According to Fantasy iTeam, the company experienced “unprecedented” traffic on the opening weekend of the English Premier League season with an impressive “20 million page impressions and over a million app start-ups”. “The opening weekend couldn’t have gone any better for us; it was beyond our wildest dreams,” commented Phil Shaw, commercial director for Fantasy …
Betway has launched a new TV campaign with the strapline ‘Bring the Game to Life’ highlighting how the Betway app brings fans closer to the 2015/16 football season action. Airing across the UK and Ireland, the new 30 and 40 second spots created by Above+Beyond will be aired during domestic league and cup games on …
British daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting newspaper Racing Post has been selected by Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) as an official data distributor in a further 4-year agreement. Racing Post has renewed the agreement with HRI to use official HRI data in all of its print and digital products and will additionally be …
Reno-based Spin Games LLC has inked a content development and integration agreement with social casino publisher Ruby Seven Studios Inc. for the deployment of HTML5 games on existing and future social sites. Spin Games will license their most popular HTML5 games along with Spin’s HTML5 RGS – the ROC to Ruby Seven titles including TropWorld …
Coral has been named Official Betting and Gaming Partner by Fulham Football Club following the signing of a 2-year deal. Coral will gain brand exposure throughout Fulham’s Craven Cottage grounds, sponsor the Putney End Stand and provide betting services on matchdays.
International Game Technology delivered its first set of results as a single company following its merger with GTECH saying while results were impacted by currency exchange conditions, its financial position remains strong. Key performance indicators for the quarterly period ending June 30, 2015 include: Group revenue increased 36 percent to $1,29 billion (Q2/2014: $945 million). …
Ladbrokes reported on its Q2/2015 and HY1 results Tuesday, delivering a less than sparkling performance. The company said a 35.9 percent decrease in group operating profit was largely driven by lower year-on-year margins notably in its digital sportsbook together with the impact of increased machine gaming duty to 25 percent, the new Point of Consumption …
Indian State Sikkim has had its ambitious “online gambling throughout India” aspirations halted after its legislative assembly cleared the way for India’s first betting shops late last month. The passage of the Sikkim Online Gaming (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015 was followed by the Union Home Ministry saying it is restricted to offering online gambling within …
South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham, the main sponsor of the Restoration of America’s Wire Act attempt to federally ban online gambling, has fared poorly following a debate between a slew of Republican presidential candidates recently. Introducing an interesting no-money betting line on the umpteen Republican hopefuls, the South Point land casino and the respected Las …
After some deliberation and enquiry, the UK Gaming Commission has published its first list of approved Alternate Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes companies in terms of the Competent Authorities and Information Regulations 2015. Most online punters will recognise eCOGRA on the list, an independent player protection and standards organisation based in London that has been …
Mediatech Solutions claims that its new IRIS omni-channel gambling platform is proving popular with both online and land gambling operators. The company recently signed up three Spanish online gambling operators and has just clinched a deal with unnamed Asian companies which will see the platform widely deployed in land-based venues in the region. A company …
Empire Global Corp., through its subsidiary Multigioco Srl., said it had contracted up to 180 additional online Web-shop gaming arcades situated throughout the highest grossing gaming regions in Italy. The new locations generate largely sports betting revenue and comprise around 2000 online gaming accounts expanding the company’s online footprint to over 1000 web-shop locations and …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E92GI09q_BY#action=share California-based game publisher Bonanza Media LLC launched a free-to-play, 5-reel mobile offer titled “Shrek Slots Adventure” this week. The game, available on iOS and Android, offers players a journey through Far Far Away as Shrek spins the reels of wickedly enchanted slot machines through 80 themed levels. Players earn coins, hit jackpots, play mini-games …
Betfair is the latest to announce a betting partnership with English Premier League football club Arsenal FC. Arsenal FC joins Sunderland AFC and Leicester City in Betfair’s sponsorship portfolio . Under the terms of the agreement, Betfair will receive a brand presence across Arsenal FC’s digital platforms and within Emirates Stadium on LCD displays. Arsenal …
Online betting and gaming services provider BetConstruct has been awarded a Class 4 Remote Gaming Licence by the Malta Gaming Authority(MGA) for its sportsbook product. In related news, Vivaro, an online and terrestrial gaming operator, is BetConstruct’s first sportsbook partner to be granted a Class 2 Remote Gaming License from the MGA. And last, but …
Sports betting data services provider Betradar has launched its Live Channel Online with Intralot Italia S.p.A. Betradar’s broad media rights portfolio offers around 5,000 live events per year, along with betting-relevant content. “The integration of our Live Channel Online into the [Intralot] website will strengthen Intralot’s in-play portfolio significantly,” Lorenzo Caci, director sales at Betradar …
More football sponsorships were announced in the lead up to the new 2015-16 season across top flight English and European football clubs. Online betting exchange Smarkets partnered Queens Park Rangers Football Club as global betting partner. The sponsorship involves a number of jersey, digital and on-site stadium marketing opportunities. Bet-At-Home.com was named main sponsor of …
Online sports betting and gaming provider Bet-At-Home.com AG Group reported on its first half 2015 showing good growth despite increased tax burdens. Key performance highlights for the first half 2015 period include: – EBITDA increased to Euro 16.0 million, up Euro 7.2 million (HY1/2014: Euro 8.8 million). – EBIT was up by Euro 7.1 million …
Escorted through the Guangdong airport by two burly plain clothes Chinese police officers, the fugitive Chinese online gambling chief Wang Bo has arrived back in China after being deported by the Philippines Secretary for Justice last Thursday (see previous reports). Chinese media report that Wang Bo is suspected of involvement in a series of large …
The gambling regulator in the Canadian province of Alberta is currently preparing a presentation on online gambling for provincial politicians to consider, according to Alberta Gaming and Lottery Commission president Bill Robinson. Speaking to local media, Robinson said this week that millions of dollars are spent by Albertans gambling online with offshore “grey market” operators, …
The Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, which owns and operates Fantasy Springs land casino in California, has rolled out a new mobile app and web-based program allowing players to practice playing online slots for free when they’re away from the casino. Paul Ryan, general manager of Fantasy Springs, said the virtual slots are the same …
Caesars Interactive Entertainment, the digital division of land casino giant Caesars, has turned in another successful second quarter with year-on-year growth continuing across key parameters: * At $186.2 million net revenue was up 28 percent on a y-o-y basis; * Adjusted EBITDA increased almost 60 percent to $69.5 million; * A loss of $4.4 million …
The name Ray Lesniak will be familiar to anyone involved in the online gambling business as a respected and feisty supporter of legalisation and the main driver behind the successful legalisation of online gambling in the US state of New Jersey. Senator Lesniak’s legal and political maneuvering skills, allied to a tenacious focus on his …
NYX Gaming Group Limited announced Friday that it has entered into a long term global agreement to provide online poker and related casino games to planetwin365 and the SKS365 Group, one of the biggest operators in the Italian market, for a minimum of five years. The partnership will start with the planetwin365 branded site which …