Independent white-label gaming software provider EveryMatrix Limited has announced that a new online casino and sportsbook has launched at NorskeSpill.com utilising its GamMatrix management platform. The GamMatrix solution includes the newly introduced casino engine, which sees NorskeSpil.com able to offer players a wide range of games from a diversity of vendors including Net Entertainment AB, …
The European online gambling operator Betway is planning to spend more than GBP10 million this year on building its brand across Europe through a TV advertising campaign. Of the total spend, GBP 7.45 million will be invested in the UK with the rest planned for Spain, Italy and Denmark, which are currently Betway’s key target …
The European Court of Justice issued an important ruling Thursday, finding that the partly state-owned Greek gambling monopoly OPAP does not comply with the strict requirements under EU law to justify its exclusivity. The ruling confirms in particular that: EU law precludes “the exclusive right to run, manage, organise and operate games of chance to …
The German legal situation hit the newswires Thursday with the news that the Schleswig Holstein provincial government has ditched its formerly liberal and EC-approved online gambling act, and that the German Federal Court has referred questions on the country’s gambling laws under the State Treaty on Gaming and its consistency with EU law to the …
The Eindhoven-based online gambling games developer, Sheriff Gaming, has launched three new slots featuring themes as diverse as insects, farming and golden eggs. The new games, which can be tried out at the company’s website, all feature 3D technology, bonus features and an animated feature bonus game. “One Million Ants” is a 3D slot which …
Following threats that the government of Antigua and Barbuda would continue to pursue its ten-year-old World Trade Organisation case – rooted in internet gambling – against the United States, the two sides sat down to open another round of talks this week. The Antigua Observer reports that officials from the US Embassy in Barbados sat …
Microgaming’s QuickFire subsidiary has delivered an inventory of over 400 casino games to Casino-x following an agreement to be the online operator’s exclusive games supplier. The deal gives Casino-x access to a range of games that includes blockbuster slots, branded licensed games, progressive jackpot slots, table games and video poker.
After negotiations that began over a year ago as a betting exchange technology supply deal, stock exchange reports early Thursday indicate that online and land gambling group Ladbrokes has clinched a deal to acquire betting exchange Betdaq from Irish multi-millionaire owner Dermot Desmond for Euro 30 million. Desmond’s investment portfolio includes a 2 percent stake …
The announcement earlier this week that the US Department of Justice is to join the US national sports leagues in challenging New Jersey‘s bid to offer intrastate sports betting does not appear to have perturbed the Garden State’s governor at all. Reacting to the news Wednesday, Governor Chris Christie said that he had not been …
Games and software developer International Game Technology is to supply its entire portfolio of online games to the Belgian land-gambling corporate Groupe Circus for the expansion of its services to Belgian internet punters. The agreement announced this week will see the Belgian casino group significantly advance the online offering of its internationally renowned Casino de …
Online gambling 3D software developer, BetSoft Gaming, has inked new content supply deals with two more internet gambling websites, partnering with European gaming franchises Winagames.com and Onlinebingo.eu. Under the terms of the partnership, Winagames.com and Onlinebingo.eu will now be offering BetSoft’s Slots3 titles to their players, including classic favourites such as Mr. Vegas and Three …
Workaholics at the Milan stock exchange still at their desks after closing hours Wednesday evening were more than a little surprised to find that their building had become a giant billboard for online gambling group Paddy Power’s latest ‘cheeky’ publicity stunt. The gambling company projected giant images that included a slot machine onto the building …
Gaming developer Net Entertainment has released “Thief” a five-reel, 25-bet line video slot showcasing its usual high quality graphic and feature-rich developments. The setting of Thief changes throughout the entire game, taking players from the rainy street of the main setting to the upper levels of a hallway and a vault found in the Free …
Sportech-owned British gaming brand Vernons latest commercials, for both their online casino and bingo brands, debuted this week across ITV1 and Channel 5. Vernons online casino ad features a futuristic townscape with famous gaming icons as it highlights its blackjack, roulette and video poker games while Stan the Pug Dog is the star of the …
Tabcorp-backed Australian bookmaker LuxBet is set to launch a social betting app in partnership with social sportsbetting network Favourit. The partnership will allow Luxbet customers to compete and copy expert punters on the Favourit platform as well as tapping the crowd’s knowledge on outcomes of popular sports events. Favourit.com, launched mid 2012, sways away from …
Game developer High 5 Games (H5G) claims its social casino offering, launched in September 2012, is the fastest growing virtual casino on Facebook surpassing one million active users last week. High 5 Casino, currently featuring over thirty real casino games, reported it had attracted 350 000 daily active users (DAU) and a 34 percent “sticky …
Amid the broiling shareholder issues going down at International Game Technology (IGT), the firm reported strong first quarter results in an industry update this week. Key performance highlights include: – Total revenues increased 19 percent to $530 million – North America product sales revenue increased 54 percent – GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations …
Well-respected online gaming firm 32Red Plc has delivered its third consecutive reporting period of record total annual revenues and a strong increase in new players. Key performance indicators for the 2012 fiscal period include: – Total revenue up 28 percent to GBP 32.1 million in 2012 – Casino revenue of GBP 28.7 million (2011: GBP …
Ahead of German Federal State Schleswig-Holstein‘s Parliamentary sitting tomorrow in which members are expected to vote on the repeal of the State’s recently passed Gambling Act and its proposed return to the German State Treaty on Gaming, the Ministry of Interior has issued a further seven online casino licenses. Newest recipients comprise Victor Chandler, PlayCherry …
The Manitoba government is launching PlayNow.com in an attempt to take advantage of the popularity of online gaming. The site, first announced in April 2012, is being operated in partnership with British Columbia, which has been operating its own online casino for nearly three years. The games will be open to Manitobans only, although some …
Tipp24 SE has made two appointments to its executive board naming Andreas Keil as chief financial officer and Dr Hans Cornehl as Executive Board Chairman. Keil (49) spent five years as CFO of H&R AG, a specialty chemical company, before spending the past few months as a freelance consultant for business and financial matters. Prior …
Digital sports media firm PERFORM has inked a deal with Sky Deutschland for the distribution of selected content from Sky’s sports channels in Austria and Germany across PERFORM’s ePlayer sports broadcast platform. Advertising across the new channels on ePlayer will be sold by mediasports, PERFORM’s ad sales business in Germany. Manuel Lopez, managing director, PERFORM …
Casinos Austria-owned Win2Day.be has gone live in Belgium using systems developer and supplier Omega Gaming’s Core system for its Grand Casino Brussels at Viage-associated multi-channel online gaming offering. Emmerich Hager, co-chief executive officer for Win2Day.be said, “Omega Gaming has managed the integration of the best-of-breed products we offer our players as well as ensuring consistent …
Jack Media, a digital acquisition agency that boasts many of online gambling’s major companies among its clients, has signed a partnership agreement with Direct Response Television (DRTV) agency, MC&C. MC&C is currently the largest buyer of DRTV airtime in the UK and together with the company’s experience and bespoke software, the relationship will enable Jack …