On Tuesday, online gambling software provider RealTime Gaming cannily released its latest online slot – Orc vs Elf – to coincide with the premiere of the second movie in the Hobbit trilogy over the festive season. Inspired by the fictional legends of Middle Earth, the new game allows players at the outset to choose between …
William Hill plc executives told the Reuters news agency Wednesday that despite the coming implementation of the British government’s “point of consumption” tax and secondary licensing on companies wishing to access the UK punter, it would maintain its operations in Gibraltar, where it employs 400 or more people. The new tax regime could cost the …
Realising the fruits of a licencing agreement with the Miss Universe Organisation, High 5 Games has released its latest slot titled “Miss Universe”. Users of High 5 Games’ Facebook High 5 Casino were treated to a premier of the game, a 4×5 reel slot featuring highlights of recent competitions and the crowning moments of four …
mybet Holding has appointed former Tipp24 executive Sven Ivo Brinck to succeed Mathias Dahms who announced his resignation last month . Brink had spent over a decade in a series of executive positions at Tipp24 before embarking on a senior consultant in business development stint prior to this appointment. “We are delighted that we have …
The Belgian gambling authority has set a deadline of January 13, 2014 for the placement of a mandatory banner on all licencee gambling sites covering gambling addiction.
Malta-based World Match has launched its latest 5×3 reel slot titled Book of Pharaoh which is themed on the ancient mysteries of Egypt in a time gone by. The multi-line slots offers operators several versions with different Payout levels and a slew of features that include free spins, multipliers, scatters and a free spin game. …
Net Entertainment’s Mega Fortune online slot paid out a Euro 2.6 million jackpot to a Finnish punter playing at kolikkopelit.com on Friday, December 13, 2013. The Mega Fortune jackpot has paid out an impressive Euro 43.6 million to lucky players during 2013, including the world record jackpot of Euro 17.8 million paid out in January …
Asian operator Ball2Win has launched an online casino and sportsbook using Ultraplay software licensed in Netherlands Antilles and a live betting service provided by Betting Promotion. Richard Kwok, Ball2Win marketing director, said “We will start from the regulated markets, that’s for sure, but Asia will be our long-term focus. That’s the reason we feature a …
In a pre-close trading update, bwin party digital entertainment plc advised that overall trading in the 11 weeks since September 30, 2013 has been in-line with management expectations. The emerging New Jersey market is proving to be positive for bwin in relation to casino performance and overall bingo net revenues have improved compared to the …
FanDuel, the one-day fantasy sports betting site for real money, has announced that one of its players has turned a $10 bet into a million dollars playing in its one-day fantasy football championship. Player Travis Spieth of South Dakota says in a Fanduel press statement: “I qualified as a finalist after my first week playing …
The Spanish online gambling brand Miapuesta.com, acquired during William Hill plc’s GBP 459 million takeover of the Sportingbet.com group, is to be discontinued in order to bring Spanish operations under the William Hill group brand. The transition to the William Hill brand will be a gradual process, and follows similar moves to consolidate new William …
Hopes that Portugal’s parlous economic situation may spur government efforts to liberalise online gambling next year have been dashed by the news that the project has been taken off next year’s budget plans, suggesting that it will be 2015 before any real movement is seen. Government spokesmen said this week that the issue was too …
Hopefuls who opined that the congressional hearing on internet gambling conducted by the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade subcommittee earlier this month would be followed by immediate action on Rep. Joe Barton’s HR2666 poker legalisation bill are in for some disappointment. This week the chairman of the committee, Rep. Lee Terry, told local media there appeared …
Providing more evidence of the growing momentum of online gambling, the Atlantic City Convention Center in New Jersey is to host a one day conference on the subject on January 25 next year. Sponsored by the publication iGaming Player, the iGaming Player Expo will include real-time demonstrations of all online casinos currently operating in the …
Betit Group-owned Thrills.com will integrate Flash and HTML5 game titles via NYX OGS expanding on an already impressive line-up of content from Microgaming Quickfire, NetEnt and most recently Play’n Go. Henric Andersson, chief operating officer of Betit Group said: “When we started Betit Group we knew exactly which partners we needed in order to build …
The Manchester Evening News reports a strong year for privately-owned UK bookmaker Betfred. Key highlights fro the year ending March 31, 2013 include: – Group Profit surge of almost GBP 70 million – Group Revenues of GBP 8 billion, up 19 percent or GBP 1.3 billion compared to the previous year – Group Pre-Tax Profit …
Wynn Resorts, Station Casinos and Churchill Downs Inc. are the latest to join the American Gaming Association (AGA) Board of Directors. The AGA said its new members demonstrate an increasing support for the association’s positive and proactive gaming agenda. “This is a critical step in the AGA’s evolution as a representative of the entire gaming …
A Croatian player identified as Matej B is in for a festive holiday season having won Euro 594 923 playing Caribbean Draw Poker at All Slots Casino. The lucky punter was dealt a Royal Flush becoming All Slots Casino’s first winner on the progressive game which was launched in December 2010. “I couldn’t believe what …
New York-based Finger Lakes Racing Association’s new internet, mobile and telephone advance deposit wagering (ADW) service was launched by Sportech Racing and Digital at FingerLakesBonusBets.com this week. Sportech will additionally provide Finger Lakes with a live operator telephone wagering service, customer service, technical support, CRM and marketing as well as complete operations, planning and implementation …
Independent research and professional services company Spectrum Gaming Group has released its tenth annual list tracking 21 leading trends for the forthcoming year in the gambling industry…and the potential of the Asian markets and expansion into the U.S. feature prominently in many of its predictions. 1. As legislation to authorize integrated resorts in Japan moves …
The Irish online sports and casino operator SeanieMac International, Inc., t/a as SeanieMac Limited, has inked an exclusive partnership deal that will see the gambling company become the official betting partner of Irish tabloid newspaper The Irish Daily Mirror. The partnership will see The Irish Daily Mirror promote SeanieMac through the newspaper and its website. …
Following up on its decision to draft a framework for regulated online gambling that will be of assistance to US states seeking to open their markets, the National Council of Legislators for Gaming States (NCLGS) has invited comments from the public to assist in the process. The Council is collaborating with the University of Las …
With corruption a real fear in global sports betting, and recent cases where British footballers have been implicated in suspicious activity, a member of the UK official Opposition, Gerry Sutcliffe MP, has called for an open discussion with bookies and football authorities on what constitutes “appropriate” wagers….and what doesn’t. Regarding the latter, Sutcliffe has definite …
The Reno, Nevada-based interactive games developer Spin Games LLC has completed a content development and integration agreement with Nektan (Gibraltar) Limited, a social and online games content and services developer. Under the agreement, Spin will license HTML5 game content and the Spin Games Remote Gaming Server (RGS) branded The ROC to Nektan for deployment on …