The Irish Government’s Department of Finance has embarked on a betting tax review backing a commitment by Oireachtas, Minister of State Eoghan Murphy delivered during discussion on the country’s Finance Bill 2016. As part of the Tax Strategy Group 2017, the review will focus on the roll out of the betting tax regime in 2015 …
https://youtu.be/23DEO5RjwpA Yggdrasil Gaming has launched a new slot titled “Sunny Shores”. The 5-reel, 27-payline slot, launched on an exclusive basis to LeoVegas, is themed on a tropical beach environment. The main feature of the game is the Sunny Wild, which can expand up to 2 positions in all directions when landed and triggers sticky wild …
Nordeus, creator of mobile football management game, Top Eleven, has entered into a multi-year sleeve sponsorship agreement with Premier League football club, Stoke City. Nordeus’ Top Eleven logo will feature on Stoke City’s shirts as the club’s first official sleeve partner, exposing the brand to the expansive Premier League audience, a company statement detailed. Stoke …
The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) suspended Sunderlands Online Limited’s (SOL) remote gaming license MGA/CL2/101/2000 as of May 19, 2017. SOL has been directed to indefinitely suspend all gaming operations, cease new player registrations, suspend all transactions on all websites, including deposits and withdrawals, and submit all data and documentation requested by the Authority. Players who …
Amanet, Amatic Industries online subsidiary, has agreed separate content supply deals with Malta-licensed Rabbit Entertainment Ltd’s Lapalingoonline casino and Panda Media Limited-operated videoslots.com. Amanet offers a range of HTML5-built online games translated from its most popular terrestrial titles. “It makes us proud that AMANET games will now also be available at Lapalingo.com as this online …
Software aggregator, Iforium, has partnered Booming Games, its 50th third-party gaming vendor, in a content distribution deal. Under the deal, Booming Games will distribute its content to a global customer base through Iforium’s GameFlex platform. Popular titles include Classico, Monster Munchies and Booming 7 Deluxe.
Greek betting firm Intralot is considering alternative international markets and foreign stock exchanges its Chairman revealed at the company’s annual general meeting, citing the loss of its 20-year contract with OPAP, persistently tight economic conditions and skepticism of the company in its domestic market. . “While INTRALOT is one of the biggest technology suppliers and …
Ireland-based bet messaging software platform developer, Onionsack, has taken its chatbot for Facebook Messenger live with Paddy Power. Described as an industry-first, the product enables punters to log in to their betting account, check balances and place wagers via Facebook’s Messenger service. The app also provides personalized sporting updates through push notifications and access to …
Mobile gaming operator LeoVegas has launched a portfolio of games from Gauselmann Group’s Blueprint Gaming saying the content is proving popular with its Scandinavian customers. An initial roll out of titles including Blueprint’s Wild Antics, Casper’s Mystery Mirror and King Kong Cash, will be followed with the launch of additional titles from the developer’s extensive …
Yggdrasil Gaming slots have gone live in Italy for the first time with GVC Holding’s Gioco Digitale brand and soon to be followed with another launch on bwin.it Gioco Digitale will offer customers eleven HTML5-built certified games from Yggdrasil’s portfolio including its Dark Joker Rizes, Vikings Go Wild and Nirvana titles. GVC’s Italian operations will …
The Australian federal government has an ambivalent attitude toward gambling; on the one hand there are its recent moves to kill off online casino and poker activity, but on the other it happily reaps taxes from extensive online and land sports and race betting and the ubiquitous land pokies (slots) favoured by punters. This weekend …
InBet Games, a Russian online games, lottery, poker and sports betting software provider has partnered with white label online casino supplier PlayPearls in a deal which will see the two companies exchange content and work together. Malta-based PlayPearls also has access to live dealer games, and will make these available to InBet, whilst the Russian …
Online gambling games developer BetSoft has announced the launch of its latest online slot, a 5 reel, 20 pay-line game titled The Angler. As the title suggests, the theme is all about fishing and the efforts of burly angler Otis to hook something big enough to brag about from the large lake which forms the …
Play’nGo’s popular retro series of slots – games with a retro feel but the latest presentation and engine models – will be joined on May 23 by Multifruit 81, a 4 reel, 81 pay-line game with a claimed RTP of 96.05 percent. The launch will be across both desktop and mobile delivery channels, playable from …
For the second year running Alabama daily fantasy sports fans have been denied legalisation following the state Legislature’s adjournment Friday night with a DFS bill still stuck in the Senate. Bill H 354 made it through the state House on a thin margin after some debate, and was the subject of discussion and some amendments …
The Q1-2017 statistics on gambling issued by Sweden’s Lotteriinspektionen this week showed some interesting contrasts between online and land operations, with the former producing a better percentage performance, particularly in the state owned enterprise Svenska Spel. Overall, the Swedish gambling market was pretty much flat, growing just 0.2 percent year on year with a total …
When lawmakers put their backs into it – especially in Michigan – it’s surprising how quickly bills can progress. Earlier this year state Senate Majority Leader Mike Kowall struggled to drive an online gambling legalisation bill – S203 – through the committee system to a floor vote, only to see it languish. In sharp contrast, …
Politicians in Brazil who may have accepted “inducements and incentives” from disgraced oil and mining billionaire Eike Batista will be looking nervously over their shoulders following news that to save his own skin the former business mogul has offered to provide details of illegal bribes he paid out to federal lawmakers. G3Newswire reports that Batista …
Secrets of the Phoenix, a 25 pay-line game from the Gamesys studios, is already a popular fave at the Tropicana and Virgin online casinos in New Jersey, and the game has now been launched in iOS and Android mobile format. The game has been developed by Gamesys exclusively in the US for the two online …
Online sports betting operator Cheza Gaming has launched in the Kenya market, featuring in-play betting through its ‘Hela 5’ offering. In one example, the company notes that a player who successfully wagers that a goal will be scored within the next few minutes could win five times their bet. “With two groups of potential players …
A BGO online casino punter in the UK enjoyed extraordinarily good luck on the slots over the past month, striking two major jackpots for a total of over GBP 1.75 million. The player, a UK woman identified by her nom de plume of Sandam, started her lucky run with a GBP20 stake on the casinos …
GW Games has become the latest gambling company to enter into a partnership with Isle of Man-based platform provider GameIOM. The game developer has signed up for a platform and RGS system to aid in the expansion of its distribution services and generate new business. GW Games commercial director Andrew Henson said that for several …
Slotegrator has integrated games developer GameArt’s content into its unified API protocol, providing an additional range of desktop and mobile 3D slots for the growing portfolio. The protocol houses a range of advantages and allows the installation of content from several providers through one integration session. That means there’s no need to repeat the integration …
2008 illegal online gambling related charges came back this week to bite Ronald Ehli, erstwhile head of payment processor EZPay and (according to prosecutors) Costa Rica-based online sports betting company Sportsbetting.com. Media reports indicate there was collaboration between the US Justice Department and the Nicaraguan authorities in Ehli’s arrest on passport-related charges in Nicaragua and …