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Reading Time: 1 minute Cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology, Blockchain, are slowly gaining application in virtually all sectors of the global economy. The gaming and gambling industry hasn’t been left out. Cryptocurrencies and platforms have been developed that will make it easier for gamblers and gamers to better participate in a fair and decentralized system. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Gaming Laboratories International’s (GLI®) Asia-Pacific (APAC) operations, led by GLI Australia, expressed immense pleasure while they proudly announced their emergence as the first and foremost independent accredited gaming test laboratory to successfully complete and issue IP Blocking Certificates for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) Licensees, pursuant to Philippine Amusement and […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Maryland lawmakers could change legislation to avoid charging casinos with taxes on negative revenues. Maryland lawmakers could soon pass an amended bill that would benefit casinos in the state. According to HB1171, operators would have more days to recoup lost gambling revenues as it would change the time limit from two […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Digitain, the sportsbook and casino platform provider that offers best of breed turn-key and white-label solutions is all set to incorporate into its flourishing platform the full suite of EGT Interactive, the global gaming software, and solutions provider. The new agreement pledges to add a high-quality range to Digitain’s existing portfolio, […]
Reading Time: 1 minute A new poll reveals that eSports are almost as big as American football for millennials. A poll conducted by the Washington Post has revealed that 40 per cent of 14- to 21-year-olds that took part in the survey said that they’re football fans, while 38 per cent are fans of eSports. […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The committee tabled a legislation that gives tax relief to casinos located in Delaware. The Senate Finance Committee decided to table a legislation that aims at giving tax relief to Delaware casinos. The moves comes after State Senator Brian Bushweller agreed not to move forward after the Carney administration assured him […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Google, the American multinational technology company has taken the initiative to ban adverts that promote contracts for difference (CFD) products, binary options, and financial spread betting from its platforms. Though Google had schemed to introduce the new regulations in June, they have opted to bring this forward now. The ban is […]
Reading Time: 1 minute February was a poor month for Atlantic City casinos as they posted revenue 6.5 per cent lower year-on-year. “Let’s face it, February was a weak month,” New Jersey Casino Control Commission chairman Jim Plousis asserted on Atlantic City casinos’ poor revenue during February. Year-on-year, gaming venues posted revenue 6.5 per cent […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Nordic Capital Fund IX, a closed private equity fund managed by Nordic Capital has stricken a deal to acquire Trustly, the company which provides a solution for Online Banking ePayments through its direct payments technology. In association, Bridgepoint Development Capital, the largest shareholder in Trustly, will dispose of its full equity interest […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Some opposition parties in the European country want to privatise part of state-owned Svenska Spel. State-owned Svenska Spel has been in the spotlight for quite some time now, as some opposition parties in Sweden are in favour of privatising the gambling monopoly. As local media reported, the Moderate Party doesn’t want […]
Reading Time: 1 minute 888 Holdings, one of the world’s most popular online gaming operators and platform providers announced the addition of an array of vibrant gaming contents to its 888casino brand in New Jersey from NetEnt, a premium supplier of digitally distributed gaming systems. Thus, the Punters in the US state now have can […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Betfred, a bookmaker based in the UK which offers sports betting, online casino, online games, bingo etc., got hooked up with the UK-based technology specialist, Vapour Cloud over a new partnership worth £1m (€1/1m/$1.4m). As per the terms of the partnership, Betfred will take on Vapour’s omnichannel platform, Höllr which would be as […]
Reading Time: 1 minute With the sole intention of making Cambodia a hub of gaming in South East Asia, the lawmakers of Cambodia are currently pushing for a legislation that would allure foreign investors to its casino and gaming industry. The proposed legislation, is anticipated to be passed post the general elections scheduled to take […]
Reading Time: 1 minute As per the reports of Michigan Gaming Control Board, revenues posted by Detroit casinos were three percent down in the first two months of the year. The performance of three Detroit based casinos have been below the mark during the beginning of 2018 and they continue to post lower revenues consecutively. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Those pushing for the $1.5 billion esports industry to be considered on equal footing with traditional sports got a big boost back in October when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said that “competitive ‘esports’ could be considered as a sporting activity” for Olympic competition. It’s becoming increasingly clear, though, that the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The rapidly growing field of professional video game competitions, called esports, is not expected to be a huge business for game publishers for some time, but it’s already paying off for graphics-chip maker Nvidia, which makes processors for running high-end gaming PCs. That’s one finding from a report on esports released Tuesday […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cutting edge graphics and sound enhance this classic video slot Malta, 15 March 2018: Multi-award-winning slots developer Pragmatic Play has unveiled the latest addition to its burgeoning portfolio of top quality video slots, Aztec Gems. Players traverse a long-lost jungle in this classic 3×3 + 1 WIN MULTIPLIER reel, five-line […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cross sector industry body, the Gambling Business Group (GBG), has announced a strategic partnership programme with independent charity the Young Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM). The two organisations will collaborate across a range of topics to provide a human context to social responsibility and improve understanding of harm minimisation and how it […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes BtoBet’s Chairman Alessandro Fried is a key speaker of the conference organized today at Enada Spring which focuses on the challenges operators and bookmakers find when deciding to enter the Italian gaming market. He shares his vision in an interview. What is the potential that the Italian market presents to operators […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Chinese mainland officials who once piled the proceeds of their embezzlement onto the baccarat tables of Macau are a thing of the past, according to Ho Iat Seng, president of the enclave’s legislative assembly. Speaking to Chinese state-run media during a trip to Beijing this week, Ho claimed that the […]