Doreena Ross has been appointed by OpenBet to serve as vice president of human resources with immediate effect. Ross will be responsible for recruiting “the best” talent and supporting the development of existing staff members. She will drive forward employee engagement schemes through a co-ordinated people strategy to ensure employees are focused on the needs …
The highly contentious and widely publicised topic of permits for High Street betting shops surfaced again over the weekend as politicians argued over attempts by some local councils to curtail the introduction of more betting shops. The Ladbrokes group was at the centre of the current row, having written to planning minister Nick Boles to …
Police in South Korea appear to be focusing on popular television entertainment personalities in their war against online gambling, perhaps using them as examples to the broader public. The publication Tensasia reported over the weekend that TV celebrity Lee Soo-geun has pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal online gambling, while two other male stars, …
The prolific producer of 3d online slots, BetSoft Gaming, concentrates on candy for the theme of its latest game, SugarPop! Wrapped in images of confectionary, the game incorporates elements that BetSoft says are new to i-gaming, with four distinct worlds and twenty individual levels of gameplay presented in a 5×5 grid of assorted candies that …
Japanese police officers in the Ueno district of Tokyo were active this week in shuttering Ocean Club, an allegedly illegal online gambling access point which apparently raked in 36 million yen (around US $365,000) in just six months of operations. Two employees and two customers were arrested in a police raid on the premises, a …
Online gambling went to full throttle in Delaware Friday after a week-long “soft launch” period of practical testing with selected players that revealed no serious flaws in the systems. Lottery officials revealed that around m125 players had registered and participated in the intrastate soft launch, a number that is now expected to increase as companies …
The big industry news breaking late Friday in the United States was the release of a list of internet companies that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has deemed suitable for intrastate online gambling operations in partnership with Atlantic City casinos. The list names Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, Caesars Interactive Entertainment, 888, Bally Technologies, Ultimate …
The Eastern European land and online betting group Fortuna’s latest set of results demonstrate yet again how important digital, and particularly mobile, betting on sports has become. Fortuna Entertainment Group results in the nine months of 2013 to end September were boosted substantially by a 40.1 percent y-on-y rise in online and mobile gross win, …
With the Dutch legalised online gambling market scheduled for launch in 2015, the latest land and online collaboration is a partnership involving land gambling operator Krijco and veteran e-gaming platforms supplier TAIN. The latter will supply KrijcoOnline with online casino, sportsbook and payment services, including mobile gambling facilities, once the market is opened, and in …
The Swedish online casino operator Mr Green has posted a stellar third quarter and year to date report, recording a 50 percent rise in revenues year-on-year and confidence in continued strong growth. For the first nine months, Mr Green & Co AB experienced a very high rate of growth both in terms of game win …
Geocomply, a geolocation company, has received the approval of the New Jersey online gambling regulator as an Ancillary Casino Service Industry Enterprise, the company announced Friday. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) approval places GeoComply one step closer to entering New Jersey’s regulated market, making it possible for the company to finalise contracts …
The information services provider Experian has partnered with charity online gaming site Jaro.com to provide age and ID verification facilities. Jaro is an innovative online game with ambitions to become the world’s largest single annual fundraising initiative with prize money of $1 billion. Gary Wood, md at Experian Decision Analytics said Friday: “Jaro is a …
The Casino Comparer.com website has reached its first significant target, adding the details of the 300th online casino to its database this week. The site is aiming ultimately to catalogue every casino available on the Web and provide prospective players with details of ownership, licensing and game software lists. The database is the brainchild of …
Right on schedule, the state of Delaware will open its legalised online gambling activity today (Friday November 8) after a brief soft launch earlier this week using 888 software and involving invited players . Online poker and casino games powered by 888 are offered at three Delaware Lottery websites; Harrington, Delaware Park and Dover Downs. …
Chase and Kristin Burns, the owners of International Internet Technologies, an Oklahoma-based software company that supplied the Allied Veterans of America internet cafe gambling enterprise busted by Florida police have found the association an expensive one; this week they settled with the state of Oklahoma to the tune of $3.5 million. It could have been …
The Swedish online gambling group Cherry has acquired 49 percent of the shares in Curacao-based Internet gaming company Web Resorts NV. The company owns several domains including NordicSlots.com and NorgesSpill.com, which offer online casino action powered by BetSoft Gaming. Cherry will pay Euro 3.3 million in a cash consideration, and an additional performance based purchase …
The U.S. land and online gambling company International Game Technology has posted its Q4-2013 results, highlighting the following achievements for fiscal 2013: * Total revenues increased 9 percent over the same period last year to $2.34 billion, with social gaming a major contributor. * Social gaming revenues increased 151 percent to $219 million and average …
A 27-year-old accounts manager at Cisco in the UK has been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to defrauding his clients out of a total of GBP 130,000 and using most of it to feed his online gambling habit. Leigh Jones was earning anything between GBP 50,000 and GBP 100,000 a year in Northwich …
The Montreal-based online gambling content provider Amaya Gaming Group Inc. confirmed Thursday that it has entered into a licensing agreement to provide a wide selection of online casino gaming content to Bwin.Party in New Jersey, subject to all applicable jurisdictional licensing requirements and regulatory approvals. Online gaming websites provided by Bwin.Party to its licensed gaming …
Surprise developments at Malta online gambling regulator Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) are certain to trigger industry speculation as the apparently sudden resignation of chairman Mario Galea and CEO Reuben Portanier sinks in. No reasons were given for the resignations, which were announced by the Malta government parliamentary secretary for competitiveness Edward Zammit Lewis, who …
New Jersey land casino Tropicana is ready for its online gambling debut when the state’s new regulations come into force later this month, and the website is now open for players to register for the soft launch that will precede the full monty scheduled for November 26. To register, punters must be at least 21 …
Less than a year after backing out of its deal with Pokerstars parent Rational Group, and making off with around $15 million of Rational’s money, the Atlantic Club casino in Atlantic City is about to file for bankruptcy, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Our readers will recall that Rational Group, motivated …
The UK Parliament has invited submissions from those who have “a special interest” in the proposed Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill. Bill 2013-14 passed its second reading this week and now moves on to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee for “detailed examination”. Interested parties are encouraged to submit written evidence, which will be …
US-based games developer High 5 Games as announced the appointment of Lorin Jameson to its executive team as vice president of technology. Jameson joins the firm with an impressive career history, having most recently served as Sony Online Entertainment’s head of studio and executive director of development in Austin, Texas for the past 8 years. …