Ethereum-powered platform provider FunFair Technologies has partnered Spike Games for the development of blockchain versions of existing game titles. Described as an industry-first, Spike Games will initially develop a new version of ‘Alice Cooper’s School’s Out for Summer’ produced under license with Global Merchandising Services. Other content adaptations are expected to follow which will be …
VideoSlots.com continues boosting its games offer with the integration of of over 100 online casino games from content developer Wazdan. Titles include Great Book of Magic Deluxe, Fenix Play Deluxe, Mystery Jack Deluxe, Wild Guns and Magic Fruits Deluxe. “We are thrilled to have joined forces with Videoslots and happy to be able to make …
iGaming solutions provider NSoft has expanded in the African market with the release of a full suite of virtual games and a sportsbetting solution via its Seven platform for Tanzanian operator Bingwabet.
Caesars Entertainment is the latest big name to join the All-In Diversity initiative as a founding member. As a founding member, Caesars Entertainment will help form the Steering Group for the All-in Diversity Project, setting operational and strategic goals of the initiative, contributing ideas and best practices, and helping to lead the drive for long-term …
Rightlander, a U.K.-based supplier of monitoring tools and services for advertising campaigns, has partnered with Income Access, Paysafe’s marketing technology and services provider. The deal will see Rightlander’s scanning and monitoring product integrate with Income Access’ affiliate management platform. With heightened advertising regulations requiring operators to ensure responsible marketing practices, Rightlander offers Income Access clients …
Unikrn, the Seattle-based eSports operator, has announced the acquisition of German matchmaking and tournament service ChallengeMe GG for an undisclosed consideration. Unikrn management says that the new acquisition will continue its operations as a matchmaking platform which enables both casual and skill-based competitive gaming across tournaments, ladders, leagues and direct challenges with friends. However, there …
Respected research firm Juniper Research says its latest project has revealed the high value of loot boxes in video games – randomised “crates” sold to gamers containing a random mix of accessories and prizes. The research firm predicts rapid growth for the features as developers capitalise on the boom in online gaming, estimating that the …
Scientific Games Corporation announced Tuesday that it has successfully launched an online sports betting channel for Szerencsejáték Zrt., the largest gaming service provider in Hungary. Fully owned by the Hungarian State, Szerencsejáték Zrt. has the exclusive right to sell sport games as well as instant and draw-based lottery games. With the implementation of the new …
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) provider DraftKings has secured a licence from the Northern Territory Racing Commission (NTRC) enabling the company to expand into the Australian market within the next few months. “Within the last few years, Australia’s burgeoning fantasy sports market has dramatically evolved, adding a variety of daily fantasy sports platforms, feeding the appetite …
The publication Betting Business Russia reports that Russian telecomms regulator Roskomnadzor reached new heights in its continuing campaign against online gambling domains this month, blaclklisting 1,882 gambling domains as unauthorised and unlicensed in the week April 8 to 14. Another 172 websites were blocked for publishing information on bookmakers, casinos, gambling machines, and sweepstakes. In …
China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism has tightened its crackdown on illegal online games, live-streaming apps and websites hosting illegal performances, it announced Tuesday. According to the Xinhua news agency, the ministry has ordered app stores to check the qualifications of live-streaming apps. Nearly 5,000 live-streaming apps have been investigated and 370 were closed. A …
iGaming firm GAN has expanded in the Italian market following a multi-year content supply agreement with operator GoldBet srl. GoldBet becomes GAN’s ninth Italian market partner, of which GAN’s first eight clients already represent over forty percent of Italy’s internet casino market in terms of gross gaming revenue. Goldbet, who holds approximately three percent of …
Swedish-owned online casino operator VideoSlots.com has expanded its content portfolio following a new partnership with Spigo. Spigo game titles include Tivoli, Yatzy, Zoo, Tropicana and Starlight among others. “For a partnership to be successful, it needs to share the same values with the company it’s representing. By constantly developing innovative games and player favourites, Spigo …
White label solutions provider 1Click Games has released 500 plus new games significantly boosting its content inventory with titles from iSoftBet, Booming Games, Pragmatic Play, ELK Studios, NextGen, NYX Gaming, BetConstruct, GamesOS and Multislot. “Gaming content has always been our greatest advantage over our competitors and we will continue to work towards increasing it, by …
Inspired Entertainment has bolstered its North American executive team with the appointment of former Aristocrat Technology Americas Group managing director, Brooks Pierce. Pierce will serve Inspired as senior vice president, North America and brings 25 years of gaming industry experience to the table. Prior to his tenure at Aristocrat, Pierce spent several years at Scientific …
Yggdrasil Gaming has signed up its first independent game studio to develop on its platform as part of the Yggdrasil Game Server (YGS) Masters programme. The Yggdrasil Game Server Master Programme is an invitation-only, semi-open platform from which Yggdrasil will curate content from numerous independent games studios. In turn, partner studios will gain access to …
The London-based advertising agency Karmarama has come up with a stand-out television and video advert for BetVictor which celebrates the “chaos of sports” and suggests that human intuition can effectively compete with machine-generated sports results and win. With spectacular visual and sound effects showing a punter overcoming computers, the content presents the challenge of the …
The Malta Gaming Authority has announced that it has begun the search for a new executive chairman to replace Joseph Cuchieri, who departs later this month to take up new responsibilities at the Malta Financial Services Authority as chief executive officer. Cushieri will also sit on the MFSA’s Board of Governors. As executive chairman of …
Live pictures and data supplier SIS (Sports Information Services), has signed a partnership with the global gambling operator Unibet, part of Kindred Group, to deliver horse racing and greyhounds live pictures and data. SIS will provide Unibet with its British and Irish Greyhound service consisting of 42 fixtures a week. In addition to the live …
Booongo Gaming has clinched a deal with white label and sportsbook solutions provider Gamingtec for the provision of its full suite of HTML5 video slots. “Booongo Gaming believes in a good cooperation with Gamingtec, and looks forward to indispensable success in which both parties benefit,” a company spokesperson said.
Spanish regulator Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) published a draft resolution Monday strengthening identity verification, data reporting and responsible gambling measures. The draft proposal requires additional controls and processes in the regulator’s continued efforts to combat fraudulent behaviour and money laundering as well as modifications to reporting processes and strengthening of responsible gambling …
UK-listed performance marketing firm XLMedia has announced the acquisition of online bingo, and more recently online casino, affiliate WhichBingo.co.uk for an undisclosed consideration. Integration of the firm is expected to be completed within the second half of 2018, a press statement reads. “We are delighted to have acquired such a well-regarded UK brand,” Ory Weihs, chief executive officer of XLMedia, …
Cherry AB has revealed better than expected growth in revenues and EBITDA ahead of the release of its first quarter 2018 report. The company said revenues are now expected to reach SEK 675 million (Q1/2017: SEK 541 million) and EBITDA SEK 188 million (Q1/2017: SEK 83 million) with EBITDA margins at 28 percent (Q1/2017: 15 percent). …
Topics under discussion included individual national markets, problem gambling detection, standardisation of regulatory frameworks, sports integrity, loot boxes, gambling advertising and skin betting as part of an information sharing initiative. Regulators will meet next in the latter half of 2018 in Paris. In related news, Italian regulatory authority, Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato (AAMS), will launch …