NYX Gaming Group announced Friday that the executive committee of European Lotteries (EL) recently approved NYX as an associate member during its general assembly gathering in Oslo, Norway. NYX is an existing associate member of the World Lottery Association and this additional membership allows the company to extend its offering to further EL members. Matt …
Prague-based Endorphina Games has inked a games supply contract with online and land platform and content provider BetConstruct. The agreement allows BetConstruct to distribute Endorphina games to its 120 B2B partners using its new Spring platform. BetConstruct chief executive Vahe Baloulian said Thursday: “Endorphina’s games will enrich the Spring platform with a content that stands-out …
Gaming developer, manufacturer and supplier of casino games, systems and technology, American Gaming Systems (AGS), has announced the acquisition for an undisclosed consideration of social games provider PocketPlay. The social gaming company has offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv, and operates the Lucky Play Casino social gaming site. AGS CEO David Lopez said the …
Australia’s Jumbo Interactive online lottery company has launched three new games that will benefit The Surf Life Saving Foundation, ACT for Kids and The Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation. The company’s OzLotteries.com website has grown to 1.91 million customer accounts as of May 2015, an increase of 89,000 in five months, driving revenues higher. Mike …
Sheldon Adelson’s Restoration of America’s Wire Act attempt to federally ban online gambling in the United States has suffered another setback following an appeal to congressional representatives by influential New York Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow. The Assemblyman was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1992, and in 2005 was appointed chair of the …
The London market clearly liked the look of Playtech’s 29.05 million share placing Thursday (see previous report); Reuters reports that GBP 227 million was raised to help fund the purchase of forex trading platforms Plus500, TradeFX and other potential deals. The company placed 29.05 million shares, representing just under 10 percent of its current share …
NYX Gaming Group has announced the signing of Scandinavian online casino operator Casumo for its NYX Open Gaming System. Casumo will receive games from developers that include Nextgen Gaming, ELK studios, iGaming2go, Realistic Games and High5 Games, including PC and mobile titles like Miss Midas, Frog Princess, Gorilla Go Wild, Electric Sam, Snakes and Ladders …
The international executive search firm Odgers Berndtson has been engaged by Gibraltar-based online gambling group BetVictor to find eight new managers as the company seeks to beef up its leadership at the C level. New chief executive officer Andreas Meinrad says applications from both existing and external managers are welcome as the company looks to …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoIlHSO7Rr4&feature=em-uploademail Microgaming has previewed a new online slot release, which is themed on the major hit comedy movie Bridesmaids. Due for release in August, and like the film itself, the Bridesmaids theme represents a fresh spin on the chick flick formula, combining hilarious on-screen action with a slick design. Bridesmaids is a 2011 American romantic …
After almost 5 years in the gambling industry as CFO of William Hill plc, Neil Cooper is set to return to the property and housing industry, taking up a senior management position with Barratt Developments. Prior to joining William Hill Cooper held top management positions with housing firms like Whitbread and Bovis Homes. “I have …
Playtech plc announced Thursday a placing of over 29 million shares – around 9.9 percent of its share capital – to fund its £459.6 million acquisition of CFD trader Plus500 (see previous reports). The placing should raise some £250 million as the online gambling software supplier continues to evaluate a number of other investment opportunities …
Geoff Freeman, CEO of the American Gaming Association, told a hearing on new IRS tax proposals Wednesday that his membership was not in favour of the taxman’s plan to use player loyalty cards in electronic tracking for tax reporting purposes. Freeman said that such a project would create very significant challenges because the complex marketing …
British slots and table games provider Realistic Games has moved to strengthen its delivery of content and new integrations with the appointment of Donyale Michael, a former Ladbrokes, Betfair and Rank Group staffer who will head up the Berkshire-based company’s project management function. Her recruitment follows a drive to add eight additional members to the …
Eagle-eyed industry observers trawling the UK Gambling Commission website have made the startling discovery that the high-profile US daily fantasy sports market leader DraftKings has applied for software and pool betting licenses, clearly with an eye on the highly competitive British sports betting market. DraftKings has in the past made no secret of its overall …
Yggdrasil Gaming has signed a deal with BetClic Everest Group to provide three of its brands with access to the Swedish developer’s entire product suite, including the recently-launched pooled progressive Jackpot game Joker Millions. BetClic, Expekt and Monte Carlo Casino will all receive Yggdrasil casino games portfolio of 12 video slots, Infinite API for gamification, …
Our readers will be familiar with the long, sad saga of a bid to legalise single-game sports betting in the Great White North, but to recap: Originally introduced in Canada’s House of Commons as private members bill C-290, the proposal sailed through the Commons largely unopposed and went to the Senate, where it survived two …
Intellectual Property and Software Ltd (IPS) has announced the launch of Slotmob, a new online casino with a comic mobster theme, built on the Bede Gaming platform. Slotmob offers a wide array of slot games, with the latest titles from Microgaming and IGT, such as Game of Thrones, The Dark Knight, Cleopatra II and Pixies …
Chroma Sports, a digital technology supplier, has announced the completion of development work on an advanced user interface for the recently UK-launched Win Cash Live television and internet gambling service. Win Cash Live offers streamed interactive gambling services that enable second-screen usage by television viewers…valuable particularly in the sports betting and celebrity games context. The …
Online slot fans can look forward to a new Nextgen game titled Double Play Super Bet, which is scheduled for launch on June 24. The game is a high variance slot with a max win of x4500 bet, featuring the Super Bet and Doubleplay functions and up to x18 wilds.
Italian operator SISAL has launched a dedicated virtual sports mobile app in Italy developed by Inspired. The virtual sports mobile app is titled “Virtual Race” and follows the success of Inspired’s virtual sports across SISAL’s retail, online and mobile platforms in a partnership that has been in force since 2013. Players can use the free-to-download …
Michael O’Donnell (51) was sentenced to 21 months in prison for violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations (RICO) statute by participating in online sports betting through offshore website Bet Eagle (see previous reports). An indictment unsealed in July 2013 named 13 US residents, alleging that some were members of the Genovese organised crime family …
San Francisco-based Betable has employed the services of UK online marketing firm ActiveWin for the development and execution of its UK-focused flagship online and mobile casino brand “Prospect Hall”. ActiveWin has been tasked to optimise online campaigns and increase Prospect Hall’s conversion rate in the UK market. “After careful consideration, we’ve chosen to work with …
Nevada content and technology supplier Spin Games LLC has launched a range of play-for-fun content at multiple MGM Resorts Internationalproperties in Las Vegas. The Bellagio, MGM Grand and The Mirage will offer a range of twenty-one HTML5 Slot, Video Poker and Bingo content in the initial launch. The launch forms part of MGM Resorts International’s …
NetEnt’s Mega Fortune slot gave up a Euro 109,751 jackpot to a Finnish customer of iGame’s kolikkopelit online casino this past weekend. Identified only as Rauli, the lucky punter is planning on spending some of his winnings on paying off loans and will embark on a “fishing trip of a lifetime”. “I played a few …