Plus-Five Gaming has partnered with Swedish invoice based payment solution provider PugglePay. Plus-Five‘s integration of the quirkily named payment solutions provider will take place during the month of June and will initially be rolled out on new Swedish white label svenskavinnare.com before being made available to all Plus-Five brands operating in Sweden. svenskavinnare.com and norskevinnere.com …
Genesis Gaming has announced the launch of three new games titled Taboo Spell, Gothic and Path of the Wizard. The 25-line, 5-reel “Taboo Spell”, designed around a voodoo/bayou theme, features symbols and imagery that include a witch doctor, voodoo dolls and alligators. The game includes an animated Witch Doctor Free Spins feature that shows a …
Scratch card specialist NeoGames has signed a deal with the Portuguese lottery, Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML) to provide it with a wide portfolio of interactive scratch cards and instant win games. Under the brand name Raspadinha, SCML wants to extend its offer from retail to online players, using the portal Jogos Santa …
Chinese police broke up another online gambling ring over the weekend, this one centred on horse race betting and controlled from Hong Kong. The publication Xinhua reports that police in south China’s Guangdong Province announced the weekend arrests Monday, saying that 57 people had been detained in Shenzen and Hong Kong, and that the ring …
The assessment last week by leading business analytical company Morgan Stanley that there’s a good chance that changes in Japanese law could open up gambling in that populous nation has sparked speculation that such a change could include the online and mobile sectors of the market. Observers point to Japan’s advanced technological and communications infrastructure …
In its second online gambling deal in a week, US casino equipment and content supplier Bally Technologies has signed a partnership with European online gambling software developer iSoftBet which will assist Bally in penetrating the European market. iSoftBet serves a number of online gambling operators with its portfolio of over 400 games. Through the agreement …
The UK sports data firm Opta is to be sold to the Perform Group sports media business in a GBP 40 million deal, The Telegraph newspaper reported Monday, claiming that talks were at an advanced stage. Originally known as Sportingstatz, Opta was founded in 1996 by Toby Russell, collecting detailed sporting statistical information which could …
International Game Technology (IGT) and the on line division of Loto Quebec have expanded their games content agreement, bringing a greater selection of games to EspaceJeux.com punters in the Canadian province. IGT has agreed to provide Loto Quebec access to its entire online and mobile games library with a full integration to IGT remote gaming …
The British pubication Racing Post ensured there were no long faces for London’s army of workers Monday morning by unleashing a jamboree of jockeys on unsuspecting Underground users. Riders including Kirsty Milczarek, Mikey Ennis and Jake Greenall swapped their four-legged friends for a Travelcard and less familiar mode of transport, but were still fully clad …
The drive against sweepstakes-style gambling at US internet cafes appears to have spread to Massachusetts, with reports in the Danver and Gloucester media detailing police shutdowns of two arcades in malls in the two towns. The shutdowns are part of a police investigation into internet cafe gambling that has allegedly been authorised by the state …
The new advance deposit wagering (ADW) platform at Yonkers Raceway, Empire City Bets.com, has advised punters that its wagering rewards program has been put on hold pending the approval of the New York State Gaming Commission. Apologising for the delay, Yonkers Raceway told online betting fans this week that the Empire City Bets website was …
Former Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) deputy director Carlos Hernández Riera has been appointed to the top post of Director General at the Spanish online gambling regulator, a promotion from within the organisation that ensures continuity. The organisation has been managed by three deputy directors since the former chief, Enrique Alejo, resigned in …
Li Jun, the thirty-something Chinese creator of the notorious Panda Burns computer virus which created havoc some years ago, served 3 years jail time for his sins and promised to take the straight and narrow option, but he is now in prison again – this time for running an illegal online gambling ring. The Wall …
Online gambling games developer World Match has released another online slot as part of its June 2013 program, launching the multi-line slot Fantasy Island this week. A company spokesman said Friday that the new offering is being made available in several versions featuring differing pay-out levels ‘to meet operator demand.’ “The theme is, as the …
Live dealer technology specialist Evolution Gaming has launched a new Live Casino Hold’em table for Italian gambling group Lottomatica. The game, which can be played in real time online, is the first Live Casino Hold’em to be certified by Italian regulator AAMS and the first to go live. The poker-style game joins Lottomatica’s existing online …
Bee Cave Games announced this week that its Blackjack Casino product has grown quickly to become the top pure-play Blackjack game on Facebook, and that it is now in development for tablet and mobile devices, with an iPad version due for release in July, and iPhone and Android versions later in the northern hemisphere summer. …
Earlier this year the attempt by Pokerstars parent The Rational Group to acquire a land casino in Atlantic City ended in failure when the online poker company was unable to achieve New Jersey licensing within the time stipulated in the acquisition agreement with Atlantic Club owners Colony Capital LLC. By the time the expiry date …
Microgames Networks, a company on which information is sparse, has launched Nairagames.com, billing it as Nigeria’s first online casino featuring instant wins on “wheel of wealth” games and substantial jackpots in Nigerian currency. Microgames Networks m.d., Barry Nyong, says “The new platform is designed to make online gaming as easy as possible, with no software …
The British interactive television gambling company NetPlayTV launched its latest sponsorship this week – an agreement with the Channel Five producers of the Big Brother reality television program, which the company will use to strengthen the brand of subsidiary Supercasino. The show will be aired every night for 11 weeks and SuperCasino.com branded bumpers will …
Online and land gambling casino supplier Bally Technologies, Inc. has signed an agreement with Interblock to integrate that company’s online gaming content into Bally’s i-gaming platform. Interblock is an internationally recognised brand of quality multiplayer gaming machines. The integration of Interblock’s online content will provide land-based casino operators another business-to-business offering that enables them to …
Toby Simmons, the 26-year-old CEO of Aussie social sports betting company Favourit, has announced that his company has expanded into the business-to-business space, leveraging its experience from working with industry giants like Paddy Power and TABcorp. Since launching as a privately funded start-up earlier this year, Favourit has seen outstanding growth in wagering through its …
Twitter was alive with congratulatory tweets Thursday as the news broke that Scarlet Robinson, a respected interactive gaming consultant from Las Vegas, has been hired as new business executive by Caesars Interactive Entertainment. Robinson will be staying in Las Vegas, particularly focused on the evolving online gambling market in the United States. In her tweets …
The Dutch online gambling games developer Sheriff Gaming announced Thursday that it has signed a deal with Panda Media to integrate its entire games portfolio, with Sheriff games soon to be available on the Videoslots.com and Emucasino.com internet gambling websites. Players at both sites will find a variety of 3D slot games that includes games …
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. expects its nLive virtual casino solution will benefit from a new deal it has signed with multi-tenant software-as-a-service company Central Account Management System (CAMS). With the agreement CAMS joins Aristocrat’s stable of third-party suppliers, and its services will simplify and provide significant savings to nLive virtual casino’s operations by aggregating multiple services …