Malta-based AXL Affiliates has announced the acquisition of Mvideoslots and all related assets for a six-figure amount. AXL has plans to integrate these under the growing AXL Affiliates brand, and in confident that by the end of 2018 Mvideoslots will represent an important part of the consolidated turnover of AXL Affiliates. Mvideoslots is a casino …
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board executive director Kevin O’Toole gave the US online licensed online gambling industry a welcome boost last week when he suggested to a House budget hearing that the Board is in the process of not only crafting temporary regulations for online gambling, but expects to begin the licensing process for operators by …
Nguyen Thanh Hoa (60), a senior police officer in Vietnam, was reportedly arrested Sunday as a suspect involved in illegally organising international online gambling operations, according to the Reuters news agency. A spokesman for the Police Ministry in Hanoi said the case is part of a widespread corruption crackdown that has now extended beyond the …
IFinland-based open gaming platform provider Finnplay has agreed on a deal to integrate with Stockholm and Malta-based games developer Nolimit City’s full portfolio of gaming titles to its Billfold platform. Under the multi-year marketing distribution agreement, Finnplay shall have full access to Nolimit City’s diverse slot games content library, which includes WiXX, Casino Win Spin, …
Sportsbet’s new video advertising is clearly aimed at Australian National Rugby League punters and revolves around a novel concept in which club-attired fans are pictured in a restaurant ordering club teams from the menu. The National Rugby League comprises 16 professional men’s rugby league teams in Australasia, and is run by the Australian Rugby League …
After posting strong results for 2017 this week, online (and soon retail) gambling group GVC Holdings management told the Reuters news agency that following a expansion phase that has included the imminent GBP 4 billion acquisition of the Ladbrokes Coral group it was probably a good time for the company to consolidate its assets. Whilst …
The DDoS outage on Friday March 2 at Betonline AG has proved to be a major problem affecting especially desktop operations deep into the current week and testing the IT team to the full. Using Twitter to communicate on an almost hourly basis, the betting company kept players in the picture as they battled with …
German betting company discusses joint venture with Malta-based strategic investor. Who is the potential joint venture partner negotiating with German online betting group MyBet Holding SE is the question doing the rounds following a rather enigmatic press release from the company Friday. MyBet revealed that it is currently engaged in negotiations with “a strategic investor” …
In an interview with The Times this week former Paddy Power CEO and co-founder Stewart Kenny (65) opined that more needs to be done by operators to guard against problem gambling, suggesting that imposing loss or deposit limits, and perhaps the imposition of cooling off periods before any limit changes are made could be effective. …
Land and online gambling group William Hill plc has extended its business relationship with free-to-play sports-contest specialist SportCaller in order to improve client acquisition and retention. SportCaller has struck a deal with William Hill to deliver a new game, Football21, to optimise the operator’s thriving customer base. Football21 is a weekly free-to-enter competition which asks …
General online games publishing house Tap Tap in China has been fined $50,000 and suspended for three months after admitting that its systems failed to ensure that all foreign games passing through its doors receive the approval of the Chinese government. Strict rules guarding against criminal activity, violence and pornography are applied by the government …
Amidst a growing row over a monopolistic sports betting concession awarded to an allegedly politically connected company titled Daruma Sam SA, the head of national regulator Conajzar, Javier Balbuena has resigned. The contentious issue has seen the name of the national president, Horacio Cartes, dragged into allegations of interference in the judgement of the Office …
Online gambling group GVC Holdings plc has posted its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2017, highlighting the following: * NGR up 17 percent y-o-y to Euro 925.6 million; * Clean EBITDA up 40 percent at Euro 239.5 million; * Adjusted profit before tax up 182 percent to Euro 178.7 million; * Adjusted …
International Game Technology posted fourth quarter results Thursday, boosted by a strong lottery performance. Highlights flagged by the company included: * Group revenue up 3 percent y-o-y at $1.34 billion; * Adjusted EBITDA up at $452 million (Q4-2016: $422 million); * Net income attributable to IGT was $80 million, on an adjusted basis $4 million; …
Late Wednesday night this week, player ‘zafujohn’ from the United Kingdom spent $1.25 on a spin on Mega Fortune at PokerStars Casino and won $3,311,443.03. The Brit, who has become the second millionaire to be made on PokerStars Casino in 2018, described the winning moment, “I put my hand over [the screen] because I thought, …
Business media reports from London Thursday revel that online gambling group GVC Holdings plc has received almost total shareholder support for its proposed acquisition of rival Ladbrokes Coral in a clever deal that takes into account possible cuts to the maximum betting rates that may be imposed by government on the controversial Fixed Odds Betting …
Gaming technology provider PariPlay has announced a strategic partnership with Amanet, the online subsidiary of the Austrian land-based casino games manufacturer Amatic Industries. Under the agreement, Amanet’s portfolio of online casino and slots games will integrate with Pariplay’s Fusion content network, providing an additional over 100 video slots. Developed in HTML5 for play across all …
Quickfire powered by Microgaming is extending its reach in the LatAm region with the signing of Strendus, the online division of Logrand Entertainment Group. The group comprises several companies that operate gaming and entertainment establishments in Mexico, running 14 land-based casinos in total. Having integrated with the Quickfire platform, Strendus.com.mx is live with a collection …
The perrennial question of whether an online casino operator should pay out progressive jackpots in full and without delay rose again this week with the news that the Bwin online casino has added the following clause to its T&Cs: “10.3 You agree that the maximum amount that You may withdraw is twenty thousand US Dollars …
Sen. John Bonacic, chairman of the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering in the New York Senate, filed Senate Bill S7900 Wednesday, preparing the state for a wider US sports betting market in the event of a positive decision in the New Jersey case currently under consideration by the US Supreme Court. Bonacic’s move comes …
Online gambling software and services provider Playtech plc has delivered single account Omni-Channel functionality throughout the entire UK Ladbrokes estate enabling its players to use one account and one wallet across all online, mobile and retail products. In line with its pioneering Playtech ONE Omni-Channel strategy, the newly unified sportsbook platform, that now includes Self …
Online gaming software developer EvenBet Gaming has announced a new deal to integrate its poker product with the progressive platform of provider InBet Games. EvenBet’s turnkey poker solution delivers multi-functional performance alongside reliability and scalability and is now reinvigorating a vertical which had previously been overlooked by many operators, the provider claims. The agreement also …
Swedish online gambling games provider Yggdrasil Gaming announced Thursday that it plans to invite selected independent games studios to develop titles on its platform with the launch of Yggdrasil Game Server (YGS) Masters. The invitation-only, semi-open platform will see Yggdrasil curating content from the world’s leading independent games studios, providing participants’ access to its BOOST …
The state of New South Wales in Australia is about to launch a four-week consultation period on new online gambling taxes that the state government hopes will add A$100 million to its coffers. The Australian newspaper reports that Treasurer Dominic Perrottet will detail proposals to impose the much debated point-of-consumption tax on internet bookies…or a …