UK content and systems developer Betdigital’s popular offline Super Pots Bar-X game has been selected by the Ladbrokes online and land gambling group to be part of its online games suite. “Super Pots Bar-X is an exclusive multi-channel title and we are really pleased with the initial performance. This deal will further strengthen our position …
Net Entertainment has issued a statement confirming forum discussions last week that another major multi-million Euro progressive win has been recorded on one of its progressive jackpot slots (see previous reports). The statement details a Euro 7.4 million win – the second largest ever achieved in Sweden – which fell to a 50-year old winner …
The Macau gambling authorities have released figures for May 2014 which show that the island betting mecca delivered revenues below analyst expectations, although the numbers were still impressive in global terms. Macau operators generated 32.35 billion patacas ($4.05 billion) in gambling revenues, boosted by robust demand from Chinese visitors, reports the Reuters news agency. Revenue …
Australian finance manager Jason George McGregor (40) of Point Cook, Melbourne threw away a promising career in finance management, having risen from being a delivery driver for a leading Melbourne dental laboratory to a management position in the finance and pay-roll department over a sixteen-year career. But he stole A$2.148 million from the company to …
Social gaming giant Facebook has announced the appointment of Tarquin Henderson as head of real money e-gaming following the departure of Will Collins from the post in pursuit of his own business interests in the social gaming consultancy sector. Henderson was previous Facebook’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) head of gambling sales, and has …
Jamaica has moved quickly on amendments to its gambling laws which open the door to internet gambling, (see previous report) according to reports in the Jamaica Observer newspaper. The report quotes Ministry of Finance and Planning representative Horace Dalley, who told the publication: “Internet gaming is happening right now in Jamaica. Therefore, it is time …
Oaklawn Park, an American thoroughbred racetrack in Hot Springs, Arkansas says while its betting website launched late last year has been slow getting out of the gate, it still has high hopes of gaining ground on out-of-state competitors. OaklawnAnywhere.com allows Arkansas residents to place bets on U.S and international track events using smartphones, tablets and …
The Professional Sector Network has named respected lawyer Michael D. Lipton as Gaming Law Adviser of the Year for Canada during their 2014 Global Awards. Lipton is a Partner in the Dickinson Wright LLP law firm in Toronto where he serves as senior counsel on a wide range of special gaming law matters. A founding …
GENTEC (the Betancur Group) has become Inspired Gaming Group’s first Virtual Sports customer in Colombia ahead of an imminent change in legislation that will allow sports betting in the country. Inspired will provide GENTEC with its range of Virtual Sports, bet management system and EPOS solution called BetBOX via its local distributor Algazara S.A. The …
British online and land bookmaker Coral is to live stream a 2014 World Cup preview evening for the first time to thousands of online customers on Sunday June 8. A panel chaired by Sky Sports presenter and former Chelsea star Scott Minto will provide insight into the month-long tournament to help fans make their selections. …
A study carried out by Harvest Research, commissioned by the International Social Games Association (ISGA) has generated some interesting facts regarding the relationship between real-money online gambling and social gaming, revealing that the former has little influence on the latter in respect to any subsequent problem gambling issues that may arise. Luc Delaney, the chief …
Free-to-play online websites launched earlier this year by the two biggest tribal-owned casinos in the United States, Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun, are performing well, according to an Associated Press news agency report. Officials from the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe told the news agency that they want to be prepared …
Canadian online bingo software provider Parlay Games has been ousted as bingo provider for the Ålands Penningautomatförening (PAF) online gambling operation. PAF has selected the less well known Proactive Gaming, a Swedish bingo, poker and lottery games developer that was founded seven years ago and employs just 15 people in Norrköping, Stockholm, London and Milan. …
The overall gambling industry in the United States just keeps on growing, with the latest figures from professional business services company RubinBrown LLP showing continued growth to a record $66.3 billion in revenues generated at over a thousand tribal and commercial land casinos operated in 39 states in 2013. That’s an improvement of $1.06 billion …
Reports in the British marketing media indicate that the online and land gambling group Betfred has embarked on a review of its marketing strategies, and is setting up competitive pitching processes that could involve several agencies. The gambling firm has engaged the services of marketing consultants Creativebrief to help with both strategising and organising an …
Boris Becker, one of the most famous tennis players in history in his prime, has further extended his association with online gambling by becoming the brand ambassador for ISIS Friends, a real-money social gaming platform that was first launched by Cladstone, an Isle of Man-licensed casino management company, in March this year (see previous report). …
Industry observers were speculating this week on whether real-money and social gaming is necessarily a good mix following a surprise announcement from Gamesys that it is withdrawing its much-publicised Bingo and Slots Friendzy app from Facebook after only two years of operations. In a communication addressed to its players, Gamesys said it was shutting down …
The power struggle between Minnesota lawmakers and the state lottery management over online gambling (see previous reports) entered a new phase Friday when state governor Mark Dayton exercised his veto on a bill that sought to halt the online initiative in its tracks. Our readers will recall that legislators angry about the state lottery initiating …
Affiliate marketers report that the growing Malta-based company Digimedia has advised them that it has taken over operational control of top online casino brands Red Flush, Casino LaVida and Major Tom, and that these brands will now be marketed through the Fortune Affiliates program. The email advises affiliates: “We are pleased to announce that Red …
The Malta-based online gambling software developer World Match has formalised its offer to help the Italian regulator AAMS eradicate unlicensed operators (see previous report), signing an agreement that from next year it will withdraw its products from unlicensed operators who access Italian punters. The company will also encourage its existing clients who wish to enter …
Win Interactive, the social gaming company created and backed by Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, has announced the signing of a strategic partnership with Thunder Valley Casino Resort, a US land gambling enterprise owned by California’s United Auburn Indian Community. The objective of the partnership is to launch social online games inspired by the casino, and will …
In its first deal since moving away from parent Unibet (see previous reports), Kambi Sports Solutions has inked a sports betting provision deal with the largest land casino operator in Georgia, the Casino Iveria group. Iveria is launching its first online gambling operation under the Iveriabet brand, and is to use Kambi’s online sports betting …
Online gambling software and games developer, BetSoft Gaming, has inked a game supply deal with the Asian-facing online casino operator AsiaOnlineBet. Under the terms of the partnership, AsiaOnlineBet will be taking on BetSoft’s full suite of desktop i-gaming entertainment, including the Slots3 collection of 3D video slots, including faves like Gypsy Rose, More Gold Diggin’ …
Following tip-offs that an illegal online sports betting ring was operating in the Taichung region of Taiwan, the national Criminal Investigations Bureau carried out an enquiry that led to coordinated local police raids last week, resulting in the arrest of the ring-leader, a man identified only as Chung, and eight associates. Ten computers were seized …