Fears are growing that the hacking attack on the Las Vegas Sands websites (see previous reports) may have penetrated deeper than was at first thought by company spokesman Ron Reese. Only hours after the websites were restored after almost a week of downtime, the hackers, using the nom-de-plume Anti-WMD Team posted an 11-minute video on …
The Adelson-funded Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling recently published the findings of a poll that purported to show that most Americans were not in favour of legalised online gambling, and now the opposing Coalition for Consumer and Online Protections has responded with a poll of its own showing the opposite, perhaps illustrating that polls can …
Swedish gaming operator Cherry has reported substantial growth in online gaming in its Fourth Quarter 2013 and Full Year 2013 fiscal results. Ongoing investment in the online business sector, while substantially burdening Cherry’s 2013 results, have provided the company with the platform to develop further, said Emil Sunvission, chief executive officer. Cherry launched several new …
Software and platform provider SkillOnNet has taken on a full portfolio of Williams Interactive (WI) Vegas-style slot games which will be integrated through WI’s Remote Game Server providing fresh material to various SkillOnNet online properties. Interestingly affiliate sales and marketing outfit eGaming Online is reported to have been in contact with Jackpot Party.com affiliates informing …
Gala Coral Group said its online business has exceeded the Board’s expectations showing strong growth in active customers across all its online properties. Key Group highlights for the quarter ended January 18, 2014 were: – Turnover was 12 percent ahead of last year and gross profit was GBP 13.8 million or 6 percent ahead. – …
Sportradar and the Football Federation of Australia (FFA) have extended their partnership to include Fraud Detection System monitoring of betting patterns on the state National Premier Leagues for the 2014 season. “Safeguarding the integrity of football in Australia is at the core of everything we do and this agreement is an important extension of our …
Belgian gaming group Golden Palace will take on a new sportsbook platform from gaming solutions provider BetConstruct under the terms of an exclusive contract signed this week. The online and mobile sportsbook covers over 14 000 live matches and 50 sports per month. “With only five months to go before the start of the Brazil …
Ron Reese, a Las Vegas Sands group spokesman said Monday afternoon that the group’s hacked websites have all been repaired and restored following a devastating attack a week ago reportedly motivated by the extreme foreign affairs opinions of owner Sheldon Adelson. The sites went down on February 12 after being defaced by hackers, who also …
The Telegraph newspaper reports that British gambling group Ladbrokes is expected to announce plans to halt the introduction of new High Street betting shops, currently the subject of political concern. By doing this, the company could reduce capital expenditure from GBP 100 million to GBP 60 million, freeing up GBP 40 million to accelerate the …
The latest content deal signed by online gambling software provider BetSoft is with Virtual Gaming World, an Australian company that owns the MMO social gaming casino Chumba. The deal will see Chumba, which reportedly has a following of over 200,000 monthly active users on Facebook, carrying the complete suite of games produced by BetSoft, which …
An article that ran in The Times newspaper over the weekend, indicating that chief executive officer Ralph Topping will be replaced in 2014, has been denied by William Hill. According to the article, William Hill will begin the search for a new chief executive “as it seeks to replace Ralph Topping a year earlier than …
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power will extend its “Right Behind Gay Footballers” campaign into 2014. The 2013 campaign, devised by Crispin Porter & Bugusky, created by Lucky Generals and launched in partnership with Stonewall, encouraged footballers to wear rainbow laces in a stand against homophobia in the sport. Lucky Generals’ work on the campaign impressed Paddy …
Mobile casino and bingo games provider, Nektan, has boosted its senior management team with the appointment of Dominic Le Garsmeur and Simon Teppett. Le Garsmeur joins from bwin.party to fill the Product Director role left vacant by the relocation of Richard Sagman to set up Nektan’s US operation. He joined bwin.party’s Partygaming casino division in …
Betting data and technology supplier Satellite Information Services (SIS) has appointed Marc Thomas (39) as Head of Product. Thomas, formerly of William Hill and Sportingbet, will oversee the development and marketing of new services and solutions for online bookmakers. “There are clearly lots of passionate, knowledgeable people here and much of what we do is …
Finnish gaming operator Veikkaus’ full year 2013 results reveal its digital sales now account for more than a third of its total sales. Key performance indicators for the full year 2013 period include: – Profit of Euro 506.3 million, up 1.1 percent over FY2012 – Net sales totaled Euro 1 858.4 million, up 4.6 percent …
Betfair Plc has named Paul Cutter as its new chief technology officer, succeeding Tony McAlister. Cutter, the former Director of Software Engineering at BSkyB, joined the firm this month and is tasked with leading Betfair’s integration and technical alignment projects as well as involvement in new product innovations. He is credited with transforming Sky’s digital …
Amaya Gaming Group Inc. has closed its 100 percent equity acquisition of Diamond Game Enterprises, a designer and manufacturer of gaming products for the casino gaming and lottery industries. Amaya paid US$18 million on closing of the Transaction from cash on hand with a US$7 million holdback for certain contingent liabilities and other items. “We’re …
Wellington Webb, Blanche Lincoln and George Pataki – the fronts for Sheldon Adelson’s Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG) have again been taken to task by media on the hyperbole and questionable statements made in promoting a ban on US internet gambling. The respected Las Vegas Review Journal reported on the repetitive language used by …
A former financial employee of “Out” – a gay rights non-profit organisation in South Africa – who had earlier been convicted of plundering her employer’s funds to go online gambling at un-named internet sites has been ordered by the High Court in Pretoria to repay the organisation, according to reports in the Saturday Citizen newspaper. …
Britain’s proposed secondary licensing and taxation law, based on gambling point-of-consumption and due for implementation at the end of this year, has come in for further criticism, this time from the head of the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association, a trade body representing the interests of online gambling companies based in Gibraltar. In an op-ed …
Although it’s taken over a year since the announcement that Spanish online gambling operators would be allowed to offer slot action, the regulatory and legislative system is at last making some progress. In the most recent news from the Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) it appears that the regulator will be submitting its …
Former Congresswoman and chair of the House Commerce Subcommittee on Trade and a member of the Subcommittee on Technology, Mary Bono entered the fray on calls for a ban on internet gambling this week, writing an op-ed piece in the Washington DC publication Roll Call that was subsequently picked up by other political newspapers. A …
When the Dutch government legalises and regulates online gambling next year it will have in place an impressive array of measures designed to make life decidedly uncomfortable for unlicensed operators seeking to access the Dutch online punter. The Dutch Gaming Authority has already handed out some heavy fines but will have an armoury of further …
The Dutch-facing Kroon online casino, which recently featured in an acquisition deal in which it and sister Oranje Casino were taken over by Betsson in a potentially Euro 145 million agreement has signed up for BetSoft online games. A BetSoft spokesman said Friday that the suite of games will include the company’s Slots3 series, and …