Czech citizens may be avid gamblers, but operators are unlikely to flock to a country that hammers them with a 30 to 40 percent tax on gross win in addition to a 19 percent corporate tax rate. That’s the rather greedy ambition of the Czech Republic’s relatively new Finance Minister, Andrej Babis who wants to …
The European Gaming and Betting Association, a European trade association for online gambling companies, has expressed its approval at the news that the entire gambling sector is now included in the scope of the fourth European Union anti-money laundering directive. In a deal reached by the negotiating teams of the European Parliament and the Member …
“Wild Crystal Arrows” is a newest title from software supplier SkillOnNet released across mobile and desktop platforms this week. The game is a five-reel, 15-payline offer featuring a moving Wild symbol, 10 free spins triggered by landing three or more arrows and, if the arrows collide on the reels – a multiplier of up to …
50-year-old gaming firm Betsson has gained entry to the Nasdaq Stockholm Large Cap segment., the first internet-only gaming firm to have achieve the listing. The company qualifies for the upgrade from January 1, 2015, as its market capitalisation has remained above Euro 1 Billion for the past two years. Magnus Silfverberg, chief executive officer and …
Churchill Downs Incorporated’s (CDI) acquisition of social game developer Big Fish Games has been completed for a consideration of $485 million and a potential further earn-out payment of up to $350 million based on the developer achieving EBITDA growth in 2015. The acquisition will expedite CDI’s expansion into the mobile and online games industry providing …
Platform provider Leander Games’ latest content supply deal will see it integrate both proprietary and third party developer game titles on Spin Genie, an online gaming site operated by Bear Group Limited. The deal is an extension to an existing partnership with Bear Group Limited’s parent company Gaming Realms to whom Leander provides social games …
The joint venture launched between mobile gaming platform provider Nektan and game developer Spin Games LLC last month has made further progress with its first co-branded “Xtraspin” product going live in an unnamed California casino. Nekton said another eight operators in the Nevada and California markets have either signed contracts or a letter of intent …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb3SmLvPqRI A new dragon-themed five-reel slot titled “Draglings” is the latest addition to Yggdrasil Gaming’s fast growing slot portfolio. The mythical game offers 20 + 20 paylines oriented from the left and right, spread over a diamond shaped window with 3, 4, or 5 symbols per reel. Other features include Free Spins, Wild Symbols, Expanding …
The Equity Poker network has joined the Merge and Winning Poker networks in reporting recent Distributed Denial of Service attacks, revealing that it has endured short but disruptive assaults over the past six weeks. A statement from the network Tuesday revealed that: “DDOS attacks at EPN have occurred intermittently across the past six weeks, causing …
Australian land and online gambling giant Tabcorp Holdings has announced that it intends to request special leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia in respect of a judgment of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria handed down on 4 December 2014 (see previous reports). The judgment relates to Tabcorp’s …
Similarities in addictive behaviour involving drugs and gambling have prompted Czech Republic problem gambling specialists to link the two in a new experiment set to run through March 2019, at which point its impact will be evaluated.. National anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil told local media this week that the national strategy will now include provision …
Colossus Bets has doubled the minimum guaranteed prize on its HDA 15 football jackpot to GBP 2 Million, the operator said in a press statement today. The next £2,000,000 HDA15 will be offered on Saturday with new selection fixtures as well through B2B partner sites such as Betfair and BoyleSports.
Virtual games supplier Kiron Interactive has entered into a content supply agreement for its new Keno game with IPG International’s Naga World Hotel and Casino situated in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The deal forms an extension to an existing agreement inked earlier this year with IPG International for the provision of a customised version of Kiron’s …
European land and online operator Fortuna Entertainment Group (FEG) has appointed Jaroslava Hirschová as its chief financial officer, succeeding Michal Vepřek. Prior to this appointment Hirschová has held numerous senior positions in the banking industry recently serving as chief financial officer and executive board member for Slovak Primabankv. She has also held senior roles with …
A trading update from e-gaming operator GVC for the October 1 to December 14, 2014 period reports the company’s sixth successive quarter of revenue growth. GVC said it continues to benefit from the marketing and brand building the company undertook in preparation for, and during, the World Cup across all major territories and brands. Net …
James Packer, the owner of Australia’s Crown Resorts land gambling group, expanded on the company’s new partnership with Matthew Tripps’ online sports betting firm BetEasy this week, saying the alliance has been designed to compete with major international online betting groups that have moved into the Australian market and currently dominate it. “This exciting new …
EveryMatrix has partnered with U.S.-based Prolexic Technologies, a specialist in DDOS and Mitigation services in a bid to enhance the protection of its network, clients and operators. Prolexic runs real-time monitoring and mitigation services that enable the interception of attacks and other services from a 24/7 Security Operations Center. EveryMatrix said the addition of the …
Following the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California’s granting of a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel’s online bingo offer Desert Rose Bingo earlier this week, the group said in a statement that it vows to fight on for the right to offer what it still classifies …
Odobo’s in-house development studio Wild Game Reserve has released its latest slot titled Extinction to the Odobo Marketplace. The game is a five-reel, 20-payline slot featuring a free spins mode where fiery meteors shower down on symbols initiating Wilds on impact. Wild Game Reserve said the new game was designed based on what the studio …
The Attorney General’s Office for the state of California has been successful in its application to a US District Court for a temporary restraining order on the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Indians, which last month made headlines by launching its real money online bingo Desert Rose enterprise, claiming it was not in breach of …
Since 2009 gambling has been a risky business in most of Russia – banned in all regions of the country other than Kaliningrad, Krasnodar, Altay, Primorskiy Krai, and more recently two new areas in Sochi and the recently annexed Crimea. Serious punitive measures taken against those who organise gambling have to date been confined to …
Finnish online gambling platform provider Finnplay has delivered a platform solution for a newly launched social lottery operator called TribeLotto. The company offers players the possibility to play the lottery with hundreds of lottery lines for the price of one line. It also shifts lottery to a social game environment played together in ‘tribes’. Erkki …
Ireland’s repeatedly stalled online gambling tax has suffered another delay, taking it into the new year, according to a Reuters news agency report. The country’s minister of finance, Michael Noonan, updated parliamentarians in a statement published Sunday, reporting that a standstill period the tax legislation is currently subject to has been extended into January after …
Warwick Bartlett, a 40-year gambling industry veteran and respected gambling consultant with the Isle of Man-based Global Betting and Gaming Consultancy, has published his thoughts on what might lie ahead in 2015 for the online sector and developments that impact it. Bartlett likes the concept of cybercurrencies as a transaction medium that cannot be abused …