The Swedish online gambling content developer Yggdrasil Gaming has unveiled Robotnik, its third video slot game following the successful launch of Jokerizer and Winterberries, with a number of its partners going live with the title Wednesday. Robotnik is a high variance video slot based on a modern interpretation of Strauss’s Blue Danube and Stanley Kubrick’s …
Compulsive online gambling was the downfall of a young Leeds, UK woman who was handed a sentence of a 20 month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered her to take part in a programme designed to address her gambling habit this week in the Leeds Crown Court. Ginnie Cassells was employed by her …
In what appears to be the start of a new anti-online gambling initiative, Russian authorities have added a massive 600 new sites to the national blacklist which local ISP’s are obliged to block. Initial reports are that the wide-ranging list includes major companies like Unibet, Pokerstars, Titan Poker and Party Poker. Maxim Ksenzov, deputy head …
The UK online gambling provider GameAccount Network has made no secret of the fact that it is eyeing possibilities in Asia, and this was further confirmed this week by its announcement that it is to make its first appearance at the May 2014 G2E conference and expo in Macau. The company will be focusing on …
Further evidence of the major influence that seriously wealthy individual Americans can have on the US political scene emerged this week with reports that Republican Party mega-donor and land casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is to vet four of 2016’s US presidential hopefuls during a Republican Jewish Coalition leadership jolly at his luxury Venetian Hotel and …
Marketing affiliates delivering players to William Hill plc online gambling operations were surprised – many shocked – to receive an email this week advising that, effective March 26, the group is reversing out of 55 countries where it has been active in the past. Little in the way of detail surrounding the decision is apparent …
Online and land gambling supplier International Game Technology is taking action to re-align its cost structure for long-term earnings growth, the company said in a statement Tuesday. The initiative will see staff retrenchments and cost cutting, with one of several key goals being the re-engineering of the firm’s game development process to leverage its strength …
Texas governor Rick Perry’s call for the resurrection of the full Wire Act to stop the trend toward online gambling legalisation triggered a fast reaction from the Democratic Governors Association Tuesday, which quickly flagged its opposition to any such move. In a letter addressed to the leaders of Congress, including Senate majority leader Harry Reid …
Industry observers are speculating on whether there is a connection between Sheldon Adelson’s jihad against online gambling and the statement Monday by Texas governor and presidential 2016 candidate Rick Perry, who has called for a resurrection of a strengthened Wire Act specifically aimed at halting the legalisation of online gambling. The publication The Hill reports …
Gambling industry crowd funding and sourcing website GamCrowd has appointed Andrew Bowen as financial director. Bowen is a gambling industry veteran who formerly served as the first finance director of Ladbrokes eGaming, finance director at Global Draw, and subsequently group finance director of SG Gaming. More recently and currently, Bowen has been or is involved …
US-based online gambling content developer MX Digital has entered into an exclusive partnership with Blues Brothers Approved Ventures for the use of The Blues Brothers brand. The terms of the agreement include using the names and likenesses of Jake and Elwood Blues, for online gaming properties, with promotional support from Elwood actor, Dan Aykroyd. Eric …
As news came of the advancement of a new bill by the New Jersey State Senate Committee that would allow for interstate online gambling between Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey, Wall Street financial firm Morgan Stanley has lowered its forecast of the U.S. internet gambling market from $5 billion to $3.5 billion by 2017, citing …
KGM Gaming and Spin Games LLC’s agreement with Caesars Entertainment has come to fruition with initial content now live on Caesarscasino.com for the New Jersey market. Under a license agreement between the two companies, the ROC™ HTML5, remote gaming server technology is being utilised along with a range of games that are developed on the …
Net Entertainment has released its latest slot titled Wild Water. Set against the idyllic backdrop of a palm tree-lined sandy beach, players are taken back to the groovy 60’s and 70’s surfer-dude era. Rich graphics and a Beach Boys – type soundtrack set the scene along with a host of innovative features. There are Wild …
Scotland-based 180Vita, owner of PokerTube, FootballTube and PokerVP, has gone fully live with its free social betting site TipDay following a soft launch earlier this year. Tipday allows players to predict the outcome of sporting events from English Premier League football to NBA basketball. The more accurate the tip, the more points a player can …
Isle of Man-based eGaming software development company Iforium has partnered with NYX Interactive in a content licencing deal involving over 100 casino game titles in both flash and HTML5 from NYX OGS. NYX OGS will be integrated into Iforium’s Gameflex casino engine offering customers additional titles from different game studios. David Flynn, senior vice president …
Irish bookmaker Boylesports has been named as the 2014 Irish Grand National horse race title sponsor. This established National Hunt chase is run at Fairyhouse on Easter Monday with a prize fund this year of Euro 250 000. “It’s fantastic for us to welcome such a prestigious brand as Boylesports, who already have a great …
Online gaming firm 888 Holdings revealed a 7 percent revenue increase in its audited full year 2013 financial results Tuesday along with a 56 percent increase in dividends. Financial Highlights for the year ending December 31, 2013 include: – Revenue increased 7 percent to US$ 401 million (2012: US$ 376 million) – B2C Revenue increased …
The Swedish state-owned online and land gambling monopoly Svenska Spel has extended its generous sponsorship of Swedish football, boosting its Football Fund sponsorship an impressive 60 percent to $144 million over the next six years. The company’s Football Fund supports the elite clubs in Damallsvenskan (the highest division of women’s football in Sweden), Superettan (second …
The UK Gambling Commission has published comprehensive and useful notes on the impending implementation of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill scheduled for implementation towards the end of this year and requiring offshore online gambling firms wishing to access UK punters to take out secondary licensing and pay British taxes . The bill passed its …
The major Australian betting group Tabcorp paid an interim dividend of 8 cents a share to investors this week, at the same time releasing its fiscal H1 2013-2014 numbers: * Net profit after tax for the first half was A$74.6 million, up 2.3 percent on the prior period. * Revenues were up 1 percent to …
New Jersey Senator Ray Lesniak’s plan to encourage the licensing and regulation of foreign online gambling companies by the Atlantic City regulator, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, moved a step closer to realisation Monday when the Senate Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee approved the bill. Lesniak introduced the measure, which seeks …
The Chinese gambling group AGTech has released its 2013 annual report, posting a revenue and gross profit decline of HK$208.4 million (2012: approximately HK$229.3 million) and approximately HK$91.3 million (2012: approximately HK$101.6 million), respectively. Management attributed the slowdown to its strategy of transitioning the business from the legacy, lower-growth lottery management division to a high …
Premier Lotteries Ireland Limited (PLI), recently awarded a 20-year licence to operate the Irish National Lottery, has selected INTRALOT as its technology provider for the supply, setup, maintenance and support of new lottery software platforms and terminals in Ireland. Under the terms of the 10-year contract, INTRALOT will provide its LOTOS™ O/S On-line Gaming Computer …