In the United States, radio program production company D2 Holdings has launched litigation against MRC, which produces the now famous television political drama series “House of Cards” starring Kevin Spacey. D2 Holdings claims that it owns the trademark for the phrase “house of cards” which it plans to use for a radio program on gambling. …
According to weekend reports on Yogonet, the French government’s Digital Republic Bill may carry significant benefits for the booming eSports industry, including the expansion of the definition of an athlete to include eSports professional players, government interaction with the industry, and government social benefits. Under French laws, eSports events are currently classified as illegal gambling …
Over the weekend the Canadian investment publication Motley Fool examined rumours that online gambling group Amaya Inc. is mulling an acquisition offer on Intertain, and appeared to come to the conclusion that recent regulatory events may have overtaken the possibility. Motley noted that share prices in the two companies, which surged on the speculation that …
Rep. David Baram, co-chair of the Connecticut state legislature’s Joint Committee on General Law has been promoting the legalisation of DFS over the weekend, telling local media that the project could result in an extra $7 million for state coffers. Baram’s committee introduced Senate Bill 192 last month (see previous report) and the measure is …
Online casino, live casino and sportsbook operator Jetbull has debuted a selection of QuickSpin games augmenting an already substantial offer from other top-tier games providers NetEnt, Microgaming, NYX and Play’nGo. The first Quickspin titles to go live on Jetbull include Firestorm, Sinbad and Hidden Valley.
Gaming developer BetSoft has launched “Frankenslot’s Monster”, a graphic-rich offer featuring a second screen bonus round triggered by landing three scattered bonus symbols which provides players an opportunity to win 25X the stake. Other features include up to three Electrified Wilds added to each free spin and lucky punters who land three Scatters during any …
A furore erupted at the start of the Easter weekend when someone at online gambling firm BetBright sent out a marketing email suggesting that players shouldn’t let Jesus “spoil your fun on your day off” and that he “probably won’t mind anymore”, followed by a link to the wagering site. It is not clear whether …
Our readers will have already noted the steady stream of news items reporting new football sponsorships by gambling companies throughout Europe, and the trend has been backed by hard numbers from research outfit Repucom, which claims that football shirt sponsorship in the region soared in 2015-2016 by 180 percent compared to the preceding year. The …
Betica Technology Solutions Limited, an online gambling quality assurance and auditing services provider headquartered in Asia and founded in 2011, has been accredited by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission as a software testing facility. In a statement Friday the company advised that the accreditation empowers it to assist gaming operators who hold licensing …
On Friday Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey officially filed her regulations to oversee the daily fantasy sports industry, with the content much the same as her earlier publicly circulated drafts (see previous reports).. Operators serving fantasy and DFS fans in Massachusetts are expected to implement any necessary changes by July 1, the regulations stipulate. Massachusetts …
Professor Keith Miller, a respected law expert at Drake University in Iowa, has published an op-ed article in the Des Moines Register, appealing to lawmakers to take a cautious approach to the legalisation of fantasy sports (including daily fantasy sports) by first commissioning a study by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. The state has …
Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper has been investigating the backgrounds of executives named in AMF allegations of insider trading. In Canada, the Globe and Mail newspaper has been investigating the backgrounds of executives named in financial regulator AMF’s allegations of insider trading, as this interesting report on the CardsChat portal notes: https://www.cardschat.com/news/david-baazov-brother-target-of-amf-search-warrants-20633.
The US state of Indiana followed the example of Virginia Thursday when Governor Mike Pence signed a daily fantasy sports regulatory bill – bill 339 – into state law on the threshold of a procedural deadline for him to do so. Our readers will recall that bill 339 sailed through the state House and Senate …
Online gambling software and games supplier NYX Gaming Group Limited announced Thursday that it has signed a letter of intent with de Nederlandse Staatsloterij / De Lotto for an integration of its digital gaming content and player account management systems via the NYX Open Platform System. A statement from the company reveals that it began …
The latest online slot from WMS is a 5 reel, 25 pay-line internet version of a game that has already proved popular in land casinos. The slot Titanic is, as the name suggests, themed on the famous ocean liner that in 1912 tragically struck an iceberg and sank in the icy North Atlantic. The visuals …
It seems that online gambling is not the fastest industry to exploit the advantages of Virtual Reality; that notoriously fast adopter of new technology, the porn business, is already making rapid progress in rolling out VR projects, according to a report in the Telegraph newspaper here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/24/popular-porn-site-pornhub-launches-virtual-reality-category/ The reportage includes amusing video footage of the …
Reports from the US state of Indiana indicate that the governor, Mike Pence, has just hours to go before a deadline comes into effect passing daily fantasy sports regulatory legislation into state law. Bill 339 was approved by the House and the Senate earlier this month on votes of 82-12 and 34-10 respectively, leaving the …
Yggdrasil Gaming’s latest video slot, Seasons, combines four games in one as players test their luck across the screen through spring, summer, autumn and winter. The mid-variance, five-reel slot features four distinct game modes, each with its own wild feature and free spin pattern. The game switches seamlessly between the seasons at random times during …
Greek police in Kallithea, a small town south of central Athens, have shuttered a concealed gambling venue located in a cafe, according to reports Wednesday in the newspaper Ekathimerini. During the investigation police arrested a 65-year-old man believed to be the owner, and seized 57 computers, three servers, a roulette wheel connected to six touch …
Swedish gambling group Betsson is offering advertising agencies the opportunity to handle its large international advertising account as it prepares for a major push into the United Kingdom market, reports the marketing publication Campaign Live. “The company is looking for a London hub to work across key markets after recently appointing Omnicom’s Rocket to its …
Massachusetts is moving apace on its regulations for daily fantasy sports with Attorney General Maura Healey revealing Wednesday that her office will issue final regulations for the daily fantasy sports business at the end of the week… and they will include a ban on contests involving college sports. Healey told the Boston Globe newspaper that …
Visitors to the GIGSE expo and conference this year will be given the opportunity to try out the latest in Virtual Reality gambling from technology provider Winistry, whose CEO, Gerard Cunningham, will be on hand to discuss possibilities for this new gambling technology. Winistry claims that the millennial demographic is the most likely to embrace …
Novomatic interactive business Greentube has partnered German online and terrestrial casino operator Löwen Play GmbH for the supply of online content. Löwen Play’s Schleswig-Holstein licensed operation will boost its gaming content portfolio with well-known Novomatic games such as Book of Ra, joining a suite of third party games from Microgaming. “It’s an outstanding opportunity for …
Police in the Guangdong province of China report that a year-long investigation has led to the breakup of a fraudulent online gambling ring that illegally used well-known land casino brands to atract customers to its websites. The investigation, triggered by an informant in March 2015, resulted in the arrest of 218 suspects, including 11 core …