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Reading, 30th July 2018: Award-winning casino content supplier Realistic Games is giving players the chance to get even closer to the action with the launch of Realistic Roulette, its first 3D table game. Created in a live environment, the game has been delivered in cutting-edge technology, recreating the land-based experience for players on mobile, tablet […]
Brussels, 25 July: International betting integrity body ESSA (Sports Betting Integrity) reported 62 cases of suspicious betting to the relevant authorities during the second quarter (Q2) of 2018. The Q2 cases involved 8 sports with: 44 cases in tennis, 12 cases in football, and one each in bowls, handball, boxing, basketball, beach volleyball and eSports. […]
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK’s advertising regulatory authority, is conducting an investigation into advertisements of the betting majors Bet365 and William Hill. The probe will check whether the ads have violated the gambling guidelines. After the ASA ordered a probe 115 complaints were filed during football’s top tournament about these ads. The regulatory […]
Brussels, 6 July 2018: “ESSA welcomes the Law Commission’s recommendation to licence and regulate sports betting in India. We strongly encourage Parliament and state legislatures to enact the broad premise of the Law Commission’s recommendations and in line with the detailed response ESSA provided to the consultation last year. As the Law Commission states, prohibition […]
bet365, the premier online gambling company in the UK, has set out an ambitious technology team expansion at Manchester base. The headcount will be increased from 200 to 300 people. To the initiative is to grow its tech team by adding new positions for graduates from the University of Manchester and to infrastructure jobs. After […]
Bet365 has signed an agreement with the Hard Rock Atlantic City casino to start sports-betting service in New Jersey. A letter dated June 25 but published Tuesday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) contains details of the agreement. The DGE approved the request for the two parties to enter into an agreement […]
5th July, 2018 – Yggdrasil has signed a deal to supply its content to online gaming operator 888 Holdings plc. The global agreement covers all joint regulated markets, including the UK, Italy, Denmark and Spain, and will see 888 add Yggdrasil’s award-winning portfolio of video slots, including recent blockbuster release Vikings go to Hell. The […]
All promotional activities to be offered at no cost until end of 2018 3rd July, 2018 – Yggdrasil Gaming has launched its own fan site yggdrasilcasino.com where players can play any title from its complete back catalogue of best-performing games for free and its valued operator partners will receive traffic-driving promotions. The ground-breaking casino, […]
Reading, 2nd July 2018: Award-winning casino content supplier Realistic Games is giving players the chance to immerse themselves in the world of Clockwork Mice. The five-reel, 20-line slot, is set in a space age inspired world and has been built utilising HTML5 technology, allowing players on all devices to get the best game experience possible. […]
Experts say hike will kill gaming firms and call for review to protect investment Consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has revealed Kenya’s betting tax is the highest in the region and ahead of gaming hubs like the famed Las Vegas. PwC says the new 35 per cent tax on all gambling revenues is higher compared […]
Online gambling companies have ramped up their political lobbying efforts in an attempt to stop Victoria from adopting a 15 per cent tax on digital betting that is being rolled out in other states. Australia’s bookmakers responded angrily last week when Queensland announced it would become the third gaming jurisdiction to roll out a so-called “point-of-consumption” […]
Since exploding into our lives some twenty years ago, online gambling has gone through several transformations. Games have improved, the devices that we access them on have changed, and there are more services than ever before. As is typical, legislation has lagged behind innovation in the industry here in Europe. We’re just starting to […]
The paypacket of bet365 chief Denise Coates – who earned more than Taylor Swift – has raised questions over fat cat salaries in an industry where people can be hurt financially A mum-of-five businesswoman has been paid a whopping £200 million salary by an online bookmaker – making her the highest-earning woman in Britain. That’s […]
Last week, bet365 announced to give away enterprise version of Riak NoSQL database to the open source community and continue the development of the product. Andrew Deane, bet365’s systems development manager for middleware, said: “At bet365 we have a large development team dedicated to Riak,” adding that it is used in different parts of the […]
Planetwin365 closed the gap on Italy’s long-time online betting leader Bet365 in July, according to estimates exclusively provided to iGaming Business by leading gaming sector advisory firm Ficom Leisure. Bet365, which doesn’t have a major retail presence like Planetwin365, however also increased its share to 20.6% of the market during the period. Total gross gaming […]
Six more operators have been added to Slovakia’s blacklist of online gambling domains, which the authorities said has been serving local punters without government approval. In mid-July, the Slovak Financial Administration came out with a list of 10 naughty online gambling operators, including familiar faces like 888 Holdings, Bet365, Bet-at-Home, Bwin, William Hill and 1xbet, along with […]
1 August 2017, Budapest: The organizers of CEEGC2017 are excited to announce the start of the online voting session for the Central and Eastern European Gaming Awards (CEEGAwards) 2017. During the last 30 days, companies have submitted or have been nominated to compete for the most prestigious gaming award of the region. The buildup of […]
International betting integrity body ESSA has elected a new Chairperson and expanded its board. GVC’s Heike Mayer succeeds outgoing ESSA Chair, Mike O’Kane, who has held the position since 2012. The ESSA board has also expanded to reflect its growing membership, with Mike O’Kane’s Jon Russell and David Foster of Paddy Power Betfair strengthening the […]
28 September, 2016 – Award-winning provider Realistic Games and award-winning platform supplier BetConstruct agreed on a content distribution deal. The reigning EGR Mobile Supplier of the Year has joined forces with BetConstruct to offer customers both its table and slot games. The content roll-out will include Realistic’s market-leading versions of blackjack and roulette, as well […]
Since our last interview, many things have happened and Romania has become one of the largest gambling markets in the region. Congrats for this achievement! How many online operators are there with a valid license and how many are you forecasting for 2016? Currently, on the Romanian market 19 online gambling operators are legally operating. […]