Manchester City Football Club has extended its sponsorship deal with Paddy Power as the Club’s Official Betting Partner for the UK, Ireland and Italy. As part of the two year extension, which runs until the end of the 2014/2015 season, Paddy Power will deliver a tailored online service to Manchester City supporters through a combination …
Following a warning to unlicenced online gambling operators from Colombian gaming authority ColJeugos in March this year, limited pari mutuel sportsbetting has been given the green light in the South American country. According to a ColJuegos statement, an operator will be selected by public tender and a 58 percent minimum payout of gross sales in …
ComTrade Gaming announced the launch of its latest gaming platform this week. iCore, The Enterprise Gaming Platform, comprises staples CRM, payments, loyalty, business intelligence and affiliates but also supports central bonusing over all products. It also allows operators to choose from suppliers for their content. Ales Gornjec, General Manager at ComTrade Gaming said “iCore puts …
NYX Gaming Group has launched its NYX OGS product into the Italian market with remote gaming service provider Microgame. David Flynn, senior vice president business development at NYX Gaming Group said: “This is a monumental step for NYX to take its OGS product into the Italian market. I am thrilled to see our first Italian …
Florida Judge Kenneth Lester, presiding over the high profile Allied Veterans internet cafe gambling case currently running in Jacksonville, has dismissed 50 money laundering charges – part of a total of 100 charges which alleged kingpin Kelly Mathis is facing. Mathis is accused of using the supposedly charitable veterans group as a front for a …
High taxation has been identified as the main reason for substantial overall losses that online gambling operators have suffered in the first year of Spain’s regulated market regime. The trade association JDigital commissioned an independent study by the Deloittes professional business services organisation, the results of which confirm that operators in Spain sustained overall losses …
Our readers will recall the case of Mike Colbert, a Cantor Gaming exec who made the gambling headlines with 24 other persons last year when they were charged with illegal online sports betting associated with Pinnacle Sports by the US Department of Justice. Colbert protested his innocence on serious accusations that included allegations of corruption, …
Rival has introduced its latest five-reel slot titled Scary Rich 3, a ghoulish offer timed for the run up to Halloween. Scary Rich 3 is set in Baron Bluhdsteyn’s haunted mansion where a trio of ghoul hunting investigators explore every nook and cranny. The game embraces all that its scary with symbol iconography that includes …
Aristocrat Technologies will provide its custom B2B online gaming solution nLive virtual casino to long-time partner Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino following a deal sealed this week. Tachi Palace is the first California-based property to contract for an nLive virtual casino. The free-to-play online gaming destination will be designed to compliment the individual branding of …
Finnish state-owned operator Raha-Automaattiyhdistys (RAY) reported a 2.1 percent year-on-year increase in revenue during a presentation of its second four-month 2013 interim financial report this week. Key performance indicators for the 8-month period include: – Revenue increase of 2.1 percent amounting to Euro 520.2 Million. – A profit increase of 4.2 percent amounting to Euro …
Olympia Group-owned online casino, poker and sportsbetting website GEObet has upgraded its poker software following its move to the InstaDeal Network. The website now offers its customers Instadeal’s fast poker product “Speed Poker” along with an upgraded mobile offering for iOS and Android devices. “You can play instantly, in your browser. Or you can download …
Sam Hobcraft, formerly the Director of Gaming at Betfair, has taken up the position of Director of Gaming at The Rational Group, parent company to PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. During his tenure at Betfair and in addition to the Director of Gaming title, Hobcraft held various positions prior that included Product Director of Gaming …
The Dutch gambling authority, Kansspelautoriteit, has renewed Sportech Racing BV’s horse race and harness race betting licence until the end of 2014. Sportech Racing BV will pay a mandatory 2.5 percent of turnover in bets to the Dutch Trotting and Racing Association in return for authorisation to operate in the market.
Casino owners and politicians in Nevada alike will be pleased with the 11.2 percent y-o-y rise in August casino revenues reported Monday by state regulators. Casinos state-wide won $955.3 million from gamblers in August, an increase of $96 million compared with the same month a year ago. Baccarat high rollers made a substantial contribution to …
Leeds, England-based Sky Betting and Gaming has appointed the local Epiphany Group as its search engine optimisation (SEO) partner. The company will manage all aspects of Sky Betting and Gaming’s SEO strategy, including earned media and off-page creative, across its Sky Bet, Sky Poker, Sky Vegas, Sporting Life and Sky Bingo brands, according to BDaily …
Genesis Gaming celebrated the launch of its 500th game instance of slots via Quickfire powered by Microgaming with the launch of its 25-line, multi-featured video slot “Phoenix and the Dragon”. Genesis Gaming said its partnership with Quickfire has proven particularly successful with innovative titles such as Orion, Orc’s Battle, Taboo Spell and Spacebotz. “We believe …
International Game Technology’s licence agreement with Hasbro has yielded the new Transformers: Battle for Cybertron 5-reel, 40-payline slot. Headlining the instantly recognisable metamorphasising robots Optimus Prime, Megatron, Grimlock, Shockwave, Ratchet and Bumblebee, the game features IGT’s FreeFall cascading symbols and a free spins bonus. Players can choose their favourite robot in the free spins bonus …
The Bulgarian online gambling regulator Bulgarian State Commission on Gambling has brought to 142 the number of internet gambling websites on its blacklist, which means that ISP access and local financial transactions could be impeded. Among the latest ten websites to be added to the list as illegal and unlicensed in the Eastern European country …
The many online and mobile gambling companies on the Isle of Man will have expanded hosting services available from Manx Telecom by the end of January 2014 following the completion of a new GBP 10 million data centre in Douglas. The three phase project will deliver a new purpose-built Tier 3 data centre located near …
The British online and land gambling operator Sportech plc has announced a joint venture with fantasy sports developer Picklive that will see the launch of an American-facing gaming product branded Picklive USA next year. Picklive USA will target the rapidly growing U.S. fantasy sports market, worth an estimated $2 billion, through a combination of daily …
The Swedish online gambling software provider Net Entertainment has inked another major deal, this one for desktop and mobile content with UK online and land gambling giant William Hill plc. “We continue to follow our growth strategy in the UK market, and I am very excited that William Hill has selected Net Entertainment as supplier …
The operator of the Satoshi online casino, one of the first the introduce Bitcoin as an acceptable virtual currency, has widened its scope by introducing live dealer action at Satoshilive.com, which it claims is the first fully live Bitcoin casino. Explaining the decision to add live dealer action, a Satoshi spokesman said: “Online gaming is …
Police in Flagstaff, Arizona have been active over the weekend, raiding an internet cafe and two associated residential premises armed with search warrants for illegal online gambling. Spokesman Sgt. Cory Runge told the Associated Press news agency that the raiding party found and seized “hundreds” of computers being used as illegal gambling devices, and $14,000 …
The latest online slot release from online gambling software provider RealTime Gaming has a theme that will have players counter-intuitively hoping for ants in a picnic setting. The 5 reel, 25-line game is titled Small Fortune and is presented in a picnic setting, with colourful graphics depicting all the good food and drink necessary for …