GVC Holdings has launched its bwin and partypoker brands in the Swedish market. Both brands now offer dedicated websites under the .se extension. An Android mobile app is also available, with an iOS version expected to follow over the coming days. bwin.se will utilise the feature-set and content from the Group’s flagship European sports betting brand, offering both pre-event and …
Dutch gaming authority Kansspelautoriteit issued a record number of fines during 2018 to operators illegally targeting Dutch consumers. Totalling Euro 1.7 million, the fines comprised 7 administrative fines, five of which were imposed on online operators Bet-at-Home, Corona, Mr Green, CyberRock and WHG International.
Mexican gaming and entertainment firm Logrand Entertainment Group has signed a license agreement with Stockholm-listed B2B fantasy sports and pool betting provider, Scout Gaming Group. Under the terms, Logrand will offer its customers access to Scout Gaming’s platform enabling significant expansion for the provider in the Mexican market. Logrand will also launch daily fantasy sports through its online …
Sports betting supplier SBTech has announced the appointment of former Scientific Games chief executive officer Gavin Isaacs as its non-executive chairman with immediate effect. Isaacs’ will use his two-decade-long gaming experience across a series of senior management positions to further grow the company’s expanding US presence. “We’re thrilled that someone of Gavin’s calibre, credibility and experience has chosen to …
Leading online gaming supplier Microgaming has taken its content live in Sweden after the introduction of a bespoke solution to the market via its entertainment platform. Microgaming has closely supported its operators during the licence application process over the past few months with the provision of the supporting documentation and information required for Sweden’s newly re-regulated market. Operators can …
Christmas day brought a lucky windfall to a Dover Downs online player who won a $213,969.83 progressive jackpot in the early hours of the morning. The lucky punter, who placed a $7.50 bet on Santa’s Super Slot game, was playing on his mobile phone when he struck it lucky. Dover Downs launched six new jackpot games back in May …
Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau has posted its December revenue report revealing a 16.6 percent rise y-o-y to 26,47 billion patacas (GBP2.6 Billion) the 29th consecutive month of growth y-o-y. Accumulated gross revenue for the 12 months ending December 31, 2018 amounted to 302.8 billion patacas (GBP 29.5 Billion), a 14 percent rise over full …
Asian games developer Game Media Works (GMW) Global has agreed a distribution deal with European developer and aggregator WeAreCasino. Under the terms, WeAreCasino slot and video bingo titles will be distributed by GMW in the Asian market and in turn WeAreCasino will distribute forty-four GMW titles through its operators. Diego Verano, Account Manager at GMW Asia: We are proud to …
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has nixed attempts to make the State the fifth to allow online gambling by vetoing Bill HB4926 during his last week in office. HB 4926, which was approved by both the Michigan Senate and the Michigan House of Representatives earlier this month, included provisions for the regulation of real money internet casino gaming and …
The Rhode Island Lottery published sports betting revenues taken at the Twin River Casino Sportsbook in Lincoln of $682,714 in four and a half days of operation following launch on November 26 2018. According to the report, $609,717 was paid out on winning bets, leaving $73,000 in revenue of which 51 percent goes to the State after operating expenses …
EGT Interactive’s latest omni-channel games releases are titled “20 Joker Reels” and “Virtual Roulette”. 20 Joker Reels is a 5-reel, 20 fixed-payline video slot carrying a classical, old-school feel. The Joker is Wild and substitutes for all symbols except for scatters. Joker only appears on 2nd, 3rd and 4th reels. Pouch is a Scatter symbol and …
In a press briefing last week, deputy director of the Research Office of China’s Supreme People’s Court, Zhou Jiahai issued a public statement on five “guiding” cybercrime cases saying the perpetrators would be severely punished in accordance with the law and warning “cyberspace is not an “out-of-law place”. The highlighted cases would form a precedent in terms …
Hospitality and entertainment firm Delaware North has opened two West Virginia casino sportsbooks and launched its BetLucky.com online and mobile app for statewide sports wagering. The retail sportsbooks at Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center in Wheeling and Mardi Gras Casino & Resort near Charleston opened this week following approval from the West Virginia Lottery Commission and the completion of field testing. Delaware North’s retail and mobile …
Booongo’s newest release ‘Fu Cai Shen’ is a 3×3, single-line video slot that awards up to x1200 the stake. Devoted to the Oriental God of Fortune lucky symbols include gold coins, a Pouch of Plenty, Red Chinese Lanterns and Golden Ingot’s. Play the demo here.
Unikrn have added new functionality to their model with the launch of its wagering platform UMode. UMode enables punters to bet on themselves utilising Unikrn’s matchmaking system. “UMode gives players fair odds based on their play history and doesn’t require all participants to place a bet,” Andrew Vouris, Unikrn chief operating officer, said in a statement. “With a …
ZEAL Network’s takeover of LOTTO24 AG has progressed with the signing of a ‘Business Combination Agreement’ in which the parties have laid out key areas of cooperation. Lotto24 and ZEAL have agreed cooperation in achieving the synergy effects targeted by both parties, and in gaining the necessary approval of the competent gambling authorities. Both parties have agreed that …
Đà Nẵng police have bust an online gambling ring and detained thirteen suspects comprising seven Chinese nationals and six Vietnamese. The operation was supported by mostly Chinese punters, Police said, and involved bets of around VND5 Billion (US$272,000) placed through websites 6u2q.cn, tyc345.cc and xilefucai.com. Eleven passports, 99 mobile phones and twenty-seven laptops were seized …
GVC Holdings has launched Meta Games Universal’s (MetaGU) Super8 Slot across its online casino brands on an exclusive basis for a select time. Super8 offers a retro-feel with modern features such as retriggerable free spins, traditional scatter wins up to 100 times total stake and line multipliers up to 15 times. Four non-progressive jackpots offer up to 2,000 times total …
Paf is the latest operator to receive a Swedish online gambling license from gaming authority Lotteriinspektionen. The company already holds a major presence in the market having operated licenced gambling on cruise ferries in Swedish waters since 1974. The new online licence is Paf Group’s fifh online licence for a locally regulated market. “As a Swedish CEO …
Swedish gaming authority Lotteriinspektionen has awarded its 58th license to Multilotto. The operator is authorised to offer lottery and online casino games when the newly regulated market opens on January 1, 2019. Multilotto has operated successfully in the Swedish market for the past six years and proclaims to be the leading online lottery brand in the market.
Almost 3.3 million visitors were recorded by the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR)’s statistic department during the month of November, up 15.3 percent year-on-year and a month to month growth of 3.6 percent. Our readers will recall Gross gaming revenues on games of chance, recorded by the Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, for the month of November …
Cherry affiliate business Game Lounge has agreed a strategic partnership with Sweden’s largest media site Schibsted’s Aftonbladet providing an additional marketing channel to market, operate and manage customer contacts of casino sites holding Swedish licences. Under the terms, Game Lounge will deliver a comparison site for casino and betting with related content and technology solutions. “This transaction illustrates the future …
B2B gaming software-as-a-service-solutions provider GAN has inked a content distribution contract with SYNOT valued in excess of GBP 400,000. GAN will distribute six SYNOT-designed casino games, including flagship slot title, “Alchemist’s Gold”, to the US market through its proprietary ‘GameSTACK’ Internet Gambling Platform (IGS). The multi-year deal includes paid-for development fees and ongoing revenue-share participation throughout the term. All games …
Videoslots.com has boosted its content portfolio to include a selection of proprietary casino titles from Oryx Gaming, and by extension, Gamomat and Kalamba Games. Gamomat’s new ‘Crazy Chicken Shooter’ jackpot side game, based on Germany’s most popular game in the early 2000s – Moorhuhn, is included in the integration. “Videoslots.com has a cracking offering of casino titles and our games will …