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Teaming up with Russian Poker Tour and partner operator Vbet, BetConstruct organizes the annual live poker tournament taking place on July 13 in Armenia. Vbet Russian Poker Tour is a perfect opportunity for the game fans to come together for an 11 day tournament with the total guaranteed prize pool of $300.000. Armenia will be […]
4th July 2018 – The buzz created by the FIFA World Cup has reflected in the betting, with £77.4m being matched via BETDAQ so far – an average of £1.38m per game. There has been a trend of close matches generating higher volumes of trading, and despite being a dead rubber, England’s final Group G […]
Former Electronic Arts and Zynga executive Jeff Karp is joining Big Fish Games as managing director and president, responsible for leading the Seattle-based casual games company under its second corporate parent in four years. Big Fish Games founder and former CEO Paul Thelen, who oversaw the sale of the company to Kentucky Derby operator Churchill Downs Inc. for $885 […]
Jan Jones Blackhurst, a former two-term Las Vegas mayor and now executive vice president for public policy and corporate responsibility at Caesars Entertainment, urged the delegates of the World Gaming Executive Summit, being held at the W Hotel in Barcelona, to make use of the opportunity to dictate the responsible gambling agenda in the gambling […]
Leading online bookmaker seals two-year deal as official shirt sponsor 4th July, 2018 – Betway has agreed a landmark two-year deal to become the official shirt sponsor of Spanish La Liga side Deportivo Alavés. Nicknamed ‘Babazorros El Glorioso’ (The Glorious One), Deportivo Alavés is preparing for its third successive season in La Liga having finished […]
Rashid Taymasov was declared bankrupt by the Arbitration Court of Tatarstan. Rashid Taymasov is one of the founders of the “Azov City.” Royal Time Group LLC is one of two gambling operators in Russian gambling zone “Azov City”. Currently, Taimasov does not manage LLC Royal Time Group. However, he remains the owner and CEO of […]
Century Casinos, Inc. announced that its 66.6%-owned Polish subsidiary Casinos Poland Ltd. now holds a total of eight casino licenses in Poland, as compared to seven a year ago. After a rather turbulent few quarters where the official process for the award of casino licenses came under criticism especially for its late timing, which resulted in several casino […]
July 2, 2018 – Evolution Gaming, leading provider of Live Casino solutions, announced today that it has been selected by Svenska Spel to provide a complete Live Casino solution for the re-regulating Swedish market. According to Evolution, the new Svenska Spel Live Casino service will go live the moment Sweden’s new gambling law comes into […]
RTG Asia yesterday announced that, for a limited time, they will sponsor twenty free spins on their new game, San Go Zheng Ba (Three Kingdoms War), for almost all operator’s players and all new players and on any platform. “As the Asian arm of Real Time Gaming, the international online gaming software provider celebrating its […]
Local media outlets reported on Latvia‘s Ministry of Finance suggestion about not to tax winnings on gambling and lottery up to 7200 EUR. At present time in Latvia winnings that exceed 3000 EUR are taxed, this new law came into effect on the 1st of January 2018, this being a part in the countries tax […]
Six games rolled out in initial phase with more to follow Isle of Man, 4th July 2018 – Red Tiger Gaming, the award-winning slots supplier, has launched its games with online operator Gamesys. The partnership began with the supplier’s Dragon’s Luck and Arcade Bomb titles being introduced to the operator’s brands, with more slots and […]
Gaming software provider gets into the World Cup groove by unveiling new Brazilian-themed slots game 4th July 2018 – Pariplay Ltd., a gaming technology company serving iGaming operators, land-based casinos and lotteries, has launched Rio Fever, an original online video slot. Developed by Pariplay’s in-house studio, the game combines appealing aesthetics, tantalising bonuses and innovative […]
INTRALOT announced a five-year extension to its current gaming systems contract with the New Hampshire Lottery Commission. The extension will commence at the end of the current contract term of June 30, 2020, furthering the contract through June 30, 2025. The New Hampshire Lottery Commission is the first and oldest U.S. state lottery and continues […]
DraftKings, the Boston-based gaming company, launched its daily fantasy game for tennis on the inaugural day of the 2018 edition of Wimbledon Championship. Mark Nerenberg, DraftKings Vice President of Game Operations and Development said: “By expanding into tennis, we have an opportunity to provide a new and engaging experience for our current customer base while […]
Macau’s gambling revenues have fallen below estimates for the second month in a row, sending the stocks of major casino operators like Wynn Resorts Ltd. and Las Vegas Sands Corp. into a tailspin. Casino gross gaming revenue increased by 12.5 per cent, but it was still short of the projected rise of 18 per cent. […]
The Australian Senate has announced an enquiry into the contentious issue of loot boxes in video games. The Senate is also seeking public opinion on the matter. This has become a matter of debate in a number of countries. While some countries conclude that the practice of loot games amounts to gambling, some other countries […]
Slovakia’s Financial Administration has carried out the biggest illegal gambling crackdown ever in the country. The process resulted in the seizing of five so-called quiz machines seised and 75 gaming machines. Subsequently, tax officers confiscated the accounting documents of 14 companies that ran the businesses. The combing operation was held last month on June 28–29. […]
The participation in the Olympics seems to be the ultimate destination of Esports. There are a number of things to be done and a number of points to be discussed before it becomes a reality. The journey of Esports into Olympics is going to yet another tiny step ahead next month when the International Olympic […]
There is a seemingly eternal debate going on in the online gaming sector. Which of the cryptocurrencies are better suited for online gaming functionality: Ethereum or Bitcoin? Bitcoin seemed to have a natural first-mover advantage, as it was the original crypto. However, the other one is also catching up really fast. Which of the two […]
4 July 2018 – Nektan plc (AIM: NKTN), an international B2B and white label gaming software and services provider, announces its trading and business update for the three months and year ended 30 June 2018 (Q4 FY18 and FY18). The figures stated below are all unaudited. Managed Gaming Solutions (Europe) Nektan continued its momentum and […]