The Leeds, England-based online gambling group Sky Bet has hired a new marketing director, the Yorkshire Evening Post reported late Friday. Former newspaper marketing director Rob Painter joins the gambling group, replacing Ted Moss who has been promoted to brand director for premium products such as Sky Sports and Sky Movies. Painter has spent the …
One of the biggest pitfalls in nationally ring-fenced online gambling markets – the lack of sufficient player liquidity – was again the focus of much discussion at a conference of regulators held in Lisbon this week. Representatives from regulatory regimes in Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Portugal and Spain were in attendance and issued a joint …
The European online gambling group Bwin,Party Digital Entertainment announced Friday that it has entered into a sponsorship agreement with the prestigious Italian football club Juventus that will ensure prominence for the Bwin brand. The partnership with the Serie A champions, which runs for three seasons, will boost the profile of the brand in Europe’s third …
Online gambling games developer World Match is having a frenetic July, this week launching what must be its fifth or sixth new online slot this month. The new offering is Angry Angels HD, a multi-line 3d slot with a theme that revisits the World War 2 era in a post-apocalyptic scenario with detailed and realistic …
The Swedish Supreme Court recently acquitted two media editors – from the Aftonbladet and Expressen newspapers – who were prosecuted for promoting foreign gambling operators in violation of the Swedish Lotteries Act. The case ultimately went to the European Court of Justice, achieving heavy media coverage, before the editors were let off the hook. The …
The Australian online lottery provider Jumbo Interactive (perhaps better known for its Australian website Oz Lotteries) is apparently actively pursuing opportunities overseas, in particular the U.S., the U.K. and Germany, where it has just been awarded a five year licence in all 16 lander (provinces). According to a statement issued to Proactive Investors Australia this …
Hot on the heels of a similar deal with Mecca Bingo earlier this week the US online and land games supplier Bally Technologies has announced an online slots content deal with major UK gambling group William Hill plc. Under the terms of the agreement, Bally’s games will be available for players on William Hill.com. “We …
Statistics released Thursday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board show that land casino gaming revenue in the state rose 1.37 percent in May to $897.2 million, driven by an improved 11 percent win rate on baccarat compared with the 8 percent experienced in the same month in 2012. Overall table game win rose 7.2 percent …
The Swedish online gambling group Net Entertainment’s interim report released Thursday shows that double digit growth in the second quarter has continued despite the traditionally low season that normally starts in May. CEO Per Eriksson says: “We have a solid sales pipeline in Great Britain as well as in other parts of Europe and overall …
The online casino software distributor SkillOnNet continued to leverage its exclusive “first to market” deal with NextGen Gaming Thursday with an announcement on the forthcoming release of four new online slot games. Over the next month SkillOnNet will be releasing The Codfather on July 12, and a further three offerings that will include Spanish Eyes …
Gambling group Intralot’s Polish betting subsidiary Totolotek has received a 6-year Internet betting license from the Polish Ministry of Finance, reports the publication Capital.gr. Under the licence, Totolotek is empowered to provide Polish punters with fixed odds betting and sport pool games via the Internet, and the company has revealed that its plans include the …
John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance, has advised the poker information portal US Poker that online gambling issues such as consumer protection, age verification, money laundering and law enforcement are expected to be on the as yet unpublished agenda of a Senate sub-committee that will be discussing internet gambling next week. The …
A meeting of Delaware gambling industry execs this week produced some interesting snippets of information about the state’s online gambling plans among the general discussions on how to improve land gambling operator fortunes. State lottery director Vernon Kirk told a meeting of the state Video Lottery Advisory Council that he hopes to have online gambling …
Caesars Entertainment Corp will distribute rights to its stockholders to buy around 125 million shares of Caesars Acquisition Co. at $9.43 each, reported Bloomberg Wednesday. These two entities will form Caesars Growth Partners, as announced earlier this year , a venture comprising Interactive Entertainment which will include social and mobile gaming, the World Series of …
Bwin Casino has launched a proprietary slot titled “Shake It Up”, a 5-reel, 30-payline game available in real-money mode or as a free-play demo. Graffiti festooned walls, boom boxes and inner-city characters theme a game that features Wilds, Scatters, Multipliers and a retriggering Free Spins bonus round. The Free Spins bonus round is triggered by …
Another new multi-line slot launch from World Match, this one is titled Rockabillions HD which is set to the beat of the 50’s, Rock ‘n Roll and a pink cadillac set the scene. RockaBillions HD is available in various versions offering different payout levels and includes Wilds, AutoPlay, Fast Play, Spin Stop, Free Spins and …
The Korean National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has shut down an un-named illegal online casino and arrested the five nationals operating it. A court-sanctioned raid was conducted following a tip-off during an investigation initiated at the request of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office regarding International telephone fraud. The computer technician responsible for the set-up …
Social gaming firm Zynga unveiled its real-money gambling app for Facebook at the World Gaming Executive Summit in Barcelona, Spain today. The San Francisco-based firm is likely to launch the Facebook version of its ZyngaPlus Poker and ZyngaPlusCasino within the next month into the UK market and a mobile version soon after. The social network …
Veteran Software Architect Iain Starks has been appointed by GameAccount Network as it prepares for growth in its Platform Services division. Starks brings over three decades of experience in software design, architecture and development to GameAccount Network, including key development and architecture roles at William Hill,. “Our Platform Services division is experiencing high levels of …
mybet subsidiary C4U-Malta Ltd (C4U) has been granted a provisional e-money licence by the Maltese Ministry for Finance. C4U will be able to offer payment transaction services across the European Union making it independent of third-party banks for its payment transactions, affording it lower transaction costs and allowing it to earn additional income. The receipt …
SkillOnNet has released a new 3D slot titled “Hot Wheels”. The slot joins other titles in SkillOnNet’s 3D portfolio that include Vampires Feast, Magic and Wonders, Fun Fair Ride and Ghost Pirates. The 20-payline game features a muscle-built biker (the Wild) on a road trip, mirrored reels, helmets, spanners, maps and roadsigns. Landing three energy …
Isle of Man eGaming software development firm Iforium has appointed Richard Clark to the position chief operating officer. Clarke joins Iforium from Gala Coral where he served as Head of Mobile from 2011. Prior to that he managed the product launch of Scratchino and from 2004 worked as the International Technology Director at Ladbrokes. Phil …
Cassava Enterprises was censured by the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) again, this time for the use of a comic-style format in an advert for its Spiderman game. The company was challenged for its responsibility in the use of imagery that was likely to be of particular appeal to children. Despite Cassava defending its position …
Delegates at this week’s World Gaming Executive Summit conference in Barcelona this week listened to a rather depressing assessment of the Italian online gambling market by Quirino Mancini, a partner with SCM Lawyers, who said that the prospects for the remote gambling market in Italy are ‘bleak’ with most operators barely surviving. Mancini said that …