The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has unanimously approved a recommendation for licensure of daily fantasy sports firm Sanderina II, LLCtrading as USFantasy. Utilising a pari mutuel betting system, USFantasy will provide daily and weekly fantasy sports contents covering the NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR, PGA, National Hockey League and other sports. During his presentation to …
Betsoft Gaming and Asian operator 126Bet have partnered in a content supply deal that will see Betsoft’s complete iGaming portfolio integrated with 126Bet which is operated by New Concept Technology. The portfolio includes Betsoft’s 3D Slots3, table games and ToGo mobile offers.
Live casino provider Evolution Gaming will take GVC Holdings’ CasinoClub brand (www.casinoclub.com) live this week with a comprehensive suite of live dealer games streamed from Evolution’s Riga and Malta studios. This is the first time in its 15-year history that CasinoClub has offered Live Casino to its 500,000-plus members. Fredrik Osterberg, Chief Strategy Officer at …
Nektan and Spin Games’ joint venture Respin has been awarded approval from a designated independent testing lab for its Class II Mobile in-venue gaming solution Rapid Games for the US market. The compliance certification allows tribal jurisdictions to offer the product to casino patrons playing on their own mobile device in designated areas of a …
European online sports betting and e-gaming operator BetOlimp has launched a Twitch-inspired live video streaming service for the 2016 UEFA European Championships. The initiative went live in partnership with Leeds-based content and digital media specialist Independent Content Services Limited (ICS). The live ‘in-play betting’ companion video streaming service provides on-demand video content presented by a …
Vietnam News reports Hanoi Police have smashed an online soccer betting ring and arrested suspected boss Nguyen Ngoc Quang (39) and six others. Early information suggests Quang set up a betting system with a “number of professional gamblers” in anticipation of the 2016 EUFA European Championship. He reportedly opened a betting account on Bong88.com which …
Swedish slot developer Quickspin has released its new Spinions Beach Party title promising even more respins. This 25-line slot features Spinions, hitting two of which triggers the respin feature while a scatter win takes the party from the beach to a night club where all wilds are sticky and remain on the reels for the …
Novomatic Interactive subsidiary, GreenTube, has rolled out its content on StarCasino.be expanding its presence in the Belgian online gaming market. Novomatic blue chip slots such as Book of Ra™ deluxe, Lucky Lady´s Charm™ deluxe, Sizzling Hot™ deluxe are among the new games selection on Starcasino.be. “This is another successful collaboration in the Belgian market allowing …
The online and land gambling group Betfred is to pay over GBP 800,000 in compensation and in contribution towards socially responsible causes as part of a regulatory settlement following a licence review, according to a press statement today from the UK Gambling Commission. The payment follows failures by the operator in its anti-money laundering and …
It appears that the mere threat of federal government action against live betting in Australia (despite the current absence of specific legislation) has been enough to cow both the Northern Territory regulator and online gambling group Ladbrokes into submission. Last week the provincial regulator warned licensees to cease offering in-play betting within 28 days (see …
The eSports skin gambling operator CSGO Diamonds and a former sponsored player identified only as moE took to social media in a very public argument Monday, with the player revealing that he was given advance knowledge of the outcomes of virtual dice rolls to ensure that he would produce winning results in his Twitch livestreamed …
The latest online gambling stats from the Delaware Lottery show that whilst online poker showed a small year-on-year improvement of 2.78 percent (Delaware and Nevada share a common player pool) online casino activity remained largely flat. Online casino action generated revenue of $241,775, a flat y-o-y performance and 2 percent less than April’s more encouraging …
The respected business publications Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal have reported that daily fantasy sports billion-dollar behemoths FanDuel and DraftKings are engaged in merger talks. Apparently investors have been lobbying management for such a merger for some months, arguing that both companies have similar challenges – especially in the United States – and almost identical …
Massachusetts state Senator Eileen Donoghue has potentially thrown a spanner in the daily fantasy sports legalisation works in Massachusetts by successfully introducing an amendment to the state budget bill that calls for the appointment of a commission to further study the implications of legalised daily fantasy sports and online gambling. Our readers will recall that …
Québec Government Finance Minister Carlos Leitão reported a strong rise in Loto‑Québec’s total revenue and net income during an annual report to Québec’s National Assembly late last week. Key performance indicators for the 2015/2016 fiscal period include: • Total revenues of $3.560 billion, up 6.7 percent. • Net income totalling $1.227 billion, an increase of …
UK-based betting and gaming operator Sky Bet has entered into a multi-year deal with advertising technology firm Fresh 8 Gaming. Fresh 8 Gaming will roll-out their personalised ad serving platform to “transform customer engagement and maximise returns, by intelligently and automatically serving personalised and betable ads to sports betting and media brands’” the company said. …
After serving 13 years as chief executive officer of French horse racing TV channel EQUIDIA, Eric Brion has left the organisation and been formally named advisor to Pari Mutuel Urbain’s (PMU) executive board where he will assist in identifying international growth and development. Brion is described as having “profoundly modernised Equidia, powering it into the …
Isle of Man based casino software developer Red Tiger Gaming launched its exclusive Euro 2016 themed ‘Deadline Jackpots’ on Betfair today (Monday). Each progressive jackpot is tied to an evening football match with odds of winning the progressive jackpot increasing as the match progresses. Towards the end of each match, the Euro jackpot turns ‘hot’ …
The abrupt closure of Australian online gambling company Favourit Global last week (see previous report) has been explained as being a result of a failed Australian Stock Exchange listing by the new owners Celsius Coal. Aussie media outlets have reported that the Australian Securities and Investment Commission blocked the listing on grounds that they are …
UK operator BetBright has integrated a football package from Racing Post Sport. The package offers unautomated key statistics, spotlights, predictions, verdicts and forecast line-ups on over 20 global competitions, including the 2016 UEFA European Championships, compiled by the Racing Post Sport team. “The bet-prompting content has been seamlessly integrated into each match and offers the …
Real-money social casino company Ever Adventure will collaborate with William Hill in developing a roadmap to engage casino players and appeal to the wider, more casual casino market. The initiative will see the companies bring new casino product ideas to life through Ever Adventure’s Slotser brand, soft-launched via William Hill’s Affiliate United platform during the …
NetEnt is searching for a successor for chief financial officer Maria Hedengren who will leave the company after 5 years in the role to take up a similar position at another firm. “Maria has made a significant contribution to the success of NetEnt over these past years. I will miss our interactions and wish her …
The European-based online gambling group GVC Holdings, has announced that on June 9 the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement issued an order concluding its preliminary investigation of GVC in connection with its acquisition of Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment plc. In a company statement GVC revealed that as part of its preliminary investigation, the DGE examined …
The independent regulatory compliance testing and standards company eCOGRA has scored a major coup in the online gambling auditing and advisory sector following the award of a four-year contract by Denmark’s largest gambling group, Danske Spil A/S. The contract includes the provision of certification services for the Danish company’s subsidiaries and relevant software providers following …