Dominic Pileggi, a Republican who is the Senate Majority Leader in the Pennsylvanian Senate, is the principal driver of a new state bill that seeks to make significant changes to the state’s multi-billion horse racing industry. His Bill 1188 seeks to phase out the two Racing Commissions that currently operate under the PA Department of …
It appears from an email to affiliates this week from the Rome-Topaze online casino and affiliate management group that another row between software provider and operator has gone public. The email from Rome-Topaze claims that software provider Top Game has shut down access, claiming: “We regret to announce that Rome Partners and Topaze Affiliation have …
The latest online slot from the studios of online gambling software developer Net Entertainment takes players into deep space, on an interplanetary trip to the far reaches of the universe. Due for release in January next year and dubbed “Big Bang”, the new game features Wild substitutions and a progressive multiplier.The multiplier boosts winnings by …
The UK and US betting group Sportech plc announced Thursday that it has signed a joint venture with online games developer NYX Gaming Group Limited to provide online products and services in the United States for social and pay-to-play gaming. “As US online gaming regulation evolves, the joint venture will be able to offer a …
Calvin Ayre, the high profile founder and current franchiser of the Bodog online gambling brand remains a wanted man in the United States, it appears from the ten most wanted list on the Homelands Security Investigations list at http://www.ice.gov/most-wanted/hsi.htm. Ayre’s picture and brief profile appears alongside one woman and eight other men who are variously …
Ladbrokes, which owns a 270-strong group of land betting shops in Belgium and has ambitions regarding the online gambling market in that country, has announced changes to its regional management structure. Current regional managing director Alan Smith is to retire after thirty years’ service and his responsibilities will be taken over by Betdaq and Tote …
The turnkey multi-platform online gambling provider Plus-Five’s latest partnership deal is with the major international multi-level marketing company Infinity2Global. Plus-Five has provided i2g with a complete end-to-end white label casino solution which is fully integrated with the i2g MLM platform, with the casino going live on the 1st October 2013 featuring games from established developers …
Nevada-based firm Spin Games LLC, in partnership with KGM Gaming, has been given the go ahead by New Jersey authorities to field trial its remote gaming server “Robust Online Client (ROC)” and nine new HTML games. The HTML5 remote gaming server which is in the final stages of deployment in the state, was designed by …
Plus-Five white label provider has launched European-facing Bet Resort.com in partnership with U.S.-based marketing firm Integral Marketing Corp. Plus-Five will provide Integral Marketing with a range of casino content from Quickfire, powered by Microgaming, IGT, Net Entertainment, Instadeal Poker and Live Dealer software from Global Gaming Labs. Barry Bossert, CEO of Integral Marketing Corporation said, …
The Belgian gambling commission, Kansspel Commissie, added a number of online casinos to its list of operators deemed to be operating illegally this week. Latest additions include bigbangcasino.com, stargames.net, eurocazino.com, 5dimes.eu, onextwo.com, casinomidas.com, swoggie.be and swoggie.com
Unusually Mr Green was the subject of scrutiny during the UK Advertising Standards Authority weekly meeting over a television campaign advertising its online casino where it offered twenty free spins on its Victorious game. The root of the complaint stemmed from the terms and conditions not being displayed on screen at the same time that …
Members of the Bulgarian parliament passed the first reading of the country’s extensive gambling and taxation reform bill Wednesday, with 110 votes in favour, 79 against and 2 abstentions. Local experts said that the bill will effectively reduce the gambling tax payable by three times, encouraging more participation in the industry by foreign land and …
Online and land gambling industry technology and content supplier Bally Technologies has announced a deal with the Las Vegas-based SLS Hotel and Casino that includes the provision on online gambling and virtual racing capability. SLS is the newest resort casino on the Las Vegas Strip, and is due to open in 2014 with 1,600 guest …
Intralot Italia, in cooperation with technological partners Kiron Interactive and Vermantia, has launched virtual games in its retail network, the first concessionary to get the go ahead from Italy’s ADM-Agency of Monopoly and Customers, Betting Department. The new proposition offers Italian players the opportunity to place their fixed-odds bets on virtual sporting events such as …
Sportech has appointed Slingo chief executive officer Richard Roberts as a non-executive director of the Company, as John Barnes retires from the Board. Richards, a New Jersey resident, brings solid experience of the mobile, social and iGaming markets which will be of considerable benefit to the Group said Ian Penrose, chief executive officer of Sportech. …
Quickfire, powered by Microgaming, has partnered with BetTech Gaming in the African market with the integration of its games on iplay8casino.com, the online brand of Tanzanian casino operator Dunia. iplay8casino supplemented its offering with BetTech’s flagship sports betting platform, providing its customers with online and mobile sports betting opportunities for the first time. “The addition …
The GVC online gambling group is bullish heading into the last stretch of 2013, issuing a trading update Wednesday in which it said it expects group full year results to be at the upper end of analysts’ current expectations. The Group’s trading has held up extremely well in the first two months of Q4 2013, …
A US Congress sub-committee is to reexamine the online gambling legalisation issue as the year draws to a close, according to tweets from the usually well-informed director for legislative affairs at the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States, Jennifer M. Webb. The decision to again take up the issue has been made by the …
In its post-results press conference Tuesday the UK online gambling group Betfair revealed that it is preparing to make substantial investments in the New Jersey and Italian internet and mobile gambling sectors. Between GBP 5 and 10 million has been earmarked for setting up facilities in the two geographically disparate centres, company spokesmen revealed, noting …
Investors in the Scandinavian online gambling group Nordic Leisure will be alarmed by the latest financial stats from the company, which this week reported on its Q3-2013 results. Revenues were 51.2 percent down at SEK 12 million compared with the SEK 24.6 million achieved in the comparable quarter in 2012. EBITDA also declined by more …
The window for rival operators to submit their views on the proposed division of the land and internet gambling businesses of the French gambling giant Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) ended this week, and the ball is now back in the French Competition Authority’s court as the process trundles forward. Once it has digested the perspectives …
If Greek government bureaucrats thought they could make combative online gambling companies go away by ignoring them, they were wrong. Individual internet gambling companies among the membership of UK trade body the Remote Gambling Association are now petitioning against the lack of a government response to their application for Greek online gambling rights to the …
The high profile cases of three South Korean entertainment celebrities charged with illegal online gambling earlier this year came to a conclusion in the Seoul Central District Court this week with the imposition of relatively mild punishments. Boom, singer Andy of boy band Shinhwa, and comedian Yang Sehyung all pleaded guilty and were ordered to …
Net Entertainment’s new online table game European Roulette provides standard roulette inside and outside betting types. The game provides options to choose from inside bets, outside bets, racetrack bets or combinations of the three options. Other features include betting tips during spins via mouse-over messages and a changing billboard for each stage of the game …