Police in the northern Vietnam city of Hai Phong has announced the successful demolition of two illegal online football rings that generated VND 7.6 trillion (US$ 340 million) in wagers. The Ministry of Public Security’s High-tech Crime Prevention Police Department says the rings shared a common leader – Bùi Khắc Hiền (52), and that provincial …
Fantasy sports participation in North America has reached 57.4-million players according to new research conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs for the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA), a trade body representing the interests of both fantasy and daily fantasy sports. This is the highest number of players recorded in the history of the study and a …
Dublin-based mobile social games developer KamaGames has launched its latest offering, 3D Blackjack, which is now available from the Apple App store and on Google Play. The company says that the product is the first of its titles to feature true motion captured table action, giving players a unique gaming experience “never seen before in …
May 2016 gambling stats from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement were released Tuesday, revealing that Total Gaming Win from the Casino Hotels was $219.8 million in May 2016 compared to $221.1 million May 2015 ….a 0.6 percent decline. Casino Win was $203.3 million, a 2.5 percent decline from the same month last year, …
Isle of Man fantasy sports company Mondogoal has clinched a deal with two leading Italian operators for the launch of a white label Daily Fantasy Sports offer. SISAL Group SpA and Lottomatica Scommesse S.r.l. have launched customised white-label versions of Mondogoal directly on their websites with a view to capitalising on the rapid growth and …
Newly launched online gambling-targeted cryptocurrency Breakout Coin (BRK) began its public coin sale Tuesday, hosted by reputable cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex. The sale kicked off with a target of 6,627,494 BRK in sales maxed at 19,500,000 BRK. The new cryptocurrency was created by James Stroud, co-founder of CryptoCertify, IT specialist Paul Kim, professional poker player Randy …
Amaya Inc. said proposed nominee for election as a director of Amaya, Paul McFeeters, will resign the board should he be reelected at the company’s upcoming annual shareholder meeting due to personal reasons unrelated to Amaya. The board of directors intends to replace McFeeters with the appointment of David Lazzarato (60), a media and broadcast …
The New Zealand Racing Board (NZRB) will end its manned TAB Phonebet service with the implementation of a fully automated system from August 1, 2016. The implementation of the automated system will provide financial savings for the organisation but will leave 43 jobs defunct. A consolidated site will remain in Wellington to provide a smaller, …
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. …