Opposition Labour Party politicians in the UK are reportedly planning to extend the current horse racing levy paid on horse racing bets taken by bookmaking companies to retail and online sports betting in general, raising millions which they plan to spend on social projects associated with problem gambling and grass roots sports development. The Guardian …
Online casino games developer BetSoft Gaming has announced an agreement with turnkey gaming and sports betting solutions provider SBTech that will see it supplying its complete inventory of games to SBTech clients. Both desktop and mobile games are included in the contract, and the first SBTech operator to carry the suite will be 10Bet, a …
TVG Network, a Betfair subsidiary which broadcasts and accepts horse racing bets in America, has announced the multi-year extension of its contract with the New York Racing Association (NYRA) in a deal that embraces live horse races at NYRA’s Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park and Saratoga Racecourse. TVG will increase the exposure for high definition telecasts …
Online and land gambling supplier Playtech plc has extended its product reach to the world’s oceans following an agreement to provide MSC Cruises with its Neon Casino Management System. The system will be deployed on MSC’s newest cruise liner, the MSC Preziosa, enabling the cruise operator to manage its gaming operations and offer passengers a …
The Odobo Marketplace has flagged an own product – a slot titled The Oddsventurers from Odobo’s in-house game development studio Wild Game Reserve….its first internal product. The Odobo Marketplace is an integrated online facility where the latest HTML5 games can be licensed from independent developers using the Marketplace platform to dispolay their wares. A spokesman …
The Swedish gambling monopoly Svenska Spel is hoping that it can build on the success of its online offering by introducing casino games, and has applied to the government for permission to do so in a planned expansion of its online and mobile channel, according to Swedish media reports. The company sustained an unwelcome decline …
Billboard adverts in London public spaces promising free-play action at 888 online casino have been found to be misleading by Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority following a challenge from the public. The challengers complained that the free-play incentive was misleading because there was a wager-through requirement attached to winnings…a restriction that the advertisement had not made …
The UK online casino and sportsbetting group 32Red has posted another record set of half-year numbers for the period ended June 30 2014, highlighting the following year-on-year advances: * NGR up 20 percent to GBP 15.2 million – GBP 14 million from the casino business and GBP 700,000 from other sources; * GGR up 19 …
The Russian news agency RAPSI reports that Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a decree authorising land gambling in Crimea, a territory annexed from Ukraine by Russian political and activist interventions earlier this year. The decree covers specific areas within Crimea and Kuban, which now join four other regions in Russia as the sole locations …
The virtual currency online casino Bitstars.net has announced that it has inked a deal with live dealer supplier Ezugi for the supply of live table games including Roulette, Blackjack, Baccarat and Lottery action. The live casino games will be streamed from Costa Rica, Bitstars manager Nikolica Vadaski said Tuesday, adding: “This is an excellent opportunity …
The respected international rating agency Fitch has issued a report on social gaming, noting that casino-themed games on social networks pose a competitive threat to regional land casinos. The agency additionally noted that online gambling is less of a threat as federal-level legislation is unlikely to be passed any time soon. “We believe there is …
The fantasy sports industry has thrown its support behind Sheldon Adelson’s attempt to ban internet gambling in the United States through the Restoration of America’s Wire Act introduced to Congress earlier this year by Senator Lindsey Graham and Representative Jason Chaffetz (see previous reports). Unsurprisingly, the Graham-Chaffetz proposals would leave the online activities of fantasy …
RealNetworks, which acquired Slingo in July last year for $15.6 million, has used the Casual Connect conference currently ongoing in San Francisco to debut its new Slingo Adventure game, described as an innovative spin on the classic slots and bingo combo that has proved popular with millions of players around the world. The new mobile …
Charles Coppolani, the president of the French online gambling regulator ARJEL says the recently completed World Cup football festival in Brazil was good for French sports betting operators, and has helped the industry in France to recover from depressed results, with operators posting year-on-year growth in Q2-2014. Coppolani said that the market had seen revenues …
The online and mobile credentials management firm Jumio, Inc., has announced that its player verification system NetVerify has gone live with the Betfair internet gambling group in the UK. Netverify turns customers’ mobile device camera or webcam into an ID scanning terminal that makes it fast and easy to capture and verify ID and other …
Net Entertainment is to follow its popular South Park slot with a 5-reel, 3-row, 20-line video slot titled South Park: Reel Chaos! with a launch date within the next few weeks. The new game sees the return of the fourth graders to protect the city from Professor Chaos and his evildoers assisted by features such …
Montreal-based online gambling group Amaya Gaming Group Inc. announced Monday that a selection of its online casino games has been launched on Full Tilt Casino to bolster the site’s expansion into internet casino gaming. Amaya and Full Tilt parent The Rational Group have entered into a licensing agreement under which Amaya has integrated its Casino …
In an attempt to optimise its operational structure, Betclic Everest senior managers are reportedly about to review the company’s Gibraltar-based online gambling elements, which focus on the company’s sport trading and administrative functions. Media reports are suggesting that the review could see the transfer of some functions from Gibraltar to Malta, where the company has …
Aided and abetted by his wife Susie, former DoubleDown Interactive content director Matthew Gillikin has started his own company, titled Tanuki Entertainment, and has already completed four games as an independent game developer. Genie of the Nile – Gold, LvLn, Pics & Riddles and Bubble Mayhem are the titles of the new products, with more …
Don’t doubt the determination of Turkish regulators to block online gambling sites found to be offering unauthorised services to Turkish punters, is the message from the Turkish National Lottery and TIB, the country’s telecommunications regulator. In an annual report released to the public Monday TIB revealed that over the past five years it has blocked …
The German online sports betting company Interwetten will receive visual exposure on racing cars in two Grand Prixes running following its sponsorship agreement with Lotus Formula One recently. The first exposure was achieved last weekend at the German Grand Prix, and the equivalent Hungarian event next weekend will complete the agreement.
Online gambling software and games developer GameAccount has confirmed its partnership with the Pennsylvania, USA horse racing company Greenwood Racing subsidiary Parx Casino with the objective of launching a simulated gaming online experience for new customers and existing patrons. Parx is a market leader in Pennsylvania with a 30 percent share of the five-property eastern …
Thomas Vanek (30) a professional Austrian ice hockey star who has been playing for Canadian and US teams, has appeared in a federal court in New York in connection with an online gambling prosecution launched earlier this year against Paul Borrelli and Joseph Ruff (see previous reports). The hockey ace’s agent, Steve Bartlett, released a …
The management of online betting exchange Matchbox has communicated with Canadian customers, advising them that following an extensive business review of operations it has been decided that the company will exit the Canadian market. In an email to Canadian punters, the management of parent company Triplebet Limited advised: “The Management of Triplebet Limited, the owners …