Gaming analysts have been studying the latest regulator numbers on online gaming in the three legal jurisdictions of New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware this week, with Morgan Stanley commenting that, whilst numbers are lower than initial predictions; i-gaming will be an $8 billion industry in the United States by 2020. “Estimates change based on market …
Having passed Nevada’s stringent requirements for an online poker licence last year, the Reno-based Monarch Casino and Resort will not be using it due to fears that online poker may be the foot-in-the-door that could lead to full-on internet gambling, an executive of the company said Monday. The head of subsidiary Atlantis Casino, John Farahi, …
Greek betting firm Organisation of Football Prognostics S.A. (OPAP) posted a 72 percent drop in net profit 2013 amounting to Euro 141 million which it said was driven down by a new tax the country levied on the firm, reports Reuters. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) dropped 67 percent to Euro 221.7 …
The Royal Windsor Racecourse and online gambling operator Unibet have become sponsorship partners for the forthcoming flat season. Unibet will have wide branding opportunities at the Berkshire track throughout the year while sponsoring around 20 races. Aside from becoming the Royal Windsor Racecourse’s official betting and gaming partner, Unibet will also sponsor Windsor’s Owners, Trainers …
Social casino games provider Plumbee has expanded its Mirrorball App with the addition of its thirteenth game titled “Royal Frog”. The game, built by Quickspin, is a 5×4, 40-winline game featuring a Free Spins bonus and Wilds. Loosely based on the Princess & The Frog fairytale, Royal Frog allows the player to add more Wilds …
BetSoftGaming will provide its Slots3 collection to European-facing operator Mybet. Games, which include SugarPop!, Rooks Revenge and Safari Sam will be accessed by MyBet through Amaya Gaming Group’s Casino Gaming System. “We are proud to announce our new partnership agreement with MyBet,” said Simon Westbury, BetSoft Account Manager. “They have a strong reach throughout the …
Realtime Gaming’s latest offer is an amusing school-themed 5×4 reel slot titled “Shark School”. In this game, the sharks are the jocks and the fish are nerds all set to a high school theme. Three features titled Swim Fishy Swim!, Bad Sharky and Don’t Eat the Teacher are ruled by the Sharks and offer instant …
Two new five-reel, 20-payline slots have been launched by Realistic Games titled “Riverboat Gambler” and “Snapshot”. Both games will be delivered via Realistic Games’ ReGaL server across smartphone, tablet and desktop channels. Riverboat Gambler is set to the backdrop of the Mississippi River on board the Randall Steamer. This game features a special multiplying Wild …
Estonian-based Snowcat Group has entered into a long-term agreement with UMA Premium Group for the integration and distribution of UMA’s range of games. Snowcat will integrate the UMA material onto a number of industry partner platforms. The games are applied for real slots, VLT’s as well as for the online and mobile gaming markets. UMA …
The first deadlines for creating jobs in New Jersey are looming for the nascent intrastate online gambling industry, the Press of Atlantic City reported over the weekend. “Regulators are requiring that by May 1, all platform providers base their teams working on customer service, fraud detection and accounting in New Jersey,” the newspaper reports, noting …
New Jersey’s Republican governor Chris Christie, who is still fighting off the political fall-out over Bridgegate, has had to back away from a “misspoken” remark in one of his speeches to placate casino baron and top Republican Party donor Sheldon Adelson, according to the US publication Mediaite. The offending phrase in one of Christie’s speeches …
Opposition is mounting to Sheldon Adelson’s drive to ban online gambling in the United States through the Chaffetz and Graham bills in Congress, with two US senators from New Jersey the latest to signal their intention fight the measure in Congress. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker claim the banning bill will serve only to …
The Finnish online gambling software developer and provider Finnplay has announced it is to provide the gaming platform for Supergame.be of Belgium. Martin Prantner CEO of Finnplay said: “This is a very exciting time for Finnplay to be working with Supergame in the regulated Belgian market. Our gaming technology platform approved by the Belgium Gaming …
The poker forum twoplustwo has been buzzing over the last three days with numerous player reports that US internet service provider Comcast appears to be blocking access to the Bovada online gambling website. Bovada is aware of the situation and is trying to identify the problem in order to resolve it, according to company tweets, …
The US National Fraternal Order of the Police surprised everyone by coming out against the Graham-Chaffetz legislative attempt to federally ban online gambling this week, saying that it would drive US online punters into the arms of unscrupulous internet black market operators. In an op-ed piece in The Hill, FOP president Chuck Canterbury wrote that …
2013 has not been kind to the German online gambling group Mybet, which has just released unaudited numbers that record a loss of Euro 5.4 million, and a negative EBIT of Euro 10,2 million. Management attributes the weak performance to extensive special write-downs and provisions and non-recurring effects, with consolidated revenue down 2.5 percent. The …
The Dublin-based live dealer gambling provider VueTec has agreed to provide services to EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine platform, expanding its content and player appeal. VueTec’s branded Distant Gaming system is well-established and streams live action from land casinos in Dublin and the Isle of Man.
The latest statistics from the Nevada Gaming Control Board do not make for happy reading; gambling revenues plunged 14 percent in February, with the Las Vegas Strip revenues diving 20 percent. The Silver State’s land casinos won $926 million in February, down from more than $1 billion in the same period last year. The decline …
The Uralsk regional court in West Kazakhstan (formerly a member of the Soviet Union) has issued a ruling supporting the shuttering of another 12 online casinos, according to an announcement this week by the national Financial Police. The websites were not identified in the announcement, but the action follows similar enforcement activity in September last …
Optimal Payments plc, an online financial processing company that includes Neteller among its subsidiaries, has posted what it boasts is an “exceptional” 2013 full year report. Highlights from the report include: * EBITDA up 89 percent to $52.2 million (2012: $27.6 million); * Revenues up 41 percent to $253.4 million (2012: $179.1 million); * Net …
The NYX Open Gaming System (OGS) package has been boosted with the launch of nine new virtual sport titles as part of the NYX Interactive agreement with 1X2gaming. The new additions include the popular Virtual Legends, Virtual World Cup and Virtual Champions offerings, which now become available to operators using the OGS platform. 1X2gaming marketing …
The online gambling advocacy group Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative has issued a statement ridiculing the newly launched Chaffetz and Graham Congressional bills seeking to ban all online gambling in the United States with the exception of horseracing. SSIGI spokesman Michael Waxman said in a press release Thursday: “The idea that Congress could or …
Illinois pro-online gambling state senator John Cullerton said in a television interview on the state budget this week that whilst the legalisation of online gambling in the state is inevitable, it will not be addressed until questions around the expansion of land gambling in the state have been resolved. Cullerton, who is president of the …
Atari, an internationally respected publisher and producer of interactive entertainment, and FlowPlay, a specialist in virtual world games and technology, announced Thursday a strategic partnership to develop Atari Casino, a premier social casino gaming platform. FlowPlay will provide the back-end infrastructure, analytics, payment systems and in-game advertising integrations necessary to provide a first class interactive …