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 …
August figures released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show that August was in general another downer for Atlantic City land casinos, with revenues dropping a further 1.2 percent y-o-y and another closure. The 11 casinos still operating during August (there have been more closures since then) won $294.4 million from gamblers, down …
Continental Gaming (Malta) Ltd has launched a new, UK-facing online casino with a medieval theme titled Casino Dukes.co.uk and 130 games powered by the Oxford UK-based provider Genii Games. Licensed by the LGA in Malta, the casino is available on a variety of platforms including mobile, desktop, and instant play. The attractive website offers full …
Online and land gambling content supplier Aristocrat has signed up IBM veteran exec Maureen Sweeny as chief commercial officer based in Las Vegas, with responsibility for Class III sales and global marketing, including the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, Asia Pacific and EMEA. Sweeny will join the Aristocrat executive team on 22 September after a …
Sports betting data provider Sportradar is to provide the security of global betting oversight on a wide range of football matches organised by the Hong Kong Football Association. The partnership deal will see Sportradar monitoring and recording data through its Fraud Detection Service, which will be deployed across 113 games in the Hong Kong Premier …
The Australian spotlight is focused unwaveringly on Vanuatu-licensed online bookmaker Betjack.co operator Butterscotch Holdings (Vanuatu) this week amid allegations that punters are not being paid their winnings. The Sydney Morning Herald reported Friday that racing authorities in Australia have launched an investigation into allegations of no-pay made by Aussie gamblers. The investigation could have serious …
If Leonel Revelese, the president of lobbying group the National Federation of Uruguayan Gaming (FENAJU) has his way the use of free zones in the South American country by online gambling companies will soon be seriously curtailed. Revelese says that the growth of online gambling has negative implications for Uruguayan society and could be putting …
The first shots have been exchanged in the legal battle shaping up between the UK Gambling Commission (representing the UK government) and the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association, which is challenging the imposition of point-of-consumption based legislation requiring operators accessing the British market to take out tough secondary licensing and pay UK tax. The Commission’s …
Pinnacle Sports is the latest online gambling operator to decide against secondary licensing and taxation under the new point-of-consumption laws in the United Kingdom. In a statement released Thursday, the company advises: “Due to imminent changes to British gambling licensing regulations, Pinnacle Sports will after September 30th, 2014, be unable to offer our services to …
Mounting competitive pressure from neighbouring Vietnam, and the likelihood that this will erode Cambodian land casino business, is reportedly influencing the Cambodian government to consider gambling reforms that could include online gambling. A Cambodian government spokesman told the Phnom Penh Post Thursday that ministers are considering the need to create a more liberal market. Ros …
WinADay casino, which uses proprietary software, claims that a mystical prophetess has foretold the success of Gypsy Charm, its new fortune-teller-themed premium online slot launched this week. The new game has two bonus features: the Prophetess and her Crystal Ball trigger Free Spins and a combination of Fortune Teller and Tarot symbols initiates the Fortune …
The major Australian online and land gambling group Tabcorp has for the tenth time been ranked as the global gambling industry leader in the annual Dow Jones Sustainability Index for 2014. The company received a 100 percent rating in the ‘Promoting Responsible Gaming’ category, a maximum rating it has received in this category for eight …
Toronto-based online gambling software and platform provider ISIS Lab has announced that it intends to change its corporate title to Imperus Technologies Corporation, which it describes as “…a name selected to reflect the company’s direction and corporate strategy as a premier, online gaming company.” To facilitate the name change, the company has taken various steps, …