Legislation & Market
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Online gambling bill said to soon enter the discussion in Pennsylvania
Caesars to sell one of their division
It is said that Caesars Entertainment will sell off one of their online divisions, once the offer of about $4 billion (€3.5 billion) was received. Following the news of The Wall Street Journal, there are some companies and businesses of gambling industry, as well as media and entertainment companies that consider acquiring the Caesars Interactive […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
SDB Games joined by Martin
Martin founded Bonne Terre which is now owned by CVC Capital Partner and Sky, and trading as Sky Bet, which is one of Europe’s largest online gaming companies. Martin said: “SDB Games has several USPs which make the company an attractive proposition. “Firstly, it has developed a new generation of no-commitment fantasy sports games with […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Online gambling in Pennsylvania in June or never
Bill HB649 allows any of the 12 land based casinos to apply for a license to operate online gambling in Pennsylvania. There are many Pennsylvania’s neighbours that either legally run online poker or move closer to legalising it and it is argued that 2016 is the year for the state, especially as John Payne who […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Konami Gaming, Inc. Achieves LEED Silver Certification
The LEED status was awarded for the 316,000 square foot site with subterranean parking, car-charging stations, LED lighting, water efficient landscaping, responsibly-resourced building materials, and complete geothermal heating and cooling. Konami focused on supporting global community and environmental responsibility in all aspects of the company. The project gave Konami new opportunities to maximize efficiency in […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Leigh Nissim becomes Nektan CEO
Nissim is leaving IGT, another well known gambling software, cabinets and games developer, where he has been Commercial Director for IGT’s interactive division. Nissim is considered as an industry veteran, mainly because of the over 11 years of experience with previous experience gained in St Minver and GTECH G2, where he worked prior to the […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
KPMG questioned by Dutch MP on Curacao online gambling
The MP asked the question in an open letter published on the Dutch news and opinion website ThePostOnline. Van Raak said that KPMG often served as an external consultant for government-owned companies in Aruba, Curacao and St. Maarten and that he encountered the name of KPMG in his mission to expose the illegal gambling industry, […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Quickspin to be acquired by Playtech
Under the agreement, Playtech will pay a maximum consideration of six times Quickspin’s earnings before tax, interest, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), subject to a cap of €50 million. The initial payment is of €24 million for 100% of Quickspin’s shares on a cash-free and debt-free basis. The remaining maximum consideration of €26 million will be […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
William Hill partners with Betfect
Betfect has initially gone live with a beta version in October of 2014 and last year the social network launched a full website, with Ladbrokes as its first major partner. The site allows users to share and test their betting tips with other members and use their existing online betting account to place, copy and […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Daily fantasy sports temporarily legalised in Mississippi
Senate Bill 2541 was signed last week by Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant and it legalises daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests until July next year, when the state will reconsider the move. The new bill is effective from the first of July and it prohibits DFS operators and their immediate families in the state from playing […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Responsible Gambling Trust cleared of operating with a conflict of interest charges
As earlier this year, the Independed has reported that Jonathan Parke, husband of senior executive Dr. Jane Rigbye was given a lucrative research contract, the charity was scrutinized by the media. The complaint issued by the Campaign for Fairer Gambling (CfG) and Rethink Gambling received a response form the Charity Commision which sent a letter […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
5 Atlantic City casinos will shut down if North Jersey gambling comes through
In the referendum, the question of North Jersey is taken into account. With the new companies on the market, the position of three to five currently operating in the state Atlantic casinos will have to close, as the CEO of Resorts Casino Hotel informed other casino professionals on Thursday, during the panel discussion at East […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Play’n GO bolster South American team
Play’n Go, leading Swedish supplier, strengthens is South American team and assigned Staffan Cnattingius as Sales and Account Manager for the region. Cnattingius is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish and his aim is to secure an unprecedented growth in this region. Cnattingius first task is an introduction of Video Bingo. The Stockholmer has morethan 15 […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
No Bitcoin for Russians. Welcome 'Bitruble'
However, before the country moves any further with the plans, they want to outlaw Bitcoin in order to introduce its own digital currency. The idea is not very popular with all of the digital companies and individuals using the Bitcoin currency. The main problem that the Russian digital currency will face is the procedure of […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
The decline at Macau continues
Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau has released figures that show that the Chinese province accrued revenues of 18.4 billion patacas (€2.1 billion/$2.3 billion) in May. The presented figures has appeared to be even worse than the ones that many analysts had predicted. According to Shanghai Daily newspaper. the analysts made expectations of a fall […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Quickspin wins the Innovation in RNG Casino Software title at the 2016 EGR B2B Awards
The gala took place on Wednesday 1 June 2016, at The Pavillion at the Tower of London UK and honoured the best suppliers and service providers. The awards recognize the firms which have delivered exceptional and reliable customer care, innovative product development and success for their clients. In its category, Quickspin was put along with […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Yggdrasil Gaming granted Gibraltar licence
Yggdrasil Gaming Gibraltar can now host UK-based clients from its Gibraltar infrastructure. Yggdrasil was also granted a UK licence by the UK Gambling Commission in December last year with regard to its Maltese infrastructure. With its headquarters in Malta and offices in Gibraltar and Poland, Yggdrasil has achieved huge success over the past 12 months […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
eCOGRA to secure Romanian licensing
The move positions eCOGRA among the first testing agencies that have satisfied the strict requirements of the regulator in terms of experience, capacity, financial standing and management. CEO of eCOGRA says that the firm is committed to supporting its customers in each of the jurisdictions where they can opt to offer their products and there […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Former online gaming regulator joins Playtech
The company’s new Chief Policy Officer will engage with policy-makers and advise company executives on governmental policies at EU, national, state and local levels as well as provide the company with further business opportunities by developing new relationships and fostering existing connections with institutional organisations and industry stakeholders on a global level with the exception […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
DFS legislation put on hold in Illinois
Illinois’ lawmakers have decided to put on hold the publication of probable legislation materials concerning daily fantasy sports (DFS) in the state. The bill is one of the projects that were said to be finished until this Friday, but it appears that the final form of the bill will be published a little bit later, […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Responsible Gambling Strategy Board unveils new gambling-related harm strategy
The United Kingdom’s Responsible Gambling Strategy Board has announced plans to increase its efforts to minimise gambling-related harm by publicizing its new three-year strategy. The new National Responsible Gambling Strategy sets the agenda for a variety of organisations such as gambling operators, government, regulators, trade bodies, treatment providers, commissioning organisations and other public agencies. Responsible […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
World Match scoops two nominations at the EGR B2B Awards 2016
World Match has been nominated for the 2016 EGR B2B Awards in two categories: Innovation in slot provision and RNG casino supplier. The winner will be announced during the gala evening that will take place on June 1st at The Pavilion at the Tower of London. World Match, leader in the development of premium gaming […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Inspired announces first North American virtual sports deal with Spin Games
Inspired, the leading provider of Virtual Sports, Mobile Games and SBG Video Lottery, today announces that it has signed a deal with Spin Games LLC to deploy its Virtual Sports into the North American market, · Inspired’s Virtual Sports content will be deployed using Spin’s HTML5 RGS, The RocTM (Robust Online ClientTM) which provides gaming […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Michigan to introduce new legislation for online casinos and poker
Five years after Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA), the Senate of State of Michigan sits down to work on the amends to the document. Initially, the UIGEA banned sites that offered online gambling from allowing transactions with American financial institutions and as a result, making any online gambling illegal. Five Michigan state […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Inspired announces first Bulgarian deal with Decart Ltd.
Inspired, the leading provider of Virtual Sports, Mobile Games and SBG Video Lottery, today announces that it has signed a deal with Decart Ltd, enabling them to supply Inspired’s Virtual Games across retail, online and mobile channels in Bulgaria and foreign markets. · This deal marks the first ever deployment of Inspired’s Virtual Games in […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025