic, farming theme and rich features that include wild and scatter pays. The Scatter barn symbol delivers free spins with stacked Wilds …
Recently-launched BetVIP.com, which has opened more than 3,500 accounts since going live in June 2014, has integrated Betradar’s Virtual Football League ahead of the 2014/15 season. The world’s first bitcoin-only sportsbook already offers hundreds of sports markets on dozens of sports and now offers punters around-the-clock wagering opportunities on authentic Virtual Football League match simulations. …
Colossus Bets, the company behind the GBP 10 million Colossus football and sports jackpots, announced Thursday that it has launched a GBP1,000,000 HDA15 Football Jackpot aimed at dominating and consolidating the HDA (or 1×2) pools and traditional accumulator markets. Bernard Marantelli, founder and CEO of Colossus Bets said, “Several operators currently run small 1×2 Pools, …
Mikael Pawlo, chief exec of the Mr Green Casino group, has announced a reorganisation of the company’s marketing division following the departure after eighteen months service of CMO Henrik Svensson. Svensson, who prior to joining Mr Green marketed the Nordic Gaming group, is departing for pastures at present unknown and on amicable terms, with Pawlo …
Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority, which seems to be keeping a particularly close watch on adverts by online gambling companies, has been active again, handing out reprimands and discontinuation orders to two prominent industry companies. The latest actions feature Betfred and 888Sports, which have found themselves in the ASA’s sights before. 888Sports came under fire when …
In what seems to be a rather heavy-handed reaction to the Australian subsidiaries of UK betting group Bet365, the Australian Competition and Consumer Cossion (ACCC) has launched litigation in the Federal Court, alleging that the betting companies misled punters by offering free bets and deposit bonuses that were subject to a number of conditions not …
Scientific Games Corporation has signed an extension of its contract with the Minnesota Lottery to continue as a provider of instant lottery games. Under the agreement, the company will continue as the secondary instant game provider to the Minnesota Lottery for two additional years beginning July 1, 2014. “The extension of our instant games contract …
The latest performance statistics from the New Jersey land gambling regulator disappointingly show that revenues generated by Atlantic City operators declined 6.6 percent y-o-y to $264.2 million in July. The numbers do not include $10.1 million generated by the state’s legalised online gambling interests. According to figures released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming …
King Digital Entertainment has announced the acquisition of Singapore-based social games developer Non-Stop Games for a cash payment of $6 million and a possible future payment of up to $84 million contingent on the achievement of agreed performance targets. King Digital recently posted Q2-2014 results showing revenues up 20 percent y-o-y to $594 million, but …
Reports from the United States indicate that the national mainstream newspaper USA Today is planning to enter the fantasy sports arena with the launch of a website titled Fantasy Score. The website will focus on allowing players to compete in daily tournament-style games based of NFL football data, with more sports added in the future, …
German online betting group Mybet’s restructuring has resulted in a sell-off of the company’s shareholdings in two Spanish lottery firms in order to “ensure greater stability within the group”. Spanish companies Digital Distribution Management (DDM) and Digital Distribution Management Iberica (DDMI) are the firms affected by the sell-off. Sven Ivo Brinck, the sole member of …
The independent online gaming testing and accreditation agency eCOGRA is to widen and enhance its information security services to operator and software supplier clients in Europe following an alliance agreement with global professional services firm PwC. Announcing the agreement this week, eCOGRA CEO Andrew Beveridge said that whilst his organisation has extensive experience in carrying …