High 5 Games have launched four new titles to New Jersey online gamers through its partnership with Gamesys on Tropicana Casino.com and Virgin Casino.com. Golden Knight, The Amulet and the Charm, The Mighty Atlas and The Lovely Outlaws join Shadow of the Panther, Dangerous Beauty, Jaguar Princess, Sirens, The Dream, and The Vanishing Act which …
The UK Football Association (FA) has released a series of video clips as part of a campaign aimed at educating the public regarding the worldwide betting ban which came into force on August 1, 2014 (see previous reports). The new betting rules apply to players, managers, club employees and match officials and cover both domestic …
Scientific Games subsidiary Williams Interactive has launched its second social casino game titled Gold Fish Casino Slots across multiple platforms. Williams Interactive’s first social offer was the introduction of flagship brand Jackpot Party Social Casino games just on two years ago. The app contains a host of player-favourite and contemporary slot games already popular in …
Instant-win games provider Inchinn has signed on to provide its portfolio to Odobo’s developer programme. The London-based firm, who currently provides content to the UK National Lottery, will supply Odobo with titles such as Invader Cash, Cash Cowboy and Payout Pest. “As a leading content supplier to the UK’s National Lottery and a studio brimming …
Recent media reports of massive online gambling ring shutdowns by Chinese police would appear to support the views of former FIFA security chief Chris Eaton, who claimed in an interview this week that Macau and Hong Kong are the hubs for a massive Asian illegal online gambling industry. Speaking to the South China Morning Post, …
Last week’s approval by shareholders of Amaya’s takeover of the Oldford-Rational group and its market-dominant online poker subsidiaries Pokerstars and Full Tilt largely completed the conditions necessary for the sale but represent just the beginning of a potentially massive international future for the company. Major obstacles envisaged for the $4.9 billion takeover, due to complete …
Complaints about the pervasiveness of gambling advertisements and the questionable nature of some campaigns and individual ads are becoming all too common, as evidenced by the frequent Advertising Standards Authority corrections, and the Remote Gaming Association has spoken out on the issue. The trade body, which represents the interests of most of Britain’s quality online …
A major US gambling industry deal was revealed Friday when Scientific Games Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby it has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding Bally Technologies common stock for $83.30 in cash per share, representing a 38 percent premium to Bally’s closing stock price on July …
Betradar has launched a new live streaming solution for online and mobile sportsbooks branded Live Channel Online. The new product extends the existing portfolio of trading, gaming and front-end visualisation services with an entertaining and revenue-driving streaming solution, says a company spokesman. He claims that by combining the live stream with Betradar’s live data visualisation …
Outside of Macau, the only major legal Chinese gambling is centred on the nation’s giant sports lotteries, where revenues have shown consistent and impressive growth culminating in the most recent statistics from the Ministry of Finance, which showed that in June revenues at the China Sports Lottery reached $3.1 billion – a stunning 83 percent …
French online bookmaker France Pari has reported on a half year that has seen revenues double, thanks to a boost from World Cup football betting and increases in mobile usage. In H1-2014 revenues doubled to Euro 9 million compared with the same period last year, with the World Cup football competition in Brazil generating an …
Top British online and land bookmaker William Hill’s profits fell by 26 percent in the first half of 2014, with the company attributing the drop to “more customer-friendly results”. But the bookie said that betting on the soccer World Cup this year had increased by 80 percent from the last time the tournament was played …
Gambling revenue in Macau fell 3.6 percent year-on-year in July, reports the Reuters news agency, attributing the second consecutive monthly decline in the Asian gambling enclave to the lingering impact of World Cup football in June and July. Macau’s 35 land casinos reported that revenue fell 3.6 percent to 28.4 billion patacas ($3.56 billion) in …
The major French online and land gambling group Pari-Mutuel Urbain (PMU) has posted disappointing H1-2014 results despite this being a World Cup football year, reporting that revenues declined 2.4 percent to Euro 1.26 billion. The decline is mainly attributable to the company’s core horse racing activities, where revenue fell 2.9 percent to Euro 1.1 billion …
NEW GAMES FOR BITSTARS AmatIc supplies 20 new games for online casino. Online casino operator Bitstars.net has augmented its SoftSwiss gaming suite with 20 new desktop and mobile games from the German supplier Amatic Industries GmbH, which is perhaps better known as a land gambling games provider. Bitstars manager Nikolica Vadaski says his company is …
US identity and geo-location technology provider LaserLock Technologies has signed a ten year contract, worth $7 million, with an unidentified Mexican gaming company that will see LaserLock’s VerifyMe Identity Services authenticating players in online casinos. The need for strong authentication in this area has increased due to recently passed anti-money-laundering legislation in Mexico, a company …
Continued weakness in casual play was the root cause for the weak performance of the Boyd Gaming group, said CEO Kevin Smith this week as he revealed that the US gambling group had suffered a decline in profit and revenue in the second quarter. Group profits were significantly down, declining from $11.6 million in Q2-2013 …
Speaking to Kentucky.com Thursday about a pending deal to acquire 25 percent of Saratoga Harness Racing Inc., executives from Churchill Downs said the agreement carried with it valuable online gambling advantages. Churchill CFO Bill Mudd said the deal includes a management contract for land casinos in New York and Colorado, and is “strategically important because …
Online payment processor Optimal Payments, parent group of Neteller and Netbanx, has appointed Dennis Jones as its new non-executive chairman, alongside two new directors following the resignation of non-executives John Bateson and Jonathan Comerford, the latter having served as interim chairman since November last year. The new directors are Ian Jenks and Andrew Dark. Jenks …
Online gambling software provider Play’n GO has announced that its mobile and Flash games are now available to Italian online punters on the website of major internet operator Microgame. Confirming the debut of the games this week, Microgame general manager Marco Castaldo said: “We are very excited to be the first to offer Play’n GO …
The Irish Independent reported Thursday that the personal details of over 649,000 online punters using the land and online services of major bookmaker Paddy Power prior to 2010 may have been compromised in a serious data breach that may have impacted up to 29 percent of the 2010 customer database. The newspaper said that about …
Another senior manager has left the BetVictor group following the change in ownership earlier this year (see previous report), with customer relations manager Leonard Judkins departing last month to join Lottoland, a lottery company also based in Gibraltar, in a similar capacity. Judkins, who had been at BetVictor for just over a year, is a …
In Britain, BBC One has commissioned a new three-part documentary series on retail gambling in the UK under the working title The Bookies, which will, according to spokesmen, go behind the scenes at major land and online bookmaking firm Coral. The series will follow the lives of punters who gamble thousands, to those who place …
The Northern Ireland Football League has signed a long-term contract with Trackchamp, a joint venture between Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment and Chyronhego, making the streaming and data company the NIFL’s official partner. Trackchamp produces real-time streaming video with graphics and will collect performance data for every Danske Bank Premiership game from the start of next season. …