French gaming regulatory authority ARJEL president Jean-François Vilotte summarised the performance of the French online gaming market during 2011 in a statement published this week. The authority was candid in its assessment of the year, acknowledging the challenges of providing a suitable environment that would discourage players from seeking out unregulated websites and the need …
William Hill betting margins were impacted heavily in November 2011 largely due to a lucky Maltese Villager who won an incredible GBP 570 000 on a 683,783/1 accumulator football fixture bet. A Euro 1 bet on 19 football fixtures to win, placed by the 41-year-old waiter, hit jackpot when all selections landed a win, reports …
Australian gaming company Two Way has signed a three-year revenue sharing deal with smart TV manufacturer LG Electronics Australia (LGE) that will see the distribution of its TV sports betting service on LGE’s range of smart TV’s, Blue-ray players and home theatre systems. Two Way has entered into exclusive deals with Australian operators Sportingbet Australia …
NYX Gaming Group has launched ‘SlotsPoint’ on Facebook, the company’s first social media customer, utilising its new social media gaming suite. The Group’s social media suite provides operators with a fully customisable front end including NextGen’s catalogue of games and a comprehensive back office, allowing full view of player activity and ownership of data. NYX’s …
The South African Government’s Trade and Industry Portfolio Committee has been urged to develop a national cyber-policing strategy to guard against internet fraud. The Committee heard from University of Johannesburg Professor Basie von Solms at public hearings held this week on draft amendments to the National Gambling Act. Solms is pushing for the strategy to …
European publishing company and Italy’s largest book and magazine publisher Mondadori has signed up for Evolution Gaming’s AAMS-certified Live Casino solution for its online gaming portal Glaming.it. Mondadori established its online gaming division Glaming S.r.l in June 2011, with Mondadori holding a 70 percent stake in the business and Fun Gaming the remaining 30 percent. …
Karl Dennis Zanft sole director of Fineform Racing Limited, a company that placed bets predominantly on horse races on behalf of clients at high street and online bookmakers, has been disqualified from running a company for nine years until January 2021 by the UK Insolvency Service’s Company Investigation team. Fineform was placed in liquidation in …
Greek gaming firm Intralot is the latest to introduce its Cloud solution with the launch of the NEFOS Intralot Cloud solution for land-based, mobile and online gaming operators. “NEFOS is a secure, highly-available cloud solution that provides gaming operators with technological scalability, operational flexibility and resource optimization to meet their demanding business goals across all …
Kiel-based financial holding firm JAXX SE has announced its entry into firm negotiations with a group of unidentified investors towards the sale of its lottery operations for a proposed consideration of Euro 12.5 million. On completion of a deal, companies within the JAXX group will continue to supply various services such as customer service, IT …
UK bookmakers Coral, Ladbrokes, William Hill and Sky Bet have signed up as Racing UK premium partner sponsors in a new one-year deal commencing February 1, 2012, the racing channel announced this week. The four premium partners will receive significant exposure over various channels including TV, online, print and promotional activities. Racing UK Commercial Director …
Ladbrokes has entered into an acquisition agreement for a majority stake, initially of 65 percent, of U.S. sports book supplier Stadium Technology (Stadium) for a consideration of $3 million. The Las Vegas-based company supplies software and in-game betting applications to sportsbook operators and third party suppliers in Nevada and Delaware and counts Atlantis, Cosmopolitan, Golden …
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has welcomed the introduction of the first ICT industry-wide principles to enhance online safety for children launched by the ICT Coalition for a Safer Internet. The principles complement a recent online child protection initiative delivered by European Commission vice-president Neelie Kroes and comprise adoption of the principles by …
NYX Gaming Group, the newly merged gaming company following NYX Interactive’s acquisition of Australian NextGen Gaming, will debut a 50-line slot titled “Merlin’s Millions”, a new NYX bingo product, a social gaming application and its new mobile gaming system NYX MOVE, this month. Matt Davey, chief executive officer of NYX Gaming Group, said: “The tie-up …
Passoker will provide its in-play betting product to independent bookmaker JenningsBet in a supply deal announced this week. The product will allow patrons of jenningsbet.com to bet on what will happen next in a host of sports that include football, rugby league, rugby union, snooker, darts, NFL, tennis and cricket as well as during a …
Following an announcement of the departure of Australian gaming operator Two Way Limited’s managing director Ben Reichel effective January 31, 2012, the Board has dissolved the position and appointed a new senior executive. Reichel, during his tenure, was responsible for the deployment of the company’s TV wagering service and the successful launch of Two Way’s …
Following similar sentiment to Australian politicians, members of the British Parliament have voiced their concerns over what they term the “aggressive publicity techniques of online betting firms” in a recent Parliamentary session. Liberal Democrat MP Tessa Munt called for an Ofcom Review on the issue of online gambling advertising, saying there was almost 36 hours …
Belgian National Loterie plans on introducing an online sports betting and instant games offering on its e-lotto.be platform following strong online results during its 2011 fiscal year. The lottery reported an overall growth of 9 percent to Euro 1.2 billion, with its most significant results derived from its online offering e-lotto.be showing a 65 percent …
Strong growth in online net revenues were reported by UK bookmaker William Hill in both its fourth quarter and unaudited full year trading update released this week. Key performance indicators for the fourth quarter from September 28 to December 27 2011 include: William Hill Online: – Strong online net revenue growth in the last quarter …
Software company PariPlay Technologies, who were recently granted a licence by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission has announced the launch of two new websites Scratch Games.com and Mamut Games.com operated by Virtual Play International under Pariplay Limited. Pariplay is a software company that licences out its proprietary software on multi vertical fixed-odd games. …
Two large wins were recorded on online slot games this week, the first by an unidentified punter who bagged GBP 147 000 playing Leprechaun’s Luck at Sky Vegas. The lucky player was awarded the prize on just a GBP 1 bet. Sarah G also hit it big playing at Jackpotjoy, Gamesys’ operational website, when she …
French National lottery operator La Française Des Jeux’s (FDJ) sports book software subsidiary LVS has entered into a deal with Loterie National de Cote d’Ivoir (LONACI), the Ivory Coast’s exclusive gambling operator, for the provision of its Advanced Betting Platform (ABP). Operating under the brand Sportcash, the sportsbook launch will coincide with the 2012 Africa …
UK bookmaker and gaming operator William Hill has been named as the new official betting partner to McCoy’s Premier League Darts, continuing its partnership with the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and its interest in the sport following the 2011 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts held at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton. Under the terms …
South Korean officials have bust three members of a gang and indicted another nine for running an illegal gambling website that operated under the guise of a pre-school. The bust followed an intensive investigation that saw 260 bank accounts and cell phone records scrutinised and monitored over a three month period. The Busan District Prosecutors’ …
French online gaming regulatory authority ARJEL has published its latest licencing awards and repeals with Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) receiving approvals on its latest horse race betting and sports betting software as well as BetClic on its sports betting software. The Nation Traffic SAS will no longer be launching its sports betting offering into the …