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Reading Time: 1 minute The increasingly stringent regulations over loot boxes all over the world are having their impact on Japanese gaming industry. Japan’s gaming industry, the global leader in the electronic gaming industry for nearly five decades, is facing the heat following the global clamp down against loot boxes. Japan’s game makers have […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The Russian government has adopted a new legislation for gambling zone investors in the country. According to the new law, if a gambling zone is closed or its borders are changed before the expiration of 10 years from the date of its creation, the actual damage suffered by the business will […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has penalized Caesars Entertainment and Golden Nugget for accepting bets related to New Jersey college football games. The DGE complaints were filed in November and fines were levied in December. These are the first known fines related to illegal wagers handed out […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Leading affiliate company Game Lounge, a subsidiary of Cherry AB (publ) – STO: CHER-B.ST – has today signed an agreement with Sweden’s largest media site, Aftonbladet. The deal provides Game Lounge with an additional marketing channel to market, operate and manage customer contacts to the casino sites holding Swedish licences, […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Better Collective has completed the acquisition of all shares in Ribacka Group AB, incorporated in Sweden. Ribacka group expects to generate a revenue of >6 million EUR in 2018, with operating earnings (EBITA) of >5 million EUR. The purchase price has been agreed to amount up to 30 million EUR, […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes This week, Boden Business Park is excited to announce that gaming veterans Peter Zetterberg and Thomas Lindgren are opening a new studio, Wanderword, in Boden, Sweden that will develop interactive audiobooks for mobile devices and smart speakers. In 1993, Zetterberg founded one of Sweden’s first gaming companies, Unique Development Studios […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Global Gaming’s subsidiary SafeEnt Ltd entered into an agreement with payment provider Zimpler, an up-and-coming payment provider in the Swedish market Global Gaming is planning to go live with Zimpler during the first quarter 2019 with its existing brands in Sweden. Zimpler has recently launched Zimpler GO, an innovative payment […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Today, the Swedish Gaming Authority (SGA) announced that Multilotto has been granted a Swedish license to operate as from the 1st of January, 2019. The license covers both Lottery and online casino games offerings from Multilotto. Multilotto is the leading online lottery brand in Sweden and for the past six […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The EQT Ventures fund (“EQT Ventures”) today announces that it entered an agreement to sell its ownership stake in the Finnish mobile gaming studio, Small Giant Games (“the Company”) to Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA), a leading social game developer, headquartered in San Francisco, California. The implied valuation of the Small Giant […]
Reading Time: 1 minute PokerStars and UFC partner for UFC® 232: JONES vs. GUSTAFSSON 2 in Las Vegas on December 29 UFC®, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization and PokerStars, the flagship poker brand of The Stars Group and the largest poker site in the world, today announced a new marketing sponsorship. Under the terms of the agreement, PokerStars becomes UFC’s first-ever ‘Official […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Stars Group Inc. (Nasdaq: TSG; TSX: TSGI) today announced that the Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled in its favor and reversed in its entirety the $870 million judgment issued against it by a trial court judge in December 2015. The Court of Appeals stated “[a]llowing a complaint, like the one put forth by […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Sauk Business Enterprises, one of the premier gaming operators in Oklahoma, has elected to replace their casino’s management systems with the Table Trac, Inc.’s CasinoTrac. Photo source: 500nations.com Black Hawk Casino located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, features over 600 games. At The Black Hawk Casino, their goal is a rather simple one: […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Clinton will oversee daily operations at Yonkers resort, continue role in Company’s Connecticut development efforts MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) (“MGM Resorts” or the “Company”) announced today that it has appointed Uri Clinton President & Chief Operating Officer of Empire City Casino in Yonkers, New York. In his new role, Uri will oversee daily operations […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Finnplay, the Nordic-based open gaming platform provider and gaming group announced that they were awarded an iGaming licence ahead of the opening of the re-regulated Swedish gambling market on January 1st 2019. Martin Prantner, the chief executive officer of The Finnplay Group, commented: “We’re delighted to have passed the stringent […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Belarusian Federation of esports will conduct a demonstration programme during the European Games cultural programme next year in Minsk. “We’ve been working towards the goal for a long time,” Denis Bogush, Belarusian Federation of esports chairman, said. “The accomplishment confirms the significance of the work we’ve done.” The Belarusian Federation […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Videoslots.com, the award-winning online casino operator, has integrated the electronic identification solution BankID on its website for the Swedish market. BankID speeds up the often-time-consuming process of validating and verifying user identities and the integration will allow Videoslots’ Swedish customers to access the site much faster. BankID was developed by […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Two US Senators—Senator Charles Schumer, from New York, and Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah—have introduced a new federal bill to regulate sports betting. The bill proposes standards for the states that offer sports betting in their jurisdiction. If the Senate approves the bill, the Justice Department will adopt the standards, […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Investment in talent and technology continues as supplier announces record-breaking 80% year-on-year revenue boost in 2018 iSoftBet, the market-leading online and mobile casino software provider, has unveiled former IGT and Playtech slots expert Mark Claxton as its new Head of Games. Claxton has been in gaming for more than 17 […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The present CEO of Caesars Entertainment, Mark Frissora, has plans to step down from the position in February 2019. The search for his successor is still continuing. It could take several months for the company to find the right person for the job. Carlo Santarelli, one of the Deutsche Bank […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Raketech, a leading online affiliate and content marketing company, today announced the launch of a new media product catering to the ever-growing cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Cryptimi.com delivers high-quality content that rates the leading digital currency exchange platforms and upcoming blockchain-based businesses. The new product was developed in Raketech’s Lab […]