Sports betting services supplier Metric Gaming will integrate its flagship in-play betting product SuperLive into Hattrick Sports Group’s gaming platform, following a licensing deal announced this week. SuperLive deploys HTML5 and push technology to offer live sports betting on a myriad of in-game events as the game plays out. “We have every expectation that this …
According to legal firm Pinsent Mason, a German Blackjack player has been fined 70 days wages and around Euro 64 000 by a Munich District Court for illegally gambling on an unnamed UK-based website. The player claimed ignorance, saying he/she did not know it was illegal to play on the foreign website, however, the Judge …
OpenBet has partnered with the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) to deploy its Promote system in the land casino environment. Promote has been integrated to a large 12-screen display to create a cinematic-style experience at the Starlight Casino venue in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. The new screen will completely change the customer experience within …
Online and mobile gambling games developer Kiron Interactive has partnered with distribution and broadcast expert Vermantia to set up the first pan-African satellite channel dedicated to virtual games. The service will showcase Kiron’s virtual games portfolio, including horses, dogs, football, motor-racing and cycling, with plans to introduce other virtual sports and number games – including …
Online sports betting content firm Sportradar has acquired the exclusive eight year rights to collect and distribute official German Handball League data to its betting industry and media clients following a partnership agreement signed last week. The Sportradar agreement covers both the first and second divisions of the HBL, along with the DHB Cup, the …
The British online gambling software supplier Realistic Games has launched its range of slots at new online and mobile casino Spin Genie, owned by Gaming Realms plc, which also operates PocketFruity.com. The collaboration will see a roll-out of Realistic Games’ complete portfolio, including Super Graphics Upside Down, 6 Appeal and table games. Realistic Games’ commercial …
Former footballer David Ginola’s much publicised Paddy Power-backed challenge for the FIFA presidency could be in trouble following the publication late last week of a FIFA advisory on ethics. FIFA issued the election guide ahead of next Thursday’s deadline for candidate applications, emphasising that official candidates are bound by its ethics code. That includes a …
According to reports in South Africa’s City Press newspaper, two members of the former scandal-plagued National Gambling Board (see previous reports) have handed in their resignations just weeks before a forensic report by independent auditors Grant Thornton is due to be submitted to the government’s Department of Trade and Industry. The investigators hope to submit …
The online gambling services of Sky Betting and Gaming look set to expand following reports in the Yorkshire Business Daily that the company is to create 90 new jobs at its Leeds head office. Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners bought the business from Sky late last year (see previous reports). Sky management told Business …
The December 2014 online gambling revenue numbers from the Delaware State Lottery show a continuing decline at 4.5 percent lower than the preceding month, with the three licensed operators posting total revenues of $169,606 and player sign-ups of 256 – a drop from November 2014’s 308. It’s a far cry from the most successful month …
According to the publication Greek Reporter, a 48-year-old woman from Thessaloniki and her 20-year-old son have been charged with scamming thousands of Euros from Facebook users by offering betting tips on football games. Thessaloniki police claimed Friday that the woman had set up a Facebook profile advertising a betting agency registered under her name, but …
Margot Robbie, beautiful star of the hit movie Wolf of Wall Street has been signed for a new Warner Bros movie on the world of illegal sportsbetting in the ‘eighties and ‘nineties, according to entertainment media reports. Titled “Dangerous Odds” the movie is based on the memoirs of Marisa J. Lankester, a model and award …
Political pressure on British internet service providers to restrict access to “adult” websites offering gambling, violent or pornographic content unless users first opt-in is beginning to produce results. ISP giant Sky is the first to roll out a version of the new restrictions, announcing last week that it planned to launch the Sky Broadband Shield …
Washington State’s notoriously draconian laws against online gambling could soon be amended – at least as regards daily fantasy sports – if a legislative proposal by state Sen. Pam Roach gains traction. Washington is one of the few states that regards even online fantasy sports betting as illegal despite federal exemptions, but Roach and other …
Tuoi Tre News in Vietnam reports that the police have dismantled an illegal online gambling ring and arrested ten individuals involved in the enterprise, including the ringleader, 33-year-old To Cong Hung, a gay magazine owner based in Ho Chi Minh City. The business’s servers were located in the Philippines, a police spokesman revealed, claiming that …
Elray Gaming, the online gambling group founded by former RTG operator Brian Goodman, has announced the acquisition of a 25 percent share in Hong Kong customer service and marketing company AsiaLink for a consideration of an unspecified amount of Preferred Series C stock with a 24 month restriction on conversion. AsiaLink is a specialist gaming …
The mainly terrestrial companies in Greek’s gambling industry have experienced another year of decline, reports the Greek newspaper Ekathimerini. The nine land casino groups posted total revenues of Euro 270 million on stakes of Euro 1.4 billion for 2014, a 10 percent year-on-year continuing decline made more dramatic by reference to the heydays of 2007, …
In what could be a new online gambling scandal, a sports betting punter has claimed to Sportsbook Review that the Belize-registered operator Leonbets Gaming has unjustifiably disqualified $100,000 in winnings achieved over a two month period. SBR reports that the player was told he was guilty of violating Leonbets website terms and conditions by operating …
More light has been shed on last week’s accidental publication of a pop-up advertising new real-money mobile gambling services to Full Tilt players in New Jersey (see previous reports). Full Tilt’s parent group, Amaya Gaming, has confirmed communication chief Eric Hollreiser’s earlier statement that the pop-up was in error, adding: “We have been developing a …
The Russian authorities are planning a new weapon in their fight against illegal online gambling – a dedicated payment portal for online sports betting transactions that will provide player access only to authorised operators. Transactions with non-authorised operators will be blocked through ISP, financial and enforcement initiatives. In preparation for legalised sports betting in Russia, …
Nikos Kryvossidis, CTO at Openbet since mid-2011 with special responsibility for sportsbook operations, has left the company to take up a similar post with the UK National Lottery organiser, Camelot Global. Kryvossidis has extensive management experience in the telecommunication and IT industries and was previously employed by Google, where he was director of content and …
Barry Martin, the high profile CEO at online sportsbetting group 666Bet, stood down a month ago to join the KPI Gaming consultancy in London, leaving the company to find a replacement. Martin is now a senior consultant with KPI, which will benefit from his experience at 666Bet and Gutshot Poker, which he founded in 2007 …
Isle of Man-based Premier Gateway International Ltd (PGI) is working with the Emirates Racing Authority as the host of the international horse race betting pools for this year’s Dubai racing season, which includes the Dubai World Cup Carnival. The Dubai World Cup Carnival is a series of 11 highly-competitive race meetings that annually attract the …
With litigation still ongoing with the national sports leagues over a previous New Jersey state legislative attempt to get around the restrictive federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (see previous reports) news of another attack on the PASPA surfaced in the Garden State this week. In a press statement New Jersey Representatives Frank A. …