The infamously draconian Washington state law and over-the-top punitive measures against online gamblers – the most aggressive in the United States – are again under attack, according to Facebook postings by local player Curtis Woodard. Woodard describes his campaign for a more reasonable and sensible approach to the pastime as: “A player-based effort to amend …
Problem gambling association GamCare president Lord Sharman called for the gambling industry to display GamCare’s freephone help line number on all gambling advertising. Lord Sharman praised the industry for their increasing awareness of social responsibility during a session at the House of Lords earlier this week and expressed gratitude for their voluntary contributions which have …
The Delware Lottery said fourteen companies had filed an application and provided the required paperwork to provide online gambling services to the State of Delaware in response to its request for proposals. According to an article by Gambling Compliance, with its source named as Rebecca Goldsmith, assistant director of the Delware Lottery, applicants include Rational …
A Deloitte report commissioned by the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) to provide an analysis of the economic contribution of betting in the United Kingdom makes for some interesting reading. While not concentrated on the online market, the survey highlights the plight of the UK betting industry affected by economic conditions, offshore betting and a …
Betting Promotion has entered into a service agreement with Plus-Five Gaming for the provision of a newly developed sportsbook product. “We are delighted to welcome Plus-Five Gaming as one of our partners. We have been talking to the Group for many months whilst they ensured that developing a sportsbook was the best approach for their …
Tropezia Palace Casino has taken on a full suite of games from Leander Games and Sheriff Gaming to augment its existing BetSoft portfolio. Sheriff Gaming will provide a portfolio of feature-rich 3D games that include The Amsterdam Masterplan, Frog Royale along with games from within its progressive jackpot pool product titled “Mega Money Pool”. Leander …
Media Corporation, the owner of the now defunct Purple Lounge operation, has announced an exclusive agreement with Boxing Channel Media (BCM). Under the terms of the three-year deal Media Corp will provide the platform (presumably its anticipated Intabet platform) for an internet sportsbook and casino to be integrated into BCM’s TV channel BoxNation’s website. The …
With the completion of the Sportingbet deal that will give William Hill plc a major Australian presence under his belt, Will Hill chief exec Ralph Topping came out firing in an interview with The Australian newspaper Wednesday, debunking some of the more misinformed comments made by politicians and journalists, and warning that prohibitions on key …
The game developers at Play’n GO Bespoke Game Studio have been allowed to let their imaginations go into overdrive with an exclusive new online slot for gambling group Unibet titled “Leprechaun goes Egypt”. The result is an innovative and entertaining new slot that combines the popular Irish and ancient Egyptian slots themes. Think a Leprechaun …
UK land and online gambling group Ladbrokes has become the latest major betting company to deny it is making a move to acquire the top Aussie independent bookmaker Tom Waterhouse. In denying that there has been any contact, Ladbrokes joins a roster of several big bookie companies that have stepped forward recently to repudiate media …
GVC Holdings plc, a provider of B2B and B2C services to the online gaming and sports betting markets, announced late Tuesday that it has completed the acquisition of Sportingbet plc. The acquisition was made as part of a recommended offer for Sportingbet by GVC and William Hill plc. William Hill plc has acquired Sportingbet’s Australian …
The Dutch online gambling games developer Sheriff Gaming has announced an agreement with Playtika, a social and mobile play-for-fun casino games subsidiary of Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. that will see the launch of the Slotomania Adventures on Facebook using Sheriff’s innovative slots and combining them with the casino-entertainment style game on Facebook, Slotomania. Slotomania Adventures …
Openbet has wasted no time in finding a replacement for its recently departed CEO David Loveday , announcing Tuesday that it has found a replacement from within the organisation in Jeremy Thompson-Hill – formerly the chief operating officer and a company veteran with 13 years’ service to his credit. Thompson-Hill joined the company in 2000 …
n a surprise move Tuesday, Swedish online gambling group Unibet plc has announced that it has effectively acquired Sportingbet plc’s interest in that company’s social gambling joint venture with Plumbee. Social Gambling (Channel Islands) is a company set up by Sportingbet to handle its interests in the Bonza Gaming 50-50 joint venture with Plumbee, which …
Remember those arcade games where you could use a periscope to find and torpedo enemy ships? Take that up a few notches in terms of quality graphics, animation and sound and you have the latest online slot theme from Net Entertainment. The Silent Run slot transports players back to the Pacific ocean during World War …
The US Department of State claims that internet gambling is among the main money laundering channels operating in Costa Rica, home to mainly sports betting operators for many years. In an article on the issue this week, the newspaper AM Costa Rica says the latest study comes from the Money Laundering and Financial Crimes division …
The new BetVictor Poker Bad Beat Jackpot gets underway tomorrow (Tuesday) with a whopping Euro 921,603 prize pool. According to a company statement, the Jackpot, suspended earlier this month to enable a number of changes, will now be more easily won and will benefit a larger quantity of people when it is hit. Players wanting …
Johanna Backholm (36) has been appointed deputy chief executive officer by the Paf board. Backholm, who joined Paf in 2002, will work together with chief executive officer Anders Ingves effective April 1, 2013.
William Hill’s Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held earlier today (Monday) saw its shareholders overwhelmingly vote in favour of two resolutions namely; the acquisition of Genuity Services Limited’s (Playtech) 29 percent stake in William Hill Online (WHO) and the William Hill Online Long Term Incentive Plan 2008. In total, 524,489,385 shares were voted in favour of …
WinADay Casino has added five new proprietary games to its recently launched penny slot dedicated portfolio. The new games are titled Aztec Adventure, City Girls, Deep Blue, Sam’s Burger and Touch Down and minimal bets start at $.001 per pay-line and are always less than two cents per spin. “Experienced slots players look for advanced …
RealTime Gaming’s latest release is a Ninja warrior-themed 25-payline game featuring randomly triggered jackpots, free spins, prize multipliers and grouped Wilds. Ninja Stars’ reels carry Ninja weapons, Japanese writing and scroll imagery, while a Ninja Scroll feature is triggered when three or more Japanese logo symbols occur left to right. Four sets of two scrolls …
Cantor Fitzgerald Group’s Cantor Gaming & Wagering Ltd UK (Cantor) and 188BET have collaborated to launch a Financial Fixed Odds (FFO) betting product via an integrated platform provided by Cantor to 188BET customers. “We are excited to announce our latest Financial Fixed Odds partnership with 188BET. Financial betting has become increasingly popular and we are …
Australian gaming start-up Virtual Gaming Worlds has secured $2.5 million in investment funding from Triple C Consulting, a boutique investment firm in its hometown of Perth. The money will be used to further develop and launch Chumba World, the company’s massively multiplayer online casino game for Facebook, which allows users to become ‘the house’ and …
Last month’s conflict over the privatisation of the Pennsylvania state lottery between the governor, Tom Corbett, and his Attorney General Kathleen Kane has led to the governor ordering a revision of the proposed contract with British lottery operator Camelot. Kane derailed the plan, which involved a 20 to 30 year contract with Camelot, in February …