Malta-based game developer World Match will exclusively release the online version of popular cabinet video slots from Magic Dreams. The online version of Magic Dreams’ successful land-based slots “Just Hot”, “Lady Glamour”, “Queen of Oceans”, “Arctic Adventure” and “Return of the Phoenix” have retained and enhanced the features of the original games. “To date, we …
A trading statement issued by William Hill on its fourth quarter ending December 31, 2013 showed strong underlying net revenue growth from sports betting with above average gross win margins in Retail over-the-counter (OTC) and strong wagering growth from Online Sportsbook. Key performance highlights for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2013 included: Online: – …
Las Vegas-based South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa has made its online poker debut in the Nevada market with the launch of its Real Gaming brand. US Poker reports that the non-download poker brand, which is in soft launch phase, offers only No Limit Texas Hold’em and features an all together different verification system that …
NextGen Gaming development studio has released its latest offering, a 25-line 5-reel video slot titled “Easy Slider”. The American style Rock and Roll motorbike-themed video slot plays on the iconic movie “Easy Rider” and is accompanied by an original rock-themed soundtrack, a unique SlideaWild feature, stacked wilds and 15 free games with multipliers up to …
First quarter revenues at Gaming Realms, a UK developer and provider of online gaming products, rose by 64 percent to GBP 1.43 million, the company reports New depositing players increased 55 percent to 29,291, (Q4 2013: 18,881), whilst daily average depositors increased 156 percent to 3,504 (Q4 2013: 1,370). Preliminary results for the period from …
The chief of forestry police in China’s Guangdong province has been removed from his post following revelations that he had wagered 1.05 million yuan ($170,000) in borrowed money on international football matches, using un-named online gambling websites. Police chief Ling Ziqun borrowed the money to bet from a man named only as Deng, with the …
In an interesting industry development this week a familiar name – Jason Ader – cropped up in the purchase of a 6.1 percent stake in online gambling group Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment. Our readers who recall the at times distasteful public wrangling over seats on the board of IGT last year will be aware that one …
Las Vegas Sands owner Sheldon Adelson is now notorious for his vehement opposition to legalised online gambling in the United States, citing strong moral objections…but it appears that has not always been the case. Even a casual Google search will throw up a failed venture seven years ago in which Adelson’s company appeared to hold …
New Jersey has entered the next, and possibly final, stage of its bid to legitimise sports betting in the state, lodging an appeal in the US Supreme Court that lower court decisions against it were wrong, and that the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act restricting sports betting to just four US states is …
Fears are growing that the hacking attack on the Las Vegas Sands websites (see previous reports) may have penetrated deeper than was at first thought by company spokesman Ron Reese. Only hours after the websites were restored after almost a week of downtime, the hackers, using the nom-de-plume Anti-WMD Team posted an 11-minute video on …
The Adelson-funded Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling recently published the findings of a poll that purported to show that most Americans were not in favour of legalised online gambling, and now the opposing Coalition for Consumer and Online Protections has responded with a poll of its own showing the opposite, perhaps illustrating that polls can …
Swedish gaming operator Cherry has reported substantial growth in online gaming in its Fourth Quarter 2013 and Full Year 2013 fiscal results. Ongoing investment in the online business sector, while substantially burdening Cherry’s 2013 results, have provided the company with the platform to develop further, said Emil Sunvission, chief executive officer. Cherry launched several new …
Software and platform provider SkillOnNet has taken on a full portfolio of Williams Interactive (WI) Vegas-style slot games which will be integrated through WI’s Remote Game Server providing fresh material to various SkillOnNet online properties. Interestingly affiliate sales and marketing outfit eGaming Online is reported to have been in contact with Jackpot Party.com affiliates informing …
Gala Coral Group said its online business has exceeded the Board’s expectations showing strong growth in active customers across all its online properties. Key Group highlights for the quarter ended January 18, 2014 were: – Turnover was 12 percent ahead of last year and gross profit was GBP 13.8 million or 6 percent ahead. – …
Sportradar and the Football Federation of Australia (FFA) have extended their partnership to include Fraud Detection System monitoring of betting patterns on the state National Premier Leagues for the 2014 season. “Safeguarding the integrity of football in Australia is at the core of everything we do and this agreement is an important extension of our …
Belgian gaming group Golden Palace will take on a new sportsbook platform from gaming solutions provider BetConstruct under the terms of an exclusive contract signed this week. The online and mobile sportsbook covers over 14 000 live matches and 50 sports per month. “With only five months to go before the start of the Brazil …
Ron Reese, a Las Vegas Sands group spokesman said Monday afternoon that the group’s hacked websites have all been repaired and restored following a devastating attack a week ago reportedly motivated by the extreme foreign affairs opinions of owner Sheldon Adelson. The sites went down on February 12 after being defaced by hackers, who also …
The Telegraph newspaper reports that British gambling group Ladbrokes is expected to announce plans to halt the introduction of new High Street betting shops, currently the subject of political concern. By doing this, the company could reduce capital expenditure from GBP 100 million to GBP 60 million, freeing up GBP 40 million to accelerate the …
The latest content deal signed by online gambling software provider BetSoft is with Virtual Gaming World, an Australian company that owns the MMO social gaming casino Chumba. The deal will see Chumba, which reportedly has a following of over 200,000 monthly active users on Facebook, carrying the complete suite of games produced by BetSoft, which …
An article that ran in The Times newspaper over the weekend, indicating that chief executive officer Ralph Topping will be replaced in 2014, has been denied by William Hill. According to the article, William Hill will begin the search for a new chief executive “as it seeks to replace Ralph Topping a year earlier than …
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power will extend its “Right Behind Gay Footballers” campaign into 2014. The 2013 campaign, devised by Crispin Porter & Bugusky, created by Lucky Generals and launched in partnership with Stonewall, encouraged footballers to wear rainbow laces in a stand against homophobia in the sport. Lucky Generals’ work on the campaign impressed Paddy …
Mobile casino and bingo games provider, Nektan, has boosted its senior management team with the appointment of Dominic Le Garsmeur and Simon Teppett. Le Garsmeur joins from bwin.party to fill the Product Director role left vacant by the relocation of Richard Sagman to set up Nektan’s US operation. He joined bwin.party’s Partygaming casino division in …
Betting data and technology supplier Satellite Information Services (SIS) has appointed Marc Thomas (39) as Head of Product. Thomas, formerly of William Hill and Sportingbet, will oversee the development and marketing of new services and solutions for online bookmakers. “There are clearly lots of passionate, knowledgeable people here and much of what we do is …
Finnish gaming operator Veikkaus’ full year 2013 results reveal its digital sales now account for more than a third of its total sales. Key performance indicators for the full year 2013 period include: – Profit of Euro 506.3 million, up 1.1 percent over FY2012 – Net sales totaled Euro 1 858.4 million, up 4.6 percent …