With fifteen years in the online gambling industry under his belt, and a wealth of contacts, Alessandro Allara is well qualified to head up the online gambling division of Italian gambling group SNAI in Rome, a position he took up earlier this month after leaving Paddy Power, where he was Direttore della comunicazione, Italia. …
The management at Slotland online casino has reported a $180,004 jackpot hit on the Lucky Ducts slot game. Winning player DonnaS has been a regular at the casino for the past two years and told casino staff that whilst playing on a cold, dark winter’s evening she hit the jackpot. She plans to …
Prague-based online casino developer Endorphina has announced a new content deal with the Pololo group, which comprises the MrCasinos, Lightbet.com and BetTap online gambling websites. Pololo spokesman David Blomquist said this week : “Our aim is to target a broader range of potential players for our sites. Our brands are growing fast and we’re confident …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mhgqp6a6os&feature=youtu.be Online gambling software and games developer Microgaming has announced the launch of a new scheduled for early April titled Rabbit in the Hat. The new offering is a 5 reel 9 pay-line vbideo slot with a magician theme, presented with sharp graphics and appropriate sound effects. The base game springs to life when a …
Greek gambling monopoly OPAP has posted its annual results for 2014 showing that despite tough economic conditions in its home nation, it has managed to grow and improve. Key points in the overall performance of the group include: * Net profits up y-o-y by 41 percent to Euro 199.2 million, boosted by new games and …
Online gambling jackpot tracker site Casino Listings.com, which uses proprietary software to monitor jackpot wins on most of the major online gambling platforms, reports as March draws to a close that it has been a fortunate period for at least 18 online punters who have hit jackpots in excess of $100,000. Biggest win this month …
Harvey Munford, a Nevada Assemblyman serving his last term of office, is making the introduction of an online lottery his last hurrah, submitting a proposal that this form of gambling be added to the list of games approved by the legislature for interstate agreements. Local media reports reveal that the proposal has been introduced in …
The UK Gambling Commission’s recent suspension of online gambling company MetroPlay-666Bet’s licence last week (see previous report) has been followed by the news that director of companies Paul Bell is being questioned by police in connection with an alleged £21 million fraud and money-laundering case. Reporting on the case over the weekend, the Sunday Independent …
The Rutgers Center for Gambling Studies has published the first of four annual independent reports on the efficacy of New Jersey’s responsible gambling requirements for the online gambling market. In summary, the report (see link below) indicates that the responsible gaming facilities offered by the New Jersey operators are used by only a small percentage …
South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, the man driving the Senate version of Sheldon Adelson’s Restoration of America’s Wire Act banning proposal, appears to be flexible on whether state online lottery sales are to be included in the prohibitions in his bill, currently at committee stage in both House and Senate. According to the publication …
Las Vegas Sands owner Sheldon Adelson is one of the online poker industry’s biggest detractors, but that hasn’t stopped his Venetian casino in Las Vegas from making an offer the organisers of this year’s Tournament Directors Association conference couldn’t refuse….comped conference areas, audio/visual equipment and reduced hotel rates for conference attendees. Matt Savage, who chairs …
Veteran Democratic Party Nevada Senator Harry Reid, a central figure in many legislative debates and developments regarding online gambling over the years, has announced that he will not seek reelection in 2016. The Senate minority leader has been associated with gambling for decades and was at one time lieutenant governor of Nevada and chairman of …
The Canadian provincial government in Quebec revealed in a budget statement Thursday that it plans to introduce a legislative amendment to “introduce an illegal website filtering measure” in an effort to increase revenues at its own online gambling portal Espacejeux, reports the Globe and Mail newspaper. Internet service providers (ISPs) could be ordered to block …
Online lottery group Zeal Network, formerly known as Tipp24, has posted a less-than-sparkling set of annual results that include a net profit dip of Euro 6 million, which the company’s board attribute to start-up costs at group subsidiaries and associates which would provide future returns. Key financial figures in 2014 included: * Revenues up 8.3 …
Diversification was the one of the main themes of Macau chief executive Fernando Chui Sai-On when he presented his annual policy address this week, warning that his government is to strengthen its oversight of gambling companies, and may require that they regularly present development plans for review, and that these should also embrace non-gambling projects. …
Idaho’s flirtation with virtual horse racing machines is about to come to an end after just two years, during which the 200 machines located in horse racing venues throughout the state became popular additions to the gaming facilities. On Thursday the state House supported a Senate vote of 25 to 9 to repeal the enabling …
According to a report in the publication Ars Technica this week, Google’s Youtube is about to become a competitor to Twitch (popular in online poker live streaming) which is currently the Internet’s biggest live streaming platform and was bought by Amazon last year for almost a billion dollars. Youtube Live will reportedly feature live gaming …
Tel Aviv and Barcelona-based social gaming developer Akamon Entertainment has released its latest offering, a slot titled Pearl Reef which has been incorporated in the company’s bingo and slots Viva! online gaming suite across portal and Facebook platforms. A mobile version is in development and will follow soon. The new product is a 5 reel, …
Online gambling software provider Net Entertainment has announced that it has signed a content supply agreement with Danish online gambling giant Danske Spil for use in the Danish regulated market. Danske Spil, owned by the Danish government, is part of World Lottery Association (WLA) and recognized as one of the leading lottery operators in the …
Picture 7 foot tall former basketball star Shaq O’Neal in a skin tight body suit cavorting and goofing around, and you have some idea of what the content of Playstudio’s latest social casino apps is likely to be…Shaq performed for the cameras so that programmers could capture motion detail and create the game with him …
The Malta-based business-to-business online gambling turnkey provider Optima group has inked what it characterises as a significant major agreement with computer technology group Oracle which includes special content agreements on the latest Oracle end-user products technology. Gerry English, managing director of Optima, explained Thursday: “This deal has different parts: “Firstly, at Optima we want the …
The Montreal-based online gambling group Amaya Gaming has announced that it is to spin off its Diamond Game Enterprises subsidiary through an initial public offering of the newly formed Innova Gaming Group. Amaya acquired Diamond Game Enterprises last year for US$25 million , a company which designs, develops, produces, markets and services games, systems and …
British online punters have two more UK Gaming Commission-licensed websites to try this week following the launch by industry newcomer Tau Gaming of SecretSlots and Hunky Bingo, both powered by 888 subsidiary Dragonfish. Former MetroPlay m.d. Jamie Walter, who now helms Tau Gaming, said this week that mobile operations enjoy a high priority at Tau …
The Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, an action group funded by land casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson and dedicated to banning online gambling in the United States, has issued a statement announcing a new campaign to “create awareness of the dangers of Internet gambling.” The campaign urges parents across the country to contact their members of …