Preceding last week’s news break that gambling companies are considering a reduction in television advertising during live matches the Gambling Commission released statistics showing that British online bookmaking firms earned more than GBP 1 billion last year from online football betting alone. The Gross Gambling Yield for remote football bets in 2017/18 soared 57 percent …
888Casino has undergone a revamp in terms of aesthetics, technology and game offer. The new website offers a more intuitive, fresher design along with an expanded game offer that will be rolled out in the coming months. The expanded gaming offer, on the company’s new online platform and web application, will include top titles from …
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The United Kingdom has become the thirty-first Macolin Convention signatory following the signing of the Convention of the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions (CETS No. 215) by Mims Davies, UK Minister for Sport and Civil Society in the presence of Gabriella Battaini Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General. The UK will continue its efforts to conform to …
Italian gambling regulator AAMS released November’s overall market performance this week, detailing a lagging retail sector boosted by online results. Licensees generated revenues of Euro 148.5 million during the month (Nov 2017: Euro 147 million and Oct 2018: Euro 133.7 million). Online sportsbetting revenues reached Euro 65.1 million, up 5 percent Y-o-Y in contrast to retail revenues …
The National Basketball Association has named Uruguay sports betting operator Supermatch as its first official gaming partner in the country and the leagues first in the Latin America category. The multi-year partnership will be promoted in more than 6,000 retail locations in Uruguay, on Supermatch’s and NBA’s online platforms, including NBA.com, the NBA App and …
NoLimit City has signed a collaboration deal with affiliate network Catena Media. The collaboration covers a multi-deal promotion plan across the company’s various in-house brands, including; johnslots.com, nyacasino.com, casinobonus360.com and askgamblers.com amongst others. The partnership with Catena Media will help Nolimit get further exposure with the gambling communities out there, reaching out to players and community forums …
Tom Horn Gaming content has gone live in Serbia’s regulated market with one of its biggest operators, Balkan Bet. The provider is supplying Balkan Bet with popular titles such as 243 Crystal Fruits and Book of Spells as well as more recent releases like Frozen Queen and Wild Weather. Ondrej Lapides, Tom Horn Gaming CEO, said in …
Inspired Entertainment, Inc. (Inspired) has reported double digit growth in revenue and EBITDA for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2018, narrowing net losses significantly year over year to $20.6 million from $49.1 million in 2017. Full year revenue was up 15.4 percent to $141.4 million, while Adjusted EBITDA increased 32.9 percent year over year to …
Toronto-listed online betting and gaming operator The Stars Group (TSG) has become the nineteenth operator approved to operate in the Swedish market by regulator Lotterinspektionen. TSG has been issued online gaming and betting licenses for four of its brands – pokerstars.se, pokerstarscasino.se, fulltilt.se and betstars.se.
Playtech has partnered iovation for the integration of its FraudForce device fingerprinting technology. FraudForce is being made available through the Playtech Open Platform (POP) as part of Playtech’s policy to expand its operator toolset through selected strategic agreements, alongside its own internal research and development. Powered by a Global Device Intelligence Platform, FraudForce focuses on the device rather than the user to …
BluePrint Gaming’s latest release is ‘Vikings Unleashed Megaways’ offering an explosive Norse-themed journey in the waters of the North Sea. The slot offers 117,649 ways to win due to the integration of Big Time Gaming’s MegaWays mechanic. Features include cascading wins, mystery symbols and free spins accompanied by an intense soundtrack and quality graphics. Before heading into the …
Gavin Isaacs has resigned his position as vice chairman of the board of Scientific Games after a four and a half year tenure. Isaacs joined the company following its merger with Bally Technologies where he served as chief operating officer. He spent two years in the position of chief executive officer at Scientific Games before taking up the role of …
Australian slot developer Lightning Box has upgraded a number of its classic games to HTML5. The games were originally developed in Flash when founders Peter Causley and David Little first started designing content for Chartwell Technology in 2010. The newly revamped titles will be distributed to European operators by SG Digital. Following a recent extension to that deal, they also have a route to …
Relax Gaming has agreed a ‘powered by’ distribution deal with Stakelogic exposing the developer’s content further in core markets around the world. Titles include Big Five Jungle Jackpot, Samurai’s Fortune,Nudge Runner and Joker4Wild. Stephan van den Oetelaar, CEO of Stakelogic: “Demand for our games is incredibly high, and by partnering with Relax Gaming we can deliver our full suite …
Extending its geographical reach farther into Eastern Europe, Betsoft Gaming has signed its latest strategic content agreement with established online operator and games aggregator SoftGamings. All Betsoft titles from the signature Slots3 series are included, giving SoftGamings’ players access to recent innovations as well as established hits that have proven popular inside and outside Europe. …
Officials of the National Bureau of Investigations and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) have been criticised for the illegal shuttering of five online gambling operations run by Globaltech Mobile Online Corporation in Quezon City that saw the arrest of 15 individuals last month. In reviewing the case, the Department of Justice concluded that before …
Russian government plans to do away with three self-regulating gambling bodies have triggered a debate in which interested parties appear to be divided. The Ministry of Economic Development’s announcement that it is framing new laws to scrap three self-regulating bodies in the sports betting and sweepstakes online verticals has raised questions regarding a duplication of …
Gambling industry veteran and founder of the respected BetVictor group, Victor Chandler (67) is planning to expand his African betting business BetLion into the Kenyan market, reports the Kenyan newspaper The Star. Chandler sold BetVictor to a private equity group in 2014 (see previous reports) and has since been working on online betting project BetLion …
Moving quickly following its expensive run-in with the UK Gambling Commission recently online casino operator Videoslots.com has contracted Wag.io impose more control over affiliate marketers and their handling of compliance and brand integrity matters for the operator. Wag.io is a new web-based platform which would appear to be well-timed as the Commission tightens up its …
Czech national lottery operator Sazka has signed a multi-year extension to its sportsbook partnership with technology provider SBTech following a two-year business relationship between the companies. SBTech will continue to power Sazka’s sportsbook offering, supplying the operator with a data-driven risk management solution, bonus engine and a bespoke front end. It will also provide a …
Malta-based casino content developer Betsoft Gaming has released details of its new slot Yak, Yeti and Roll a week ahead of its December 14 launch. The 5 reel, 20 pay-lines game has a claimed RTP of 95.93 percent (96.54 percent on Feature Buy) and is themed around two wacky companions on a wintry trip across …
All EU member states, except Denmark, have not fully implemented EU consumer protection guidelines for online gambling, putting the protection of online gamblers at risk by leaving them exposed to unequal and inadequate levels of protection, according to a new study published by the City University London and commissioned by the European Gaming and Betting …
Gambling has injected more than $385 million into Pennsylvania state coffers in the first year since a law was passed to expand gambling in the state, surpassing state budget estimates. Upfront licensing fees for casinos, online casinos, and sportsbooks; mini-casino auction profits; and tax revenue from lottery expansion and daily fantasy sports have combined to …