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18th, July, 2018 – NetEnt is expanding its slot offering with the launch of the MAX product line. The concept simultaneously caters to different player groups and their motivations and allows operators to address different needs with one game launch and marketing push. MAX games are released in a tailor-made double game release for casual players […]
July, 2018 — It was a winning weekend for the Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 game, which awarded back-to-back jackpots in Columbia and Lancaster counties. A jackpot-winning Cash 5 ticket for the Saturday, July 14, drawing matched all five balls drawn, 14-29-30-31-43, to win $500,000, less withholding. Uni-Mart, 10 Main St., Benton, Columbia County earns a $500 bonus for selling the ticket. More than 32,000 other tickets also won […]
West Ham are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement with Basset & Gold to become the Club’s sleeve sponsor. Basset & Gold are a leading financial services firm based in the heart of the City of London, offering investors fixed income returns that are generated by providing financing to marketplace lending platforms and […]
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 […]
International gaming operators have raised their advertisement spending, touching NOK866m (€91m/$107m) on television advertising alone, in Norway last year in their bid to circumvent the government’s gambling monopoly. The Norwegian Gaming Authority (NGA) has brought new regulations to control the impact of unregulated gambling after a rise in advertising from offshore operators. Headed by acting […]
Hoosier Park Racing and Casino, Indiana Grand Racing and Casino and Three Off-Track Betting Facilities Expand Caesars’ Portfolio of Properties. Caesars Entertainment Investing $50M in Initial Property Upgrades LAS VEGAS, July , 2018 — Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ: CZR) (“Caesars Entertainment”) announced it has completed the acquisition of Centaur Holdings, LLC (“Centaur”) for $1.7 billion in cash, $1.625 billion of which was due at […]
18.07.2018 – The LeoVegas Group (“LeoVegas“) EBITDA for the second quarter of 2018 amounts to approximately EUR 15 million (approximately 17% EBITDA margin), which is higher than the company’s internal expectations. The reason for communicating the preliminary result early is that LeoVegas’ marketing costs in relation to revenue are approximately 35%. This is significantly lower than […]
Two of Canada’s biggest casino operators have exited from the bidding war over winning the license to operate casinos in Niagara Falls. Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd. and Great Canadian Gaming Corp. have withdrawn their bids after the prices of the two Niagara properties became too high. With the Canadian operators out of the picture, […]
Big Fish Games has a new headquarters to go along with its new leader. The Seattle-based gaming company, which was acquired by Australia’s Aristocrat Technologies for $990 million earlier this year, moved into its new office in Seattle’s Pioneer Square this week. In the appropriately named Maritime building, Big Fish has leased all the office space — 187,000 […]
TALLINN, Estonia, July 18, 2018 — Change, a Singaporean-founded company based in Estonia has launched a mobile application for buying and converting between different virtual assets with zero commission fees. As cryptocurrencies become mainstream, consumers look for options to add the novelty asset class to their portfolios. Unfortunately, this is often an expensive endeavor, as most […]
The Chinese police has cracked a gambling ring that uses an illegal cryptocurrency for betting on World Cup matches. The company got bets worth US$1.5 billion in cryptocurrency. This is believed to be the first ever cryptocurrency-based betting ring in the country. The Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department released a statement late last week announcing […]
The Thai police have nabbed thrice as many gambling suspects during this World Cup than they did for the 2014 tournament. The Royal Thai Police on Monday has arrested 15,007 punters including three minors from May 1 to July 15. Police also seised evidence and the assets of suspects totalling Bt51.2 million, deputy national police […]
18th July 2018 – Premium slots and table games provider Habanero has agreed to supply its games to Stanleybet’s customers in Italy. Knockout Football, a highly original slot designed to capitalise on football fever in Italy, will be among the titles integrated by the operator, along with other recent hits London Hunter, 5 Mariachis and […]
Play’n GO, the Malta-based slots supplier, is planning to release more music-led slots by joining hands with metal band Candlemass. Johan Törnqvist, the company’s chief executive, said creating House of Doom in collaboration with Candlemass was more rewarding than doing an IP deal, as suppliers have done previously. “We felt that we wanted to do […]
Aruze Gaming America, Inc. (“Aruze”) obtaines a license from Walker Digital Table Systems, LLC (“WDTS”) to the world’s most powerful RFID chip technology, PJM3.0. JULY, 2018 – Aruze Gaming America, Inc. (“Aruze”) is proud to announce that on June 20, 2018, the company obtained a license from Walker Digital Table Systems, LLC (“WDTS”) to the […]
London 18, July, 2018 – Leander Games has expanded its exposure to the North American market after signing a distribution deal for its content with Pala Interactive LLC. The deal will see Leander’s extensive catalogue games and those of its partners available for play on the CanPlayCasino offering. An online gaming website powered by the Pala […]
Mybet, the German online betting operator, has signed a deal to sell its online gambling division with an unrevealed “strategic investor.” The company sold the division to focus only on B2B and retail divisions. On Friday, Mybet Holding SE announced that it had signed a non-exclusive term sheet for the sale of its Mybet.com B2C […]
William Moyes, the chairman the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), has urged the gaming industry to raise standards. He was presenting the organisation’s annual report. He said while 2017–18 was a year of “considerable change” for the local market, there could be more changes as the UKGC changes its approach on the industry. The UKGC chairman […]
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has received three applications to start casino-style online gambling in the state ahead of deadline. The discounted rate to get the state’s casino owners is $10 million. Pennsylvania became the fourth state to legalise online casino gambling, joining Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware, after Governor Tom Wolf signed a law […]
Wednesday, July 18; 2018, Malta – Wazdan’s blockbuster Fruits Go Bananas was launched at iGB Live! this morning to an enthusiastic gathering of operators, platforms, aggregators, affiliates and the media. Fruits Go Bananas is the 10th game that released by Wazdan this year, outpacing their momentum in 2017 when they averaged 2 games per month through the […]