Sky Betting & Gaming, the online betting and gaming arm of the UK pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB, has selected Net Entertainment to supply gaming content to its online casino site Skyvegas.com. The agreement boosts Sky Betting and Gaming’s existing online games portfolio and provides Skyvegas.com with a range of quality and popular online casino games. John …
The international online betting group Sportingbet plc has posted its results for the fiscal year ended July 31, reporting EBITDA up by 11 percent to GBP 51.4 million pounds ($79 million). Key highlights in the company’s year included: *Discussions are continuing with Ladbrokes regarding a possible offer for the entire issued share capital of the …
A Lithonia, Georgia, woman is $25 million richer this week, and it’s all down to the freakish good luck of a store clerk’s screw-up. The UPI news agency reports that Kathy Scruggs (44) of Lithonia, claimed her prize Monday at Georgia Lottery headquarters. She revealed that her massive win was initially generated by a mistake; …
The Oregon Lottery is in the final working stages on a new website that offers a chance to win cash prizes through the Internet — a first for the state and part of a growing national trend toward more online gambling. Branded ORcade, the site will allow people to register their losing “Scratch-its” lottery tickets …
Earlier this year the state Legislature delayed debate on the passage of an internet gambling legalisation bill to 2012, but interest remains high in the project. A new study conducted by the University of Northern Iowa has shown that regardless of whether the Iowa Legislature authorises Internet poker in the 2012 session, significant numbers of …
Malta-licenced online gaming software provider World Match Ltd (WM) has released its first online multi-line slot with 3D graphics titled “Maximum”. “Maximum” takes on the ancient world of the Roman gladiators featuring a Bonus Game, Free Spins and Wilds. The bonus game features a target-shooting gladiator using six different weapons for six launches to accumulate …
Washington’s D.C. Lottery has rescheduled public consultation meetings in each of the city’s eight wards to give the public a platform to voice their concerns and opinions on the introduction of internet gambling. Buddy Roogow, Executive Director of D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Board said in a statement: “I look forward to kicking off the …
Gaming solutions provider Aristocrat has secured a systems contract with the soon-to-be-opened Maryland Live! land casino, which is to include a new online play-for-fun gaming option. Aristocrat has also signed up tribal operator Island Resort and Casino for a similarly ‘free-to-play’ virtual casino, scheduled for launch in the second quarter of 2012. Maryland Live!, powered …
Sporting Solutions, the B2B in-play trading and pricing division of the Sporting Index Group, has announced that Blue Square and 888sport are the latest sportsbook brands to join its fast-growing service. Both Blue Square and 888sport will be taking in-play prices across a number of sports, including American football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, rugby union …
Land casino revenue in Macau rose 39 percent to 21.2 billion patacas in September (September 2010: 15.3 billion), according to data published on the website of the city’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau this week. Gambling revenue for the Chinese city’s casino operators reached 194.4 billion patacas (2010: 133.2 million) in the first nine months …
Casino Enterprises, the owner of the Swaziland-based Piggs Peak and other online casinos, has told employees that the operation is to close at the end of November, according to reports today in the newspaper Swazi Observer. Employees told the newspaper that they had received email notifications, which were made available for inspection, and that up …
One of the top US suppliers of gambling games and equipment, Bally Technologies has used the G2E conference and expo currently taking place in Las Vegas as the launchpad for a new business division – Bally Interactive. Clearly spurred on by the growing likelihood that legalised online gambling will be achieved in the United States, …
Spokesmen for Sportnco, the consolidated B2B sportsbook operation owned by France-Pari confirmed at EiG Milan that the company was on track with its ambitious plans to expand further into Europe through nations that are currently shaping up as regulated jurisdictions like Denmark, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Greece. Earlier this year, France-Pari chief exec, Herve Schlosser, …
The first of the special panel discussions devoted to online gambling at this year’s G2E expo and conference in Las Vegas took place Monday, examining the need for more political education on internet gambling, the benefits of regulation, excluding criminal influences, and fair taxation as industry execs got to grips with the impending reality of …
Microgaming’s Quickfire division has released its first multi-player online casino game with the launch of Multi-Player Roulette, which will be made available to QuickFire operators before the end of the year, with Bet3000 leading the charge as the first operator. Multi-Player Roulette will be the first in a series of community based games, which spokesmen …
Costa Rica-based games development studio Sheriff Gaming has treats in store with numerous forthcoming attractions in scratch card and slot formats. Twenty-win line slots to look forward to include “Ed’s Venture”, where a laughter-filled alien family go holiday on a new planet that goes from quiet to party when the family arrives. “The Amsterdam Masterplan” …
Bookmakers are in talks with Irish decision makers to utilise tablet technology in their betting shops enabling customers to place bets with them rather than online, according to a report in the Irish Sunday Business Post. Tablet technology is reportedly being met more “sympathetically” by Government officials as opposed to the fixed odds betting terminal …
The Spanish National Gambling Commission has released a list of companies officially accredited to provide approval and certification to operators intent on supply online gaming services in Spain. A Ministerial Order establishing the technical requirements for the provision of online gaming activities, prior to the submission of licence applications, was passed through the country’s Parliament …
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc’s (BSkyB) betting arm, Sky Bet, has launched an extensive fully integrated advertising campaign intended to raise awareness of Sky Bet and its association with Sky Sports. Introducing the strapline “Nothing’s certain. That’s why it’s exciting”, the campaign was developed by London-based creative agency WCRS. The ads explore the thoughts of …
Gaming software provider EveryMatrix will provide its sportsbook software to SportCity24, BetCave, ArtemisBet and Topsport. SportCity24 and BetCave are new sportsbook operators whereas ArtemisBet has chosen to move its existing sportsbook operation to the OddsMatrix sportsbook platform. Topsport is the first client to launch a fully managed live betting software solution from EveryMatrix that includes …
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has extended its relationship with software and services provider Playtech for its online casino product in a multi-year agreement announced this week. Playtech’s casino product will provide Paddy Power with a comprehensive games library, comprising slots, table and card games and a wide range of branded content in both download and …
Dee Dutta, a marketing professional with a track record that includes management positions in global companies like Sony Ericsson and Visa, has been appointed marketing chief at online gambling group Bodog Europe. His responsibilities will include oversight on the marketing and communication of Bodog’s online poker, casino games, sports betting and horse racing betting services. …
UK television fans will be familiar with the popular marketing campaign by the Victor Chandler online betting company, featuring a series of amusing advertisements starring comedian Paddy McGuinness. The latest in the series was launched this week with McGuinness and his glamorous assistant Christine (Mrs. McGuinness) extolling the virtues of internet gambling on virtual Blackjack …
The exposure by the Telegraph newspaper this week of a massive security breach at Betfair has been followed by news that the betting company’s security chief, Sean Catlett, is leaving the company at the end of October. Company officials have denied that his exit is linked to the publicity on the security breach, which occurred …