Geolocation glitches appeared to be the most common issues on the first night of New Jersey’s trial period of online gambling Thursday, with some operators reporting complaints by legitimate New Jersey punters that despite being within the state they had been blocked, and others reporting successful blocking of players outside the Garden State perimeter who …
Bally Technologies subsidiary Bally Interactive has announced a deal with the Chilean Enjoy Group subsidiary Conrad Punta del Este Resort & Casino in Uruguay that will see it provide an e-gaming platform and content. “We are excited to announce an iGaming platform partnership with Bally Technologies which will provide outstanding benefits and entertainment options for …
White label online casino and sportsbetting provider Everymatrix has announced an addition to its managed operations stable in the shape of the new Russian sports betting site ContoraBet. Newly appointed Everymatrix head of gaming, Ryan Henderson, will oversee management activity at the site, bringing ten years of industry experience – most recently with Pinnacle – …
The Bulgarian Gambling Commission has announced the approval of three accredited testing agencies for the country’s online gambling market – one local and two international laboratories. The local testing agency approved by the Commission is the Bulgarian Institute of Metrology, which has a good track record in gaming, software and communications equipment testing. The international …
The severe Greek economic recession, allied to an increased tax burden has been cited as the reason for a drop in profits at the Greek gambling monopoly OPAP, recently acquired by the Emma Delta group . The gambling group’s third quarter net profit plunged 61 percent y-o-y to Euro 44.4 million, although it was better …
Isaac Ward, the e-gaming chief at Paddy Power for the past year who unexpectedly left and has been “on gardening leave” appears to have been head hunted by rival William Hill plc. The news surfaced Friday that Ward is heading to Australia, where he will take up responsibilities as commercial director at the new William …
The Manila, Philippines offices of online gambling operator Bodog Asia were the unwilling hosts for a police raiding party of a dozen officers – not all of them carrying official identification – late afternoon Thursday. Employees were interviewed but not arrested and one claimed to the Manila Times that the police documents justifying the action …
The Sun International hotel and casino group identified sports betting as a market with growth potential earlier this year, acquiring Powerbet Gaming, which owned and operated Voltbet.com, for Rands 30 million. Voltbet has now been rebranded as Sunbet and relaunched, with Sun International exec Michael Farr saying Thursday that it would be marketed to South …
The Selangor state in Malaysia is working on stronger laws against cyber cafe gambling, the province’s chairman of the Local Government, Study and Research Standing Committee, Datuk Teng Chang Khim revealed this week. The new law will give local authorities more power, allowing police officers to be more effective in stamping out online gambling, he …
The US gambling content company International Gaming Technology could do rather well out of the nascent New Jersey online gambling market, which opens in soft launch format today. In addition to its diverse and appealing range of popular slots translated into the online environment, the company has commercial arrangements with several of the companies that …
A police online sports betting bust in October this year saw 10 men involved in the hotel and bar industry sentenced to heavy sentences of imprisonment this week in Hue, Vietnam. All were accused of facilitating online betting on international football games, the Thanh Nien News reports. Prosecutors claimed that in August last year La …
Net Entertainment has launched its much awaited 243-ways-to-win video slot Twin Spin, a game that it claims combines the essence of Las Vegas and the best of new-age video slot technology. Backed by sound effects and music, the new slot takes players back to a time of traditional slot machines…but with a unique innovative twist. …
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is to ask the US Supreme Court to allow sports gambling in his state’s casinos after a federal appeals court said last Friday it would not rehear the case . Christie and New Jersey’s lawyers have argued – thus far unsuccessfully – that the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection …
Thanks largely to political manouevring by conservative opponents, a Canadian bill amending gambling laws to permit single game betting has languished in the Senate for two long years despite receiving overwhelming support in the House of Commons. Bill C-290 was back in the news yet again this week as Canada’s Minister of Sport, Bal Gosal, …
Getting ahead of the pack with its Christmas game this year, online gambling software provider RealTime Gaming has launched its new 3 reel online slot Santastic. The game features a bonus round titled Festive Feast in which up to 2500x multipliers, jackpot spins or up to 25 free games can be won. Rival softwarte provider …
Land gambling magnate Sheldon Adelson continued to press for a federal ban in his war against online gambling this week , appealing to the Republican Attorneys General Association for help in halting the trend by individual states toward legalisation. Adelson is probably the biggest single political donor in the United States, and almost all of …
The New Jersey Casino Control Commission issued another batch of online gambling approvals Wednesday, with two major companies standing out for different reasons – Caesars Interactive Entertainment was given the nod, but Pokerstars parent Rational Group was not. Caesars Interactive Entertainment is a subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment, which owns four properties in Atlantic City, and …
Gaming software provider GameAccount Network (GAN), has raised GBP 22.2 million (Euro 26.6 million) in a successful placing of oversubscribed new shares which receiving strong interest from institutional investors. GameAccount Network expects to be admitted to trading on the ESM market of the Irish Stock Exchange and the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange …
The European Commission has launched formal infringement proceedings against the online gambling legislation of six Member States and two ‘reasoned opinions’ against Sweden for failing to comply with EU Law. Formal letters of notice were sent to Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland and Romania by the European Commission requesting information on national legislation …
The Bulgarian State Commission on Gambling (SGC) has released a list of certified gaming equipment and software testing labs for prospective licencees. BMM TestLabs and the Bulgarian Institute of Metrology (BIM) were approved at a Commission meeting earlier this week. The SCG’s gambling blacklist was also expanded to include betdsi.eu, lucabet.co and dobet.com while betcris.com …
The Dutch Gaming, Tax and Police authorities collaborated in a raid on a public house in Amsterdam Tuesday, arresting 21 suspects for illegal gambling and confiscating numerous items. It is unclear at this time whether the alleged illegal gambling was conducted online.
The UK Advertising Standards Authority has upheld three challenges laid by PokerStars parent company Rational Entertainment Enterprises against Cassava Enterprises regarding 888casino.com web page banners extolling the virtues of its High Rollers Club and VIP membership. Rational challenged the ads wording which said “Join THE BEST VIP PROGRAM AROUND. As a VIP, you can expect …
77.88 percent of SHFL shareholders have voted in favour of the merger agreement with Bally Technologies, Inc. at a special shareholders meeting Tuesday, completing one of the conditions required to finalise the acquisition. The transaction is still subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
Caesars Acquisition Co., the spinoff from Caesars Entertainment Corp. that gives investors a separate stake in the parent company’s online gambling business, debuted on the Nasdaq exchange Tuesday with the share price climbing on its first day of trading. Caesars offered shareholders the right to buy stock in the subsidiary for $8.64 a share to …