William Hill has acknowledged receipt of an “unsolicited” non-binding, highly conditional proposal from 888 Holdings plc and The Rank Group plc laying out the proposal conditions regarding a potential combination of the three companies as: – an inter-conditional all-share merger of 888 and Rank, with 888 acting as the acquiring entity, to create BidCo, which …
Initial media reports suggest Rank Group and 888 Holdings have partnered to formally submit a GBP 3.6 Billion bid for William Hill following a week of speculation and a rather lukewarm response from William Hill on the prospects of a bid at the time. According to the Financial Times, the Rank/888 consortium has offered 364p …
Social gaming developer Zynga Inc. has appointed Matt Bromberg (49) as chief operating officer reporting directly to chief executive officer Frank Gibeau. Bromberg will oversee Zynga’s Business Operations and Strategy, Technology, IT, Data Science, Visual Design and Global Player Experience teams, as well as the Company’s Bangalore, India-based game studio. He brings deep operating experience …
Asian-facing betting and gaming firm TLCBET is the latest to be named an official betting and gaming partner to Premier League division Middlesbrough Football Club whose marketing efforts will be specific to the Asian region. TLCBET’s branding will feature prominently on pitch-side LED advertising, the official club website and social media channels. In a similar …
The New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) has given preliminary authorisation to the New Zealand Racing Board (NZRB) to commingle totalisator horse and greyhound racing betting pools with Tabcorp Wagering Manager in Australia. There are public benefits to commingling between the NZRB and Tabcorp despite a lessening of competition, the NZCC opined. The preliminary authorisation includes …
California-based social casino games developer Huuuge Inc. recently completed a Series B investment round led by Asia Pacific-based investors Woori Technology Investment. The Series B financing round raised $4.6 million which will be used to further growth in the social casino market. “Our real-time multiplayer approach is a game changer and we are on a …
Red Tiger Gaming signed another content supply deal this week with high profile Swedish operator Betsson. Under the new partnership, a selection of Red Tiger Gaming titles have been added to the Benson’s Casino & Live Casino portfolio including its popular Lucky Wizard and Winter Wonders games. Both these games were recently adapted for Betfair …
According to the Reuters news agency the US Marshals Service plans to auction off over 2,700 Bitcoins with a value around $1.6 million on August 22. The cyber-currency being offered for sale was seized by enforcement authorities in several cases, including the high-profile Silk Road prosecution of founder Ross Ulbricht, who in May last year …
The Israeli publication Globes has reported that online gambling provider Playtech is scaling back its requirement for office space in Israel, claiming that the company has informed major commercial building developer Azrieli Group Ltd., that it is reducing the space it wished to rent in Tel Aviv’s Sarona Tower. Globes quotes unidentified sources who said …
Online gambling operator Fruity King is developing something of a reputation for its at times clumsy attempts at guerrilla marketing, but this week it overstepped the mark when it referred to the long-missing child Maddie McCann in a tweet that attempted to capitalise on the high value transfer of professional footballer Paul Pogba to Manchester …
In another move aimed at tightening control over illegal online gambling, the Russian Internet regulator Roskomnadzor has directed banks and e-processing companies to review their records to ensure compliance with Russian gambling laws, according to an Isvestia report Monday. Our readers will recall that less than a month ago Skrill and Qiwi processors were put …
US media reports from New Jersey indicate that the online arm of Atlantic City operator Golden Nugget casino is about to achieve a first in the jurisdiction by introducing live dealer action. Golden Nugget is currently the market leader in the online gaming sector, having upstaged Borgata in the June statistics with $3.5 million in …
Gaming technology provider PhilWeb took a massive punch Monday as news broke that the gaming regulator Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) will not renew the company’s 5-year intellectual property license agreement (IPLA) which expired July 11, but was extended to August 10, 2016. The development evolved following an intensive anti-online gambling and anti-oligarchy campaign …
Casino software developer Tom Horn Gaming has been selected by Lithuanian betting company TOPsport in an exclusive content supply agreement In addition to Sports Betting, Live Dealer games and other Virtual sports, Tom Horn Gaming will promote its entire catalogue of video slots together with a raft of brand new cross-platform casino games, all available …
Partypoker introduced multi-tabling across its new soft-launched Android and iOS apps allowing customers the option to play across four tables at one time with a mix of any cash games and tournaments. Other first-time features within the app include: – New mini table view with quick fold – Customisable bet slider – Scroll or tap …
The UK Gambling Commission published the latest version of the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) Monday with changes primarily focused on the prevention of crime associated with gambling. The new LCCP, which will come into effect October 31, 2016, is a licence condition all operators are expected to adopt. The most recent and …
Boyd Gaming, in partnership with software developer Miomni Gaming, are due to launch the B Connected Race & Sports mobile app, the first of its kind in the Nevada market to offer both sports and pari mutuel horse betting through a single application. “We are thrilled to provide the first mobile sports wagering app in …
Adele Lawton has been appointed by GVC in the newly created role of Head of Bingo Lawton has spent two decades in the bingo industry, both retail and online, and leaves Betable where she held the position of Operations Director Europe. She will report directly to GVC chief executive officer Kenneth Alexander and will be …
Betfair’s newest multi channel ad campaign is described by the company as a fresh approach which “deliberately de-shackles the company from the laddish humour associated with the sector”. The campaign, created by the Lucky Generals agency, spans TV advertising, radio, print, digital, social media, content and internal communications, with the 60-second launch commercial using a …
The Ritz Club, an iconic hotel and exclusive casino venue based in Piccadilly London, has partnered Evolution Gaming for the deployment of a live casino solution towards the end of this year. The exclusive online service for The Ritz Club Member’s will include an on-premise ‘Dual Play Roulette’ which will be located in the Club’s …
UK-based B2B games development company Sigma Gaming has exclusively released its latest title “Roll’em Roll’em” to Ladbrokes The game is a 20-line slot game themed around dice and offers the “Roll a Lucky Six” feature which will expand the reels from 4 to 5 windows and 40 win lines. A “Lucky Roll Bonus” feature provides …
In a brief industry announcement, Isle of Man-based games development studio ZoneLock Games has named Ingenuity Gaming as its preferred development partner. ZoneLock holds a UK Gambling Commission remote gambling software licence and lists IGT, Playtech, Microgaming, Ladbrokes, William Hill, Bet365, Betsson and Unibet among its clients.
Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) hailed a positive performance in July, of which it said it normally experiences a negative seasonality effect. The company reported an all time high in gross gaming revenue for its Guts, Rizk and Betspin operations along with a 10 percent increase in total deposits to Euro 10 million, and margins of …
Another major online gambling ring has been broken up in Cambodia following a combined police and immigration department raid on a luxury villa in Phnom Penh Friday. Immigration Ministry spokesman Uk Heisela told local media reporters that the ring had been reported by local residents, and that its activities had been monitored for a month …