The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has reportedly established an advisory group that will manage a transparent, tender process for the lucrative National Lottery license in 2019. Camelot, owned by Canada’s Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, has held the concession since the National Lottery’s inception in 1994, enjoying three consecutive license terms, the last of which ends in 2023. The advisory group …
Dr Anna van der Gaag has been appointed by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) as Chair of the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB). The RGSB comprises a team of advisors tackling the research, education and treatment required to reduce gambling-related harms. van der Gaag succeeds Sir Christopher Kelly with immediate effect as Kelly’s term winds to an end in March 2019. As …
Rival’s newest release is a 5-reel, 25-payline video slot titled ‘King Kasholot’. King Kasholot, the Queen, Prince, Princess, and the Jester invite players to enjoy Stacked Wild’s, Free Spin Rounds, and the King’s Chest Pick’Em bonus at the Royal court. King Kasholot will go live next week.
Yggdrasil Gaming’s much anticipated and first branded slot ‘Nitro Circus’ launched Sunday. This 5×4 slot offers a Nitro Jump feature inspired by the infamous 15-meter Giganta Ramp at Nitro Circus’ live shows. In the game, players choose their risk level and hit the ramp chasing big stunts for big wins. The standard Nitro Jump allows …
Data solutions provider Continent 8 Technologies has been honoured with the award of International Business of the Year 2018 by the Isle of Man Newspapers Awards for Excellence. Continent 8’s CEO Michael Tobin said: “We are truly honoured to be recognised as this year’s International Business of the Year. Our success and growth are directly attributed to our global team …
Israeli development studio Groove Gaming has inked a content supply deal with online gaming firm Vulkan for deployment of its portfolio of HTML5 titles across multiple brands including flagship VulkanVegas online casino. Groove Gaming joins a raft of top-tier software providers including Microgaming, NetEnt, Quickspin and Yggdrasil. Third party suppliers in Groove Gaming’s portfolio include Wazdan, Leap Games Studios, Iron Dog, …
Just weeks after picking up the accolade for Systems Management at the Oracle Excellence Innovation Awards 2018 in San Francisco (see previous reports), Spanish betting technology provider Optima has been judged as LinkedIn’s Rising Star in Spain. The world’s largest professional networking site made the award in its LinkedIn Talent Awards after the network completed …
Free To Play (FTP) game specialist SportCaller has announced a partnership with bet-on-lotteries operator Lottoland for the launch of Jungle Jackpot, a GBP 1 million jackpot FTP game set to roll out for the upcoming series of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!, hosted by Declan Donnelly and Holly Willoughby. Jungle Jackpot offers …
Mobile-first games developer OneTouch has unveiled its first slot title – an innovative game with a healthy dash of nostalgia titled Juicy 7. Featuring classic fruit, diamond and lucky number sevens symbols, the game is a throwback to the early iterations of slots but with a modern twist, and playable on both mobile and desktop. …
Online lottery group Zeal Network announced Monday that it has launched an all-share voluntary takeover offer for Germany’s largest lottery broker, Lotto24 AG. Zeal intends to offer one new Zeal share with a nominal value of Euro 1.00 as consideration in exchange for each ca. 1.6 tendered shares of Lotto24. Independently of the offer, Zeal …
James Curwen, chief gaming officer at Superbet in Gibraltar has departed after a year in-post to concentrate on the further progress of Golden Rock Studios, a Gibraltar-based games development enterprise which he founded at the end of 2017 with former William Hill colleague Will Mathieson, who is credited with building a series of top slot …
Plans to engage with sports betting companies on advertising going into 2019 have reportedly increasingly occupied the minds of media executives following the imposition of tighter gambling advert regulations in the past year, according to Australian media reports Monday. Peter Costello, chairman of the Nine network, revealed that his company will strive to become less …
The Criminal Investigation Department in the Malaysian state of Johor reported over the weekend that since January this year they have detained 3,811 individuals in 896 raids to stamp out illegal online gambling. Senior Assistant Commissioner Kamaluddin Kassim told local media reporters in a press conference that 9,031 gambling machines and RM332, 657 were seized …
Online gambling games developer Quickspin’s new Ark of Mystery slot has an interesting ancient Egypt theme with the twist of a modern treasure hunt by a beautiful adventurer-explorer called Anna. Watch out for this lady, who can reward the player with a 50x bet multiplier if five land across the reels. The 5 reel, 3 …
Reports on Friday that reveal the All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) has written to the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi asking his government to interfere with financial payments by Indian punters to international online gambling operators carry a whiff of protectionism in the opinion of some industry observers. The trade body, which represents the interests …
Online and land gambling group William Hill plc continued its major digital expansion push Friday with the announcement that Charlotte Emery has joined the digital leadership team with the title of Global Brand and Marketing Director. Emery has over 20 years’ professional experience in brand leadership, strategic planning and innovation, most recently with British American …
The innovation arm of the Kindred gambling group, Kindred Futures, has announced the launch of what it claims is a first-of-its-kind prototype for voice-driven betting. The prototype was built in partnership with tech start-up Artificial Solutions and makes use of an improved Google Action to facilitate voice betting on six top European football leagues and …
Sportech plc has confirmed that it has started serious discussions with lottery games specialist LOT.TO with a view to extending a strategic alliance into an acquisition. Such an takeover, Sportech feels, would “further solidify its global gaming services position”. LOT.TO co-founder Andrew Lindley said in a statement: “Our future with Sportech is hugely exciting because …
With increasing numbers of US states exercising their authority to legalise sports betting in the wake of May’s Supreme Court ruling that it falls within states’ rights, it seems a little strange for Congress to rather belatedly display any interest in getting involved in the already booming liberalised vertical, yet individual congressman continue to make …
Betting technology supplier now in 21 regulated territories – several high-profile operators to go live with full platform solution. Sports betting and gaming technology supplier SBTech advised Friday that it will enter the rapidly growing regulated French market in the first quarter of 2019, with a strong pipeline of well-known operators set to integrate its …
Online gambling games developer BetSoft has announced that it’s latest Slot3 multi-channel slot will be released on November 28, describing the new game Chillipop as a “cluster-based, cascading slot game with a secret ingredient: an expanding grid offering explosive new ways to win.” The theme appears to be Mexican cuisine with delicious flavours, spices and …
Penn National Gaming in Pennsylvania has confirmed that over the past two days it has been live testing its sportsbook technology in preparation for action once the state Gaming Commission is satisfied in every respect. PNG received its Pennsylvania licence in early October and has partnered with UK betting company William Hill’s US subsidiary to …
H1 figures for the fiscal year to end September have been released by Camelot UK Lotteries, operator of the National UK Lottery, showing that sales rose 5.4 percent to GBP 3.5 billion in the reporting period. Growth was recorded across all product verticals, with digital doing particularly well, setting a new sales record of GBP …
Four strikes and you could be out was the warning given to Nevada gambling group CG Technology by the Nevada Gaming Commission Thursday after it considered a third case of non-compliance with regulations by the company. Contraventions of the regulations by CGT included permitting out-of-state residents to place wagers with Nevada sportsbooks via its mobile …