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The European Commission has cleared the US-based Blackstone’s purchase of Spain-based Cirsa Gaming Corporation. With this, the US-based investment company and global alternative asset manager has finally completed its acquisition of one of the world’s largest gaming groups with casinos, bingo halls, gaming machines, arcades and distribution companies in Europe, Morocco and Latin America. The […]
After a three-month standstill period in the European Commission, the new gambling law will come into force in Malta on July 1. The act was proposed in the Maltese Parliament this spring and introduced to the EC for an obligatory review. It aims to dismantle the country’s current gambling regulatory system. The existing system grants […]
The Oregon Lottery is going to launch a mobile app that would allow users to bet on their mobile phones. This would be a welcome step after the landmark US Supreme Court ruling that paved the way to allow sports betting in the United States. “I think it’ll be good,” Kim Carpenter, a bartender at […]
The Labour Party of the UK has criticised the government for its delay in reducing the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). The opposition accused the government of being “fundamentally weak” and alleged that the ministers succumbed to bookmakers’ pressure to delay the cut till 2020. As per the new rule, the maximum stake […]
Monday, June 18; 2018, Malta – Wazdan, a leading supplier of award-winning slots to some of the most recognised operators in the igaming industry, has now established itself permanently in the igaming capital of Europe with a state-of-the-art office complex in Malta. Located on the edge of Malta’s Central Business District, this new office will […]
Jackpotjoy, the Gibralter-based online bingo operator, has released the last and final earn-out payment for its Spanish business Botemania. With this payout, the total cost of acquisition has become £63.5m. The Jackpotjoy segment – which includes Jackpotjoy, Starspins and Botemania brands – was bought from Gamesys in about three years ago. It was decided then […]
June 18, 2018, Valetta, Malta : New online gaming brand Klasino.com has become the latest operator to join the gaming software platform of White Hat Gaming, the market-leading casino content and platform provider. The launch marks the first partnership between White Hat Gaming and 8 Ball Games Ltd, which is part of Stride Gaming. Thanks […]
Betsoft Gaming, the premier content provider based in Malta-based has got the Best Casino Supplier of the year at the 2018 Malta iGaming Excellence Awards. This was the second edition of the Malta iGaming Excellence Awards 2018 (MIGEA). The award ceremony saw over 20 awards being distributed under various categories. A panel comprising representatives from […]
June, 2018 – Evolution Gaming, leading provider of Live Casino solutions, announced that it has signed an historic agreement with Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey to install a one-of-a-kind multi-camera Dual Play Roulette table, which will allow on-premise customers to play alongside online players. The Dual Play installation will be Evolution’s first outside […]
SG Gaming secures largest single UK Licensed Betting Office gaming supply deal including roll out of Equinox terminal range LONDON, June, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) (“Scientific Games” or the “Company”) today announced that the Company’s UK division, SG Gaming, has signed a landmark seven-year agreement with Ladbrokes Coral Group to continue to supply its cutting-edge terminals, innovative content […]
Vietnam’s National Assembly has expanded its legal sports betting market to include a wider variety of wager-worthy sports. Last week theNational Assembly voted 457-1 in favor of the new Law on Sports and Physical Training. The law, which is set to take effect on January 1, 2019, includes a provision covering legal sports wagering. Betting […]
The SAR government has declined a request to add more live-dealer tables to the City of Dreams Macau casino resort. Melco Resorts and Entertainment opened its US$1.1 billion Morpheus hotel at the City of Dreams Macau casino resort last Friday, but won’t be able to do exactly what it wanted to do. The Macau SAR […]
The venue for the first ever ICE Africa gaming show has been announced. It is the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event is scheduled to be held between October 24-25 Clarion Gaming, the organiser, declered that the choice had been made after consultations with the entire industry. Updating the industry on the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes It was in 1992 that the US Congress passed the Bradley Act. It was introduced by the New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, an NBA player in his youth. Officially, the Bradley Act is formally known as the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, or PASPA. The legislation practically banned sports gambling […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Ralph Infante, a former mayor of the northeast Ohio city Niles, has appealed his conviction after the court found him guilty of two charges: running an illegal gambling house and accepting bribes in exchange for jobs. The court sentences Infante last month for 10-year imprisonment. He has appealed the verdict and […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Luigi Di Maio, the new deputy premier of Italy and leader of the Five Star Movement (M5S) party, has called for “the prohibition of gambling advertising.” He was talking about the possible new moves by the ruling coalition government. He unambiguously stated that the coalition has a number of grievances against […]
Reading Time: 1 minute International Gaming Technology (IGT), one of the premier end-to-end gaming companies in the world, based in the USA, has announced his foray into the social gaming sector. The company, which holds the largest slot game feature patent portfolio in North America, has signed a patent cross-license agreement with FlowPlay Inc., a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian province of Quebec witnessed a surge in the popularity of online gambling in 2017–2018. The total business in the whole province touched CA$118 million in the fiscal 2017/2018 year, according to the annual report published by Loto Québec, the provincial crown corporation that conducts and manages all gaming operations […]
Reading Time: 1 minute GiocoNews, the gaming news website based in Italy, has conducted a panel discussion on esports as part of Social Media Week in Rome on the possibility of the esports’ inclusion in the Olympics. Angelo Cito, Fita president, which organises the Olympic Taekwondo preparations, said: “The idea of seeing esports at the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes FastBet, a Malta-registered entity operated by Bethard Group, has thrown its hat into the mushrooming ring of mobile crypto gambling based on blockchain technology. It claims it would revolutionise the gambling industry even further using Blockchain technology. Its pre-ICO phase has started. The ICO will begin on the 1st of July. Here […]