Search engine optimisation (SEO) specialist company 90Digital has entered the bitcoin online casino arena with the launch of Oshi! in Alpha format. Oshi! utilises the SoftSwiss platform under a Curacao licence and is headed up by founder Nick Garner who has spent time at Betfair and Unibet in the SEO area. “Having been in the …
Parent company of online gambling operator GR88, Olympian Group, has entered into a merger agreement with Nevada-based disposable coffee lids manufacturer Coastal Integrated Services (CIS). CIS will acquire 100 percent of the Olympian Group for an undisclosed consideration. Part of the Merger Agreement includes a corporate reorganisation which will include a 1-for-100 reverse stock split …
French gaming firm Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) third quarter results have been hailed as better than expected even though a decline in gross gaming revenue and stakes were reported across most verticals. Key performance highlights for the first nine months of its fiscal year include: – Total wagers of Euro 7. 2 billion, down 2.2 …
bwin.party digital entertainment released a third quarter 2015 trading update Wednesday showing an 8 percent decline in total revenue impacted, it says, by the absence of a major football tournament, the sale of non-core businesses and EU VAT obligations. Key performance highlights for the nine month period ending September 30, 2015 include: – Clean EBITDA …
NYX Gaming Group Limited has announced the release of slots content directly to William Hill via NYX’s proprietary Open Gaming System. William Hill will continue to leverage slots titles from NYX’s wholly owned subsidiary NextGen Gaming; now complemented by a wide range of games supplied by third parties aggregated on to NYX’s OGS platform. “NYX …
On Tuesday, lawmakers in the Czech Republic lower house gave initial approval to a bill raising the tax on winnings from lotteries, sport betting and slot machines with effect from 2016. Legislators were told that Czechs spent 138 billion crowns ($5.63 billion) or roughly 3.5 percent of GDP on gambling in 2014, more than half …
The Advertising Standards Authority in the UK has censured three online gambling firms – Coral, Bet365 and Totesport – for social gaming tweets that featured an image of someone under the age of 25. The Drum marketing magazine reports that all three betting sites included an image of 22-year old professional golfer Jordan Spieth, which …
The Australian operations of William Hill plc have scored a significant victory over local regulators regarding in-play betting over the Internet. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Australian Federal Police has declined to investigate a complaint by the Australian Communications and Media Authority that William Hill and rivals like Ladbrokes and Bet365 exploited a …
Representative Paul Ryan, the Republican politician who is widely seen as the front runner for the post of House Speaker, has tapped 64-year-old Washington DC insider Dave Hoppe as his chief of staff…a move that is not likely to be comforting news for the online gambling industry. Whilst his political and management credentials are clearly …
The reasons for lagging progress in the French online gambling market were revisited earlier this month by ARJEL president Charles Coppolani in an address to the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). Despite the regulator’s frequent recommendations for improvements, French politicians debating the nation’s new digital bill have so far failed to include key reforms …
Probably motivated by the current legislative and enforcement storm that has generated so much generally negative mainstream coverage over the past month, the Fantasy Sports Trade Association is pushing ahead with plans to create an independent and external control board to oversee the burgeoning industry, apparently basing its concept on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, …
It looks as if supporters of the Adelson-inspired and drafted Restoration of America’s Wire Act are poised for another push on the controversial online gambling ban bill, currently languishing at committee stage in Congress (see previous reports). On Tuesday the main campaign vehicle for the bills, the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling began touting a …
Sports data provider Sportradar has secured new funding to the tune of $44 million and a strategic alliance led by Revolution Growth. Revolution Growth partners Ted Leonsis, also the owner of the Washington Capitals, Wizards and Mystics, Evan Morgan, Mark Cuban – owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and Michael Jordan – owner of the Charlotte …
NYX Gaming’s Australian development studio NextGen Gaming will debut its latest slot, a 243-way 5-reel game titled “Spin Scorceress”. The game features NextGen’s SUPERBET feature offering the chance to win up to x50 on every Wild Win. The Sorceress Wild Reels guarantee a Wild appearing on reels 2, 3, and/or 4 and provides opportunities for …
Latest trading updates from social gaming firm Zynga reveal the planned redundancy of 366 or 18 percent of its European workforce of which Ireland faces the highest ratio of 22 people or 60 percent. According to the Irish Independent, Zynga reported a drop in overall revenues of $100 million with losses rising dramatically from $5.14 …
Platform provider FSB Technology (UK) Ltd (FSB) has supplied BeanBagSports with a new, fully-optimised sports betting service, the company said Monday. FSB is trading a number of different sports, both pre-match and in-play, for BeanBagSports on the new platform that went live to coincide with the National Hunt racing season. BeanBagSports is also able to …
Sandro Di Michele has moved into a public relations role at UK gambling and betting company Sky Bet. Di Michele has been with Sky Bet since 2010 in numerous roles that include football product manager, head of football and most recently head of trading. Prior to SkyBet he was employed by Gala Coral as a …
The troubled fantasy sports vertical received some support from an important source Monday when Major League Baseball’s commissioner Rob Manfred told the New York Daily News that he had no regrets about supporting fantasy sports, opining: “I think that fantasy is an important source of fan engagement, it has been for a long time.” The …
Democratic Party Representative Joe Atkins of the Minnesota Legislature has announced that he is drafting a bill for the regulation of daily fantasy sports in his state and plans to launch it in the House early next year. The bill will recognise daily fantasy sports betting as a lawful activity but require Internet site operators …
Casino Cruise, an online enterprise owned by Genesis Global Ltd, has added live dealer action from Evolution Gaming to its offering. The Evolution gaming suite includes European Roulette, French Roulette, Auto Roulette, Blackjack A, B, C, D, E, Baccarat, Baccarat VIP and Casino Hold’em streamed in real time and around the clock from Evolution studio …
Gaming Technopolis is the theme for next year’s top international ICE Totally Gaming Expo, and the organisers are getting an early start with publicity to ensure this premier event scheduled for February 2 to 4 is firmly front-of-mind with industry executives. The marketing campaign is again following a cinematic route with the creation of a …
Remember last year’s abortive attempt by some Adelson-inspired state Attorney Generals to get their colleagues on board in supporting the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA)? That fizzled out when only fifteen officials in total agreed to sign a petition, but now the Adelson crusade is back with a repeat. US media reports have revealed …
In what appears to be a response to a NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) demand that it should cease offering fantasy games based on NCAA athletes, legal counsel for daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel has informed the Association that it will not make changes. Writing to NCAA executive vice president Mark Lewis this week, Fanduel’s …
Online gambling game developer Play’nGo’s latest slot, due for release early November, features a slew of mythical monsters resembling Godzilla, King Kong and werewolves on the rampage against a city skyline in an interesting and entertaining theme. The 5 reel, 20 pay-line, 15 symbol game offers multiple bonuses and features that include free spins with …