Police in Kuching, Sarawak province were busy Thursday, raiding 17 premises in the city and in Padawan municipality and arresting fifteen people, including four foreign nationals on charges related to online gambling. The commander of the raiding force, DSP Mohd Azam Ismail, told reporters that the police confiscated 280 computers, 15 modem devices, cash and …
The research analysts at Traffic Generation have come up with another valuable and informative infographic on the behaviour of an increasingly important demographic – that of online and mobile social gamers – and the real value of efficient and responsive customer service. The full graphic can be viewed here: http://www.trafficgenerationltd.com/the-value-of-customer-service-in-social-casino-infographic/ Informed by a sample of …
Sheldon Adelson’s CSIG drive against online gambling will be pleased with the news that a new federal banning bill covering all but online poker is about to be introduced to Congress. The news broke Thursday in the Las Vegas Review Journal, which reported that Nevada Republican Senator Dean Heller is to present the bill – …
Juergen Reutter has been appointed online Operations Director for the William Hill plc gambling group after serving for the past 18 months as director of mobile operations for William Hill Online. He will remain based in Gibraltar. Reutter was educated at Stuttgart’s University of Applied Science and has worked in a number of management positions …
The Danish Gaming Authority (Spillemyndigheden) reports that 2013 has been a record year, with Danish gross online gaming revenues totalling 2.375 million Danish Kronor (DKK) after Q4-2013 delivered DKK380 million sports betting revenues; DKK260 million in online casino action; DKK 45 million in online and mobile poker; and total quarterly GGR of DKK 640 million …
The latest Isle of Man Budget Speech underlines the importance of the e-gaming industry now and in the future for the island economy, with Minister for Economic Development John Shimmin expressing pleasure this week at the economic progress that has been achieved despite difficult global economic conditions. Shimmin said in his budget address that his …
How’s this for a powerful communications channel? Facebook is placing a $19 billion bet on reaching its next billion mobile users with the acquisition of WhatsApp, a popular disappearing messaging service that lets people send texts, photos and videos on their smartphones. CTV News reports that Facebook is taking the long view in acquiring the …
Online gambling software developer Playtech plc has posted its full year audited results for the year ended 31 December 2013, flagging another year of growth delivering strong financial results and record dividend distribution. Financial highlights of the report include: * Revenue up by 16 percent to Euro 367.2 million (2012: Euro 317.5 million) * Adjusted …
The award winning duo that comprises the Daft Punk pop group is not that hard to impersonate, wearing crash helmets in most of their appearances, and this week the Irish gambling group Paddy Powers exploited the opportunity to the full in a headline grabbing move at the Brit 2014 music awards. Paddy’s mischievous marketers dressed …
The popular online gambling company 32Red.com gave online slots players something to look forward to in coming months when a representative posted details of forthcoming new Microgaming releases. The post detailed the following new games and the expected release dates: * 5th March – Untamed Crowned Eagle / Loose Cannon (Mobile: Mayan Princess / Tiger …
In a move that appears motivated by protectionism and self-interest, the Spanish land gambling trade association CEJUEGO has come out against Spain’s plans to legalise online slot action for appropriately licensed online gambling operators. The association, which numbers major land gambling operators such as Codere and CIRSA among its members, gave notice this week that …
Following recent reports that the Singapore government is considering serious restrictions on internet and mobile gambling (see previous reports), a European expert gave his views to the nation’s Institute of Policy Studies this week…and seemed to advocate a monopoly system that would largely exclude online casino and poker operators. The controversial view was expressed by …
Scientific Games subsidiary Williams Interactive LLC confirmed its exit from the B2C real-money gaming business with the closure of its JackpotParty.com property and the migration of players to SlotsMagic.com, a new casino specifically built for JackpotParty.com players on the SkillOnNet platform. SkillOnNet platforms have been integrated with the Williams Interactive Remote Game Server allowing SkillOnNet …
bwin.party Digital Entertainment’s social gaming division WIN launched its Sportster – Bet and Win social sports betting platform in open beta on Facebook today (Wednesday). The app was developed in partnership with Serbia-based social gaming firm Nordeus following an agreement in September 2012 (see previous reports). Sportster is a social betting game that tests player’s …
Tom Horn Enterprise, a privately held software development company based in Slovakia and a member of the Meracrest Group, launched six new games to the public at ICE Totally Gaming held earlier this month. New titles cover “Double Poker”, which offers a Magic Number feature and can be played not just with cards, but with …
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 …