XYVerify has become the first geolocation specialist to be certified by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE). The award represents the first internet ancillary services provider to be successfully approved by the NJDGE said the company and enables it to support all licensed mobile casino operators entering the new regulated market in New …
Last week Victor Amereno (43), the operator of the Blue Cactus Grill in Norwalk was handed down a six-month prison term by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L.Bryant for running an illegal gambling business. Amereno’s sentence is the latest in a string of arrests following a combined investigation undertaken by the FBI, IRS and US Police …
“Racing for Pinks” is Microgaming’s latest extension to its Casino games portfolio in November, available on the download, Flash and QuickFire platforms. The 5×3-reel, 243 ways to win video slot is themed on the adrenaline pumping street racing culture and combines rich-graphics with fast-paced gameplay. Featuring Wilds, scatters and free spins, the scatter symbols trigger …
Gambling firm SeanieMac Limited will partner with Donedeal.ie as its exclusive betting partner enjoying added exposure by way of dynamic banners featuring special offers displayed on the Done Deal website from November 2013. Done Deal is an online classifieds website which is ranked as the tenth largest website in Ireland claiming 300 000 daily visitors. …
An illegal online gambling ring was reportedly broken up this past weekend following arrests across South Korea. Six gang members were arrested and another 122 associates were booked by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) under suspicion of running an illegal gambling website which allegedly operated between May 2010 and March 2013 in China and …
MTR Gaming Group has launched its “INCLUB” online player’s club and free-to-play INClub online casino, strategically positioning itself to take advantage of U.S. legislatory advancements in online gambling. The initiative offers MTR Gaming members a fully-integrated online play-for-free casino, private messaging, dedicated social media feeds as well as direct links to MTR’s terrestrial casino property …
Swedish sports betting firm Betting Promotion, who recently announced its acquisition of Tain AB, has reported less than satisfactory third quarter results which it attributes to poor margins in trading. Key performance indicators for the period July – September 2013 include: – Betting turnover: Euro 132.8 million (Q3/2012: Euro 159.8 million), down 17 percent …
Neogames subsidiary Novogoma has introduced its second social product titled “Black Pearl Casino”. The title joins “Scratch Mart” launched in February this year and offers Facebookers a choice of slots, roulette, video poker, blackjack and a scratch-off game all set within an underwater theme. The game introduces Pearls as its in-game currency which can be …
Online punters speculated on a massive progressive slot win over the weekend when Net Entertainment’s Hall of Gods jackpot was reset and news of a Euro 6 413 972 jackpot emerged. Net Entertainment had not yet issued a press release on the win when we went to press early Monday. Hall of Gods is a …
Land and online slot player fans of games with themes like the Amazing Spider-Man and Iron Man could be in for some disappointment when current licensing agreements with games developers expire…they may not be renewed. The problem started in 2009, when the giant, family oriented Disney entertainment group paid $4.4 billion to acquire Marvel Comics, …
The New Mexico state Legislature is set to consider changes to its tribal gambling compact with the Navaho Nation early next year…and the revision could include an agreement to eschew online gambling until the state decides to legalise the pastime. The Navaho Nation is currently proposing a replacement compact for the current agreement, which expires …
The growing popularity of virtual currency Bitcoin has persuaded Nevada-based Robocoin and Vancouver company Bitcoiniacs to invest in the introduction of five ATMs situated in Canada at locations to be advised. The first machine went online recently in Vancouver. Bitcoin is finding growing acceptance among online gambling operators, and the ATMs look set to deliver …
Breon Corcoran, the savvy former Paddy Power exec and current CEO of Betfair, has been identified as an early investor in fast-growing Irish company Datahug, which has won awards for its innovative relationship management software. The Sunday Independent newspaper reported over the weekend that Corcoran owns 1.3 percent of the company, and that other smart …
Third quarter 2013 results were posted by Swedish online gambling group Betsson on Friday, reporting the following highlights: * Revenues up 14 percent year-on-year to SEK 603.4 (529.5) million. * Operating income rose 27 percent to SEK 152.2 (120.0) million. * Gross turnover in Sportsbook at SEK 3,398.5 (2,921.4) million, an increase of 16 percent. …
Albania leftist prime minister, Edi Rama has threatened to shut down online gambling sites operating in Albania, complaining that his countrymen spend between Euro 500 – 600 million a year, money that leaves the country. Rama said Friday that his coalition government intends to draw up legislation banning offshore betting websites in a bid to …
The contentious subject of Fixed Odds Betting Terminals in retail betting shops was raised in Prime Minister’s Questions in the UK Commons this week, with Labour MP Tom Watson suggesting that the machines were addictive and should be the subject of a review. According to BBC reports the PM’s response was couched in rather vague …
British online sports content provider Inspired Gaming Group has announced a retail and online content agreement with Nigerian operator 1960Bet, which the UK company claims is Nigeria’s largest sports betting operator with over 600 betting shops, and online and mobile betting sites at 1960bet.ng, 1960bet.ng/Mobile and Betland.com. Inspired will supply 1960Bet with virtual sports content, …
Despite the hostile legal and political climate still pervading the USA, Americans continued to visit online gambling sites, according to latest comScore Media Metrix statistics as reported by mGamingWatch. Over the summer period August and September 2013 there were sufficient visitors to online gambling sites to keep the genre in the Top Ten list of …
Gibraltar-based online gambling group 32Red has announced that marketing exec Matthew Booth is back in the company fold after a six year absence with Betfair plc as marketing director and global head of brand. Booth (38) takes up the new position of commercial director at 32Red and will join the board of directors on November …
Back in May this year the UK land and online gambling group Ladbrokes announced that William Hill exec Jim Mullen would be joining the company later in the year. That appointment comes to fruition in a few days’ time when Mullen takes up his Ladbrokes responsibilities as director of digital operations, reporting to group CEO …
Net Entertainment’s regular instant millionaire maker progressive slot Mega Fortune has been hit again, this time delivering a Euro 3.2 million windfall to a 30-year-old Finnish online punter playing at Paf casino from the Western Finland area. The prize was landed on Tuesday 22 October and is the fifth largest for the Åland-based Paf. This …
Locus Gaming’s Jack Gold Casino brand is to feature in a new set of television adverts as part of ambitious plans to raise awareness of the mobile-focused offering. In conjunction with the promotion, parent company Locus Gaming will be giving away a solid gold bar worth GBP 30,000 to one lucky customer who deposits and …
The major British bookmakers have signed a ground-breaking four-year funding deal with the horse racing industry that will see an additional GBP 18 million paid in voluntary tranches to the horse racing levy in a four-year deal. The Guardian newspaper reports that the deal between the racing and betting industries could see prize money reach …
Swedish betting group Betsson AB said in a statement Friday that one of its subsidiaries has chosen today to launch a product dubbed 1X2 (EttKryssTvå), which it claims could represent one of the biggest changes in the Swedish gaming market in 80 years. “In 1X2 the customer bets on the outcome in 13 selected football …