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French football league signs new digital rights deals

French football league signs new digital rights deals

The French football league has signed digital media rights agreements with three companies that will see goals, highlights and interviews from Ligue 1 matches broadcast for free on the internet.

Ontario issues RFI for expansion of private-sector gaming

Ontario issues RFI for expansion of private-sector gaming

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the expansion of private-sector gaming, which it says will enable it in five years to contribute an additional...

German lotteries attack stubborn Länder as income falls

Germany’s state lottery operators have witnessed a €200m fall in income during the first four months of 2012, despite the launch of the new Eurojackpot game which they had hoped would reverse the downturn...

Worldlink looks to expand mobile betting platform

UK-listed Worldlink Group plc has launched a white label mobile betting offering for Ramsgate Football Club which utilises services provided by betting concierge Bet Butler.

Indiana seeks private partners to grow state lottery

The State Lottery Commission of Indiana has issued a request for expressions of interest  from private vendors as it seeks to accelerate growth of the state lottery, which generated revenues of US$791m...

Leander launches RGS to aid direct integrations

Boylesports signs games deal with Net Entertainment

Spain’s Acrismatic selects Kambi for online sports betting

FTP staff wait on PokerStars takeover, reject Tapie advances

Survey: NJ residents oppose online gambling at casinos

Survey: UK remote gambling participation falls

bwin.party signs 10-year California poker agreement

Interview: Head of the Schleswig-Holstein Gaming Board

Interview: OpenBet prepares for Playtech challenge

Feature: Aristocrat launches first integrated US casino

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Leading gaming operators agree to pay Spanish back taxes

Leading gaming operators agree to pay Spanish back taxes

The Spanish government is looking at a tax windfall from online gaming operators who have agreed to pay taxes on their previous activities in the country in order to meet the requirements for licensing....

GigaMedia writes off struggling Everest

GigaMedia writes off struggling Everest

Glaring absent from GigaMedia’s first quarter results released Thursday was any mention of the Everest Gaming business, now a part of Betclic Everest Group, which has been suffering under the burden...

Danish regulator expects 2012 online revenues to top €250m

The Danish Gambling Authority (DGA) estimates that the newly regulated sports betting and online casino market in Denmark will generate approximately DKK1,870m (€251.6m) in gross gambling revenues during...

Paddy Power growth continues into 2012

Alongside posting a 28 per cent increase in total net revenues for the 19 week period ended May 15th, Irish bookmaker Paddy Power said Thursday that it will increase the resources assigned to mobile gaming...

Media Corp widens H1 loss after Purple Lounge troubles

Shares in Media Corp plc slumped by more than 40 per cent in London this morning after the company reported a loss from continuing activities of £1.3m for the six month period ended March 31st, exacerbated...

Online casino & games only bright spot for bwin.party in Q1

SNAI revenues hit by Q1 sports betting decline

AGTech revenues soar in first quarter

Strong Q1 revenue growth for Codere despite Spanish woes

Bingo.com hits Q1 loss despite revenue growth

Fortuna’s online growth offsets continuing retail decline

Sports betting growth leads JAXX to record first quarter

Scientific Games returns to profit following revenue growth

CryptoLogic hits first quarter loss as revenues drop

Rank Interactive revenues grow despite sports betting fall

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Barcrest partners with GameAccount for online launch

Barcrest partners with GameAccount for online launch

Scientific Games subsidiary Barcrest has signed a deal to launch a selection of its games online in partnership with GameAccount.

Dafabet.com adds ZonePlay to in-play offering

Dafabet.com adds ZonePlay to in-play offering

Buzz Sports has entered into an agreement to provide its ZonePlay in-play betting product to Asian facing gaming operator Dafabet.com.

Sportradar wins exclusive ITF live data rights deal

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has selected Swiss-based Sportradar as the exclusive worldwide distributor of rights for ITF Official Data, with the four-year deal set to commence next year....

Paddy Power’s transgender TV ad banned by the ASA

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a TV advertisement by Irish bookmaker Paddy Power which featured transgender people in a promotion ahead of Ladies’ Day at the Cheltenham Festival...

IGT adds Texas Hold’em Poker to DoubleDown Casino

Facebook app developer Double Down Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of International Game Technology (IGT), has added a new poker game to its suite of casino games in the DoubleDown Casino.

PokerStars launches Zoom Poker

bwin goes live with Evolution in Italy

BetSoftGaming expands Slots3 games portfolio

Interwetten taps F1's 500m+ viewership with Lotus deal

Boylesports expands in-play offering with Buzz Sports

WMS signs licensing deal with Konami for online content

Quickspin signs supply deal with Playtech’s GTS platform

FremantleMedia to develop Space Invaders online slot game

bet365 extends Stoke City FC shirt sponsorship

Microgame goes live with Evolution

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Legal & Regulatory

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White House says authority over online poker lies with states

White House says authority over online poker lies with states

The Obama administration has responded to a petition calling for the legalisation of online poker in the United States, saying that it is up to individual states to decide whether to permit the activity....

Chilean legislation seeks to legalize online gaming

Chilean legislation seeks to legalize online gaming

Lawmakers in Chile have introduced legislation to legalize online gambling and bring the activity onshore and under the control of licensed land-based gaming operators.

Delaware moves forward with internet gaming legislation

Legislation to authorise internet gambling in the US state of Delaware passed its first hurdle Thursday after the House Gaming and Parimutuels Committee voted to pass it to the House for a vote.

NYRA under threat as Genting withholds support payments

The New York Racing Association has come under attack from the state’s Racing and Wagering Board and Franchise Oversight Board following the appointment of chief operating officer Ellen McClain as the...

German court lifts online lottery brokerage ban in Bremen

The Regional Court of Bremen has ruled that the ban on online lottery brokerage in Germany is “inapplicable” following the expiry of the State Treaty on Gaming and therefore contravenes European law....

Illinois acts to parry hostile federal iGaming legislation

IPL cricketers suspended after spot-fixing allegations

European Lotteries call for exchange & spread betting ban

Committee approves New Jersey online gambling bills

Italian football faces up to latest match-fixing scandal

Sweden’s ruling parties unite to back gambling reforms

Belgium targets leading betting sites with new blacklist

Spain to issue first online gaming licences on June 1st

Schleswig-Holstein issues online sports betting licences

Malta’s LGA signs MoU with IOC’s sports monitoring body

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Blog

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PokerStars wins again

PokerStars wins again

The Stars and Tilt saga has taken another amazing twist but perhaps we should not be surprised by Stars’ startling move for its former rival.

Sports betting expected across the US

Sports betting expected across the US

Following the New Jersey referendum on sports betting, IMEGA chairman Joe Brennan predicts the emergence of a $500bn market.

Social casino games and the $1bn question

As an addendum to the social gaming feature we published earlier in the week we thought we would explore the make-up of the social casino games audience. It didn’t quite fit into the angle of the main...

Full Tilt saga crawls to a conclusion

We are going to try and explain what is happening at Full Tilt and where it goes from here...again

Codere versus the world

Sportingbet decision looks like a disaster but all might not be lost, according to Spanish lawyers

The law is an ass but it is the law

US strategic manoeuvres gather pace

Untangling Caesars’ online poker plans

Not the Hot 50 – the influential few

Night of a thousand stars begins with 50

IGT, social gaming and the $500m gamble

The US gets 2012 started with a bang

Swedes fear government may follow Finland’s lead

How Tapie pulled off the deal of the century

At least it’s better than the Schaldemose Report

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M&A

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ETX takes over WorldSpreads’ international businesses

ETX takes over WorldSpreads’ international businesses

Spread betting firm ETX Capital has expanded its international operations, snapping up WorldSpreads’ local offices in Greece, Spain and Denmark after the company fell into administration earlier this...

Media Corp announces Intabet acquisition; shares plummet

Media Corp announces Intabet acquisition; shares plummet

PurpleLounge.com owner Media Corp has terminated acquisition talks with Gaming Media Group in favour of a £1.53m bid for Intabet, with Intabet’s management taking over from Media Corp’s chairman and...

Perform Group makes €101m bid for RunningBall

Digital sports content provider Perform Group has made a €101m bid to acquire real-time sports data provider RunningBall.

Japan’s Docomo to acquire Winga owner Buongiorno

Japanese mobile phone operator NTT Docomo Inc has launched a tender offer to acquire all of the shares in Buongiorno S.p.A, the Italian mobile content provider and owner of the Winga online gaming brand,...

Rank agrees £205m acquisition of Gala Coral casinos

Rank Group has reached a conditional agreement to acquire 23 casinos and three non-operating licences in Britain from Gala Coral for a total consideration of £205m, making it the largest casino operator...

JAXX completes sale of lottery business for €12.5m

Unibet completes acquisition of MTG’s Bet24

Sale of SA Lotteries to private operator expected in H2

Amaya extends offer deadline to CrytoLogic shareholders

Betsson acquires Nordic Gaming Group for €65m

Playtech aims to go social with €95m acquisition

Media Corp confirms GMG reverse takeover talks

MTG’s Bet24 next up for acquisitive Unibet

GVC drops Betaland business

Amaya moves to close CryptoLogic acquisition

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People

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Nova Scotia brings gaming operation closer to government

Nova Scotia brings gaming operation closer to government

The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is changing the governance structure of the corporation responsible for managing gaming activities, which will be renamed the Nova Scotia Provincial Lotteries and Casino...

New CEO to head up Lotto24 following spin off from Tipp24

New CEO to head up Lotto24 following spin off from Tipp24

Germany’s Tipp24 has appointed its chief marketing officer Petra von Strombeck as the new CEO of Lotto24 AG, the German online lottery brokerage business which is to be spun off from Tipp24 at the end...

Sportech Racing president resigns

Sportech said Friday that Brooks Pierce, president of the company’s North America-facing Sportech Racing division, has resigned with immediate effect.

Claes Hallén to take over as CEO of Redbet

Redbet’s acting-chairman Claes Hallén is set to move into the chief executive’s office at the end of this month, replacing current CEO Jörgen Andersson who will join the company’s board of directors....

Mr Green appoints Ella Hall to newly created CMO role

Former Jackpotjoy marketing chief Ella Hall has been appointed chief marketing officer of online casino Mr Green.

Atul Bali takes over as head of Aristocrat Americas

NYRA ousts CEO and general counsel

Codere appoints interim CFO following resignation

32Red’s IT director steps down

HKJC brings in new director of racing development

Svenska Spel promotes marketing director to new role

NYRA suspends top execs after overcharging bets scandal

GTECH eyes expansion in Latin America & Caribbean

Nevada gaming agency appoints new division leaders

Betfair bolsters trading team ahead of sportsbook launch

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Industry Jobs

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Senior Linux Systems Administrator - UK

Senior Linux Systems Administrator - UK

Position: Senior Linux Systems Administrator Location: Liverpool Salary: £32,000.00

Senior Java Software Developer - UK

Senior Java Software Developer - UK

Position: Senior Java Software Developer Location: Liverpool Salary: £40,000.00

Polish Content Writer - Poland

Position: Polish Content Writer Location: Poland Salary: Negotiable depending on experience

Trainee Recruitment Consultant - IT, Malta

Position: Trainee Recruitment Consultant - IT, Malta Location: Malta Salary: Negotiable + Good Commission Structure + Benefits  

Operations Engineer - Malta

Position: Operations Engineer Location: Malta Salary: Attractive depending on experience

Business Analyst: Technical - Malta

Re-Conciliation Executive - Ireland

Player Development/Customer Service Specialist - Ireland

HR Manager - Malta

IT Controller - Gibraltar

Head of Gaming Content - Gibraltar

Sportsbook Publisher - Gibraltar

Head of Sports VIP - Gibraltar

Gaming VIP Account Manager - Gibraltar

Player Development Executive - Ireland