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 …
Online slots specialist developer Play’n GO has signed a multi-year partnership deal with PokerStars Casino, the company announced Friday. The agreement will see the provider supply its full suite of games via a direct integration into the PokerStars Casino platform, with a key focus on expanding the online casino slots offering in regulated markets. Play’n …
Casino and sports betting platform provider Digitain has announced the addition to its platform of the LuckyStreak live dealer solution, which is now available to Digitain platform based operators. Under the deal, LuckyStreak will provide the live dealer offering to include a range of live dealer table games such as Black Jack, Roulette, and Multiplayer …
Online gambling games developer Endorphina is the latest of many developers seeking to benefit from the excitement and publicity around the upcoming World Cup football championships in Russia, announcing the launch of a new football-themed online slot titled Football SuperStar. The game has four rows, five reels and 50 pay-lines, and the symbols on the …
Nevada’s gambling revenue surges over three months running eased during April, but the US gambling hub continued to improve with overall revenues up 7.6 percent year-on-year. Win from gamblers totalled $954 million in April, dropping below a billion dollars for the first time since January. However, analysts pointed out that for the fiscal year beginning …
On Friday Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination bureau released figures for Macau gambling in the month of May, reporting that revenues grew 12.1 percent year-on-year to 25.5 billion patacas ($3.16 billion). The growth was lower than expected after analysts predicted a figure somewhere between 16 and 20 percent, but nevertheless maintained Macau’s upward growth trend …