Isle of Man online and mobile gambling software provider Microgaming has released a new multi-player tournament slot branded Sweet Harvest. The game is a five reel, 20 pay-line video slot with a distinctly bucolic, farming theme and rich features that include wild and scatter pays. The Scatter barn symbol delivers free spins with stacked Wilds …
Recently-launched BetVIP.com, which has opened more than 3,500 accounts since going live in June 2014, has integrated Betradar’s Virtual Football League ahead of the 2014/15 season. The world’s first bitcoin-only sportsbook already offers hundreds of sports markets on dozens of sports and now offers punters around-the-clock wagering opportunities on authentic Virtual Football League match simulations. …
Colossus Bets, the company behind the GBP 10 million Colossus football and sports jackpots, announced Thursday that it has launched a GBP1,000,000 HDA15 Football Jackpot aimed at dominating and consolidating the HDA (or 1×2) pools and traditional accumulator markets. Bernard Marantelli, founder and CEO of Colossus Bets said, “Several operators currently run small 1×2 Pools, …
Mikael Pawlo, chief exec of the Mr Green Casino group, has announced a reorganisation of the company’s marketing division following the departure after eighteen months service of CMO Henrik Svensson. Svensson, who prior to joining Mr Green marketed the Nordic Gaming group, is departing for pastures at present unknown and on amicable terms, with Pawlo …
Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority, which seems to be keeping a particularly close watch on adverts by online gambling companies, has been active again, handing out reprimands and discontinuation orders to two prominent industry companies. The latest actions feature Betfred and 888Sports, which have found themselves in the ASA’s sights before. 888Sports came under fire when …
In what seems to be a rather heavy-handed reaction to the Australian subsidiaries of UK betting group Bet365, the Australian Competition and Consumer Cossion (ACCC) has launched litigation in the Federal Court, alleging that the betting companies misled punters by offering free bets and deposit bonuses that were subject to a number of conditions not …
Scientific Games Corporation has signed an extension of its contract with the Minnesota Lottery to continue as a provider of instant lottery games. Under the agreement, the company will continue as the secondary instant game provider to the Minnesota Lottery for two additional years beginning July 1, 2014. “The extension of our instant games contract …
The latest performance statistics from the New Jersey land gambling regulator disappointingly show that revenues generated by Atlantic City operators declined 6.6 percent y-o-y to $264.2 million in July. The numbers do not include $10.1 million generated by the state’s legalised online gambling interests. According to figures released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming …
King Digital Entertainment has announced the acquisition of Singapore-based social games developer Non-Stop Games for a cash payment of $6 million and a possible future payment of up to $84 million contingent on the achievement of agreed performance targets. King Digital recently posted Q2-2014 results showing revenues up 20 percent y-o-y to $594 million, but …
Reports from the United States indicate that the national mainstream newspaper USA Today is planning to enter the fantasy sports arena with the launch of a website titled Fantasy Score. The website will focus on allowing players to compete in daily tournament-style games based of NFL football data, with more sports added in the future, …
German online betting group Mybet’s restructuring has resulted in a sell-off of the company’s shareholdings in two Spanish lottery firms in order to “ensure greater stability within the group”. Spanish companies Digital Distribution Management (DDM) and Digital Distribution Management Iberica (DDMI) are the firms affected by the sell-off. Sven Ivo Brinck, the sole member of …
The independent online gaming testing and accreditation agency eCOGRA is to widen and enhance its information security services to operator and software supplier clients in Europe following an alliance agreement with global professional services firm PwC. Announcing the agreement this week, eCOGRA CEO Andrew Beveridge said that whilst his organisation has extensive experience in carrying …
Nasdaq-listed Asian online sports lottery firm 500.com has posted net revenues of $25.2 million (RMB 156.1 million) for Q2-2014, representing a 73.8 percent increase from the first quarter of 2014 and a 185.4 percent increase from the second quarter of 2013, thanks largely to a boost in revenues from the recent World Cup football festival …
Scientific Games Corporation has signed a new contract to provide instant games for the Taiwan Lottery Co., Ltd., along with licensed properties and marketing services. The two-year contract, which was awarded through a formal procurement process by the TLC, expands SG’s profile in the Asia Pacific region, and kicked off in June this year. The …
Police in Corvina, a city in the San Gabriel Valley of Southern California, have shuttered two internet cafés on grounds of illegal online gambling following visits to the premises of Quick Connect and Tel-Expo this week. At Quick Connect, police officials presented manager Sheryl Duson (47) with a search warrant before arresting her and seizing …
Australian land gambling giant Crown Resorts has acquired full ownership of Betfair Australasia, a joint venture with British online betting exchange Betfair formed in 2004. Crown purchased Betfair’s 50 percent interest in the venture this week for A$10 million. Under the terms of the sale, Betfair will continue to provide technology and support services to …
Top British bookmaker William Hill plc has inked a deal making it the official betting partner for the Southampton football club Southampton FC chief executive officer Gareth Rogers said Tuesday the agreement constituted a major step forward for the commercial growth of the club, adding: “We are constantly looking to partner with businesses at the …
Manchester United FC has advised football fans that it will no longer allow supporters to bring iPads and tablet devices into the Old Trafford stadium amid fears that some are recording large portions of the matches. The club is also worried that fans are having their view blocked by those in front using tablets to …
The owners of Atlantic City land casino Revel have announced that the establishment is to close on September 10…just two years after it opened. “Despite the effort to improve the financial performance of Revel, it has not proven to be enough to put the property on a stable financial footing. This situation is compounded by …
Plaor, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of social media network CrowdGather, Inc. has launched two new games – The Power of Zeus and Frogs n’ Flies – the first social casino titles developed from its partners Multicommerce Game Studio and Lightning Box Games Pty Ltd, respectively. Both titles are 5 reel video slots currently available to …
The Unibet and Merkur online casinos have announced the availability of an exclusive new slot from Net Entertainment titled Hit2Split. The new product is a 5 reel, 30 pay-line game with an innovative split symbol feature, which can be previewed here:
Gala Interactive’s head of bingo operations, Alison Digges, has been promoted to director of i-gaming services, where she replaces the departing Kasper Trier-Poulson. Digges has a sound i-gaming track record, having worked in marketing management for BetVictor, and as operations director for GTechG2 in Gibraltar before joining Gala Interactive as head of bingo two years …
Toronto-based and listed online gambling company Intertain Group Limited has posted its first Q2-2014 report, featuring revenues up sequentially on Q1 by 80 percent to Cdn$ 5.2 million. Financial highlights of the report include: * Revenues of Cdn$ 5,227,338; * EBITDA at Cdn$ 1,483,759; * Earnings at Cdn$ 4,242,258; * EPS of 0.29 a share; …
Following an extensive research and testing program during 2013, Sydney-based development studio Royal Wins has launched a free-to-play, ‘hybrid’ skill plus casino social and wagering games under the Mojikan’s Kash Karnival brand. Royal Wins CEO Robert Fong, CEO said this week that the new casino will initially carry four unique games split evenly between skill …