The Reuters news agency reports that July 2013 gambling revenues in Macau have apparently been unaffected by the slowdown in the Chinese economy, delivering the third highest monthly revenue numbers so far this year at 29.5 billion patacas ($3.7 billion). The 20 percent rise in revenue over the month was broadly in line with analyst’s …
Online sportsbetting cases in Connecticut and Lousiana were finalised this week with two defendants sentenced. In Connecticut, U.S. District Judge, Vanessa Bryant, sentenced Domenico Manchisi (65) to six months behind bars for his role in operating an illegal sports gambling business through Costa Rica website 44wager.com. Federal prosecutors said Manchisi’s role involved picking up cash …
Featurespace, a British technology firm spun off from a University of Cambridge engineering department project, says that behavioural analytics allied to machine learning can help identify early stage problem gamblers and arrest the compulsive gambling process. The company says that online gambling sites routinely collect data on the betting patterns of their punters, including details …
Wednesday’s shock announcement that the Greek Independent Administrative Authority’s Hellenic Gaming Commission has issued an online gambling blacklist of 401 internet gambling firms has been followed by an official communication from the Greek regulator, headed “List of sites providing gaming and betting services without authorisation in Greece”. The statement acknowledges that the Hellenic Gaming Commission …
The ambitions of the new Gaming Realms company announced earlier this year have advanced with shareholder approval and an expected listing on London’s AIM market today. The brainchild of Foxy Bingo founders Simon Collins and Patrick Southon, along with former Cashcade entrepreneurs Michael Buckley and Noel Rowse, Gaming Realms starts off on the right foot …
Hard pressed to compete with Greece’s newly proposed 402 strong illegal online gambling blacklist, the Bulgarian Gambling Authority has added another ten to its own. Latest inclusions comprise wagerweb.ag, a clutch of Betsson websites: tobet.com, casinoeuro.com, nordicbet.com, triobet.com and starcasino.it; maxino.com (Nordic Gaming), sportsinteraction.com (S.I.A. Limited), vernons.com (Sportech) and betvictor.com (Victor Chandler International).
Ladbrokes’ latest TV ad is making punters an offer they can’t refuse in its latest “The Godfather” inspired campaign. The marketing initiative directed by creative agency SapientNitro features Italian football pundit Tiziano Crudeli and Chris Kamara who starred in Ladbrokes’ “Game On!” campaign. The first of five ads breaks today showing Crudeli sitting in an …
Seattle-based RealNetworks has backed up its GameHouse Plus real-money social gaming launch earlier this week with the acquisition of popular social casino games developer Slingo Inc. for a $15.6 million consideration. Slingo is a unique combination of bingo and slots boasting a following of 4.5 million Facebook players per month along with mobile and terrestrial …
Russian authorities have clamped down on an illegal online gambling operation that is estimated to have brought in 50 million rubles ($1.5 million) per day, the Russian Ministry of the Interior said Wednesday. The illegal operation was allegedly carried out in Russia and abroad under the guise of bookmaking by an un-named operator who holds …
EveryMatrix has taken NYX Interactive’s NYX OGS live on Jetbull.com, the culmination of a deal signed earlier this year. NYX OGS and the mobile offering MOVE powered by NYX OGS will be rolled out across EveryMatrix’s customer base over the coming weeks. NYX games have reportedly taken a top spot among EveryMatrix’s twelve casino vendors …
Online gaming firm Bodog Asia has entered into a sponsorship deal that will see it feature prominently over the course of the 2013 FIBA Asia Basketball Championship due to kick off August 1, 2013. The deal is reportedly a six-figure sponsorship that will additionally include in-stadia LED and perimeter board advertising. “Not only is the …
The Nevada Gaming Control Board (GCB) has announced the appointment of Karl Bennison as Chief of the Enforcement Division succeeding Jerry Markling who is retiring at the end of August. Bennison currently hold the position of Northern Nevada Deputy Chief of Enforcement. He has worked for the GCB for over eighteen years and began in …
Gaming technology supplier Aristocrat has launched its first Facebook app since acquiring casino publisher Product Madness late last year. The social app titled Heart of Vegas features free-to-play versions of several of Aristocrat’s slots. Heart of Vegas has apparently been met with enthusiasm by social slot fans with a reported 500 000 installs in just …
The Greek government sprang a nasty holiday surprise on the market Tuesday, releasing its online gambling blacklist and warning financial institutions and ISPs to block some 402 online gambling websites. Local players immediately noted the apparently uninformed nature of the long list of websites, with some blogs included. However the list, which is clearly intended …
CNBC’s announcement to the Television Critics Association over the weekend that it is to launch a reality television series on sports betting has generated a storm of criticism….not for the concept, but for the man the network has chosen to anchor the show – a man few seem to know named Steve Stevens. A growing …
Back in March this year Seattle-based RealNetworks publicised its intention to get into the social gambling scene on Facebook with a free-to-play product titled GameHouse Casino, featuring over a dozen games. This week the company took the product a step further with its announcement that it has launched real-money action through GameHouse Plus, with monthly …
The Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment group’s share price received a moderate boost Tuesday following a Financial Times report that the group was considering the formation of a separate entity to tackle the legally “grey” online gambling markets its management has hitherto publicly eschewed. Bwin.Party has made much of its regulated markets only focus and quality over …
A senior Dutch civil servant is to head the Kansspelautoriteit regulator in the Netherlands, responsible for online and land gambling regulatory and licensing matters. Marja Appelman (41), who has previously served in management capacities in the Dutch Healthcare Authority, the Central Planning Bureau, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Dutch Competition Authority. has been …
The British Internet gaming system and gaming software provider GameAccount has announced the submission of Ainsworth Game Technology online casino slots to the New Jersey Department of Gaming Enforcement, positioning Ainsworth to secure online market share from ‘day one’ of the New Jersey Internet gaming market. Under the terms of a multi-year development and distribution …
The big story stateside on Tuesday was the 37 companies that New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement announced had submitted applications for intrastate online gambling licensing when applications closed. The list included all 12 of the Atlantic City land casino operators keen to offer online gambling, along with technology software, marketing, telecommunications and other service …
Camelot, operator of the United Kingdom’s National Lottery, will double ticket prices for its weekly draws from GBP 1 to GBP 2 from October 3, 2013, it said Tuesday. Camelot said the increase would raise the amount it contributes to good causes while increasing prizes for punters. The increase, initially proposed in January 2013, is …
The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has signed an agreement for the exclusive right to operate the Hellenic Republic’s State Lotteries for a 12 year period with Hellenic Lotteries SA, a consortium of gambling monopoly OPAP (67 percent), Intralot lotteries Limited (16.5 percent) and Scientific Games Global Gaming S.a.r.l. (16.5 percent); and the only …
English soccer club Swansea City has entered into a new exclusive partnership with SBOBET who has become the team’s official Asian betting partner for the upcoming Premier League season. “This is an exciting partnership that will help spread the Swans name throughout the world,” said Leigh Dineen, vice chairman at Swansea City. “There is huge …
Williams Interactive LLC, the interactive business unit owned by WMS Industries Inc. has launched its Play4Fun Network iGaming and Marketing platform in partnership with Washington State – situated Snoqualmie Casino. Williams Interactive said the Play4Fun Network is a first-of-its-kind B2B white-label free-play online gaming and marketing platform designed with the tools and capabilities land-based casinos …