Third quarter 2013 results were posted by Swedish online gambling group Betsson on Friday, reporting the following highlights: * Revenues up 14 percent year-on-year to SEK 603.4 (529.5) million. * Operating income rose 27 percent to SEK 152.2 (120.0) million. * Gross turnover in Sportsbook at SEK 3,398.5 (2,921.4) million, an increase of 16 percent. …
Albania leftist prime minister, Edi Rama has threatened to shut down online gambling sites operating in Albania, complaining that his countrymen spend between Euro 500 – 600 million a year, money that leaves the country. Rama said Friday that his coalition government intends to draw up legislation banning offshore betting websites in a bid to …
The contentious subject of Fixed Odds Betting Terminals in retail betting shops was raised in Prime Minister’s Questions in the UK Commons this week, with Labour MP Tom Watson suggesting that the machines were addictive and should be the subject of a review. According to BBC reports the PM’s response was couched in rather vague …
British online sports content provider Inspired Gaming Group has announced a retail and online content agreement with Nigerian operator 1960Bet, which the UK company claims is Nigeria’s largest sports betting operator with over 600 betting shops, and online and mobile betting sites at 1960bet.ng, 1960bet.ng/Mobile and Betland.com. Inspired will supply 1960Bet with virtual sports content, …
Despite the hostile legal and political climate still pervading the USA, Americans continued to visit online gambling sites, according to latest comScore Media Metrix statistics as reported by mGamingWatch. Over the summer period August and September 2013 there were sufficient visitors to online gambling sites to keep the genre in the Top Ten list of …
Gibraltar-based online gambling group 32Red has announced that marketing exec Matthew Booth is back in the company fold after a six year absence with Betfair plc as marketing director and global head of brand. Booth (38) takes up the new position of commercial director at 32Red and will join the board of directors on November …
Back in May this year the UK land and online gambling group Ladbrokes announced that William Hill exec Jim Mullen would be joining the company later in the year. That appointment comes to fruition in a few days’ time when Mullen takes up his Ladbrokes responsibilities as director of digital operations, reporting to group CEO …
Net Entertainment’s regular instant millionaire maker progressive slot Mega Fortune has been hit again, this time delivering a Euro 3.2 million windfall to a 30-year-old Finnish online punter playing at Paf casino from the Western Finland area. The prize was landed on Tuesday 22 October and is the fifth largest for the Åland-based Paf. This …
Locus Gaming’s Jack Gold Casino brand is to feature in a new set of television adverts as part of ambitious plans to raise awareness of the mobile-focused offering. In conjunction with the promotion, parent company Locus Gaming will be giving away a solid gold bar worth GBP 30,000 to one lucky customer who deposits and …
The major British bookmakers have signed a ground-breaking four-year funding deal with the horse racing industry that will see an additional GBP 18 million paid in voluntary tranches to the horse racing levy in a four-year deal. The Guardian newspaper reports that the deal between the racing and betting industries could see prize money reach …
Swedish betting group Betsson AB said in a statement Friday that one of its subsidiaries has chosen today to launch a product dubbed 1X2 (EttKryssTvå), which it claims could represent one of the biggest changes in the Swedish gaming market in 80 years. “In 1X2 the customer bets on the outcome in 13 selected football …
Two weeks ago the online gambling information site Calvin Ayre.com published an extraordinary attack on several former Bodog executives and managers that it claimed had been involved in criminal activity in the Philippines; this week that report was vindicated when Philippines enforcement agencies instituted criminal charges of high-value theft. Those named so far in the …
Italian online casino, bingo, poker and sports betting operator Admiral Interactive in the Novomatic group has announced that its subsidiary SportYes has clinched a 2013-2014 season sponsorship deal with Serie A Italian football club Livorno. The agreement – SportYes’s first – includes advertising and promotional opportunities at the club’s Armando Picchi stadium. Admiral Interactive chief, …
Republican State Assemblyman John Amodeo ignited considerable interest at the World Regulatory Briefing in Philadelphia this week when he revealed that he had proposed legislation that would allow internet gambling software and hardware to be located within New Jersey, but outside the boundaries of Atlantic City, creating an opportunity for the Garden State to become …
Three South Carolina-based directors of an internet cafe operation that ran branches in Florida shuttered by state investigators on gambling allegations in March this year have agreed to plead guilty to gambling related felony charges. The publication Keys.net reports that Gulf Internet Services officials Michael Graham, Joseph Harrington and Elaine Harrington of South Carolina have …
The Seattle-based games developer FlowPlay has entered the competitive social casino sector with an immersive, free-to-play MMORPG casino product branded “Vegas World”. FlowPlay is a developer started by former RealNetworks general manager Derrick Morton several years ago, and incorporates environmental features that go beyond avatars, allowing players to use virtual cash to gamble, hire a …
Subject to approval by the Tynwald, the Isle of Man’s ancient parliament, new legislation affecting online gambling is due to come into force on the island early next year. The Isle of Man Gambling Duty Act 2012 received Royal Assent in October 2012, and replaces the former general betting duty, pool betting duty and online …
The latest investor in the dedicated pay television service Racing Post Greyhound TV is major British bookie corporate Betfred, which this week took out a shareholding in the daily racing service through its subsidiary Totepool. The investment makes RPGTV available throughout Betfred’s extensive UK retail betting shop network and will be included in the company’s …
The Swedish online gambling software developer Net Entertainment has issued a preview of its next online slot release, titled Secret of the Stones and themed on the mysterious Stonehenge prehistoric rock structure in England. Player are challenged to unlock the mysteries of a stone garden in the 5-reels, 3-rows game, which features Wild substitutions and …
World Series baseball is currently in progress in the United States, and games developer Nuworks has timed its latest release to coincide with the wave of interest that the season invariably triggers. Batter Up! is the new release, a baseball-themed 25 line slot with Major, Minor and Mini Jackpots and a number of features including …
Speaking at the World Regulatory Briefing in Philadelphia this week, Florida state Representative Jim Walden offered both hope and caution in regard to another attempt at online lottery gambling legalisation recently launched in the Legislature in his state. On the one hand he was confident that Florida’s large (19 million) population and fondness for a …
A press release from the Antigua government Wednesday reveals the next move by the Caribbean nation in its long-running World Trade Organisation fight over online gambling with the United States . The island government has a “WTO Remedies Implementation Committee” working on its response to America’s continuing intransigence, comprising a team of heavyweight specialists and …
Only two of Atlantic City’s land casino operators – Revel and Atlantic Club – have remained aloof from the excitement of online gambling licence applications in New Jersey, stimulating speculation on who they might partner with when they make their moves. That speculation was calmed this week when legal representative Lloyd Levenson said that neither …
The possibility of online sports betting in mainland China was raised this week in an interesting article published in the Macau Business Daily on efforts by a company titled 500.com Limited to launch an IPO in the United States in a bid to raise $150 million. The word is that 500.com has the tacit approval …