According to VentureBeat, Israeli social gaming firm Dragonplay is launching Popeye Slots in partnership with King Features Syndicate across the Android, iOS, Windows Phone and Facebook platforms. Popeye Slots is based on the escapades of the spinach guzzling cartoon fictional character Popeye the sailor man, accompanied by Olive Oyl, Bruto, Wimpy and Swee’Pea who are …
The Swedish gaming market’s decline continues for the third consecutive year following the release of results from the Swedish gaming regulator Lotteriinspektionen. The regulator attributes the 0.3 percent decline in gross turnover to unlicenced online gaming sites who are estimated to have traded over SEK 2.3 billion after winnings in 2013, as well as a …
Sportsbook platform provider FSB Technology UK Ltd (FSB) has appointed Sportingbet founder Mark Blandford as chairman of the business. Blandford’s appointment comes just a few weeks after the business successfully completed a GBP 2.6 million funding round, its third since launching in 2008 . An industry veteran, Blandford twice built and sold a chain of …
The Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Under the terms of the agreement, the AGCC will exchange information with the IOC should concerns arise regarding manipulation of sporting events and/or suspicious betting patterns. . …
Casinos Austria International’s (CAI) Casinos Austria and Austrian Lotteries Group report that, despite the ongoing economic crisis, it has held its ground following a further rise in sales in its provisional fiscal 2013 results of just under one percent to Euro 3.57 Billion. Success in its Austrian Lotteries online subsidiary win2day.at achieved a 5 percent …
Norsk Tipping has launched its first range of iGaming products exclusively for the Norwegian market in partnership with GTECH following a five-year agreement announced late last year . 65 games from GTECH’s iBingo, iCasino and eInstant games, GTECH’s Player Account Manager and integrated Player Services make for the biggest launch in the Lottery’s history and …
Microgaming will develop an online slot based on the multi-award winning HBO American fantasy drama television series, Game of Thrones following the signing of a deal with HBO Global Licensing. The show’s intricate plot and fantastical themes will take centre stage in Microgaming’s adaptation, set to be released in 2014, said Roger Raatgever, chief executive …
Bonnier Gaming, the gaming subsidiary of Swedish Media Company Bonnier Group, will take on Play’nGO’s full range of premium casino games for desktop and mobile. The games will be rolled out on Bonnier Gaming sites such as redbet.com, vinnarrum.com, mamamia.com and bertil.com during 2014. “We look forward to a long-term successful cooperation with Bonnier Gaming. …
France Pari’s B2B Division Sportnco has entered into a partnership with Pari Mutuel Urbain’s (PMU) Belgian subsidiary Eurotiercé for the provision of an online sportsbetting solution. While the deal furthers Sportnco’s strategy for expansion into alternative European markets, PMU will diversify its offering as it adds fixed-odds betting on the eurotierce.be domain for the Belgian …
Following its recent deal with William Hill, application performance management (APM) provider Correlsense has signed Mansion Gibraltar Limited who will deploy the SharePath APM software across its portfolio of online gaming sites. Correlsense’s SharePath APM will be used to monitor and ensure that Mansion customer’s experience a consistent performance at any time across any platform. …
Australia’s national news agency AAP reports that Aussies really are the world’s biggest gamblers, according to a new study published in The Economist, which puts Australian gambling losses at about $1144 per resident. Anti-gambling campaignrs like Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce chairman Tim Costello have been quick to exploit the finding, telling the AAP that the …
The New York State Conservative Party lived up to its name this week, calling on state legislators to block any push to legalise Internet gambling in New York. The New York Daily News carried the party statement – full of now predictable if questionable arguments against online gambling – in full: “Last November, New York …
The Superbowl weekend was a good one for Nevada, one of only four US states that is permitted to accept sports betting wagers. Sports fans bet a record $119.4 million at Nevada casinos and books on the NFL Super Bowl, with unaudited Gaming Control Board tallies indicating that sportsbooks made an unprecedented profit of $19.7 …
The now three-year-old liberalised French online gambling market has not exactly proved a shining success story, with some experts suggesting that overly high taxation, limited player gaming options and a ring-fenced player pool have hindered full development and prompted some operators to hand in their licenses. Although pragmatic execs on regulator ARJEL’s staff appear to …
Land casino magnate Steve Wynn’s shock declaration over the weekend that he supported Sheldon Adelson’s drive against legalised online gambling continued to puzzle industry observers Monday as the New Jersey Division for Gaming Enforcement confirmed that internet gambling approval had been given to his Wynn Interactive company. The Associated Press news agency noted that Wynn …
British sports betting software provider LVS Ltd and its French counterpart, lottery solutions specialist Lotsys SAS (a member of the FDJ group) have announced that the Israel Sports Betting Board (ISBB), exclusive rights operator for sports betting in Israel, is now live with their systems. LVS and Lotsys won an international tender to supply advanced …
Online gambling group Betway has signed an agreement to sponsor the 2014 Betway Premier League Darts tournament, which it claims is the UK and Ireland’s biggest indoor sporting event. The tournament, staged by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), is played over 16 consecutive Thursdays from February 6 through to May 22 in arenas across the …
The Norwegian state lottery Norsk Tipping has launched its first range of i-gaming products for the Norwegian market following a content and administrative supply deal with GTech. The deployment of 65 games is the largest launch of its kind in the Lottery’s history. Norsk Tipping was tasked by the Norwegian Ministry of Culture to develop …
Reno-based Spin Games LLC, a HTML5 developer of gaming content and technology for the interactive and land-based gambling markets, has inked an agreement with Traffic Generation Ltd (TraffGen) to integrate its marketing data analytics technology into the Spin Robust Online Client. Operators using Spin’s product will be able to use TraffGen’s marketing and social analysis …
The latest Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind survey – a regular snapshot of how New Jersey residents feel about issues such as the legalisation of online gambling – has shown a drop in the number of people who support the concept, with those who have visited land casinos more likely to favour the idea. Analysts studying …
There’s no stopping the international juggernaut that is 888 Holdings’ new business division, it appears. The Gibraltar-based company has just signed a partnership agreement on internet sports betting with Spanish land casino operator Nervion, which will conveniently provide the necessary Spanish licensing through its subsidiary Apuestas Ganador Online. The deal comes as the world gears …
The Scandinavian games provider Yggdrasil Gaming, has launched its latest fast, high-roller video slot Winterberries on the Vera&John online casino site today (Monday). One of the key elements of Yggdrasil Gaming’s second video slot is the theme music, which is based on a Finnish polka that has already spread like wildfire on the internet after …
British slots and table games developer and supplier Realistic Games is to roll out a full suite of desktop games with Boylesports. The slots and table content, will be available on the Irish bookmakers’ Games tab, and follows the success of the HTML5 games on the company’s mobile Games site. Among the popular titles on …
Games that are popular in the land gambling environment usually find their way online in due course, but this week 5050 Sports and Novomatic subsidiary Astra Games reversed the process. In a unique agreement Astra Games will utilise 5050 Sports as a bonus double-up feature in its new land-based slot for the UK market, Mega …