WMS’ internet subsidiary, Jackpot Party online casino, has launched an online version of the popular Vegas slot classic Life of Luxury Progressive. The progressive is available on the Jungle Cats and Riches of Rome base games, which host the five-level jackpot generator. Players on either game are randomly awarded the Life of Luxury symbol to …
Las Vegas-based casino supplier Shuffle Master Inc. has launched litigation against app developer Avalinx LLC, alleging trademark and copyright infringement. In a suit filed in a Las Vegas court Tuesday, Shuffle Master claimed that Avalinx had developed and sold mobile applications for Apple iPhone, iTouch and iPad devices that infringed on its rights. The trademarks …
Unibet’s sports betting supply subsidiary, Kambi Sports Solutions, has signed a two year agreement to deliver its pool betting products, Supertoto and Superscore, to TonyBet, the second biggest sportsbook in the Baltic gaming market, licensed and regulated by the Estonia State Gaming Control Commission. “By adding pool betting to our portfolio we can further strengthen …
Legislators on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, longtime haven for online gambling operators and processors, moved closer to a total ban on exchange and online betting Wednesday when the House Legal Affairs Committee progressed a measure that has been causing controversy for the last year. Green party deputy Giorgos Perdikis said the bill impacted many …
Societe des Bains de Mer, a fifty percent owner of the troubled Betclic-Everest online gambling group, posted a lacklustre set of annual financial results Wednesday, recording that its net deficit had almost doubled to Euro 33.2 million. Operating income before depreciation from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012 decreased by 16 percent year-on-year while …
WinADay Casino’s fourth anniversary celebrations this month have culminated in the launch of a new instant-play proprietary slot, appropriately branded Birthday Bash. The new offering is a five reel, fifteen pay-line game with a “hold” feature and built-in bonus round. “Last year about this time we were running a contest on Facebook to name our …
United Press International reports that a Las Vegas casino’s roulette wheel beat odds of 114 billion to 1 when it hit the number 19 on seven consecutive spins. The phenomenon was photographed by visitors to the Rio in Las Vegas at 8:32 p.m. Monday, and the event was made even more unlikely when the streak-breaking …
The China Daly newspaper reports that lottery sales in China soared 26.1 percent year-on-year in May 2012 to reach 23.62 billion yuan ($3.75 billion), according to statistics released by the Ministry of Finance Wednesday. The growth was slightly down from the 26.4-percent rise recorded in April. Welfare lottery ticket sales reached 14.01 billion yuan in …
Spain’s Director General for Gambling Regulation has confirmed that 26 online gambling operators have so far been granted licenses to operate in the newly regulated Spanish online gambling market. CardPlayer has the most up-to-date list of licensees here: http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/13527-list-of-spanish-poker-licensees-published
The British government’s controversial proposal to license regulate…and tax…online gambling operators based on the “point of consumption” – i.e. the punter’s computer or mobile device – enters a new phase on June 28 when the three month consultative window on the tax proposals closes. Offshore operators wishing to access UK online gamblers will have to …
California state Sen. Rod Wright’s legislative proposal seeking to legalise sports betting in the Golden State surged forward again Wednesday when the state House Governmental Organization Committee progressed bill SB1390. The bill passed the Senate end May on a 32-2 vote and poses a challenge to the federal Professional Amateur Sports Protection Act by allowing …
The state of Delaware is fast catching up with Nevada and New Jersey in the race to legalise intrastate online gambling. Following the approval of the HB333 legalisation initiative in the state House last week the bill passed a Senate committee Wednesday and is headed for a full Senate vote on June 26. If that …
International Game Technology has put its social gaming subsidiary Double Down Interactive to work, floating the group’s famous online and land gambling slot Da Vinci Diamonds on social networking site Facebook. The move makes Da Vinci Diamonds the group’s first game to make an appearance on multiple platforms, from land-based to social, and in the …
Online gambling software developer Realtime Gaming took a break from pumping out internet slots this week with the launch of a new table game – French Roulette. Features of the new offering include: * Open, Reserved and Private Tables * Up to five players per table, along with functionality that enables player to see who …
Online gambling software developer Playtech plc has announced the appointment of Andrew Thomas as a non-executive director and future chairman of the group’s audit committee. Thomas is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Institute of Taxation. He has enjoyed an extensive career as an …
Months of politicking and legal drafting are starting to show results in New Jersey, where Sen. Ray Lesniak’s latest proposal to legalise online gambling passed a tough Appropriations Committee hearing Monday and now goes forward for a full Assembly vote, according to the local newspaper Star-Ledger. The Lesniak measure still allows Atlantic City online casino …
ComTrade, a Slovenian IT firm based in Ljubljana, has partnered with Pascual Gaming to launch a new Belgian online casino for the 36Win brand, www.36win.be. ComTrade’s online casino platform has been found fully compliant with Belgian online regulations and provides special player protection requirements, a company spokesman said Tuesday. “Popular Belgian dice game titles such …
On June 14 the Pattaya Daily News carried a news report alleging that a sports betting call centre associated with internet sportsbook SBObet.com had been raided by police and shut down for illegal gambling activity. Lt.Col. Sutin Suandokmai of the Bangkok police told reporters that the centre was located in an upmarket bungalow in Butsarakam …
Its stock may have headed south in recent weeks, but the San Francisco-based social gaming giant Zynga is still very much in the game, this week launching a team mate for its runaway successful products Zynga Poker and Zynga Bingo, in the shape of the new Zynga Slots. Initially configured for the iOS platform of …
Illinois-based land and online gambling software and equipment developer WMS Industries Inc., has joined the trend toward social gaming with the acquisition of Genesis Communications Inc., trading as Phantom EFX, a publisher and developer of interactive casino and slot-based games for social, casual and mobile gaming entertainment. The consideration paid has not been disclosed. WMS …
Online gambling companies and television networks are taking full advantage of Britain’s television rules to ramp up advertising around the Euro 2012 football championships currently being held in the Ukraine, the Daily Mail newspaper reported over the weekend. Firms such as Bet365, Paddy Power, William Hill and Ladbrokes have all launched advertising campaigns, taking advantage …
Police in Gravesend, UK are believed to be investigating a convenience store clerk – since dismissed – who apparently tried to con a lottery winner out of a major win. Lottery punter Callum Crosier, who was entrusted with the ticket by a workplace syndicate, proved a little too canny to be taken in by the …
Retired Detroit automotive worker Ronald Page clearly has a penchant for gambling, and a faulty ATM machine sent him off on a $1.5 million wagering spree that ended up with him facing a criminal court this week. Page’s troubles started when he used an ATM that went haywire, allowing him to make unlimited cash withdrawals. …
London’s High Court is the scene this week of a legal battle between an Italian online casino gambler and the operator of the internet gambling website Eurobet, which is refusing to pay out the 707,665 Euros which the player won on one of its virtual gaming machines. The Telegraph newspaper reports that Bruno Venturi, a …