Italian operators will be hoping that the pundits are right when they say that the advent of online slots action in the dedicated Italian market should provide a much needed fillip to a declining market. 2012 was not a good one for the Italian online gambling industry, with AAMS numbers showing a meagre 1.9 percent …
Live dealer gambling provider Evolution Gaming has started the new year with a notable achievement; the Riga-based company has signed up its one hundredth live dealer casino client, arguably making it the biggest supplier in a niche sector that is attracting increasing interest from online operators. Evolution says the last year has been one of …
Los Angeles-based CAMS LLC (Central Account Management Systems) has wasted little time since its announcement earlier this month that it was to supply a range of compliance, identification and geo-location services to Fertitta Interactive’s Nevada licensed Ultimate Gaming company. Mid-January Ultimate announced that it had engaged CAMS, which qualified for a Nevada online poker supplier’s …
The Malta-licensed online casino VeraJohn.com has augmented its online gambling offering by adding live dealer action supplied through Bodog Gaming. Press material from Bodog Gaming reveals that the new live dealer service features baccarat, sic-bo and Dragon Tiger and sits alongside VeraJohn’s existing range of table games and slots. Will Hu, managing director for Bodog …
Goal Betting, owned by digital sports media firm PERFORM, has named UK bookmaker Coral as its newest online betting partner. Coral will offer Goal.com customers both online and mobile betting options on an array of events that include in-play.
Malaysian police detained thirty-five men following a raid on eleven alleged online gambling premises on Sunday. Gambling materials worth an estimated RM 260 000 were seized along with 130 computers said Seberang Perai Selatan OCPD Supt Shafien Mamat. Twelve caretakers on the premises were also arrested.
The Dutch gambling authority Kansspelautoriteit will hold a “meet and greet” with online gambling providers next week to discuss the regulation of the Dutch internet gambling market. The authority emphasised that the get together scheduled for January 28 is not intended to define policy or initiate any agreements but to exchange information and ideas on …
According to automatenmarkt.de, the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Interior has granted a further four sports betting licenses and one other online casino license despite the intention of political parties SPD, Greens and SSW planning on lifting the State’s existing gambling law and rejoining the German State Treaty on Gambling during its first State Parliamentary session for …
Net Entertainment’s “Mega Fortune” slot paid out a whopping Euro 17 861 813 million to a “middle aged” Finnish punter playing at Åland-based gaming firm Paf.com this past weekend. The existing online slot win world record of Euro 11.7 million published in the Guinness Book of World Records was smashed and exceeded by Euro 6 …
In a letter written to the Greek President, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) has set out potential legal action that may be commenced should the Government not amend its proposed non-EU and Greek law compliant gambling regime. The letter is the latest in industry dialogue with the Greek Government …
Malta-based software developer Iforium Limited has announced the appointment of Phil Parry as its new chief executive officer succeeding company founder Craig Osborne who will assume the role of chief technical officer. Parry joins the company from live sports data provider EnetPulse as head of business development, prior to which he served as marketing manager …
Canadian gaming provider Amaya Gaming Group has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. for the sale of a 20 000 unit private placement offering of debentures and warrants. At a cost per unit of $1 000, the company expects to raise gross proceeds of $20 000 000 …
Playtech will deliver a customised solution to Spanish players through its licensees following a live dealer broadcast deal with Casino Gran Madrid. Playtech is now able to license its Live Gaming product to the market through its partnership with Spain’s largest terrestrial casino in accordance with newly introduced regulations in which the DGOJ specifies that …
Dumarca Holding’s Vera&John online casino has augmented its offering to include a live dealer casino solution from Bodog Gaming. Live Dealer Baccarat, Sic Bo, Roulette and Dragon Tiger will compliment the online casino’s existing RNG games as it expands in to additional regions. Originally targeting the Scandinavian market, Vera John’s director Johan Königslehner said the …
World Match‘s latest multi-line slot release “Gentleman Thief” tasks the player to elude Police and the City Museum’s state of the art security system with a priceless diamond in sight. The game includes social networking features allowing players to share pictures, links and comments without leaving the game and showcases a new control toolbar, faster …
U.S. game researchers Todd Eilers and Frank Fantini’s latest quarterly study on the most popular land slots may give online slot developers some ideas on what appeals to the gambling public. An article on the survey in the publication Las Vegas Inc reported that Eilers and Fantini discovered that IGT’s Wheel of Fortune led the …
A new study by Playnomics reports that in Q4-2012 Anchorage, Alaska had the highest average revenue per paying social gaming user in the United States, along with the highest monetisation rate. The research firm collects anonymous information from publishers and developers around the globe, and for the current study, it sampled 30 million players of …
The new online gambling regulations in Britain, based on point of sale and requiring offshore internet gambling companies wishing to access the UK market to pay taxes and take out licensing with the UK Gaming Commission, will be implemented in December 2014 according to government advisories. What is not yet certain is the tax rate …
The management at the Mr Green Casino this week celebrated the fifth consecutive year in which the enterprise has won its category in the Sweden’s Best 100 awards. In addition the casino received a special prize for consistency in excellence. Representatives for Mr Green accepted the award at a ceremony hosted by the Swedish magazine …
Former Bally Interactive exec Michael Daly has been appointed vice president of online gaming at SHFL Entertainment. He joins SHFL from a six-year stint at Bally where he held various positions, his most recent as senior director at Bally Interactive responsible for internet, social and mobile products. Prior to Bally he was employed by SHFL …
Toronto Venture Exchange-listed and Vancouver-based capital pools investment firm Cairo Resources Inc. has announced the acquisition of social sports betting operator Socialitize Limited. Under a shareholder-approved Share Exchange Agreement, Cairo Resources Inc. (CRI) will acquire all shares in Socialitize in exchange for 15 000 000 common shares in the capital of CRI. The social gaming …
The haemorrhage of executives from social gaming giant Zynga has seen experienced managers snapped up by other companies in the social gaming sector, the latest being the appointment by Betable of Jonathan Flesher, a key manager in setting up Zynga’s UK real-money social gambling deal with Bwin.Party. TechCrunch reports that Flesher will take up duties …
International Game Technology’s online social gaming subsidiary Double Down Casino has launched a new Facebook slot themed on the famous and popular television series House MD. The game was developed through a licence deal with Universal Partnerships and Licensing and NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products, and captures the irreverent nature of the show in an easy, …
Nigel Northridge, chairman of online and land gambling group Paddy Power plc, has announced the appointment of Danuta Gray as an independent non-executive director. She has also been appointed as a member of the Remuneration Committee. The holder of a B.Sc. in Biophysics and an MBA, Gray was chief executive officer of O2 Ireland from …