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 …
Legislators in New Mexico appear to be taking a more progressive approach to online gambling…or are at least hedging their bets, according to a report in the Albuquerque Journal this week. The report covers state compacts to be addressed by the Legislature that formerly declared New Mexico would not authorise online gambling, but the Journal …
Up and coming online gambling content developer Leander Games (which signed major content provision deals with Amaya Gaming and Full Tilt Poker in 2013) has picked the International Casino Expo week to launch its latest offering, a 5-reel, 40 pay-line internet and mobile slot with a theme that features the queen of Country music, Dolly …
Net Entertainment’s next online slot will recall the days of surf, sun and rock music back in the ‘sixties and ‘seventies, and will be titled Wild Water. The 5-reel game features Wild Substitutions, stacked surfer symbols, Free Spins and 2 different types of bonus; Surf Team and Surf’s Up, each with its own bet multiplier. …
Over the past decade the independent standards and player protection company eCOGRA has seen the good, the bad and the ugly travel through its disputes mediation service. The service helps players who have issues with the organisation’s 220 accredited operators, most of whom were pioneers in the industry and are now well-established, successful online gambling …
The runaway success of BetSoft Gaming’s SugarPop! 3D slot has prompted the software development company to release a first level expansion pack. Launched in November last year, SugarPop! was one of the first video slots to incorporate concepts that are more commonly found in casual and social gaming markets, such as level progression, persistent game …
Indian police Crime Branch detectives in Mumbai have reported the start of dismantling a nation-wide online gambling ring and the arrest of five people over the weekend. The illegal activity took place through an online gambling website titled Amazing Nights.com, which was managed from an apartment near the Surat railway station in Mumbai, police spokesmen …
The lacklustre performance of European online gambling group Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment has paradoxically motivated the Board to suggest boosting the salaries of the executives running the ship. The Telegraph newspaper reports that an extraordinary general meeting is to be called to approve massive increases in the CEO and CFO salaries because existing share incentive awards …