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Videoslots online casino takes Red Rake Games on board

4 Jul 2018

Online casino operator Videoslots.com has inked a content supply deal which will see Spanish games developer Red Rake Gaming provide a selection of games that includes new releases such as Judges Rule The Show, The Asp Of Cleopatra and Eastern Goddesses, along with classics like Super 10, Electric Sevens and Mega Estelar. Carlos Fernández Aguilar, …

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Nektan reports record quarter and full year trading across B2C and B2B

4 Jul 2018

International B2B and white label provider Nektan plc has released its unaudited figures for the three months and year ended 30 June 2018 (Q4 FY18 and FY18), reporting the following highlights: * Strong growth, with record NGR in Q4 FY18 of GBP 5.7 million, increasing by 10.9 percent compared to Q3 FY18 and by 36.7 …

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Beijing police shutter illegal online gambling ring

4 Jul 2018

The Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau has concluded successful investigations into organised crime online gambling activity involving the national welfare lottery “PK Shi”, which was reportedly manipulated by suspects using WeChat, China’s most popular social network, and gambling software to fix the odds in order to make sure …

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Bet365 partners with newly launched Hard Rock Casino for sports betting

4 Jul 2018

Eagle-eyed reporters for the publication PlayNJ found evidence this week that UK online and land gambling group Bet365 is partnering up with the newly launched Hard Rock Casino in Atlantic City to offer sports betting. Our readers may recall that earlier this week we covered comments made by Hard Rock chairman Jim Allen at the …

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Gambling trade body files legal challenge to Norwegian financial ban

3 Jul 2018

The European Gaming and Betting Association, a trade body that includes most major European gambling groups among its members, has filed a legal challenge in an Oslo court against the Norwegian government’s bank bans on the processing of international financial transactions with gambling operators. EGBA claims that interference with such transactions is a contravention of …

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Singapore police bust online betting ring

3 Jul 2018

Singapore police report that following simultaneous police raids across the island an illegal online sports betting ring has been dismantled and 31 male suspects arrested. Police raiding parties seized Singapore $1.2 million (about US$ 900,000), computers and other evidence in the operation Monday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Investigation and Intelligence) Florence Chua said at a …

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Red Rake Gaming’s new Mystic Mirror slot now live

3 Jul 2018

Spanish online gambling games developer Red Rake Gaming has taken its latest online slot Mystic Mirror live with licensees this week. As the title suggests, the theme here is magic and fantasy, taking the player to a mystical place populated with unicorns, magic mirrors and princesses. On the mechanics side the new slot boasts a …

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Bet365 expands Manchester facility

3 Jul 2018

Local media reports from Manchester are that online bookmaker Bet365 plans to create 100 new jobs in its Manchester technical facility, boosting the existing headcount of 200 by a third. The company said the new positions will be infrastructure roles and will be recruited primarily from graduates of the University of Manchester. Warren Hughes, head …

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Betway to sponsor spanish La Liga football team

3 Jul 2018

Online bookmaker Betway has agreed a two-year deal to become the official shirt sponsor of Spanish La Liga side Levante U.D. Nicknamed ‘Granotas’ (The Frogs), Levante U.D were founded more than 100 years ago and finished 15th in La Liga last season, with the highlight a 5-4 victory against champions Barcelona. Betway has been the …

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Forthcoming Microgaming attraction

3 Jul 2018

On the way from Microgaming is a Rabcat-developed online 5 reel, 243 ways-to-win online slot titled Robin of Sherwood. Features include Wild Turning, Royal Clearing and Gamble Game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z23IsKsI6vw

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Relax Gaming adds Playson to its Silver Bullet Platform

3 Jul 2018

Online gambling games developer Relax Gaming has signed a B2B agreement to distribute games created by online slots development studio Playson. Playson’s product suite includes slots, table games, roulette and video poker games, which will now be available to operators through Relax’s Silver Bullet Platform. Silver Bullet offers hundreds of titles from a host of …

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Online casino games fan site launched

3 Jul 2018

Yggdrasil Gaming has launched its own fan site yggdrasilcasino.com where players can play any title from its complete back catalogue of games for free and its operator partners will receive traffic-driving promotions. The casino, bingo and tables games supplier has created a unique proposition for its partners and their loyal players, the company claimed in …

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NetEnt creates another instant online millionaire

3 Jul 2018

NetEnt has reported creating its third instant online millionaire in June following a jackpot hit on the Hall of Gods progressive slot at Paf.com by an anonymous Finnish player. The player banked Euro 2.75 million from a mobile spin of just Euro 2, the online gambling software and games developer reports. The big win follows …

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Italian ban on advertising will not impact existing contracts

3 Jul 2018

Italy’s new and strongly anti-gambling coalition government has wasted no time in presenting its proposals for a comprehensive ban on gambling advertising to the Italian parliament, with an implementation date of January 1 2019. The decree covers all forms of gambling advertising, including “…sporting, cultural or artistic events, television or radio broadcasts, daily and periodical …

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New MD for Big Fish Games

3 Jul 2018

Aristocrat’s Big Fish Games social gaming subsidiary has a new leader following the appointment of former Electronic Arts and Zynga executive Jeff Karp as managing director and president. Aristocrat acquired Seattle-based Big Fish Games for $990 million earlier this year (see previous reports) and the company has been managed since then by Jeff Goldstein, Aristocrat’s …

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Foxwoods casino launches real money livestreamed gambling action

3 Jul 2018

The agreement between Malta provider Authentic Gaming and the Connecticut-based Foxwoods land casino owned by the Mashantucket Pequot tribe to livestream real money casino action internationally (see previous reports) has gone live…but Foxwoods will not presently profit financially from the venture. Foxwoods’ executive director of online gaming, Seth Young, explained to local reporters this week …

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Pennsylvania casino operators fail in bid to stop i-lottery games

3 Jul 2018

It looks as though the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue had thrown land casino operators in the state a bone in the form of mild restrictions on how the state i-Lottery markets its online games, whilst rejecting their appeal that the games be discontinued altogether. Our readers may recall last week’s report that the casino operators …

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Latest Iron Dog Studios slot launches this week

3 Jul 2018

The latest online slot from Iron Dog Studios, a 5 reel 28 pay-line game with a Chinese mythology theme titled Si Xiang goes live with licensees on July 4. Relevant sound effects and bright graphics set the theme with symbols that include colourful dragons, birds, tigers and (of all things) a tortoise which is Wild. …

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Online sportsbetting bust in Taiwan

3 Jul 2018

A 35-year-old Taiwanese man, identified only as Chang, has been arrested for operating illegal online betting websites in Taipei since January 2018 from his home. Authorities said the man had accepted wagers amounting to 40 million New Taiwan Dollars (NT$), or GBP 996,541, on FIFA related football betting over the past two weeks through the …

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Irish tech firm Banach raises Euro 2.2 million in seed funding

3 Jul 2018

Dublin-based betting technology firm Banach Technology Limited, founded in 2015, has raised Euro 2.2 million in enterprise seed funding which it will use to both expand product development and double its staff complement. The company offers clients product, pricing and risk management streams of data in the sports gaming sector. Banach Technology is led by …

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Cherry awarded Polish license

2 Jul 2018

Cherry AB has become the ninth licensed operator in the Polish market following a sportsbetting license award from Poland’s Ministry of Development and Finance, a process that reportedly took six months. The online sportsbook operates under Cherry Online Polska Sp. z.o.o., with its headquarters in Warsaw. Other license awards comprise: Fortuna, Milennium, TotoLotek S.A., E-Toto, forBET, LV Bet …

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New release from NoLimit City

2 Jul 2018

Nolimit City launched its neon—futuristic, Asian-themed slot title ‘Coins of Fortune’ this past week. Set in the fast-paced cities of Tokyo, Beijing and Shang-Hai – this is the first Asian-themed title from the developer. It’s a five by three-reel, 20 lines slot machine offering the tree stacked symbol ‘Dragon Nudge’ and the walking wild feature known …

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SBTech secures second US partnership

2 Jul 2018

SBTech has secured its second major US partnership after Churchill Downs with Resorts Casino Hotel (RCH) for the provision of sports betting services across online and on-property channels in the New Jersey market, subject to regulatory approvals. Under the terms of the deal, RCH will launch SBTech’s sportsbook solution including a fully integrated on-property and omni-channel offering, backed …

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TBH completes sale of retail assets

2 Jul 2018

The Betmakers Holdings Limited (TBH) (formerly TopBetta Holdings) has completed the sale of its retail businesses TopBetta and Mad Bookie to PlayUp Limited for a $6 million consideration, which will be paid in two tranches. “Completion of the Sale allows TBH to focus on rolling out its plans to be the preferred wholesale supplier of smarter data feeds and B2B wagering solutions …

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