The third release in Microgaming’s Power Spins series, a 5-reel, 9-payline video slot titled Nuclear 9s has debuted. Preceded by Atomic 8s and Sonic 7s – the same iconography of the classic bells, cherries and bars is used in Nuclear 9s but set on a backdrop of a fluorescent green. Glowing green nuclear-type material serves …
Ålands Penningautomatförening (or PAF as it is more widely known), the Finnish online gambling operator, has added live dealer action to its product line, enlisting the specialist services of provider Evolution Gaming to do so. PAF will initially offer three dedicated live dealer tables, with one Live Roulette and two Live Blackjack tables video-streamed from …
With all the media attention – and not a little misguided speculation that the Bodog domain seizure included the shutdown of similarly branded but different sites – it made sense this week for the Canadian franchise holder of the Bodog brand to explain what was going on to its players. Canadian Bodog operations are managed …
Live dealer gambling technology provider Kenilworth Systems Corp. has inked a joint venture agreement with South African payment technology company Phortner Limited to develop financial transaction software for use in online gambling. Kenilworth’s subsidiary, KenSysCo Gaming Inc., and Phortner will collaborate on a new product titled WagerPort, making use of both KenSysCo and Phortner patents. …
World Match has released “Hi-Low 3 Cards”, a game with the simple dynamic of choosing one of three cards and guessing whether the next card will be higher or lower. Features in this graphically-classic styled game include Switch which allows players to replace all cards with new ones at the click of a mouse and …
Fortuna Entertainment Group N.V. has announced growth in all its main markets with the release of its financial results for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2011. The Central European fixed-odds betting company operates in the Polish, Czech Republic and Slovakian markets and recently launched its fortuna.pl sportsbetting website into the Polish market . Key …
Viaden Gaming has released its latest online casino software version 2.9 which features integration with Playtech’s gaming platform, upgraded referral analytics reports, a new online payment system and the addition of new games. The integration of Viaden online games with Playtech’s gaming platform will allow Playtech operators the opportunity to integrate with Viaden Gaming’s turnkey …
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) have signed a partnership with Canadian racetrack Sudbury Downs that will see the expansion of WEG’s online wagering platform HorsePlayer Interactive (HPI) through the entire northern Ontario region. HPI customers in the northern Ontario districts of Sudbury, Algoma, Cochrane, Timiskaming, Nipissing, Manitoulin and Parry Sound will have access to online, telephone …
It’s been a long slog for Canada’s New Democratic Party MP Joe Comartin, but he is still making progress with his private members bill C-290, which seeks to legalise single-game sports bets in Canada. Friday saw another threshold crossed when the bill successfully passed its third parliamentary reading in the House of Commons, clearing the …
Olympic organisers will meet land and online betting industry representatives this month to finalise measures to prevent illegal gambling at London 2012, reports the Reuters news agency. Among the anti-corruption measures being planned is a drop-in zone in the Olympic Village to offer advice to athletes during the Games. British online betting company Betfair, which …
Insideireland.ie reports that land and online bookmaker Boylesports has announced a radical restructure of its business that will see it focusing mainly on Internet gambling operations in the future. John Boyle, founder and group CEO said he plans to separate his group’s 176 retail outlets in Ireland from its online operations, creating a new division …
In a week in which his positive views on internet poker at a major conference have been widely reported, Zynga chief Mark Pincus again hit the headlines Thursday with a statement to AllThingsD on a new social gaming platform, later taken up by the LA Times newspaper. The announcement of the new platform was immediately …
In Utah, a bill introduced to the House of Assembly which seeks to forbid any legalisation of online gambling passed through the state Senate Thursday on a positive vote of 25 to 2. However, because the bill was amended to exempt Internet Service Providers from criminal action, it must now return to the House before …
The bald announcement in December that the US Department of Justice has for years had it all wrong on its definition of online gambling in terms of the Wire Act has spawned both hope and condemnation from a wide range of interested parties that includes individual state governments keen to legalise and raise tax revenues. …
PKR internet player ‘alialatas’ scored a major hit on a PKR progressive jackpot last week, winning $112,970 on a stake of just 20 cents on the ‘Chain Reactors Super Trail’ game. Although primarily an online poker site, PKR has game room action which features ten low-stake progressive slots and a selection of 70 arcade, slot, …
More than 365 regulators from across North America are expected to attend a two-day event organised by the international testing agency Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) on March 8…and one of the major attractions is a keynote speech by Jan L. Jones, Exec. V.P. of Communications and Government Relations for Caesars Entertainment. Jones will address GLI …
EUcasino.com has added a suite of live casino games with live dealers online to its internet gambling facilities, which are powered by Skill-On-Net. The casino’s new no-download live dealer technology comes hard on the heels of its recently launched Flash Casino version. Michele Stevens, EU casino marketing manager for Europe, said this week: “Live Casino …
Details are still sparse, but it appears that another American alleged to have been involved in online gambling financial transactions as a processor pleaded guilty in a Philadelphia court Wednesday. Don Hellinger reportedly entered a guilty plea on a charge of “operating an illegal money transmitting business” in a case that surfaced over a year …
The seizure of the Bodog domain by US federal Homeland Security officials has again focused the spotlight on the tendency of US officials to act outside of their country’s boundaries, prompting a Canadian domain hoster to warn that the Bodog case could have a wider impact. Talking to IT Business Canada, Mark Jeftovic, founder and …
The always interesting CEO of social games developer Zynga gave online gambling a boost in San Francisco Wednesday, telling the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom conference that online gambling was a ‘natural fit’ for his company’s products.. “I think it’s a good natural fit. I think, philosophically, the part people haven’t noticed yet, real …
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint on 888’s (Cassava Enterprises) newest online poker webcam television advert deeming it against the BCAP code for linking gambling to sexual success and seduction. The ad promoting 888 Poker’s PokerCam tables features a man turning on his computer webcam as a voice over says “Turn …
British online gambling firm Sportingbet Plc released its first half results for the six months ending January 31, 2012 reporting a decline in European revenues that were bolstered by an especially strong performance from the Australian market. Group Performance Highlights over the period include: – Amounts wagered GBP 1.266 billion (HY1/2010: GBP 1.069 billion), an …
Russian software provider Connective Games LLC (Connective) and Asian software provider and operator Cybertech International Holdings (Cybertech) will begin building a new Asian gaming network it was announced this week, following news of their merger. The new gaming network initiative has evolved through a natural fit between Cybertech’s developed gaming infrastructure and Connective’s gaming software …
Server-based gaming provider Inspired Gaming Group has entered into a virtual sports games provision deal with Mexico’s Grupo Caliente covering licenced operations in thirteen countries across South America. Virtual horse racing, greyhound racing, soccer, speedway and motor racing, transmitted to Caliente venues via satellite, will underpin the initial offering with opportunity to expand across mobile …