The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that New Jersey State’s sports betting law, signed in by Governor Chris Christie last year, conflicts with 1993 Federal Statute – the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) restricting State-sanctioned sports betting to Nevada, Oregon, Delaware, and Montana. This court action is the …
Cape Town, South Africa-based BetTech Gaming has launched a new fully managed online gambling service that it claims enables potential operators to launch a customised betting and gaming operation within a month. BetTech is touting its Fully Managed Solution (FMS) as a cost-effective “business in a box” offering that provides a fast and hassle-free entry …
The respected Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reports that Japanese police are concerned that the popularity of internet gambling in the Asian country is attracting the involvement of the ‘yakuza’ (organised crime groups). It’s perhaps a message that reinforces the need for regulated and licensed online gambling in the populous country, where there have recently been …
The Israeli taxman may be putting the cart in front of the horse if he tries to tax transactions in the virtual currency Bitcoin, given that the country has yet to recognise the virtual cash as an official currency, but he’s looking the possibilities over, according to a report this week in the business publication …
Genesis Gaming has launched its 500th game titled “Phoenix and the Dragon” on the Quickfire, powered by Microgaming, platform. “Phoenix and the Dragon” is a 25-line, multi-featured, graphic-rich video slot that takes the player on a water-colour illustrated journey through an ancient Chinese myth. Two bonus features titled “Dragon Cloud” and “Phoenix Free Spins” are …
Live dealer specialist Evolution Gaming has expanded its operations with a new Live Casino studio in Malta developed to accommodate its expanding native speaking dealer services for gaming operators. The studio is scheduled to go live in the first quarter of 2014 and will house Evolution’s international dealer teams, native speaking dealer tables such as …
Innovative Argentinean gaming studio Leander Games has debuted a host of new games. “Dolly” is a 5-reel, 40-fixed payline game themed on the iconic country singer Dolly Parton. The slot features Extended Wilds, a Butterfly Super Extra Wild and three different bonus games titled “9 to 5”, “Heartbreak Express and “Dolly’s Albums. The 5-reel, 20-payline …
NMi Gaming has been accredited to approve all categories of online and land based gaming by the Gaming, Policy, and Enforcement Branch (GPEB) of British Columbia, Canada. Andrew Rosewarne, Director, NMi Gaming: “NMi are pleased and proud to be able to offer testing in British Columbia. The accreditation follows an extensive audit by GPEB spanning …
The Remote Gambling Association (RGA) has revealed the conclusions of a KPMG study it commissioned on the UK Government’s proposed place of consumption (POC) tax of 15 percent on gross profit. The study concluded that HM Treasury’s POC tax regime for online gambling “is likely to fail to achieve its aims unless the rate of …
Head of Operations for Irish bookmaker Paddy Power William Reeve has stepped down to pursue other business opportunities in Britain, the Sunday Independent reports. Reeve has been with Paddy Power for around a year but filled a non-executive director seat for around two years prior at the bookmaker. A serial internet entrepreneur, Reeve co-founded online …
Social casino firm Plumbee as added The Three Musketeers to its Mirrorball Slots app on Facebook. The slot developed by Swedish games developer Quickspin is the tenth game to be added to the app which boasts 500 000 downloads of its iOS version following release two months ago. “We think the overall polish and game …
The departure of Ladbrokes’ customer experience director and chief marketer Stephen Vowles earlier this year has prompted a reshuffle of the company’s marketing team. According to Marketing Week, Ladbrokes has chosen not to replace Vowles but has opted to hand over its digital marketing activity to online partner Playtech. Its traditional marketing activity will remain …
Sports and betting related data provider and Sportradar brand Betradar has extended its live betting programme with Live Odds for Darts and Rugby Union. The launch of Live Odds services for Darts and Rugby Union extends Betradar’s live coverage to 13 sports. Live production of Rugby Union events already began at the end of August …
UK bookmaker Betfred has initiated a new brand strategy and creative direction as part of a GBP 10 million investment targeted at the UK market. The betting brand said it would focus on the recreational and fun nature of the customer experience along with flagship products Goals Galore, Double Delight and Hat-Trick Heaven in a …
Perhaps it’s the accessibility and ease of having a flutter online that is responsible, but UK bookies are reporting rising public interest in placing a wager on the possible winners of major cultural events such as the Mercury music awards or the Man Booker literary accolade. In a feature article over the weekend in The …
A US football scholarship that ended in injury turned out to be a fortunate development for 28-year-old Scots entrepreneur Andy Meikle; his exposure to business and sports betting spurred him to form a social sports website earlier this year that already has a staff of 14 and is growing fast, catching the eye of several …
An elderly Oklahoma City bar owner and her boyfriend were arrested Friday on charges of facilitating illegal online sports betting by using the bar premises to collect money and pay out winnings, according to court documents. The Oklahoman reports that Bernard Edward Horrigan (64) was charged with felony commercial gambling and Connie Sue Kelley, (61) …
Argentine police in Buenos Aires have reported the arrest Friday of a 19-year-old local man they characterise as a “super hacker” whom they claim hacked into online gaming and international money transfer sites with criminal intent. Investigations have shown that the young hacker was making around $50,000 a month from his criminal activity, leading a …
Applicants hoping for online gambling licenses in New Jersey who have not properly completed their paperwork received a wakeup call from the state Division of Gaming Enforcement this week, which circulated a letter warning that incomplete applications could slow down the approval process, and asking for details of the official responsible for the application process …
LaserLock Technologies, a high tech company involved in authenticating products and persons, announced Friday that it has filed a provisional patent application entitled “System For Correlation of Independent Authentication Mechanisms”. A company spokesman said that the system authenticates human subjects using three independent factors simultaneously, creating a simple user experience and a higher degree of …
A new study by researcher Companies and Markets.com predicts that the global casino gaming industry will achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in revenues of around 9.2 percent per annum, with the fastest growth coming from Asia Pacific (18.3 percent) and Latin America (8.1 percent). The US market is expected to grow at 5 …
Worcestershire, UK-based The Weather Lottery has acquired another Isle of Man business for more than GBP 420,000 and appointed a new chief operating officer. In acquiring payment processor Sormelle, the company said it said was the next important element of its strategy of buying or developing new gaming and payment products. Sormelle, through its wholly …
A report on rumours that internet leviathan Google is considering an acquisition move on struggling online gambling group Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment was enough to boost the gambling group’s share price late Thursday as the news spread. Geoff Foster of the UK publication This is Money set things in motion in reporting on the rumour, which …
Win, the social games developer owned by the Bwin.Party online gambling group, has launched its latest product, branded Stardust Casino, which it claims “…re-lives the glory days of one of the Las Vegas Strip’s most fabled casinos.” Developed in partnership with Boyd Gaming Corporation, one of Bwin’s US land casino partners, Stardust Casino invites players …