Swedish online gambling software provider Net Entertainment could make player wishes come true with the launch of its new video slot entitled The Wish Master this week. The all-action 5-reel, 20-line video slot game takes players on a magical adventure of hidden treasure and fortune and follows on from other successful and similarly themed Net …
Online and land gambling content and equipment supplier International Game Technology has announced the completion of a deal that will see its mobile and desktop games rolled out across online gambling websites owned by Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment. Bwin.Party has recently launched online poker and casino offerings in New Jersey under the license of Borgata Hotel …
Chinese television network CNTV reports that sales of sports lottery tickets are booming as a result of the World Cup football currently unfolding in Brazil. Statistics from China’s General Administration of Sport show that lottery sales related to the World Cup hit a new high by midday on June 21st… just 9 days into the …
Kansspelautoriteit, the Dutch Gaming Authority responsible for regulating the online gambling industry in the Netherlands once it is legalised next year, has again warned off illegal operators – its second threat to not only impose penalties, but exclude miscreants from future licensing opportunities (see previous reports). Chairman Jan Suyver says that the Authority will have …
New gambling laws, currently being drafted to update Cambodia’s antiquated gaming legislation, include a study of regulated and licensed internet and mobile sports betting for the nation’s football-mad punters, a spokesman confirmed this week. Finance and Economics Ministry spokesman Ros Phirun told local media that the implementation of such a scheme was still some way …
The Reno based five-property land casino group Peppermill Resorts went online with its intrastate Nevada internet poker product Monday, working in partnership with Ultimate Gaming. Nevada online poker players can make deposits at the Peppermill Resort Casino Spa in Reno, the Western Village Inn & Casino in Sparks, and three hotel-casinos in Wendover on Interstate …
Microgaming’s giant progressive network slot Mega Moolah made an online punter a happy man last week, delivering a Euro 2,384,388.87 jackpot. Jorge S hit the Mega Moolah jackpot last Wednesday at the Spin Palace online casino, and when he spoke to casino management reportedly had trouble believing that his financial status had taken such a …
Is the Canadian province of New Brunswick working toward its own interactive gambling system? Recent moves in the province, including the award of a $5 million research grant to a partnership of four Canadian entities, would suggest so. The entities are a Canadian GTech company, tech company T4G, the New Brunswick Community College and First …
Plaor, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of social media network CrowdGather, Inc. has received exclusive social casino rights for certain games licensed from developer Multicommerce Game Studio, making it the first social casino partner to be accepted. Plaor has licensed two video slot games from Multicommerce, the first of which – The Power of Zeus – …
Malta regulator, the Lotteries and Gaming Authority has given its approval to OTTO Malta to make its online lottery and scratchcard products available to other operators in business-to-business deals. The company has been operating on its PlayOTTO.com website for the past four years, with its flagship product the Euro 25 million Majestic Millions lottery, along …
There’ll be no sports betting in New Jersey despite its controversial law seeking to undermine the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, say the learned judges of the US Supreme Court. The rejection of the state’s appeal is the latest court defeat – and probably the last – following an almost four year battle …
Thailand’s military leaders have again warned the population that there will be no letup in the police campaign against illegal betting on World Cup football. A police spokesman told the Reuters news agency Monday that between June 9 and 21 this year 1,677 people have been arrested and 675 online sports betting websites have been …
The UK-based online gambling content developer Realistic Games has signed terms with Intellectual Property and Software Limited (IPS) for its full suite of products to be made available to all of IPS’s operating and white label brands. The deal will see Realistic Games’ 28 table, slot and recently-launched pull tab games offered on more than …
F.S.B. TECHNOLOGY SIGNS UP BIT8 FSB Technology (UK) Ltd has agreed to integrate its fully-managed sports betting solution into Bit8, a fast growing gaming platform provider. Bit8 clients who take the service from FSB Tech will benefit from in-play and pre-game betting opportunities across more than 20 sports. FSB Tech has developed the first modern, …
Despite the consistently tough police campaign against illegal online gambling in Malaysia and Singapore (see previous reports) punters in the region continue to bet on outcomes in the currently running World Cup football in Brazil, the police in both nations have revealed. Over the weekend Singapore police arrested 15 individuals between the ages of 23 …
Loto Quebec, which operates online gambling facilities for the Quebec province in Canada, is looking at the possibilities of contracting in international online poker providers, according to an interview published in the Huffington Post. Lottery spokesperson Marie-Claude Rivet told the publication that the possibility of licensing large, reputable and well established companies was being considered, …
Land gambling mogul Sheldon Adelson has added to his platoon of US lobbyists fighting for a ban on internet gambling by hiring the Keelen Group to promote the Restoration of America’s Wire Act legislative attempts by Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (see previous reports). The Washington-based lobbying group has submitted a lobbying registration …
Online gamblers who prefer Mac hardware can now gamble in Delaware following the state lottery’s decision to increase technical accessibility for all Delaware residents. Local radio station WDDE reports that widening the range of accessibility now allows Mac punters to use all of Delaware’s three internet casino sites without having to download the software. “The …
Commercial Intelligence, the independent research firm that recently studied New Jersey online gamblers (see previous report) has conducted a follow-on survey taking its knowledge of the industry to June 18 and canvassing the views of 520 New Jersey online gamblers. The results are encouraging, indicating a 33 percent drop in the proportion of New Jersey …
In one of the biggest illegal gambling busts yet seen in World Cup football, police in Macau announced the shuttering of a HK$ 5 billion ($645 million) illegal gambling ring Friday. In one wager alone placed through the company $5.1 million was risked. The Agence France Presse reports that 22 individuals were arrested during the …
The announcement by William Hill plc, one of the biggest online and land bookmaking firms in the business, that it will not support the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association’s challenge to Britain’s new point-of-consumption secondary licensing and taxation laws will take much of the wind out of the Association’s sails. In its report on the …
Quatro online casino on the Casino Rewards network has reported a major progressive jackpot win on Microgaming’s Mega Moolah slot. The casino gives very little detail on the player, GM, the events leading up to his huge hit, or his intentions regarding the windfall, but notes that he takes home $3,905,087 in one cash payment…on …
Online gambling games developer Leander Games has become the latest content supplier to make its games available to white label online casino and spoortsbook provider EveryMatrix. The agreement will enable EveryMatrix to deliver additional content from third-party game development houses via Leander’s gaming server integrated into the EveryMatrix CasinoEngine product. Ebbe Groes, CEO at EveryMatrix, …
The West Ham United football club has a new sponsor in the form of online sportsbook operator Marathonbet in a deal which both entities have characterised as “long-term’. Marathonbet will take on the title sponsorship of the club’s annual home pre-season friendly, which will now be known as the Marathonbet Cup, adding it to a …