Betfair has signed a two-year agreement with Chester Race Company (CRC) becoming the Chester and Bangor-on-Dee racecourse’s Official Wi-Fi and Digital Gaming Partner for the 2014 and 2015 season. The partnership known as the “Always on Campaign” was initiated following an O² Wi-Fi trial at Chester Racecourse during the 2013 season which revealed “significant insight” …
Full service lottery vendor Pollard Banknote Limited and digital games provider NeoGames have formed NeoPollard Interactive, a joint venture with its origin rooted in a collaborative contract win for the provision of iLottery services for the Michigan Lottery. NeoPollard Interactive will leverage the strengths of both companies to develop, implement, operate, and maintain iLottery services …
MGT Capital Investments has made a further expansion into the fantasy sports sector with the acquisition of the DraftDay fantasy sport business and software platform for a $600 000 consideration in cash and around 100 000 shares of common stock. The asset purchase agreement with CardRunners Gaming, Inc. is expected to close within a week. …
Irish online sports and casino operator SeanieMac.com has become the sponsor of the EUR 50 000 SeaniMac.com Mares Handicap Steeplechase at the Punchestown Racing Festival scheduled for May 2, 2014. Under the terms of the sponsorship, SeanieMac.com’s exclusive bookmaker sponsorship for the day includes naming rights of the race and extensive branding on the racecourse, …
Stockholm-based game development studio QuickSpin will deliver its portfolio of video slots to Rank Group Plc online properties Mecca Bingo.com and Grosvenor Casinos.com following an agreement announced this week. “We are very excited to announce our latest agreement with Rank. We have actively working on our UK entry and I am very glad to be …
Amaya Gaming Group said it was pleased with the development of the business in 2013, emphasising growth in its land-based business, the launch of interactive gaming products into the U.S. market and the acquisition of lottery solutions developer Diamond Game. The company posted a Quarterly and Full Year net loss which it said was driven …
Macau gambling revenues rose 13 percent in March 2014, recording revenue of 35.5 billion patacas ($4.44 billion) according to the latest official numbers from the regulator. The Reuters news agency attributed the increase to robust demand from Chinese visitors keen to bet in the country’s only legal casino hub. Growth in March was at the …
GoBetGo Holdings announced Monday that it is to use UltraPlay’s platform to launch its new online gambling business. The platform will include a sportsbook, casino, lottery and a live dealer casino. The sportsbook element will be provided by sports betting specialist Betting Promotion, whilst live dealer action will come from the Ezugi studios. Operating on …
Gaming analysts have been studying the latest regulator numbers on online gaming in the three legal jurisdictions of New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware this week, with Morgan Stanley commenting that, whilst numbers are lower than initial predictions; i-gaming will be an $8 billion industry in the United States by 2020. “Estimates change based on market …
Having passed Nevada’s stringent requirements for an online poker licence last year, the Reno-based Monarch Casino and Resort will not be using it due to fears that online poker may be the foot-in-the-door that could lead to full-on internet gambling, an executive of the company said Monday. The head of subsidiary Atlantis Casino, John Farahi, …
Greek betting firm Organisation of Football Prognostics S.A. (OPAP) posted a 72 percent drop in net profit 2013 amounting to Euro 141 million which it said was driven down by a new tax the country levied on the firm, reports Reuters. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) dropped 67 percent to Euro 221.7 …
The Royal Windsor Racecourse and online gambling operator Unibet have become sponsorship partners for the forthcoming flat season. Unibet will have wide branding opportunities at the Berkshire track throughout the year while sponsoring around 20 races. Aside from becoming the Royal Windsor Racecourse’s official betting and gaming partner, Unibet will also sponsor Windsor’s Owners, Trainers …
Social casino games provider Plumbee has expanded its Mirrorball App with the addition of its thirteenth game titled “Royal Frog”. The game, built by Quickspin, is a 5×4, 40-winline game featuring a Free Spins bonus and Wilds. Loosely based on the Princess & The Frog fairytale, Royal Frog allows the player to add more Wilds …
BetSoftGaming will provide its Slots3 collection to European-facing operator Mybet. Games, which include SugarPop!, Rooks Revenge and Safari Sam will be accessed by MyBet through Amaya Gaming Group’s Casino Gaming System. “We are proud to announce our new partnership agreement with MyBet,” said Simon Westbury, BetSoft Account Manager. “They have a strong reach throughout the …
Realtime Gaming’s latest offer is an amusing school-themed 5×4 reel slot titled “Shark School”. In this game, the sharks are the jocks and the fish are nerds all set to a high school theme. Three features titled Swim Fishy Swim!, Bad Sharky and Don’t Eat the Teacher are ruled by the Sharks and offer instant …
Two new five-reel, 20-payline slots have been launched by Realistic Games titled “Riverboat Gambler” and “Snapshot”. Both games will be delivered via Realistic Games’ ReGaL server across smartphone, tablet and desktop channels. Riverboat Gambler is set to the backdrop of the Mississippi River on board the Randall Steamer. This game features a special multiplying Wild …
Estonian-based Snowcat Group has entered into a long-term agreement with UMA Premium Group for the integration and distribution of UMA’s range of games. Snowcat will integrate the UMA material onto a number of industry partner platforms. The games are applied for real slots, VLT’s as well as for the online and mobile gaming markets. UMA …
The first deadlines for creating jobs in New Jersey are looming for the nascent intrastate online gambling industry, the Press of Atlantic City reported over the weekend. “Regulators are requiring that by May 1, all platform providers base their teams working on customer service, fraud detection and accounting in New Jersey,” the newspaper reports, noting …
New Jersey’s Republican governor Chris Christie, who is still fighting off the political fall-out over Bridgegate, has had to back away from a “misspoken” remark in one of his speeches to placate casino baron and top Republican Party donor Sheldon Adelson, according to the US publication Mediaite. The offending phrase in one of Christie’s speeches …
Opposition is mounting to Sheldon Adelson’s drive to ban online gambling in the United States through the Chaffetz and Graham bills in Congress, with two US senators from New Jersey the latest to signal their intention fight the measure in Congress. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker claim the banning bill will serve only to …
The Finnish online gambling software developer and provider Finnplay has announced it is to provide the gaming platform for Supergame.be of Belgium. Martin Prantner CEO of Finnplay said: “This is a very exciting time for Finnplay to be working with Supergame in the regulated Belgian market. Our gaming technology platform approved by the Belgium Gaming …
The poker forum twoplustwo has been buzzing over the last three days with numerous player reports that US internet service provider Comcast appears to be blocking access to the Bovada online gambling website. Bovada is aware of the situation and is trying to identify the problem in order to resolve it, according to company tweets, …
The US National Fraternal Order of the Police surprised everyone by coming out against the Graham-Chaffetz legislative attempt to federally ban online gambling this week, saying that it would drive US online punters into the arms of unscrupulous internet black market operators. In an op-ed piece in The Hill, FOP president Chuck Canterbury wrote that …
2013 has not been kind to the German online gambling group Mybet, which has just released unaudited numbers that record a loss of Euro 5.4 million, and a negative EBIT of Euro 10,2 million. Management attributes the weak performance to extensive special write-downs and provisions and non-recurring effects, with consolidated revenue down 2.5 percent. The …