An article in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Business Day (SMHBD) indicates an imminent senior management shuffle within William Hill Australia as chief executive Michael Sullivan and chief operating officer Anthony Waller are reportedly poised to leave the operator. Business Day cited unnamed industry sources as saying the senior executives are likely to leave the company …
Australian games development studio NextGen Gaming has partnered with Betdigital for the launch of its Foxin’ Wins and 300 Shields titles in to Gala Coral bingo clubs and licenced betting offices. The games will be carried exclusively by B2 and B3 gaming machines in around 1 800 betting shops and 137 Gala Bingo Clubs, while …
The latest Ladbrokes television advertisement – the first produced by current agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty – has had a mixed reception judging by social media comments; some like it but a there’s a lot of not-very-polite criticism as well. Centred on the theme “Betting Men” the ad shows the different approaches to betting of a …
The trade body representing the UK bookmaking industry, the Association of British Bookmakers, is fighting back on a surprise proposed tax hike by the government which could see a 25 percent tax rate on the controversial betting machines. Notification on the tax increase has already wreaked havoc on share prices, wiping GBP 460 million off …
New Jersey state politicians reinforced their opposition to federal attempts to ban online gambling last week, travelling Washington to put across their views as part of the Garden State’s annual Chamber of Commerce visit to the Capitol. New Jersey Senator Ray Lesniak, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, Senate Majority Leader Lou Greenwald and Senate President Steve …
A collaborative agreement between online gambling software developer Pariplay and Intralot USA will see the former’s instant-win and scratchcard games offered on physical kiosks at licensed gaming points serviced by Intralot in Washington DC, Idaho and Ohio, the company has announced. Pariplay has agreed to develop exclusive games for Intralot, using the company’s game frameworks …
Police in Kingston, Jamaica have announced the arrest of a further 20 people as an operation to wipe out online and telephone lottery fraudsters continues. Victims in the United States and a number of other countries – in many cases elderly – have been defrauded out of millions of dollars by fraudsters located on the …
British bookmaking companies could be facing further tribulations this week as the UK government tightens the screws on betting, according to reports over the weekend in the Guardian and Telegraph newspapers. The Guardian reports that the government, under media and activist pressure, is to lower the maximum bet limits on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals in …
A fresh development took place Friday in the decade-long David and Goliath trade tussle between Antigua and Barbuda and the United States when the Caribbean island government read out a statement to the current sitting of the World Trade Organisation Dispute Settlement Body in Geneva. The rather despairing statement expressed the islanders’ frustration at the …
Online gambling is at the centre of a political spat between two Attorney General hopefuls in Massachusetts following a Boston Globe report that one of them had been involved in the sector in the past. Launching a political assault on her AG candidate rival Warren Tolman this week, fellow hopeful Maura Healey called into question …
Hot on the heels of Bwin.Party’s advisory to shareholders not to support four directorship nominations from Jason Ader’s SpringOwl company (see previous reports) comes the news that the activist investor has hit back with a website detailing the shortcomings of Bwin.Party management, and providing biographical information on his four nominees. The website www.savebwinparty.com highlights the …
Sheldon Adelson’s determination to stamp out online gambling in the United States is being met with fierce opposition from other bipartisan interested parties, including one of his competitors in the land industry, Caesars Entertainment. The Huffington Post reports that recent lobbying registration forms show Caesars has signed up BGR Group and Clark Geduldig Cranford Nielsen, …
Florida’s Republican Party governor Rick Scott, whom Our readers will recall was recently checked out by land gambling baron Sheldon Adelson as a possible recipient for election donations, has come out strongly in support for one of Adelson’s pet projects – the banning of online gambling in the United States. The Miami Herald reports that …
NextGen Gaming, the Australia-based slots studio of NYX Gaming Group, has signed an exclusive licensing deal which allows for the development of online slot games themed on the popular comics and movie character Judge Dredd character. Judge Dredd stories have for over 37 years generated millions of fans worldwide through comic books, graphic novels, role-playing …
Net Entertainment announced Friday that it has paid out Euro 2.9 million to a Swedish online player who hit a major pooled jackpot whilst playing on Unitbet’s Maria.com, after a bet of just 0.7 Euro cents. The middle-aged jackpot winner, who lives in Jönköping, Sweden was playing the desktop version of Mega Fortune. Since its …
US investment executive Jason Ader achieved some notoriety last year in his clashes over directorate appointments at International Game Technology (see previous reports) and it looks as if he is about to become embroiled in another boardroom brawl…this time with Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment. Our readers will recall that Ader bought a 6.1 percent (since reduced …
Britain’s largest online and land bookmaker William Hill plc has posted another impressive set of first quarter results, highlighting: * Strong underlying growth but football results that adversely impacted margins. * Continued outstanding growth in Online Sportsbook turnover, up 39 percent with mobile up 78 percent. * Strong Online gaming net revenue growth, up 16 …
The Swedish online gambling software and games provider Net Entertainment will supply online casino games and services to Full Tilt Poker under an agreement with parent the The Rational Group, the company announced Friday. Net Entertainment will provide Full Tilt Poker with a wide range of its mobile and desktop casino games as FTP builds …
The Swedish online gambling group Betsson AB posted its Q1-2014 results Friday, noting that “disadvantageous exchange rate fluctuations” had made a negative impact. Highlights of the report include: * Revenues up at SEK 686.0 (638.7) million. * Gross profit up at SEK 578.7 (540.1) million. * Organic growth adjusted for exchange rate effects still reached …
Cleveland enforcement officials mounted a series of internet cafe raids across several counties Thursday in a continuing investigation that started last year with the arrest and conviction of internet cafe owner Martin Sarcyk (see previous reports). According to court records, a county grand jury secretly indicted Sarcyk on 14 new charges Monday, including gambling, money …
At a press conference following the release of the company’s latest quarterly results Thursday (see previous report), the management of Churchill Downs revealed that the online wagering channel was an important element in plans for the future growth of the business. Chairman and CEO Bob Evans told the Courier-Journal newspaper that the medium has been …
Minnesota Rep. Ann Lenczewski’s proposal to specifically stop any move into online betting by the state lottery (see previous report) has made rapid progress through two House committees, approved Thursday by the House Commerce Committee. Lenczewski’s bill, which arises from assertions by some politicians that the lottery director has exceeded his mandate in launching online …
Online Bitcoin casino BitWin.io has launched a new online poker offer powered by CoinPoker, along with new Live Dealer facilities. A spokesman for the casino said Thursday that mobile and sportsbook facilities are priorities in Management’s plans for the enterprise.
Net Entertainment’s annual general meeting of shareholders has confirmed the reappointment of the following to its board of directors: Vigo Carlund (chairman) Fredrik Erbing Mikael Gottschlich Peter Hamberg Pontus Lindwall Michael Knutsson Maria Redin. It was decided that remuneration for the Board of Directors shall be SEK 600,000 for the chairman and SEK 250,000 for …