William Hill plc has issued a trading update for the 14 weeks from 26 September 2012 to 1 January 2013 (Q4) and the unaudited 53 weeks to 1 January 2013 (full year). Full year key financial highlights include: * Group net revenue grew by 12 percent (52 week basis +10 percent) and operating profit was …
Netherlands-based online gambling games developer, Sheriff Gaming has plans to expand into other gambling industry sectors that include mobile gambling and land games. The 3D games developer revealed in a statement Tuesday that it will exclusively launch its mobile and land-based games at ICE 2013, taking place in London from February 5-7. The company says …
Sporting Solutions, the B2B software and data services division of the Sporting Index Group, has signed online and mobile gambling operator Youwin to its Connect Platform. Youwin provides players with a selection of casino, slot and poker games, and will enhance its sportsbook and live betting products with Sporting Solutions’ accurate pre-match and in-play prices. …
Good to its promise last week, the Caribbean government of Antigua and Barbuda took its case for relief one more time to the World Trade Organisation in Geneva Monday after another round of talks with US government officials in the decade-long online gambling dispute failed. The Antiguans asked for a final green light for its …
Three gambling trade bodies, the European Lotteries Association (ELA), European Pari Mutuel Association (EPMA) and European Casino Association (ECA) have joined together in urging the European Commission to fulfill its enforcement mandate and clamp down on illegal online gambling in Europe. In a letter to the Commission last week the bodies criticised the European Union …
Jocbet.com, an online casino, poker and bingo website operated by WantedPlay from Malta, has launched a live dealer service beamed from a studio-casino in Malta. Games available include BlackJack and Roulette, augmenting the enterprise’s other attractions which include World Match RNG games and poker from Beproga. The casino is available in five European languages, and …
The Kahnawake Gaming Commission, which supervises literally hundreds of online gambling websites licensed in the First Nation sovereign jurisdiction located just outside Montreal in Quebec, has released statistics from its professional Dispute Resolution Officer covering the year 2012. During the year, the Commission received 620 complaints and carried over 304 outstanding cases from 2011, making …
Sheriff Gaming announced Monday that it has completed the delivery to top UK online gambling operator bet365 of seven quality 3D themed games. The selection includes French Cuisine, Dr. Magoo, The Amsterdam Masterplan, Goldraider, Cars & Cash, Magical Forest and Atlantis. The newly launched games have expanding wild symbols, “Click Me” bonus symbols, extra cash …
The ongoing proxy fight over the future composition of the International Game Technology (IGT) board of directors moved into higher gear with a communication from The Ader Group addressed to IGT Shareholders which was titled “Change is overdue. Demand an end to under-performance now – Vote Gold for better representation on IGT’s Board of Directors!” …
Tain will provide its Thorium Sportsbook offering to the Olympian Group-owned brands GEObet.com, Bulldog777 and GR88 Casino. and GR88 Poker in a deal sealed this week. “Tain is very happy to see three established sportsbooks make the transition to our Thorium Sportsbook. Olympian Group has a strong positioning and very exciting ambitions for the years …
Basque bookmaker Kiroljokoa has debuted its online and mobile sports betting platforms for residents of the autonomous community. The website which is powered by proprietary software Kirolsoft is regulated by Basque Country authorities and offers a range of traditional sports betting options along with live betting. The Kiroljokoa-brand is owned by Tele Apostuak operating in …
Interactive gaming developer Betware has launched Luckia.es to the Spanish market, the result of a deal announced early last year with land-based gaming operator Grupo EGASA. Grupo EGASA’s online brand Luckia.es is powered by Betware’s gaming platform and offers Spanish player’s sports, casino, poker and bingo games.
University of Hamburg economist Ingo Fiedler, who has done extensive research into online gambling, claims that organised crime relies heavily on German online gambling sites to launder criminal profits…and the authorities are hampered in acting against them due to confusing laws. Speaking to the publication Deutsche Welle, the economist noted that the German Federal High …
Over the weekend The Independent newspaper in Britain carried an article claiming that online gambling, about to become a GBP 2 billion-a-year industry in the UK, is contributing to the rising incidence of problem gambling. The article claims that new evidence has revealed that the number of people in danger of becoming problem gamblers has …
The gasmask-wearing man who tried to rob a Plymouth bookie shop Friday evening and died after being tackled by punters has been identified as Alan Levers (50). Police investigations have also revealed that the gun he was wielding was a replica, although that would have been hard to detect at the time of the attempted …
Almost a year ago Los Angeles film maker Isaac Feder posted a Vimeo trailer on his upcoming documentary on the US sports betting industry titled “Life on the Line”, a fast-moving look at that side of the online and land industry and the activities of both “wise guy” bettors who make a living out of …
The spate of armed robbery attempts on High Street betting shops in the UK took a tragic twist Friday evening when a would-be robber armed with a handgun and wearing a gasmask to disguise his identity died during an attempt to rob a Plymouth bookie shop. Police have not disclosed the robber’s identity as his …
With the UK government already embarked on a secondary licencing and taxation initiative targeting offshore internet gambling operators , a north Yorkshire MP almost complicated the issue last week with a private member’s bill proposing the imposition of a levy on offshore operators to help the ailing horse racing industry. MP Anne McIntosh’s proposed additional …
Iowa state Senator Jeff Danielson is not a man to give up easily. Despite the failure to gain traction of his earlier attempts at online gambling legalisation, he is taking another run at the project, supported by his Democrat counterpart Wally Horn and Republican member Randy Feenstra. Danielson proposed Iowa Senate Study Bill 1068 this …
Last week’s news that online gambling software developer Proactive Gaming had secured a deal to take the giant Swedish land bingo operator Idrottens Spel online focused the spotlight on the Sweden-based software provider…and its plans to penetrate the Latin American market with a comprehensive online gambling offering. The company has been Sweden’s fastest growing enterprise …
The British government’s implementation plan for the introduction of secondary licensing and taxation on offshore internet gambling operators takes another step forward on Tuesday next week when the Department of Media, Culture and Sports Select Committee meets to consider and discuss the latest draft of the point-of-consumption based amendments to gambling laws. One of the …
The start-up motivator Kickstarter.com is currently featuring an ambitious online casino project in which Goldfire developer boss James Simpson has brought together what he claims is an evolutionary combination of role-playing, social gaming and casino games on an instant-play, HTML5-based massively multiplayer platform. Simpson is a twenty-something internet entrepreneur who started building games at age …
The resumed talks last week on a settlement of the Antigua vs. U.S.A. World Trade Organisation dispute appear to have failed. A Reuters report from Geneva Friday claims that the Antiguans will tell the WTO on Monday that they intend to use WTO-approved trade sanctions against the United States, which may involve allowing movie downloads …
French regulatory authority ARJEL has entered into a renewable one-year agreement with non-profit organisation l’association S.O.S. Joueurs (SOS). SOS provides free support services to problem gamblers in the form of access to psychologists, social workers or lawyers who specialise in gambling addiction. Terms of the agreement include the exchange of statistical data and the initiation …