ACF Fiorentina, a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany, has signed Betclic as a top sponsor. Under the terms of the sponsorship agreement, diverse initiatives oriented towards Viola fans across the club’s social and digital platforms will be launched in conjunction with more traditional exposure inside the Stadio Franchi and on team jerseys. “The …
The Bulgarian State Gambling Commission has supplemented its blacklist with another 10 websites. Latest additions comprise: primajuego.com, championsbet.net, 7epta7.com, sb-488.com, bet-mart.com, bg.sportingbet777.com, bg.sportingbetpoker.com, redkings.com, grandparker.com and luckyredcasino.com. The latest raft amount to around 260 blacklisted websites listed on the document.
The Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) has ruled in favour of Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HRMC), in an appeal case on a VAT repayment claim regarding Sportech PLC’s “Spot the Ball” game (see previous reports). In an initial ruling last year the First-Tier Tribunal found in Sportech’s favour resulting in a payment made …
Amaya Gaming Group was added to the S&P/TSX Composite Index effective at market opening on Monday, September 22, 2014. The index comprises approximately 250 Canadian corporations which represent the largest businesses on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Malta’s Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) has announced the suspension of WinerGame Limited’s category 1 remote gaming licence LGA/CL1/730/2011 without disclosing the reasons behind the move. The LGA has directed WinerGame Ltd. to suspend all gaming operations, cease to register new players, not take any further deposits, not offer any games falling under the Authority’s …
Software developer High 5 Games (H5G) has released a number of social games to both its High 5 Casino and Shake the Sky Casino on Facebook. “Enchanted Realms”, a title featuring Super Symbols, was released for social play at High 5 Casino (H5C) along with other games that include “La Torera Roja”, “Aegean Sunset”, “Celtic …
The Revel casino hotel in Atlantic City, built at a cost of $2.4 billion just two years ago but now bankrupt, can be put up for sale by auction despite efforts to delay the sale. On Monday New Jersey Judge Gloria Burns in Camden made the ruling after the only bidder – a Florida businessman …
Atlantic City’s woes were highlighted again Tuesday with the news that Trump Plaza has closed its doors for the last time, a victim of declining business in the gambling enclave due to regional competition and economic hard times. Associated Press reports that the demise of the casino has been clear for some time, pointing out …
A content deal signed between online gambling group Betfair and software provider Net Entertainment (see previous report) has been completed this week with the launch of the games following a fast integration process. “I am very pleased about the great collaboration between NetEnt’s and Betfair’s integration teams which resulted in a quick launch. I am …
The online gambling information site Gambling911 has reported that recent Bwin.Party share buys by certain directors of the company are being scrutinised by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. 911 claims that a FCA source has informed it that the regulator is investigating “…recent, possibly-suspicious, large purchases of stock by directors of the company.” The article …
Red Flush online casino has launched publicity on a new video slot from its game supplier Microgaming titled Red Hot Devil – due for launch early October. The five-reel, 25 pay-line game is multi-featured and has a devilishly fiery theme with seductive she-devils, flames galore and a heavy metal sound track – check out the …
The UK Gambling Commission has welcomed the formation of the Senet Group watchdog by Britain’s four biggest bookmakers (see previous report), applauding the commitment of the founders and expressing the hope that the initiative will attract other industry companies. In a statement following the Monday launch of Senet by founders William Hill, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power …
Canadian-based online gaming firm, Intertain Group shares will be added to Standard and Poor’s Canadian Index Operations (S&P/TSX) SmallCap Index after the close of trading on Friday, September 19 2014. The S&P/TSX SmallCap Index provides an investable index for the Canadian small‐cap market. The index is float adjusted and market cap weighted and was developed …
Reports in industry media that the Gibraltar-based online and land bookmaking group Stan James plc is about to be sold off as a result of the new UK point-of-consumption regulatory and taxation moves have been called into question by the company. Commenting on the potentially alarming claims for its employees, chief executive officer Denis Kelly …
The dynamic management team at online sports betting group 666Bet maintained its stream of development statements this week with the news that it has opened an office in Taipei to target the Asian market, where it plans to launch Asian-focused sports betting products in the near future. The company has appointed former 188Bet business development …
Evolution Gaming has launched a dedicated Live Casino environment for Rational Group’s recently launched Full Tilt casino brand. The Full Tilt dedicated environment, created within Evolution’s Riga studios, includes three live blackjack tables and one live roulette table. All tables will be available to players on a variety of platforms, including computers running both Windows …
US-based Webis Holdings’ subsidiary WatchandWager.com LLC will provide access to the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) pari-mutuel pools in a two-year extension to its existing agreement. Webis Holdings PLC said Monday, WatchandWager.com will provide access to the HKJC pools via AMTote International initially to selected account holders with a wider rollout to all US customers …
The ABB, EGBA, ESSA and RGA have published an updated version of the “Sports Betting: Commercial and Integrity Issues” report originally released in 2010 by Jason Foley-Train. The report is described as a comprehensive and evidence-based resource and analysis that provides an insight into the important symbiotic commercial and integrity relationship between the sporting and …
In extensive newspaper announcements this (Monday) morning, four major UK bookmaking groups – William Hill, Ladbrokes, Coral and Paddy Power – named the new independent industry watchdog they have founded (see previous reports)….after an ancient Egyptian game. The Senet Group, which will be headed by an independent Standards Commissioner to hold the industry to account, …
Zynga’s highly experienced top exec for social casino operations, Maytal Ginsburg Olsha, is to strike out on her own with a new social casino enterprise scheduled for launch early next year. Olsha left Zynga last month, almost two years to the day after departing 888 Holdings, where she was senior vice president of corporate and …
After months of unrelenting media, activist and political attacks, most of them focused on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals in bookie retail shops, perceptions of the retail gambling industry may have been negatively skewed, but four of Britain’s top bookmaking firms are taking remedial action. The Telegraph newspaper reported over the weekend that Gala Coral, Ladbrokes, …
Malta-based Portomaso Gaming has invested Euro 500,000 in improvements to its live dealer digital platform, which is now combined with the casino and studio into one product. The investment also saw the creation of 25 new job opportunities on the Mediterranean island. Parliamentary Secretary for Competitiveness and Economic Growth, Dr José Herrera was on hand …
The political elections taking place in Sweden this weekend have triggered significant interest in politicians and their activities, and the media has been happy to oblige. On Friday one of the political parties in contention, the Sweden Democrats, was the focus of media reports that some of its members had made racist comments….and that party …
Caesars Entertainment subsidiary Harrahs Casino has perked up the New Jersey gambling market with what it claims is the first collaborative promotion between its online and offline operations. The Treasure Hunt promo allows punters to participate in a digital Treasure Hunt online with weekly challenges for a chance to win more than $40,000 in cash …