Like bet365, William Hill is hedging its post-BREXIT bets with the opening of a satellite office in the Malta jurisdiction. “We are setting up a Malta office and a small initial organisation for our international facing business post-Brexit. All current locations are unaffected by the new operation,” confirmed Ulrik Bengtsson, chief digital officer for William …
The head of Dutch gaming authority Kansspelautoriteit, Marja Appelman, has been elected as president of the Gaming Regulators European Forum (GREF) during the association’s annual meeting in Prague. GREF operates as an informal consultation platform where some thirty regulators and regulators of gambling in Europe are affiliated.
Online casino operator Mr Green has launched a new pools betting product in partnership with Colossus Bets. The launch of ‘Jackpot Bets’, offering a series of five exclusive £5 million Super 8 jackpots for the football World Cup, includes the full Colossus sports portfolio. “Colossus sports jackpots offer a ‘low stakes for grand prizes’ alternative …
GVC Holdings has boosted the content portfolio of its majority-owned Georgian operator Crystalbet with the integration of a comprehensive suite of proprietary and licensed, omni-channel slot and table game content. Crystalbet customers gain access to over 150 games from suppliers such as NetEnt and Yggdrasil as well as around 15 titles developed by GVC’s in-house …
International B2B and white label gaming software and services provider Nektan plc announced Monday that in a further agreement with Tyche Digital, its Malta based gaming partner, it will deliver Nektan’s Evolve Lite gaming platform into global cryptocurrency online casino operators. Two initial deals with online casino operators have already been secured by Tyche Digital, …
Sportsbet.io, a Bitcoin-led sportsbook, has revealed a new Twitch-based football show, Your Road To Glory, bringing news and views from this summer’s World Cup football in Russia. The first-of-its-kind broadcast will kick off with coverage of the Russia versus Saudi Arabia game. The two-hour show will feature betting insight and commentary, accompanied by a series …
Fans of Finnish mythology will be interested in the launch this week of a new online casino powered by the SkillOnNet platform and titled AHTI Games. The theme is inspired by the mythological fierce Finnish sea-going warrior god and offers players a selection of the most popular slots and table games. Players can access more …
Online casino games developer Pragmatic Play has increased its presence in the Italian market by entering a partnership with gambling operator group OIA Services. The agreement will see Pragmatic Play games, such as Queen of Gold, Gold Rush and Chilli Heat, available through the group’s Italian operator brands Betaland and EnjoyBet. Pragmatic Play’s chief commercial …
Online casino content supplier Realistic Games is giving players the chance to score the winner this summer, with the football-themed game Slot It In! a five reel, ten pay-line, HTML product that includes symbols such as a whistle, football, trophy and boots, accessible through both desktop and mobile channels. Players with an eye for goal …
Gambling group Genting has become the latest tier one operator to partner with affiliate landing page tracker, Rightlander, as it looks to improve affiliate compliance and strengthen its responsible gambling measures. Rightlander’s technology scans affiliate websites, simultaneously building a list of locations where an operator’s brand is mentioned or linked to while also searching for …
Online casino games developer BetSoft has moved into the Hungarian market with a games content deal with Hungarian online operator Grand Casino. The agreement is extensive; Grand Casino will integrate all of BetSoft’s AAMS-certified games, which includes many titles from the popular Slots3 collection. Newly established as an online operator, Grand Casino shares its name …
Online gambling game developers Iron Dog Studios has released its latest creation, a 5 reel, 25 pay-line game with a claimed RTP of 96 percent titled Wai-Kiki. The theme, as the name suggests, is based on the famous Hawaiian beach in Honolulu, which is faithfully depicted in the graphics, with 15 reel symbols backed by …
Over the weekend several UK newspapers illustrated the dangers of underage gambling when they reported on the GBP 80,000 sports betting activities of a 13-year-old. The unnamed Lancashire schoolboy was attracted to gambling by sports betting advertisements, and was able to open a sports betting account at an unidentified website using his father’s company credit …
The arrest and interrogation of notorious illegal online bookie and alleged blackmailer and briber, Sonu Jalan (41) by Maharashtra state police in India last week on internet betting related charges (see previous report) has led to further arrests after a police examination of the contents of his journal, laptops and mobile phones. In a major …
The Austrian consulting firm Kreutzer, Fischer and Partner presented some interesting financial numbers during an interview with the publication Nachtrichten this week, showing that despite the monopolistic nature of the online gambling market in Austria, technically illegal foreign operators actually delivered 65 percent of the revenues in the online vertical and 85 percent of online …
Last week’s news that Paddy Power Betfair has acquired DFS operator FanDuel with the US sports betting market in mind has been followed by as yet unconfirmed reports that the Kindred Group is considering an acquisition bid on DraftKings for similar reasons. Breaking the news Friday, the usually reliable US publication Legal Sports Report quoted …
William Hill plc appears to following the example of Bet365 in taking the precaution of establishing a Malta office as a post-Brexit alternative jurisdiction. The Times of Malta reported Friday that William Hill is to open a satellite office in Malta as part of its Brexit strategy. “We are setting up a Malta office and …
Novomatic Lottery Solutions (NLS) has been awarded a three-year content contract with an optional one-year extension, by Norsk Tipping AS, the national lottery of Norway. Under terms of the contract, NLS will design and manage instant games and digital versions of the Lottery’s Flax game for Norsk Tipping. The deal will see NLS providing more …
Malta-based by Asia facing sports betting operator ManBetX has agreed a three-year deal to become the official betting partner in Asia for Spain’s La Liga football organisation, commencing with the new season this September. LaLiga is fast expanding its regional partnerships based on the success of the league in broadcast markets and the popularity of …
Online gambling games and software provider NetEnt has added a new and innovative product to its packed FIFA World Cup roadmap with NetEnt Live’s Sports Betting Widget, an industry-first product that will give players the chance to play live casino games and bet on sports at the same time. Sports Betting Widget utilises unique streaming …
Scientific Games Corporation revealed in a press release Friday that it has been selected to implement the Delaware Lottery’s expansion to full-scale sports betting following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturn of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992 on May 14, 2018. Delaware is the first U.S. state to add full-scale sports …
Daily fantasy sports US market leader DraftKings, which has reportedly been working on a sportsbook offering for s0me time, has inked a partnership agreement with Atlantic City’s Resorts Casino with the goal of capitalising on the emerging legal sports betting market. The Associated Press new agency reports that the partnership will focus on New Jersey, …
Despite a Euro 14 million hit to its corporate performance due to Latin American currency fluctuations, Spanish gambling group Grupo Cirsa reported good progress on its Spanish and LatAm expansion projects in a trading update Thursday. Our readers will recall that the group was recently acquired for Euro 2 billion by the US-based private equity …
Bristol City FC has announced that its new principal sponsor for next season is Swedish online casino company Dunder. Dunder fills a gap for the club after the Championship club announced the Robins’ 2017/18 shirt sponsor, Bristol-based construction company Lancer Scott, had agreed to cut its four year deal short after just two seasons. Bristol …