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MX Digital in branded game supply deal with Traffic Generation

19 May 2014

US-based online games developer and distributor MX Digital will supply exclusive branded slot games for the social casino market following a deal with Traffic Generation, announced this week. Brands include Hulk Hogan, James Dean, Blues Brothers and David Hasselhoff. “Our recent success and growth in the international sector combined with our portfolio of gaming with …

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Odobo signs Youyou and Old Skool developers

19 May 2014

Odobo’s HTML5 development program has signed a game supply deal with Yoyougaming and Old Skool development studios for delivery across the Odobo platform. China-based Yoyougaming carries around 100 game titles which are built for mass appeal and targeted at Asian and European players, while the team of seven at the relatively new Vancouver-based Old Skool …

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Six new games released by KGM Gaming and Spin Games

19 May 2014

KGM Gaming and Spin Games LLC have released six new HTML 5 Games in the New Jersey Interactive market. The games, now live on CaesarsCasino.com, form part of the proprietary Video Poker Royale suite comprising Deuces Wild, Deuces Wild Elite, Double Double Regal Poker, Double Regal Poker and Regal Poker Deluxe. “With this release, New …

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Mansion online casino takes on Betsoft games

19 May 2014

Online gambling games developer BetSoft Gaming has entered into a content partnership agreement with Mansion Casino, owners of Casino.com. In a two-step roll-out plan, the Casino.com brand will initially be carrying BetSoft’s successful ToGo line of mobile games, with the BetSoft Slots3 collection of 3D desktop-based games to follow. BetSoft’s games will then be launched …

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Bookmaking agents under surveillance

19 May 2014

The undercover work of the ACSU – the anti-corruption unit of the ICC – may be low profile, but it is clearly intensive as a report in the UK newspaper The Telegraph illustrated this week. The newspaper had access to confidential documents from the ACSU dating back to 2009 and the World Twenty20 cricket competitions …

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New sportsbook platform ready for launch

18 May 2014

This week’s G2E Asia expo in Macau will see the launch of a new Asian-focused sportsbook offering from SBTech. Press material from the UK-based company notes that the new platform is available for both online and mobile, and that the interface has been specifically designed to address Asian punters preferences and includes an advanced agent …

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Online gambling family on UK super-rich list

18 May 2014

The latest annual Sunday Times Rich List – a compilation of the wealthiest people in Britain – has bet365.com owners the Coates family among the 107 named in the Super Rich List. The list is the definitive guide to the 1,000 wealthiest people in Britain, plus the 50 richest under 30, the music millionaires, the …

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ARJEL approves Winamax online sports betting site

18 May 2014

One of the most successful online poker operators in the French market, Winamax, is to venture into the highly competitive field of sports betting following approval of its plans by the French regulator ARJEL. The operator has been awarded a five-year licence enabling it to offer fixed odds betting and pari-mutuel betting services through the …

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Leading bank bans use of credit cards in online gambling transactions

18 May 2014

The major banking group HSBC has placed a ban on its customers using their bank credit cards for online gambling transactions, citing concerns at the spread of unlicensed gambling, according to reports over the weekend in the Malta Independent Online news site. The publication reports that Maltco, the island’s lottery provider, has advised agents to …

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Minnesota House votes against lottery’s expansion online

18 May 2014

In what has become a political rather than practical battle in the Minnesota Legislature, House representatives have joined their Senate counterparts in voting 126-2 for a bill halting the state lottery’s expansion into online gaming (see previous reports). Comments by politicians after the vote illustrate the real reason for the reversal of a successful state …

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New online casino set for launch

17 May 2014

A company titled Buck & Butler, aided by OddsMatrix operational expertise and licensed in Malta, has started generating pre-launch publicity for its new Nordic-facing online casino, as yet apparently un-named. The casino and sportsbook enterprise will be powered by Net Entertainment and Omi Gaming software and initially will be available in English and Norwegian language …

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Canadian online sports betting defendant plead guilty

17 May 2014

Three Canadian men arrested as part of the combined police action against illegal online sports betting dubbed Operation Amethyst  (see previous  report) pleaded guilty before an Ottawa judge Friday and now await sentencing. Alleged ringleader Benedetto “Car Wash Boy” Manasseri (50) and associates Stephen Parrish (36) and Domenico Arecchi (48) appeared before Judge Hugh Fraser, …

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Minnesota senate votes for compromise on state lottery’s online activity

17 May 2014

Things can move quickly in the Minnesota legislature when there’s the political will to make things happen; Thursday’s compromise solution on the issue of the state lottery’s online activities was quickly translated into a Senate vote Friday in which 56 vs. 5 senators voted for the compromise, sending the bill on to the House for …

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NCLGS releases standards for online gambling regulation

17 May 2014

The National Council of Legislators from Gaming States released its much-anticipated framework for standards in online gambling at state level Friday, presenting a guide for lawmakers in individual US states who are considering or intend to consider the legalisation of internet gambling. The Council stresses that it has not taken a position on the question …

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Online gambling for South Carolina?

17 May 2014

The need for alternative tax revenue sources to help fix South Carolina’s disintegrating road network has prompted the state’s Democratic Party to ask state residents for their views on internet gambling legalisation, reports the WLTX television station. The referendum envisaged by the party in the June ballot will ask whether the $20 billion road and …

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NextGen launches first in a series of multi-channel slots

16 May 2014

NextGen Gaming, the Sydney, Australia based games studio of NYX Gaming Group, has announced the first in a series of multi-channel launches of slot titles to Gala Coral. Leading the way is the popular slot Foxin’ Wins, which this week debuted on terminals across the Coral UK LBO estate, online and mobile simultaneously. The extended …

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Lawmakers compromise on Minnesota online lottery operations

16 May 2014

Calls for legislation halting the expansion of Minnesota lottery games via the internet and mobile channels (see previous  reports) resulted last week in the House voting against such a ban, whilst the Senate wished to impose one. To find some common ground, three members each from the Senate and the House met Thursday as a …

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Strong revenue growth at Amaya in Q1-2014

16 May 2014

The Montreal-based online and land gambling software provider Amaya Gaming has posted a set of Q1-2014 results that show strong revenue growth compared to the same quarter in 2013…but reports that adjusted net earnings at Cdn 3.3 million are down on the Cdn$3.8 million earned in Q1-2013. Highlights of the quarter included: * Revenue of …

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Haddrill back in the hot seat at Bally Technologies

16 May 2014

Ramesh Srinivasan is out and Richard Haddrill is back in the chief executive officer hot seat at Bally Technologies in what appears to be an amicable rearrangement which also sees Srinivasan stepping down from the board of the online and land gambling supplier. Announcing the change without explanation Friday, the new chairman of the board, …

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Greentube launches private label social casino marketing platform

16 May 2014

Novomatic’s online gambling software subsidiary Greentube has launched its turnkey private label social casino marketing platform, Greentube Pro. Designed to enhance player retention and boost new player acquisition for land-based casinos, Greentube Pro integrates loyalty strategies with the mass appeal of online and mobile play into a custom branded experience. Greentube Pro engages with players …

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Dutch lottery has online ambitions

16 May 2014

With the legalisation of online gambling in the Netherlands now in sight, the Dutch state lottery (Staatsloterij) has announced that it plans to offer new types of games on the internet in the near future. The Dutch Remote Gaming Act is scheduled for implementation next year, creating opportunities for both domestic and EU operators to …

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Microgaming posts a forthcoming attraction

16 May 2014

Online slots fans can take a peek at what looks like an outstanding forthcoming attraction from the Isle of Man-based internet gambling software developer Microgaming here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUZIplf0Xg0 It’s Microgaming’s branded take on the blockbusting Terminator movies featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and a host of super-functional and deadly other characters, all wrapped around a 5-reel, 243 ways-to-win …

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bwin.party in directorate shake-up

16 May 2014

In what is being seen as a reaction to activist investor Jason Ader’s SpringOwl Investments proposal to replace four of the directors on Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment’s board (see previous  reports), Bwin announced Friday that it is in the process of making directorate changes itself. In a rather wordy press statement, the company described how chairman-elect …

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Online gambling operator extends racing sponsorship

16 May 2014

The UK-based online gambling operator bet365 has extended its sponsorship of two flat races at Britain’s Haydock Park course. The new deals run until the end of 2014, and are for the two feature races during the course’s 7 July meeting, the Old Newton Cup and the Lancashire Oaks. As a result of the new …

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