The Mail on Sunday reported on the success of the online gambling industry over the weekend, but juxta positioned the detail with problem gambling examples and a quote from an academic who appears to believe that tighter government regulation is necessary. Using 2014 Gambling Commission figures, the report claims that the UK online gambling business …
According to local press reports Merced County has joined a lawsuit filed by the state of California against a Canadian firm that allegedly supplies gambling software to illegal so-called “sweepstakes cafes”. Announcing the addition of Merced County to the state’s case case, District Attorney Larry Morse II said the county was one of several intent …
Yahoo Sports, already well-known for its fantasy sports apps, has extended the product range with the launch in iOS format of new app devoted to the booming eSports vertical. Launched Friday, the Yahoo ESports app serves as a centralised hub for news, updates and highlights on anything to do with competitive video games and gaming, …
Online gambling software provider NetEnt’s next online slot – due for release June 22 – is themed on all the fun of the fair, taking players to the rides and entertainment of a largely bygone era. The theme is carried by sound effects and quality graphics illustrating dodgem cars, gift grabs and other fairground attractions, …
Italian online gambling regulator Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (AAMS) can claim enforcement success in its measures to blacklist unlicensed operators and ISP-block access to their sites, according to a report in Gioco News this week. The report quotes official AAMS figures that show a total of 5,708 websites on the blacklist over the …
Denmark’s state-owned Klasselotteriet has taken 263 years to embrace innovation, but this week announced the introduction of its first new game since it was founded in 1753. Titled Nabolotteriet, or ‘neighbours’, the new game has both geographic and social elements, revolving around the street addresses of ticket buyers and ticket holders in their communities. Created …
The popularity of Virtual Sports continues to grow, with the latest deal a retail betting shop application supplied by Vermantia to Brazil’s Lotteria Mineira. The lottery company has an estate of 400 land venues. The Vermantia inventory includes 14 different VS games developed by the company and partners like VSoft and Kiron Interactive, and delivered …
The French Senate has confirmed the appointment of Cecile Chaussard as public policy advisor on the board of ARJEL (L’Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne), the French online gambling regulator. Chaussard is a law and political science lecturer at the University of Bourgogne. She has consulted for international businesses and organisations on French law …
Major European online gambling group Betclic Everest will soon re-enter the Belgian market after four years of exclusion under the country’s online gambling licensing laws. The Belgian Gambling Commission has awarded the company licensing for online sports and casino slot betting on a Belgian domain .be website. The licensing award brings to an end a …
Pennsylvania lawmakers have received the report and recommendations on daily fantasy sports which they commissioned from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, and the results are as many observers expected…DFS should be subject to the same or very similar stringent regulation that the land casino industry is governed by, with the Board exercising oversight. DFS companies …
Speaking at the Entrepreneurial Scotland conference at Gleneagles this week, daily fantasy sports market leader FanDuel co-founder Lesley Eccles revealed that the company is all set to launch operations in the UK having established itself strongly in the United States and Canada. The “Scots Unicorn” (a term used to describe start-up firms that have quickly …
E-gaming competitions will be taking place in Rio in the same timeframe as the Olympics following a firm commitment to the dates of 15 and 16 August 2016 announced Thursday by the International eGame Committee. The venue for the action, which is expected to attract e-gaming fans and players from a wide range of countries, …
White label turnkey online casino provider EveryMatrix has announced the launch of its latest licensee under the brand name Wunderino online casino. The owners of the enterprise are reportedly a group of online gambling industry veterans with years of experience in the business, who engaged EveryMatrix to prepare and deliver their casino site using the …
Rafi Ashkenazi, the temporary chief executive of online gambling group Amaya Inc., has announced that the company’s online sports betting subsidiary BetStars is ready to expand its operations to the Italian and French markets in time for the Euro 2016 football championships starting second week in June. In an investor update, Ashekenazi said Management has …
The vagaries of Illinois political procedure appear to have stalled a daily fantasy sports legalisation bill in the Illinois Senate despite a 32-22 approval vote in the body’s executive committee. Freezing bill HB 3655 in its tracks and preventing it from being sent to the House floor for a vote, Chicago Democratic Party Sen. Antonio …
If you were wondering what happened to the once-promising online gambling legalisation bill HB649 in Pennsylvania, here’s an update from the respected Online Poker Report publication, which this week caught up with author Rep. John Payne to get clarity on the current position. Payne told OPR that the bill is still active, and his goal …
The Israeli business publication Globes reported Wednesday that Playtech’s Israel-based marketing subsidiary Xwise has embarked on a restructuring initiative that will see its headcount reduced by 75 percent to around 60 employees. Responding to an enquiry by Globes, Playtech described the job cuts as “…a process of reorganization in all the countries in which the …
Shoutz Inc., a marketing, technology and gaming company headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, has announced the launch of its GameRail subsidiary, which offers a comprehensive, free-to-play social-lottery experience to the 120 million adults that play U.S. lotteries. GameRail features more than 50 free-to-play games based on popular themes found in lottery games, such as slots, …
Staying with G2E Asia, a presentation on eSports that predicted seriously large business potential attracted interest and comment on the burgeoning vertical. Borislav Borisov, who is chief operating officer at eSports operator UltraPlay, predicted without quoting research sources that eSports cash betting could reach turnover of more than $10 billion by 2018 and considerably more …
A speaker at the G2E Asia i-gaming conference in Macau this week opined that proposed new Russian tax impositions on internet betting operators would kill off a promising market. Christian Melin, head of gaming R&D at Marathon Bet, told delegates that the federal government in Russia has proposed that operators be compelled to pay licensing …
Despite the political turmoil in Brazil, which has seen state president Dilma Rousseff suspended and impeached, the push for gambling reform continued this week with Minister of Tourism Henrique Eduardo Alves speaking about the government’s intentions at a local travel expo. Alves cited the legalisation of gambling as one of the priorities on his ministerial …
The Betsson gambling group has announced that its online subsidiary BetSafe is the first to launch a gambling app to Apple TV. Starting today (Thursday May 19) Swedish players can log in and play directly from their Apple TV following an initiative that the company says illustrates its strategy to be at the forefront in …
UK Virtual Sports provider Inspired has signed its second New Jersey land casino operator in a month, contracting to supply its products to Resorts Digital Gaming through an agreement with Spin Games’ Robust Online Client rgs. Resorts will broaden its online offerings with a variety of Inspired’s Virtual Sports, including Rush Horse Racing, Rush Car …
The Khmer Times in Cambodia reports that local telecommunications firm Cootel has partnered with the Dream Win company to launch a new online lottery enterprise titled Khmerlottery and registered with the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The new company has received $5 million in initial funding, an executive told local reporters, and the Ministry of …