French operator La Française des Jeux (FDJ) recorded a 1.8 percent increase in stakes collected in 2013, up to Euro 12.35 billion compared to Euro 12.14 billion in 2012. Sales in the operators retail network, which comprises 96.7 percent of total sales rose by 1.7 percent while internet sales grew by 5.5 percent to Euro …
William Hill has inked an agreement with Turf TV that will see the Amalgamated Racing Limited brand become the UK bookmaker’s exclusive supplier of US racing coverage effective February 2014. Turf TV, a joint venture between Racecourse Media Services and Timeweave, will provide William Hill coverage of US racing from Gulfstream Park in Miami, Pimlico …
Fantasy sports and social gaming provider Picklive Limited has entered into an investment deal and joint venture with India-based lottery distributor and operator, the Sugal & Damani Group (SND). Under the terms of the agreement the joint venture hopes to create a multi-product skill gaming platform for the Indian market with the initial launch of …
Johannesburg, South Africa-based virtual gaming firm Kiron Interactive is ramping up for ICE Totally Gaming 2014 with new content and systems providing a multi-channel hub for operators. The company will showcase at least five new games, including trotting, motor racing, cycling, table tennis and badminton along with enhanced graphics integrated in their greyhound racing product …
An informal meeting of French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and United Kingdom regulatory authorities held in Rome on 16 and 17 January 2014 covered a broad range of topics of which shared liquidity was reported to be surprisingly absent. Topics included the improvement of information sharing, views on the regulatory evolution of domestic markets, control …
The Republic of Macedonia is reportedly planning on blocking access to foreign betting sites and has partnered with Austrian gambling firm Casinos Austria in a joint venture that will see the launch of online betting in the country. “With the start of games organized by the State Video Lottery, institutions such as the Electronic Communications …
The Bulgarian State Commission on Gambling has announced the launch of its electronic administrative services portal offering access to a number of services that include licence applications and licence awards. The regulator said the e-project was undertaken in an effort to modernise the Commission’s Operational Programme for “Administrative Capacity” and is co-financed by the European …
Digital sports media firm PERFORM has extended its sales partnership with the Premier League giving PERFORM exclusive responsibility for global advertising sales on the Premier League’s official website. PERFORM additionally produces and distributes ‘near live’ match video highlights and features for the Premier League, a partnership which has been in force since 2007. The agreement …
Microgaming is developing a new online slot based on the blockbuster movie Terminator 2: Judgement Day following a licencing agreement with Studiocanal S.A. The 1991 movie release, which was a follow-on to the original The Terminator, extensively utilised computer-generated imagery (CGI) giving movie-goers never before seen visual effects and the like. The film won numerous …
bgo Entertainment (formerly Mandalay Media) has launched “Jurassic Island”, its first video slot game to emerge from its recently formed in-house development studio which is apparently led by Andreas Bexelius, a former Lead Gaming Mathematician at Net Entertainment. The 5-reel, 25-payline game features symbols and thematics from the Jurassic period introducing mean-looking dodos, mutated killer …
Eric Meyerhofer, the chief executive officer of ticket printing and couponing solutions firm FutureLogic will leave his position to head up Gamblit Gaming LLC, a California-headquartered startup offering internet and land-based products to the gaming industry. Meyerhofer will retain his links with FutureLogic having also been named as its newly elected Chairman. “I am delighted …
Over the weekend an Associated Press news agency article achieved wide currency, reporting that operators were generally upbeat about the prospects for the online gambling market in New Jersey. Pessimistic media reports bemoaning the lower than expected revenues of $8.4 million over the first six weeks of operational activity suggested that full year revenues would …
The coverage of the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States winter conference provided by respected blogger Marco Valerio continues to provide interesting insights into the problems associated with individual states developing player-sharing agreements. In his current reportage, Valerio quotes Richard Schuetz, the head of the California Gambling Control Commission, who impressed upon delegates the …
The Poker Players Alliance is again revving up US online poker players on a major issue as another Adelson banning threat evolves. The Alliance says that it has recently learned that the Las Vegas Sands group land gambling magnate Sheldon Adelson is currently urging state attorneys general to sign a letter calling for a national …
Poker Players Alliance vice president Rich Muny recently acquitted himself rather well in a Facebook exchange with the reportedly Republican political consultant and strategist Cheri Jacobson. Jacobson, leaning heavily on two FBI letters to Congress that the Adelson anti-online gambling campaign has frequently trotted out to back their claims that online gambling is dangerous and …
Teddy Mitchell, a 59-year-old Oklahoma man who pleaded guilty to running an illegal gambling operation after being indicted by a grand jury two years ago, has been sentenced by a federal court to 27 months in federal prison and two years of supervised release. Mitchell has already agreed to forfeit $1 million in cash and …
The indefatigable Senator Ray Lesniak of New Jersey has started 2014 in typical style, reintroducing a controversial new bill to the state Legislature which proposes the licensing and regulation of online gambling operators who provide services restricted to foreign internet punters. Lesniak’s intent is to create an environment which will carve out a niche for …
Massachusetts multimedia entertainment company, GSN Games announced the beta launch of its mobile-optimised cash tournament project for US skill game players Friday. The GSN Cash Games tournament initiative features a mobile website for what the company claims is the first-ever mobile cash tournament site for U.S. players. The new site will complement the company’s popular …
A police raid on an Internet gambling café in Tracy, California last May is turning out to be a jackpot for the local Boys & Girls Clubs this week as police department officials distribute 39 of 50 confiscated computers following the formal conviction of the previous owner on illegal gambling charges and a court distribution …
The online gambling group GVC Holdings plc announced Friday that Nigel Blythe-Tinker is stepping down as a non-executive director with immediate effect. CEO Kenneth Alexander said: “On behalf of the Board l would like to thank Nigel for the contribution he has made during the nine years that he has served as a non-executive director. …
The UK online and land bookmaker William Hill plc has posted a performance report for the 13 weeks from 2 October to 31 December 2013, showcasing strong growth in sports betting and sportsbook, and online net revenue up 14 percent, thanks to mobile gambling improvements. Responding to recent criticism on Fixed Odds Betting Terminsals, the …
Geoff Freeman, chief executive officer of the American Gaming Association, is proving to be a pragmatic and forthright protagonist of regulated and licensed online gambling in US states, directly opining in his latest speech that the attempt by Las Vegas Sands owner Sheldon Adelson to derail the trend toward intrastate legalisation is not the right …
A games supply partnership agreement announced late last year between UK online gambling software developer GameAccount and the US branch of major Japanese casino equipment supplier Konami Gaming has now been finalised, reports the Irish Times. The agreement sees Konami acknowledging GameAccount Network as its “preferred partner” and recommending its online gambling platform to the …
With the failure of the Hollywood Park enterprise spurring it to shift focus, UK online gambling group Betfair now appears close to sealing a betting exchange deal with New Jersey’s Monmouth Park race course, according to racing journal reports. The reportage suggests that the main elements of a deal that could be implemented as early …