Malta regulator Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) has posted its 2013 numbers, showing a Euro 49.9 million surplus for state coffers from its licensing activities, a slight increase on its 2012 income of Euro 49.5 million. The Malta Today newspaper reports that the latest audited accounts of the LGA note Euro 52.7 million in revenues …
State lawmakers in Nevada have rejected at committee stage a proposal by Democratic Party State Senator Tick Segerblom seeking to allow Nevada sports books to take bets on presidential elections. Summing up the sentiments of his colleagues on the committee, one panel members observed: “I think that something as import as elections, as opposed to …
Locus Gaming, the Isle of Man-licensed online casino provider founded by former Ladbrokes managers Ed Andrewes and Mick D’Ancona two years ago, has announced the forthcoming launch of a white label online casino for pool legend Raj ‘The Hitman’ Hundal. Appropriately titled Raj Casino, the new enterprise is scheduled for launch at the end of …
Just launched is 666Bet.com – an online casino and sportsbook operating under an Isle of Man licence issued to Novigroup Limited. Barry Martin, founder and former chief executive officer of Gutshot Poker which was sold in March last year to Betsnetwork Group, heads up the operation and promises all things bigger and better, confidently asserting …
Yet another federal draft bill seeking to ban online gambling has surfaced in Washington DC and is being circulated among politicians, according to a report from respected and reliable journalist Jon Ralston on his Ralston Reports site. Ralston has published a draft of the report, commenting that although its origin is not yet clear, it …
iSOFTBET have partnered with adult science fiction-fantasy illustrated magazine Heavy Metal to create a classic 5-reel, 3-row slot titled Heavy Metal: Warriors. Heavy Metal: Warriors is a 243 ways to win game, featuring big audio-visual effects based on the comic-genre artwork Heavy Metal magazine is known for. “”The captivating artwork featured in the magazine translates …
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power launched its Enhanced Price Marketing platform for mobile and tablet devices earlier this week. Paddy Power will push special price offers to its mobile customers when they log in to the Paddy Power app under a menu tab titled “Power Play”. The bookmaker said it will analyse players betting behaviour during …
Bulgarian sports media company Sportal Media Group (SMG) will debut a 2014 World Cup social betting offer developed by social sports betting provider Oddslife following a three-year white label agreement. The World Cup-themed game is set for launch on June 2 and offers players interactive entertainment around the much anticipated tournament. Operated on a free-to-play …
Williams Interactive has added the Montezuma slot theme to its Game Server library of Vegas-style slot games with a simultaneous launch across both online and HTML5 platforms. Montezuma is the first slot launched online that is powered by the Wheel Bonus game engine, popular with players on casino floors across North America since its recent …
Online games supplier iSoftBet will provide EveryMatrix’ CasinoEngine platform with around 80 games following a deal signed this week. EveryMatrix will integrate exclusive branded content, a selection of HTML5 games as well as iSOFTBET’s own original slots portfolio. “We’re thrilled to be expanding our platform with our newest additions from iSoftBet, and this marks the …
South African gaming solution provider BetTech has launched land-based bingo, LPM and casino group Goldrush Gaming Group’s new online sportsbook GBets.co.za. Goldrush Gaming Group’s move into South Africa’s burgeoning sports betting market comes after almost 20 years as an established land-based operator of bingo and casino venues in the country. G-Bets offers mobile and online …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hywAmISAXCw Coral is the latest British bookmaking group to attract the ire of the Advertising Standards Authority, which says that the company’s television advert for racing inappropriately links gambling to seduction. The publication Marketing Week reports that the television ad is the work of the DLKW Lowe agency and depicts men in a barber’s shop …
The 30-something e-payment processing man who allegedly assisted US enforcement to cripple online poker in the United States on Black Friday, Daniel Tzvetkoff, is reportedly back in Australia and campaigning to stave off any further jail-time. The Australian newspaper Courier Mail reports that Tzvetkoff and his lawyers are claiming that the four months he served …
If Racing Queensland gets its way in a proposal to hike racing fees, the Aussie gambling group Tabcorp will likely suffer a A$ 3 million hit on its net profit after tax, the company said in a press release Wednesday. Tabcorp has been advised of Racing Queensland’s proposed Race Information Fees for 2014-15. The proposed …
A poll carried out among New Jersey online punters last week by Clarion Gaming has shown that an alarming number of respondents rated their experience as mediocre in terms of customer satisfaction. And more than half of respondents (62 percent) felt that operators were too slow in addressing customer problems, giving operators only 5 out …
Greek gaming operator OPAP SA delivered improved results in its Q1 2014 report for the period ending March 31, 2014. The better than expected results were attributed to a 30 percent rise in its popular sports betting game Stihima which has benefited from the exclusion of unlicenced online operators in the market and wide ranging …
Ladbrokes plc’s wholly-owned subsidiary Ladbrokes Group Finance plc (LGF) has announced the launch of a retail bond which will enable Ladbrokes to diversify its sources of debt finance and extend the maturity profile of its debt. The 5.125 percent Sterling Bonds are available to wholesale and retail investors, are guaranteed by Ladbrokes, offer a fixed …
Leeds-based pooled football, darts and rugby betting firm Bets of Mates co-owner David McGurk has listed 22 percent of the company on crowd funding site crowdcube.com in a bid to raise GBP 200 000. McGurk, a former York City professional football player retired from the sport earlier this year and is refocusing his efforts on …
Novomatic Group game developer GreenTube has promoted Gernot Baumgartner to the position of Head of Marketing and Sales. Baumgartner will oversee all strategic and operational developments in the B2B area and holds responsibility for all marketing and sales procedures. GreenTube said Baumgartner’s experience in establishing strong business relations, his hands-on digital marketing experience and a …
Playtech chief operating officer, Shay Segev, has been appointed chief executive officer of Playtech Retail. Segev joined Playtech in 2006 as chief operating officer of Videobet and was appointed to serve as chief operating officer of Playtech in 2011. Playtech’s retail offer is built on its Videobet subsidiary’s technology and which the company says will …
Everymatrix’s web API product was used to develop and build the newly launched Nordic operator Buck & Butler (see previous report). “After much planning, we are very glad to introduce Buck and Butler”, said Stein Gunnar Strand, chief executive officer and founder of Buck and Butler. “An innovative casino with great, new games that the …
Online gambling group Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment has announced that its payment processing subsidiary, Kalixa, has acquired PXP Solutions, a well-established card payments company for an undisclosed consideration. A Bwin.Party spokesman said the move is an important step in accelerating Bwin’s three-year plan to expand Kalixa and increase its proportion of revenues coming from outside the …
Ronan Crowley, a 33-year-old manager at a Boylesports retail betting shop in Cork, Ireland developed such a penchant for sports betting that over a two year period he stole hundreds of thousands of Euros from his employers and, incredibly, was able to do so undetected for some time. This week he paid the price when …
Amaya Gaming Group posted a response to what it terms “trading activity that may stem from market rumours that have come to the company’s attention regarding a potential strategic acquisition”, without making any specific mention of PokerStars (see previous report). Amaya said it regularly evaluates potential acquisition opportunities which may lead to discussions with potential …