UK bookmaker bet365 has become the new headline sponsor for The Racecourse Newbury’s Hennessy Heritage Festival in a newly signed long term agreement. bet365 joins prominent cognac producer Hennessy as an official sponsor and will headline races across the three days starting November 28, 2014 including the Grade Two bet365 Long Distance Hurdle. Denise Coates, …
The inaugural iGaming Legislative Symposium at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel in Sacramento on February 27, 2014 expects attendance from state legislators, tribal and commercial gaming operators, internet gaming specialists and gaming regulators. According to Spectrum Gaming Group and Pechanga, co-hosts of the initiative, the legalisation of iGaming in the State of California will be …
Boyd Interactive Gaming, MGM Resorts Online LLC and Golden Nugget have applied for a second waiver of the six month time limitation set by the Nevada State Gaming Control Board (NGCB) to have their online operations up and running from date of licence award. The applications will be heard in the NGCB’s meeting scheduled for …
According to the Swedish Lotteri Inspektione, the advertising authority Reklamombudsmanen has ruled that a Unibet outdoor advertising campaign featuring the text “play for $100 risk free at Sweden’s largest gaming site” is socially irresponsible as it gives the impression that it is safe to play and that Unibet is the largest operator in Sweden. Similarly …
An audit is underway following a joint operation carried out by Kansspelautoriteit, the Dutch Gambling Authority, and the Police at four catering establishments in the Netherlands. The audit specifically focuses around the time of Champions League Football events where betting is traditionally higher and the Kansspelautoriteit said that the providers of the illegal games played …
Jackpot Capital has released RealTime Gaming’s “Enchanted Garden” to its mobile portfolio for iPhone and iPad. The five-reel, 20-payline game is themed on a magical garden using unicorns, fairies and butterflies for its iconography. Enchanted Garden offers Wilds, Scatters, Bonus Spins and a randomly awarded progressive jackpot. Net Entertainment’s popular Starburst game has been launched …
Bookmaker Coral has launched a new boxing-themed TV Campaign developed by DLKW Lowe. The “cornerman” campaign comprises two TV ads featuring Enzo Calzaghe – a boxing trainer, cornerman and the father of Joe Calzaghe, the retired Welsh professional boxer. The first of the 30-second ad spots feature a man on his sofa watching TV. During …
The popular US gambling publication Las Vegas Review-Journal gave Gibraltar-based online gambling firm 888 Holdings a publicity boost over the weekend, pointing out its strong strategic positioning in the burgeoning American internet gambling market and its firm foothold in the three states that have so far legalised the pastime – Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey. …
Far-horizon planning by online gambling strategists may have to incorporate a significant Japanese dimension soon as politicians in that country move closer to legalising land gambling, and with it the possibility of online regulation at some future point. Reuters reports that moves to introduce a land casino legalisation bill are gathering momentum after more than …
Two more online gambling websites have been added to the Belgian Gaming Commission’s blacklist for ISP and bank sanctions: the Curacao-licensed Casino Midas.com, and Onextwo.com – a Malta licensed sportsbook. The new ‘unlicensed and illegal’ additions take the number of websites listed to 82. It is by no means certain that ISPs will follow through …
The U.S. Virgin Islands has used online gambling licensing legislation put on the books as far back as 2001 only sparingly, but that could be about to change following a decision by the 30th state legislature last week to approve changes to the existing Virgin Islands Internet Gaming and Internet Gambling Act. The local Virgin …
Portuguese punters may soon be able to enjoy a wider choice beyond the monopoly of Santa Case de Misericordia de Lisboa in legal online gambling….current media reports from the EU nation indicate that government has an appetite for reform, if only to generate additional revenues for its cash-strapped coffers. Earlier this week the government announced …
Setting up an illegal and presumably unlicensed online gambling operation in Malta, one of the largest online gambling regulatory jurisdictions in the business, is either audacious or just plain silly, as an operator discovered Friday when the police Economic Crimes Unit, assisted by the Criminal Investigations Department and Rapid Intervention Unit, pounced simultaneously on six …
After months of conjecture on whether New Jersey regulators will be ready to push the “go” button on internet gambling on November 26, the state Gaming Enforcement Division confirmed Friday that it’s prepared, and that licensed operators will be able to start up for invited guests only in a five day soft launch to test …
Making the Irish media headlines Thursday was the announcement that Premier Lotteries Ireland, a consortium comprising the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, parent of the British national lottery operator Camelot, and the Irish postal authority AnPost are the preferred bidders for a 20-year contract to operate the Irish National Lottery. Early media reports suggest that the …
The Unibet online gambling group has announced its first Australian sports sponsorship agreement, a 3-year shirt sponsorship deal with the Australian National Rugby League club, the Parramatta Eels. Unibet shares sponsorship honours with a local property developer in agreements totalling a million Australian dollars. The political climate in the Australian sports sector is particularly sensitive …
Casino Enterprises, which formerly operated the Piggs Peak land and online casino enterprises, has returned its gambling operator licence to the Swaziland government, saying that it has decided to cease involvement in Piggs Peak following legal decisions in neighbouring South Africa which crippled its online gambling business. A government agency will now take over the …
French betting group and sportsbook technology provider France Pari reported a positive Q3-2013 performance from both its business-to-consumer and business-to-business activities this week, advising that revenues rose 24 percent to Euro 3.25 million (Q3-2012: Euro 2.65 million). Gross gaming revenues reached Euro 600,000, with wagers placed up by over 20 percent. The company experienced a …
Arguing the positive aspects of legalised online wagering on the Atlantic Lottery before the Crown Corporations committee of the New Brunswick Legislature this week, Atlantic Lottery chief Brent Scrimshaw claimed that the lottery lost $64-million dollars to online gambling sites last year. Using the UK site Bet365 as an example, Scrimshaw said that it was …
The Washington political newspaper The Hill carried an op-ed article Thursday written by Chris Thom, chairman of Secure Trading, Inc and for eleven years the main man on risk matters at MasterCard. In the piece Thom says it’s past time for Congress to come up with a federal solution to online gambling, and that modern …
Online punters with a penchant for Net Entertainment slots will be looking forward to the November release of a new game currently nearing completion titled Twin Spin. The company claims that it has incorporated an innovative idea in the game, in that each spin starts with identical, adjacent twin reels that are linked together. During …
Canada’s Atlantic provinces, working through the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, will soon use the Internet to sell tickets for six games, including 6/49, Payday and Lotto Super 7, reports the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The web-based gaming system will be the first of its kind in Canada, the publication reports, noting that the Lottery has been studying …
UK’s biggest gambling group, William Hill plc, which recently expanded in both the United States and Australia on the back of excellent online and mobile gambling results has suffered a 28 percent decline in digital division profits despite a boost from mobile operations. The group posted growth in key areas, led largely by Sportsbook operations, …
The Dutch state land gambling monopoly Holland Casino Group has been put under direct supervision because its finances are in such poor shape, the Financieele Dagblad reported Thursday. DutchNews.nl expanded on the story, revealing that the monopoly is set to cut a further 150 jobs and reduce staff benefits and incentives in an attempt to …