Following significant agreements with MGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming, bwin.party digital entertainment plc has further solidified its position in the U.S. pending positive online gambling legislative developments. A formal online poker service agreement was announced Monday between the company and the United Auburn Indian Community (UAIC), which owns and operates the Thunder Valley Casino …
Relative newcomer Alderney-licenced online casino spin and win.com will be offering its customers a choice of twenty-seven new online scratchcards which it boasts are exclusive to the site. According to an affiliate forum, the new scratchcards comprise a diverse selection of themes and include the titles: Ace Squadron, Aqua Lotto, Black Jack, Cash Clown, Cash …
A Thai Police Task Force brought down an illegal online betting operation over the weekend, following an investigation into the alleged murder of a 19-year University student over an online football gambling debt. The online baccarat and football betting outfit at aib333.net is reported to have been operating for around a year before the raid …
Net Entertainment launched its much anticipated video slot “Zombies”, this week. The ghoulish, action-packed adventure game features Wild substitutions, Free Spins with a multiplier of up to x10, a Stacked Wild and a hair raising Random Wild. When activated two zombies’ heads suddenly appear, covering the reels and are then automatically shot up to 6 …
Addressing the National Gambling and Liquor Policy Council Monday, South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies called for a clear national gambling strategy and action plan to tackle illegal gambling of all types. Davies suggested that enforcement, licensing and other interested parties at provincial and national level should be consulted and collaborate with the …
Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency has warned social gaming websites that it will clamp down on offerings that include elements of gambling, Reuters reports, quoting from the Yomiuri newspaper. The warning was enough to send the shares prices of prominent social gaming companies like Gree, Mixi shed, CyberAgent and DeNA into a more than 20 percent …
Online bookmaker Bet-at-home.com will receive widespread exposure via LED advertising at the five qualifying matches played by the German National Soccer Team at FIFA’s World Cup 2014 in an agreement signed with sports marketing agency Kentaro. Kentaro holds the enviable position as the marketing partner of all Germany’s qualifying group opponents – Sweden, Faroe Islands, …
Live Dealer gaming provider Evolution Gaming is racking them up with another live casino deal this week which follows shortly after the launch of Lottomatica’s live casino in Italy . Under the terms of its latest partnership, Evolution will provide an Evolution-hosted Live Casino for Microgame S.p.A.’s casino.peoples.it website. Amongst the localised Live Casino services …
Malta-based mobile and online casino Leo Vegas.com is leveraging the launch of Net Ent’s “Scarface – The Casino Game” by commissioning a TV commercial combining scenes from the movie with a casino gaming theme. Net Entertainment’s game, under licence from Universal, is based on the 1983 movie classic Scarface featuring Al Pacino as Tony Montana. …
Whilst Las Vegas gambling giant MGM Resorts International posted a disappointing $217.3m loss in Q1 2012, the company is upbeat about a new online venture in the social gaming field which it intends to launch in Q2, and the prospect of US federal legalisation for online gambling. Speaking to journalists and analysts in a post-results …
In the wake of the resignations of Simon Creddy Smith and James Wallace from the Cryptologic board following the company’s acquisition by Amaya Gaming , NASDAQ has issued notification that the Company no longer complies with the American stock exchange’s audit committee requirements and has 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance. …
The increasing activism of British shareholders and institutional investors, especially in cases where executive remuneration and perks are perceived as being unnecessarily high, has become something of a trend recently. Investors are increasingly restive about million pound pay days among banks and large corporates…and they are firing warning shots across the bows of company executives …
The police in Jamaica continued their anti-lottery scam drive over this week, arresting six locals and confiscating computers and other documents rich in information that will assist further investigations, reports the Jamaica Observer. The Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) reported arresting two persons whilst they were retrieving money from a United States currency account that …
40 percent of American men aged between 18 to 35 play fantasy football, says Nigel Eccles of Scots company FanDuel, making the sector an attractive target for companies with the right expertise and content. FenDuel clearly has both, doubling its staff in Edinburgh this year and opening an 8-person US office to handle increased business. …
Online gambling operator 32Red.com has won another World Intellectual Property Organization domain dispute, forcing the San Pablo, California-based company Baysound LLC to surrender the domain 32x.com. Baysound bought the 32x domain in 2006, but its intention to use it on an online casino related enterprise was sufficient to motivate 32Red to launch an action. The …
One of this week’s more interesting news bytes came from the Econsultancy site, which picked up on research findings from Qubit on loading speeds for websites. Although the research addressed the wider front of retailer websites, the reaction of responders is nevertheless worth noting by online gambling site operators. Apparently internet users are growing more …
Enforcement action against internet cafe operators that offer their clients gambling opportunities moved to Michigan this week, where the state Attorney General, Bill Schuette, ordered the closure of eight establishments. The local newspaper Jackson Citizen Patriot reports that the decision did not draw much applause from online readers, but that it followed the initial result …
Online gambling group Bwin.Party digital entertainment has allocated up to a further GBP 17 million for the repurchase of ordinary shares for cancellation, the company reported in a stock exchange advisory Friday. “Numis Securities [is] to lead-manage a non-discretionary arrangement to repurchase up to GBP17 million of ordinary shares in the capital of the company …
The UK Gambling Commission has released its latest Gambling Prevalence Survey, completed by ICM Research and covering the year period to end March 2012. Key findings in the report include: All gambling participation (including by remote means (mobile, online and interactive television) • Over the year to March 2012 (that is, an average of figures …
M. Crocker, a UK player who had only been playing the slots at bet365.com for a week, hit the big time with a win that most punters only dream about last week, collecting GBP 609,320 in a massive progressive jackpot hit on Leprechaun’s Luck. Casino management reports that the lucky player initially joined the site …
Europe’s biggest online gambling group, Bwin.Party digital entertainment reported a modest financial performance for 2011 in its annual report released Friday, achieving its targets despite the challenges of integrating two major businesses in a tough and dynamic business and economic environment. Joint CEOs Norbert Teufelberger and Jim Ryan reported that the group’s operating performance in …
Live dealer gaming provider Evolution Gaming has launched its online Live Casino service for Lottomatica into the Italian gaming market. Evolution’s AAMS approved Live Casino offering will enable Lottomatica to add real-time online casino table games to its lottery, instant win, VLT and sports betting operations in Italy. Three dedicated Lottomatica tables now offer a …
World Match (WM) released its latest online 3D multi-line slot titled “Into the Woods”. This 5-reel game features two squirrels named Winny and Daysy who lead the player through an enchanted forest in search of treasure and features a bonus game that entails the player choosing one of six hazel nuts to reveal a prize, …
EveryMatrix will augment its white-label offering with live casino games from SmartLive Gaming in a deal announced this week. SmartLive Casino games will be integrated into the GamMatrix gaming management platform joining those from Visionary iGaming and Xpro Live. “This further adds to our portfolio of 3rd party products that can be offered to our …