The Swiss referendum Sunday has been completed, and will deliver affirmation of two key laws supported by the government: Voters approved parliament’s gambling reform proposals, and rejected the sovereign money proposal which would have seen new money issuance confined to the central bank, a situation to which government was opposed. That’s what exit polls conducted …
US media over the weekend carried the story of New Jersey accountant Tayeb Souami’s $302 million win on the Powerball lottery, revealing that it all started by chance when he bought what his wife felt was an overpriced bottle of orange juice from a convenience store. Returning the product, a Powerball poster advertising the latest …
Online gambling games developer Quickspin is set to release its next, and it claims its most ambitious yet, online slot – a five reel, 20 pay-line game titled Dwarfs Gone Wild that has an almost bewildering but definitely entertaining range of animated and interactive action as it presents an entirely different take on Snow White …
The Golden Nugget online casino in Atlantic City has reported that a New Jersey online punter named Amy hit a $240,026 jackpot on the Divine Fortune progressive slot this week….on a stake of just $2. The player, who lives in North Jersey, is a newcomer to online gambling and won the windfall just ten days …
Friday’s acceptance by the British Horse Racing Authority of the new horse racing levy, which now includes mandatory 10 percent revenue contributions from online gambling firms taking bets on horse races, is likely to boost the Association’s coffers from the previous scheme’s GBP 54.5 million (2015-16 figures), to a 2017-18 benefit that could be as …
Gibraltar-based secondary lottery Lottoland will be relying on its insurance policies to help pay-out a record GBP 90 million win secured by a Lottoland punter in Germany this week. Lottoland said that the prize will be paid out through the firm’s insurance model, with the Fortuna PCC that accesses efficient risk capital through a series …
New Jersey governor Phil Murphy kept sports betting operators in suspense Friday, eventually dashing hopes for an immediate commencement of sports betting by explaining that his administration was still reviewing the law, passed overwhelmingly by the state Legislature earlier in the week (see previous reports). However, the governor sounded positive about the new law, enacted …
UK National Lottery operator Camelot has reported a year-on-year increase in sales, with digital sales performing particularly well to reach a record £1.65 billion. Total sales last year were GBP 6.95 billion, up GBP 26.4 million. On the digital front mobile sales reached unprecedented sales of GBP 700.6 million – more than 40 percent of …
Paddy Power Betfair has joined the US sports betting rush with agreements to provide retail, online and mobile sports betting with Meadowlands racetrack in New Jersey and harness racing venue Tioga Downs in New York, taking early advantage oif the liberalisation of US sports betting following the recent US Supreme Court decision to strike down …
The latest online slot release from BetSoft Gaming is scheduled to go live on June 29 and takes the player back to the ancient Greek era. Titled Golden Owl of Athena, the theme celebrates Grecian respect for the owl as a source of wisdom, a custom that has survived to the modern age, supporting a …
The Swedish gambling reform bill that will open up the online market in the Nordic nation was approved Thursday in parliament on a vote of 282 vs. 19 against. The bill will introduce a licensing system for online gambling with a tax rate of 18 percent of gross gambling revenue, and comes into force on …
Despite last month’s Australian House of Representatives vote to ban “synthetic” lotteries like Lottoland (see previous reports) the campaign against the prohibition is being vigorously pursued by the company, which this week revealed that it has accumulated almost 16,000 signatures on a petition against the ban. Lottoland’s feisty chief executive, Luke Brill, told local media …
Switzerland’s coalition of youth wings and political parties will have their say Sunday June 10 on new gambling proposals from government that would exclude foreign companies from the online gambling market, making it the exclusive preserve of local land casino operators. The Swiss government was forced to take the issue to a referendum following a …
Malta-based lottery and jackpot provider Spinola Gaming is using the major international appeal of the forthcoming World Cup football in Russia to launch a themed acquisition and retention game that enables online casinos to offer players the opportunity to win a main jackpot of Euro 50 million alongside secondary jackpots of Euro 25 million and …
Australian gambling giant Tabcorp is reportedly negotiating an early exit from its joint venture obligation to Rupert Murdoch’s News UK publishing group in the Sun Bets UK sports betting project. The Guardian newspaper reports that Tabcorp told around 60 UK-based staff that it is on the verge of ending the partnership, which began in 2016, …
Legal sports betting is coming to New Jersey’s casinos and racetracks, along with online, depending on how soon state Gov. Phil Murphy signs a bill passed Thursday by both the House of Assembly and the state Senate. Both houses in the Legislature unanimously approved a measure Thursday to regulate and tax the industry, but legislative …
Spanish online gambling games developer Red Rake Gaming has released its much anticipated new video poker product that enables punters to play anything from one hand up to 50 hands simultaneously. The player can choose the cards that they want to keep on the table and try their luc, and the game’s diversity, by attempting …
It’s been a week of change for the GVC Holdings board of directors following a lively agm last week in which the company’s remuneration policy came under fire (see previous reports). First, Remunerations Committee member Peter Isola stepped down amid concerns that the work of his legal company for GVC, allied to his directorship may …
England’s most successful Rugby Union club, Leicester Tigers, has announced a new two-year partnership agreement with mobile gambling operator LeoVegas. The deal includes the acceptance of LeoVegas as the club’s official betting partner. The extension runs until the end of the 2019/20 season, and follows a successful first full year in connection with the Welford …
Sixty-nine percent of Americans say gambling is morally acceptable, a four-percentage-point increase from last year and the highest level of acceptance in the last 16 years, according to the latest Gallup poll, conducted between May 1-10, 2018, with a random sample of 1,024 adults, aged 18 and older, living across the United States. Previously, the …
Golden scarabs – religious symbol of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs – are the Wild key to reward opportunities in the latest Microgaming online slot released today (Thursday). The 5 reel, 243 ways-to-win game has two Wild features which can create winning combinations for the player; the Wild Deal triggers when a Wild lands on the …
In partnership with media company The Mirror and UK bookmaker dabblebet, Perform Gaming has launched dabblebet Five-a-Side Live, a free-to-play fantasy football product that pits players against each other on a game-by-game basis – all while watching the World Cup action unfold live on TV. Users do not face the usual hassles of budget caps …
Online gambling games developer Yggdrasil Gaming has pledged to “reinvent casino” with the launch of its first ever table game, using ground-breaking motion capture. The multiplayer product, titled Sonya Blackjack, features intuitive mobile gameplay and a 3D dealer to create an immersive playing environment. Up to three players can sit at a single table, with …
Racing.com and Racing Post have entered a content sharing arrangement around feature events, giving racing fans the best available coverage of thoroughbred racing from around the world. Racing Post is now a leading digital publisher with an innovative mobile app and fully responsive website – racingpost.com, as well an expanding business-to-business division which develops content …