The Eastern European land and online betting group Fortuna’s latest set of results demonstrate yet again how important digital, and particularly mobile, betting on sports has become. Fortuna Entertainment Group results in the nine months of 2013 to end September were boosted substantially by a 40.1 percent y-on-y rise in online and mobile gross win, …
With the Dutch legalised online gambling market scheduled for launch in 2015, the latest land and online collaboration is a partnership involving land gambling operator Krijco and veteran e-gaming platforms supplier TAIN. The latter will supply KrijcoOnline with online casino, sportsbook and payment services, including mobile gambling facilities, once the market is opened, and in …
The Swedish online casino operator Mr Green has posted a stellar third quarter and year to date report, recording a 50 percent rise in revenues year-on-year and confidence in continued strong growth. For the first nine months, Mr Green & Co AB experienced a very high rate of growth both in terms of game win …
Geocomply, a geolocation company, has received the approval of the New Jersey online gambling regulator as an Ancillary Casino Service Industry Enterprise, the company announced Friday. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) approval places GeoComply one step closer to entering New Jersey’s regulated market, making it possible for the company to finalise contracts …
The information services provider Experian has partnered with charity online gaming site Jaro.com to provide age and ID verification facilities. Jaro is an innovative online game with ambitions to become the world’s largest single annual fundraising initiative with prize money of $1 billion. Gary Wood, md at Experian Decision Analytics said Friday: “Jaro is a …
The Casino Comparer.com website has reached its first significant target, adding the details of the 300th online casino to its database this week. The site is aiming ultimately to catalogue every casino available on the Web and provide prospective players with details of ownership, licensing and game software lists. The database is the brainchild of …
Right on schedule, the state of Delaware will open its legalised online gambling activity today (Friday November 8) after a brief soft launch earlier this week using 888 software and involving invited players . Online poker and casino games powered by 888 are offered at three Delaware Lottery websites; Harrington, Delaware Park and Dover Downs. …
Chase and Kristin Burns, the owners of International Internet Technologies, an Oklahoma-based software company that supplied the Allied Veterans of America internet cafe gambling enterprise busted by Florida police have found the association an expensive one; this week they settled with the state of Oklahoma to the tune of $3.5 million. It could have been …
The Swedish online gambling group Cherry has acquired 49 percent of the shares in Curacao-based Internet gaming company Web Resorts NV. The company owns several domains including NordicSlots.com and NorgesSpill.com, which offer online casino action powered by BetSoft Gaming. Cherry will pay Euro 3.3 million in a cash consideration, and an additional performance based purchase …
The U.S. land and online gambling company International Game Technology has posted its Q4-2013 results, highlighting the following achievements for fiscal 2013: * Total revenues increased 9 percent over the same period last year to $2.34 billion, with social gaming a major contributor. * Social gaming revenues increased 151 percent to $219 million and average …
A 27-year-old accounts manager at Cisco in the UK has been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to defrauding his clients out of a total of GBP 130,000 and using most of it to feed his online gambling habit. Leigh Jones was earning anything between GBP 50,000 and GBP 100,000 a year in Northwich …
The Montreal-based online gambling content provider Amaya Gaming Group Inc. confirmed Thursday that it has entered into a licensing agreement to provide a wide selection of online casino gaming content to Bwin.Party in New Jersey, subject to all applicable jurisdictional licensing requirements and regulatory approvals. Online gaming websites provided by Bwin.Party to its licensed gaming …
Surprise developments at Malta online gambling regulator Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) are certain to trigger industry speculation as the apparently sudden resignation of chairman Mario Galea and CEO Reuben Portanier sinks in. No reasons were given for the resignations, which were announced by the Malta government parliamentary secretary for competitiveness Edward Zammit Lewis, who …
New Jersey land casino Tropicana is ready for its online gambling debut when the state’s new regulations come into force later this month, and the website is now open for players to register for the soft launch that will precede the full monty scheduled for November 26. To register, punters must be at least 21 …
Less than a year after backing out of its deal with Pokerstars parent Rational Group, and making off with around $15 million of Rational’s money, the Atlantic Club casino in Atlantic City is about to file for bankruptcy, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Our readers will recall that Rational Group, motivated …
The UK Parliament has invited submissions from those who have “a special interest” in the proposed Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill. Bill 2013-14 passed its second reading this week and now moves on to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee for “detailed examination”. Interested parties are encouraged to submit written evidence, which will be …
US-based games developer High 5 Games as announced the appointment of Lorin Jameson to its executive team as vice president of technology. Jameson joins the firm with an impressive career history, having most recently served as Sony Online Entertainment’s head of studio and executive director of development in Austin, Texas for the past 8 years. …
WMS Gaming’s operational website Jackpot Party has launched its latest 5-reel, 30-payline slot title “Zanzibar”. Using the tropical destination as its backdrop, features of the new game include Wilds, Oasis Wilds, Replicating Wilds, Free Spins and Scatters. Zanzibar is a land-based fav adapted to online and while presently available for play at Jackpot Party, Unibet …
Cherry has released its third interim report for the nine month period ending September 30, 2013. The company reported good growth in its online gaming interests of 32 percent, achieved through a significant investment in marketing which has negatively affected profit in the short term. Key highlights for the three month period ending September 30, …
Former Bodog exec Robert Gustafsson’s troubles increased further Tuesday with the news that Philippines enforcement officials have added further charges to those he already faces of high-value criminal activity . Global Internal Audit (Asset Management Group) auditors have apparently uncovered further irregularities involving Gustafsson, former CFO Arleen Aldaba, Sherwin Quiambao and Sylvia De Guzman. The …
Speaking at the 2013 Mobile and Tablet Gaming Summit in London this week, Twitter’s Dara Nasr gave delegates a few tips on improving their marketing penetration. He singled out Paddy Power and Betfair as especially adept at powering up their advertising by using the social networking channel, and recommended that online gambling marketers who launch …
With the November 26 launch date for legalised online gambling in New Jersey now on the horizon, the Golden Nugget Casino has started giving selected players a heads up on its arrangements to be among the first to open in the new market. The company’s free-to-play place holder has been moved to a .net website …
Jim Mullen, the new head of Digital at online and land gambling group Ladbrokes, is making his presence felt with reports from insiders indicating that he has brought forward, albeit initially in a lighter version, the launch of the company’s new betting exchange product . The reports indicate that the launch, originally scheduled for Q1 …
Betable, a London-based startup providing real-money gambling tools to game developers, raised $18.5 million in a round of funding led by Venture51, Christopher Griffin, Betable’s chief executive officer reported this week. Previous backers Greylock Partners and Founders Fund also contributed to the round, which brings Betable’s total financing to $23 million. Betable provides software code …