Former Centrebet technical executive Stefan Matthews has been appointed Bodog Europe’s chief technical officer, bringing 10 years of management experience to the group. Matthews’ resume includes technology and business development at the Australian betting group Centrebet International, and a spell as md of the B2B training and assessment firm Collage Technologies. Patrik Selin, CEO of …
The German state of Schleswig Holstein, which recently broke away from the other 15 German states to run its own EC-approved online gambling regime, could soon be joined by Saxony, according to rampant speculation in the German market this week. The German states are experiencing difficulty in renewing their gambling treaty, which has hitherto proved …
More details have emerged on proposed Hungarian online gambling regulations with a tax amendment proposal submitted to Parliament by the governing Fidesz party, according to local newswire MTI. The amendments are based on a bill authored by Economy Minister György Matolcsy submitted to a parliamentary committee earlier this month . Fidesz party member Antal Rogán, …
Online casino games developer PopCap could be getting ready to launch a series of casino-style games on Facebook, according to GeekWire. New domain purchases, changes to a Facebook page and a recent trademark application for ‘Lucky GemCasino’ by PopCap have been cited by the publication as a possible indicator of a shift to a casino …
Online gambling, and sports betting in particular is again front-and-centre in New Jersey politics as the week starts, with new that the Fairleigh Dickenson University PublicMind poll is about to be updated, a hearing by the Senate State Government and Wagering Committee is about to start, and a consultant is predicting that the state could …
Following a trading halt pending a key capital raising announcement by Australian publicly-listed interactive television gambling provider Two Way, the company has welcomed a cornerstone investor by way of Malaysian entrepreneur Gerald Tan. The new investors have agreed to invest up to $2.04 million of expansion capital in the Company which will be used to …
Online gaming software provider NeoGames will provide a selection of online scratchcard and instant win games to the Mexican National Lottery, Lotería Nacional in a supply deal announced this week. The game selection are all fully customised and branded for the Mexican market. Being a new market for Lotería Nacional, NeoGames will share its online …
Sportech subsidiary Vernons has ventured into online casino, games and poker to expand on its traditional football pools offering. Available via dedicated tabs on the vernons.com website, the new offerings are powered by Playtech, offer full player services and competitive SUB’s. Vernons Online Casino offers table, card, slots, progressive slots, and arcade games from Playtech …
Scientific Games Corporation has announced the completion of its acquisition of UK gaming content and machine supplier Barcrest Group Limited. Barcrest, formerly an IGT company, will be integrated into Scientific Games’ wholly owned UK subsidiaries, The Global Draw and Games Media, which supply, operate and service over 29,000 gaming terminals globally. Barcrest had an installed …
The recent news that a European Commission finding supported lower tax rates for Danish online gambling operators than their land counterparts will open up competition for Malta in the licensing jurisdiction stakes, predicts an article in the Malta Times. However, Danish licensees will be still be paying a 20 percent tax on profits (against the …
Malaysians caught gambling online may soon be taken to court together with owners and operators of the illegal online gambling premises, state police chief Datuk Wira Ayub Yaakob told the New Straits Times over the weekend. At present online gamblers are only detained to assist in police investigations and called up as witnesses in court, …
Ireland’s extensive reform of its land and online gambling sectors appears to be moving apace, with Justice Minister Alan Shutter previewing some of the proposals in an interview with the Irish Examiner over the weekend. He said that time delays are to be introduced on the use of credit cards for online betting, along with …
The Philippines police have been busy over the weekend, with a spokesman for the National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group announcing that a series of late night raids led to 20 arrests involving a Korean Jopok organised crime cell operating illegal online blackjack casinos in Pasig City. CIDG Director Samuel Pagdilao Jr. claimed during …
More details are now available on Saturday morning’s massive Euro 11.7 million hit on Net Entertainment’s progressive slot MegaFortune jackpot. The jackpot was taken down by an as yet unidentified 20-something Norwegian man playing on a whim at the Betsson online casino. Norwegian newspapers report that the student from Hordaland, Norway returned home in the …
The police in Melaka, Malaysia report that a raid on a suspected illegal online gambling ring this weekend resulted in the confiscation of 30 computers. Following complaints from the public about a house in the Taman Bunga Raya area, a police raiding party visited the premises at 6.15 pm; it was the third time a …
Somewhere this weekend there’s an online casino player who is probably still trying to come to terms with being an instant multi-millionaire, having hit the jackpot on Net Entertainment’s MegaFortune progressive slot. Building for the last 200-some days, the jackpot had grown to the biggest ever recorded on the Internet at Euro 11,736,228 . Details …
The Weather Lottery, a British online gambling company that specialises in developing ties with football clubs appears to be in trouble with one of its associates, the Rangers football club, over non-payment of profits to the tune of GBP 29 000. The gambling company is now being taken to court in a bid to recover …
The “William Hill Ayr Gold Cup” flat horse race run in Scotland in September each year is tipped as the richest sprint handicap in Europe. The terms of the deal include full naming rights of the three-day festival, sponsorships of the Ayr Gold, Silver and Bronze Cup as well as the Doonside Cup, Ayrshire Handicap …
The Australian land casino group Crown Limited’s plans to extend its brand to online gambling operations in England have run into difficulties following an objection lodged by the British online bingo operator Crown Bingo. The Brit firm lodged a complaint after the Australians made a trade mark application in August, and intend to fight to …
According to data from the state-run Korean Institute of Criminology, illegal online sports betting could be worth around 13 Trillion Won ($10 Billion) reports the Korea Times. The data submitted for an annual parliamentary report by Ahn Kyung-yul, a representative of the ruling Grand National Party, states that 1 019 illegal sports gambling websites are …
The Montreal-based online gambling group Amaya Gaming officially launched its Kwachu 6/48 Lottery in the Republic of Kenya this week, its second lottery offering in the African country this year. Amaya expects the lottery will build on the brand awareness established in Kenya earlier this year with the operation of a 15-week Short Message Service …
Bet Smart Media has launched its Twitter ‘game chat’ widget, powered by SportsWidgets.com, as a white-label solution by Sports Interaction. As Sports Interaction’s customers browse sports matchup pages, the Twitter-powered ‘game chat’ widget displays real-time tweets that are relevant to the game the customer is browsing. The customer also has the ability to participate in …
In Washington DC, the bad-tempered political row over the District’s new law legalising online gambling continued, although the chief antagonist, Councilman Jack Evans, conceded that threats to repeal the legislation could not be actioned until the public consultation phase had been concluded. The results of that consultation may deliver some surprises; according to a snap …
Two new online slots have been released by the Swedish internet gambling software provider Nyx Interactive, featuring themes as disparate as a romantic date in Paris and a pirate curse. David Flynn, CEO for NYX Interactive, says: “This year has seen excellent growth for NYX and by continuing our releases of new content to our …