Respected online gambling firm 32Red plc’s bingo brand has become the latest sponsor of The Paul O’Grady Show on ITV as it kicks off a new series. The Paul O’Grady Show focuses on feel-good entertainment with Paul O’Grady’s unique blend of humour, wit and surprise. 32Red’s bingo brand idents will feature a chat show style …
One of online gambling’s most bitter U.S. critics, Alabama Republican Representative Spencer Bachus, may have been less than original in his choice of words damning internet gambling, according to the Washington Times. The newspaper quotes content from two op-ed articles written for the press by Bachus in 2009 which bear a distinct and noticeable resemblance …
Interactive gaming firm, NetPlayTV plc has appointed Akshay Kumar as group finance director effective immediately. Akshay (34) joined Netplay in January 2011 as group financial controller from a similar position at Sporting Index Limited. “Having worked closely with Akshay since 2011 I can attest to him already having had considerable financial and strategic input into …
The Taiwan Sports Lottery Corporation (TSLC) has selected Intralot as its single betting services partner for the next 10 years. Intralot will provide TSLC operational support services for sports betting in both retail – to a network of 1 200 Points of Sale countrywide, and interactive – through Internet and mobile platforms. Included under the …
Mathias Dahms, the founder, chief executive officer and Management Board spokesman of Schleswig-Holstein based mybet Holding SE has resigned from the company. According to a mybet advisory, Dahms’ resignation was at his own request for personal reasons and his departure is both amicable and by mutual agreement. “After 15 years on the Management Board, including …
Novomatic AG, through its subsidiary Novo Lottery Solutions GmbH, has completed the sale of a 90 percent stake of Icelandic software firm Betware for an undisclosed consideration. The remaining 10 percent will be retained by key Betware management. Betware revealed it had put itself out there over a year ago in a bid to attract …
Betclic Everest Group online sportsbetting and gaming provider Bet-At-Home said it was pleased with what it terms as strong gross gaming revenues despite the lack of a major sporting event during 2013. Key performance indicators for the nine months ending September 30, 2013 include: – Pre-tax revenues up by Euro 13.7 million to Euro 11.6 …
UK-based software provider Gameswarehouse (GW) has delivered two new online titles to Sky Vegas. Both “Egyptian Gold” and “Dr Frantic and the Lab of Loot” are five-reel, 20-winline games offering GW’s “lock‘n’load” mechanism. In addition, GW’s Gold Strike title has been released on the mobile platform through Sky Vegas’ app. “This has been a long …
Isle of Man-based online casino and sportsbook PandaBet has launched Player vs. Player games allowing Pandabet customers to bet against each other. The platform allows users to manage a friend list and challenge friends on titles such as Flip a Coin or Highest Card for a minimum bet of Euro 1. Lucy Stopford, Director at …
Doreena Ross has been appointed by OpenBet to serve as vice president of human resources with immediate effect. Ross will be responsible for recruiting “the best” talent and supporting the development of existing staff members. She will drive forward employee engagement schemes through a co-ordinated people strategy to ensure employees are focused on the needs …
The highly contentious and widely publicised topic of permits for High Street betting shops surfaced again over the weekend as politicians argued over attempts by some local councils to curtail the introduction of more betting shops. The Ladbrokes group was at the centre of the current row, having written to planning minister Nick Boles to …
Police in South Korea appear to be focusing on popular television entertainment personalities in their war against online gambling, perhaps using them as examples to the broader public. The publication Tensasia reported over the weekend that TV celebrity Lee Soo-geun has pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal online gambling, while two other male stars, …
The prolific producer of 3d online slots, BetSoft Gaming, concentrates on candy for the theme of its latest game, SugarPop! Wrapped in images of confectionary, the game incorporates elements that BetSoft says are new to i-gaming, with four distinct worlds and twenty individual levels of gameplay presented in a 5×5 grid of assorted candies that …
Japanese police officers in the Ueno district of Tokyo were active this week in shuttering Ocean Club, an allegedly illegal online gambling access point which apparently raked in 36 million yen (around US $365,000) in just six months of operations. Two employees and two customers were arrested in a police raid on the premises, a …
Online gambling went to full throttle in Delaware Friday after a week-long “soft launch” period of practical testing with selected players that revealed no serious flaws in the systems. Lottery officials revealed that around m125 players had registered and participated in the intrastate soft launch, a number that is now expected to increase as companies …
The big industry news breaking late Friday in the United States was the release of a list of internet companies that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has deemed suitable for intrastate online gambling operations in partnership with Atlantic City casinos. The list names Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, Caesars Interactive Entertainment, 888, Bally Technologies, Ultimate …
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 …