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 …
Betclic Everest Group subsidiary Bet-At-Home.com has delivered further strong growth in Q2-2014, aided by solid business flowing from the World Cup football festival in Brazil during the quarter. Earnings before tax rose y-o-y by Euro 1.9 million to Euro 9.3 million, while GGR for the half-year to June 30 soared 27.9 percent to Euro 53.1 …
Following the departure of commercial director Rakesh Chablani, the UK online and land betting group Betfred has announced the appointment to the post of Russell Young, a senior manager who has been with the group since 2009. Young’s responsibilities include the performance of all Betfred brands and the commercial challenges attached thereto, with special focus …
Denmark’s internationally famous Tivoli amusement park and gardens has taken the next big step in its plan to enter the wider online gambling market (see previous report) by launching its Tivoli Casino.com website, powered by Play’nGo software on GamingAccount’s GAT platform. GAT permits the integration of third party content, widening the selection of games that …
New Jersey-based online gambling software developer High 5 Games has launched a new back-end product titled Universal Game Platform, which it hopes will enable it to establish a stronger position in the remote gambling market at home and abroad. The platform includes marketing and customer relations management facilities, and is described by H5G spokesmen as …
The Leicester City Football Club announced a new platinum partnership with online betting company 666Bet Tuesday, with the sports betting operator becoming the Foxes’ Official Betting Partner and exclusive European Betting Partner for the 2014/15 season. Ian Flanagan, commercial director for Leicester City Football Club, said: “Our partnership with 666Bet brings together a new player …
Real Sports Global has launched 5050Streak, a social version of its innovative casino game 5050Sports, featuring international sports personalities and exclusively-licensed archive broadcast footage, with publisher Trinity Mirror. The agreement sees 5050Streak, where Facebook players aim to win 5050Coins, become available to online (with mobile to follow) readers of Mirror.co.uk. The social platform contains classic …
Investors in the UK online and land gambling group Ladbrokes are unlikely to be pleased with the company’s H1-2014 numbers released Tuesday, which show that despite a change in software provider the company’s digital profits plunged 72 percent to just GBP 3 million. Digital provides just 4.4 percent of Ladbroke’s operating profits, compared with rival …
Social gaming operations through Caesars Entertainment subsidiary Caesars Interactive Entertainment delivered on of the few bright spots in the parent group’s convoluted and acronym-ridden half-year results posted this week, with social and mobile gaming driving the 95.4 percent growth in CIE revenues to $144.6 million. In the second quarter ended June 30, CIE’s Playtika subsidiary …
The National Council on Problem Gambling has teamed up with Gambling Integrity Services to help online gambling operators licensed in the USA to comply with NCPG’s Internet Responsible Gambling Standards. The NCPG will contract with Gambling Integrity Services (GIS) to perform independent evaluation, including mystery shopping by trained testers, of the sites that apply for …
NYX Gaming Group’s expansion into international regulated markets continued with the announcement Tuesday that the group has been granted a Gibraltar B2B licence to provide remote gambling services. Already claiming the e-gaming industry’s widest distribution network, NYX will now be able to offer its proprietary NextGen Gaming slots and third party partner content to fellow …
The major Isle of Man-based online gambling software provider Microgaming has created a tertiary education bursary scheme designed to support promising Isle of Man students in furthering their education in cases where they may be precluded by financial circumstance from attending or continuing to study at university. The award will see Microgaming fund accommodation and …
One of the biggest data breaches in online gambling history – the theft of 649,000 player details from online gambling group Paddy Power (see previous reports) – has been examined in detail by the Bloomberg business news service, which reveals: * In 2010 (when the theft is believed to have occurred) Paddy Power technicians detected …
The relatively new Swedish online gambling games developer Thunderkick has launched a new 3d slot titled Fruit Warp, which is now live on internet casinos like Unibet, Casumo, Betsson, BetSafe, Vera&John and MrGreen. The game runs smoothly and features original symbols to carry the fruity theme. Check it out here:
Sports betting exchange Matchbook.com has announced a one year official betting partner deal with the newly promoted UK football championship side Brentford FC. The agreement includes prominent display of the Matchbook logo on players’ strip in the 2014-2015 season, along with stadium advertising space at the club’s home, Griffin Park near London. Mark Brosnan, chief …
Finnish i-gaming platform provider Finnplay has announced the launch of daily fantasy sports operator FantasyBet on the company’s Billfold platform to run its fantasy gaming engine. FantasyBet is targeting the high growth in live fantasy sports games across Europe in time for the new English Premiership football season. Management of the FantasyBet enterprise says the …
Tabcorp chief executive David Attenborough is looking for a way around the ban on internet and mobile in-play betting in Australia, he revealed in media interviews following the release of the company’s financial results last week (see previous reports). Punters in Australia can bet on the outcome of an event after it has begun, but …
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz could be in for a disappointment if they continue to push their federal attempt to ban internet gambling with the Restoration of America’s Wire Act, according to an estimate published on the Congressional monitoring site Govtrack.us. Vegas Inc. reports that federal legislators are currently on …
Three state lotteries executives, Jeffrey R. Anderson, director of the Idaho Lottery; Stephen Martino, director of the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency; and Charles McIntyre, executive director of the New Hampshire Lottery, have presented the argument for states’ rights on the issue of online gambling. Writing in the Washington state publication The Intelligencer over …
The Toronto-listed online gambling company Intertain Group will be talking about investment in online gambling at the Canaccord Genuity 34th Annual Growth Conference in Boston at 2.30pm on August 13. John FitzGerald, president and CEO, and Keith Laslop, CFO, will present their view of the business opportunities following Intertain’s recent acquisition of Mandalay Media. And …
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that police action in Runnymede, Camden County uncovered a long established illegal gambling parlour titled the Runnymede Social Club in a back room off a health and fitness gym. The enterprise offered traditional sports betting and poker action, along with online wagering on a website branded 365sportsbetting.com, police said in revealing …