WMS Gaming’s operational website Jackpot Party has launched its latest 5-reel, 30-payline slot title “Zanzibar”. Using the tropical destination as its backdrop, features of the new game include Wilds, Oasis Wilds, Replicating Wilds, Free Spins and Scatters. Zanzibar is a land-based fav adapted to online and while presently available for play at Jackpot Party, Unibet …
Cherry has released its third interim report for the nine month period ending September 30, 2013. The company reported good growth in its online gaming interests of 32 percent, achieved through a significant investment in marketing which has negatively affected profit in the short term. Key highlights for the three month period ending September 30, …
Former Bodog exec Robert Gustafsson’s troubles increased further Tuesday with the news that Philippines enforcement officials have added further charges to those he already faces of high-value criminal activity . Global Internal Audit (Asset Management Group) auditors have apparently uncovered further irregularities involving Gustafsson, former CFO Arleen Aldaba, Sherwin Quiambao and Sylvia De Guzman. The …
Speaking at the 2013 Mobile and Tablet Gaming Summit in London this week, Twitter’s Dara Nasr gave delegates a few tips on improving their marketing penetration. He singled out Paddy Power and Betfair as especially adept at powering up their advertising by using the social networking channel, and recommended that online gambling marketers who launch …
With the November 26 launch date for legalised online gambling in New Jersey now on the horizon, the Golden Nugget Casino has started giving selected players a heads up on its arrangements to be among the first to open in the new market. The company’s free-to-play place holder has been moved to a .net website …
Jim Mullen, the new head of Digital at online and land gambling group Ladbrokes, is making his presence felt with reports from insiders indicating that he has brought forward, albeit initially in a lighter version, the launch of the company’s new betting exchange product . The reports indicate that the launch, originally scheduled for Q1 …
Betable, a London-based startup providing real-money gambling tools to game developers, raised $18.5 million in a round of funding led by Venture51, Christopher Griffin, Betable’s chief executive officer reported this week. Previous backers Greylock Partners and Founders Fund also contributed to the round, which brings Betable’s total financing to $23 million. Betable provides software code …
Legislation that will compel all online gambling operators seeking to access the UK punter to take out secondary licensing and pay taxes in Britain has sailed through its second reading in parliament with more general than specific discussion and few problems. The Gambling (Licensing & Advertising) Bill appears to have cross-party support and is likely …
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has released a list of preliminary approvals to twelve ancillary casino service industry enterprises (CSIE) and forty-two internet gaming related vendor registrants prior to the State’s internet gaming launch scheduled for November 26, 2013. CSIE’s who are authorised to engage with casino licencees and internet gaming licence …
Isle of Man-licenced peer-to-peer sports betting network Tailorbet has appointed Dominic Atkinson to the role of commercial director. Atkinson joins the firm from Satellite Information Services (SIS) where he has held the position of head of business since 2011. He is tasked with assuming responsibility for Tailorbet’s commercial proposition to the sports betting marketplace as …
According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory filing, executive vice president of International Game Technology’s (IGT) Interactive Group, Robert Melendres, has notified the company of his intention to resign following a change in responsibilities that sees him reporting to John Vandemore, IGT’s executive vice president emerging business, chief financial officer and treasurer. IGT …
UK social games provider Plumbee integrated its eleventh game titled “Firestorm” in its Mirrorball Slots app on Facebook this week. The game, developed by Quickspin, is an Aztec-themed offering featuring scatters, locking re-spins, wilds, wild scatters and additional locking symbols. “With Firestorm we wanted to capture the essence of what truly makes a great video …
Microgaming has launched its popular Thunderstruck II slot on HTML5, a milestone for Microgaming as the game becomes available across all platforms. The game was originally launched in 2010 on the casino platform, and then extended through Quickfire, land-based platform BetStone and Microgaming’s multi-player platform. Earlier this year, the game launched on mobile with Android …
Sportradar will monitor Cricket Australia’s Ryobi Cup, BUPA Sheffield Shield and KFC Big Bash T20 League domestic competitions in an integrity partnership deal announced Tuesday. Sportadar’s Fraud Detection System (FDS) will monitor the cricket competitions for signs of betting-related corruption and fraudulent activity constituting a vital step in Cricket Australia’s integrity programme. The company’s FDS …
Swedish gambling firm Unibet Group plc presented impressive results in its interim report for the nine-month period January 1 to September 30, 2013. The company reported mobile revenues representing 23 percent of gross winnings revenue for the third quarter compared to just 8 percent for the same period last year. Key performance indicators for the …
mybet Holding SE’s Supervisory Board has announced the appointment of Monika Fiala (48) as interim chief financial officer. Fiala will take control of the Finance Division for an initial contract of six months. A longer-term decision will be taken at a later date, the company said. In related news, Clemens Jakopitsch retired from the Supervisory …
The publication North Jersey.com reports that four other U.S. states have reiterated their formal support for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s efforts last week to gain a re-hearing of a sports betting lawsuit at the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. Christie’s request for a re-hearing before a full panel of judges has resonated …
The UK Gambling Commission has published the results of its latest routine survey of British gambling participation, again conducted by ICM Research and covering the quarter to end September 2013. * An average of 55 percent of respondents had participated in at least one form of gambling in the previous four weeks, down 2 percent …
A survey conducted in the UK by Ipsos MORI at the behest of the National Lottery shows that latest figures for 11-15 year olds who say they played National Lottery games have dropped from 7 percent last year to an all-time low of 5 percent in 2013, whilst the overall rate of gambling by 11-15 …
In its consultation with operators over the submission of confidential business information in the form of online returns reportage, the UK Gambling Commission has hastened to reassure licensees that it has a fully safe and secure system that will safeguard the data they are required to submit. “Concerns have previously been raised over the security …
Slots Empires is the latest social casino offering from Renatus Media, developers of SlotoBoom. The graphic-rich app is available through Facebook or for download from the Apple App Store. It is inspired by the Aztec, Trojan, Atlantis and Viking ancients and is a time travel game that crosses five ancient regions. Slots Empires is the …
GTECH S.p.A. subsidiaries SPIELO International UK Limited and Boss Media AB have completed the deal with HCL Technologies Limited and HCL Sweden AB providing for the transfer of 143 Sweden-based Boss Media employees to HCL . Further terms of the agreement were met in that HCL will provide SPIELO with certain technical operations services which …
Live dealer casino game provider, Visionary iGaming has fully integrated its live games and gone live with Juega EnLinea across Latin American markets. ViG’s live dealer offering in English and Spanish is “by far the most localized live offering in LATAM”, said Gerardo Alcega, chief operating officer of JeugaEnLinea. Live dealer games have driven top …
London-based social network technology solutions provider Glow Digital Media (Glow), has expanded further into the U.S. market with the launch of its New York office, this week Glow boasts of being one of only fourteen Facebook strategic Preferred Marketing Developers (SPMD) and opened an office in Los Angeles earlier this year to promote Glow Machine, …