Cryptologic, the veteran online gambling software developer recently acquired by Amaya Gaming, has renewed its games supply contract with Betsson Malta Limited for the next two years. The agreement expands on an existing relationship between the two companies. Under the new deal, Betsson, which has a total active player base of more than 400,000 players …
The recent change in political leadership in the German state of Schleswig Holstein rang alarm bells in the industry when prominent members of the new regime voiced an intention to bring the maverick province back into line by signing the anti-online gambling State Treaty with other German states, implying the repeal of the progressive licensing …
The current hot spot for Malaysian police raids on internet gambling premises appears to be Kuantan, capital of the nation’s third largest province. In three raids Monday police reported arresting 26 suspects, aged between 20 and 40, including two women, and confiscating 42 computers. Police Asst Supt Sampornak Ismail told reporters that many of those …
Unidentified investors in the Panama City-based online gambling enterprise BetOnline.ag are branching out by taking over a controlling share of Sportsbetting.ag, giving the business improved software from DGS and ASI, along with faster pay-outs, better promos and a revamped website. “The new shareholders unconditionally guarantee past and future payouts from SportsBetting.ag,” a company spokesman said …
Online gambling software developer BetSoft Gaming has announced the release of the latest game in its Slots3 library, branded Miles Bellhouse and his Curious Machine. The game follows the adventures of the eponymous inventor and genius Miles Bellhouse as he manipulates his time machine to escape the dastardly General Traytor who will stop at nothing …
The issue last week of Nevada Gaming Commission licenses to Bally Technologies and International Game Technology has triggered a burst of renewed enthusiasm for online poker legalisation in the United States, with both business executives and politicians expressing support for the concept. Associated Press quoted Bally CEO Richard Haddrill, who took the opportunity to reiterate …
The UK Offshore Gambling bill proposed by West Suffolk MP Matthew Hancock has secured a second reading in the House of Commons and will reportedly be presented to the Speaker later today (Monday). The Private Members’ Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule, SO No 23) seeks to amend the Gambling Act 2005 to regulate remote …
Cantor Fitzgerald is reportedly looking to secure a Macau gaming licence in an expansion strategy outside of Nevada said its chief executive officer Howard Lutnick in an interview with Bloomberg. “We’re in the process of getting licensed in Macau, when you have these big casinos as your partners, it makes it much more easy,” he …
According to This is Money.co.uk, bookmaker Stan James is facing a UK Revenue & Customs (HMRC) tribunal relating to the move of its internet and phone betting division to Gibraltar in 2000. The HMRC reportedly claims that the move was undertaken purely to evade paying UK gambling duties and is asking to levy a tax …
According to Focus-Fen.net, the Moldovan Ministry of Finance is proposing a 60 percent increase in gambling licence awards along with a 30 percent increase in mobile gambling service awards to cover losses in revenue as a result of revisions it made to the 2012 Government budget. Readers will recall Canadian firm Amaya Gaming winning an …
With yet another key discussion on European online gambling regulation by the European Parliament scheduled for June 27, industry trade body the European Gaming and Betting Association issued its wish list on remote gambling Monday. With the European Commission’s Communication and Action Plan in mind, EGBA secretary general Sigrid Ligné said that European demand for …
One lucky Brit online slots player at Playtech-powered online casino Winner.com has hit the Spamalot jackpot, winning GBP 693,517 in cash. Anthony Edmonds, who is from Newton Abbot, Devon, was steered to the casino by a friend, and told casino management that he had chosen the Spamalot slot because he was a Monty Python fan; …
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act 2006 will be in the headlines this Thursday when Daniel Eremian (62) stands before a Massachusetts US District Court for sentencing. Eremian, whose involvement in the Antigua-based Sports Offshore online sports betting operation impacted both his sister and politician’s wife Patrice Tierney, and his brother Robert Eremian who remains …
The Vietnamese General Anti-Crime Police Department along with the Ministry of Public Security is grappling with illegal Euro 2012 online betting in the country with the cooperation of internet service providers but admit there are challenges in shutting down operators permanently. Nguyen Thanh Hoa, director of the Police Hi-Tech Criminal Unit said: “We have banned …
German online lotto firm Tipp24 SE’s shareholders have unanimously approved the company’s plans to separate its German online lottery brokerage business launched as Lotto24 by way of a spin-off . 99.9 percent of shareholders were in favour of distributing the Lotto24 AG shares as a dividend-in-kind of which distribution will start towards the end of …
Barely a week after launching under a Belgian licence in that country, Casinos Austria is planning to extend operations on its Win2Day.be website by adding online bingo, poker and sports betting to its casino games. Casinos Austria and Austrian Lotteries partnered with the local Grand Casino Brussels to get a foothold in the parochial Belgian …
Insects and a British pub theme this latest offering Rival Gaming has produced an interestingly-themed five-reel, 20-payline video slot titled “Pub Crawlers”. The game is centered around a typically British pub with interesting patrons. A Bar Fly, a sophisticated grasshopper, a cigar-smoking beetle, a caterpillar with a penchant from wine, a tarantula playing poker and …
French company Française des Jeux and Groupe Lucien Barrière owned Barrière Poker reported a loss of Euro 29.8 million for a turnover of Euro 3.3 million over its fiscal 2011-2012 period it revealed earlier this week. The news follows that of dismal results from the Betclic Everest Group . According to Stephen Xavier, president of …
Betfred.com has entered into a major service supply deal with full-service mobile agency InfoMedia. Under the terms of the deal, Betfred will in conjunction with InfoMedia insert its odds across applicable services to cover all major sports including football, racing, rugby, tennis and Formula 1. The relationship will be managed in whole by InfoMedia who …
Prolific online gaming provider Microgaming’s latest block buster “The Dark Knight” is due to be released at the end of this month (June). The 5-reel, 243 “ways to win” slot features characters from the iconic Batman series that include Bruce Wayne and his alter ego The Joker. Graphic-rich with superior sound effects and animations, The …
Gaming Laboratories International and BMM International became the first testing agencies to be licensed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board Thursday, qualifying the two companies to independently test the integrity of slot machines and other gambling equipment for the regulator. The Gaming Control Board’s technology division has been conducting the tests for decades, but a …
UK bookmaker Stan James’ in-play betting site has received an update and now includes six streamed virtual sports. The additions undertaken by Zukido have expanded on Stan James’ in-play offering to provide punters with specialised scoreboards for ice hockey and rugby, bringing to ten the number of scoreboards on offer. Other additions include: – Football, …
Germany is to buck the European trend on internet gambling, preferring the prohibition route rather than regulation, it appears from reports this week. Germany’s sixteen Lander, or provinces, have been fiercely debating a new Interstate Treaty on gambling for the past two years with positions that vary from outright bans to the more progressive licensing …
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval and his 11-strong advisory Gaming Policy Committee meet next Wednesday in Las Vegas to discuss recommendations for the 2013 legislative session on the issue of real-money online poker, reports Card Player.com. The authoritative and reliable publication surmises that at least part of the discussions will relate to Assembly Bill 258, which …