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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
Casino games supplier Leander Games has developed its own remote gaming server (RGS) to circumvent open platforms, which Leander believes are stopping smaller developers from getting their games to market....
Boylesports signs games deal with Net Entertainment
Irish independent bookmaker Boylesports is set to expand the portfolio of games available through its gaming site Boylegames.com following the signing of an agreement with Net Entertainment.
FTP staff wait on PokerStars takeover, reject Tapie advances
Full Tilt Poker’s employees at its Pocket Kings HQ in Dublin have been told that the PokerStars takeover is going ahead.
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
bwin.party digital entertainment plc has reported a marginal 1 per cent increase in total revenues to €215.9m (US$276.6m) for the first quarter of 2012, following declines in the company’s online sports...
SNAI revenues hit by Q1 sports betting decline
Italian gaming operator SNAI has reported a 10 per cent drop in revenues to €141.0m (US$181.4m) for the first quarter of 2012, following a continued decline in sports betting.
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
Online poker giant PokerStars has officially launched its fast-paced poker game Zoom Poker, which is also available for mobile devices on the Android platform.
bwin goes live with Evolution in Italy
Online gaming operator bwin has launched its new live casino offering in Italy through its partnership with live dealer gaming specialist Evolution Gaming.
BetSoftGaming expands Slots3 games portfolio
3D games developer BetSoftGaming has expanded its Slots3 games portfolio with the launch of two new video slot games.
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
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton introduced amended legislation this week which he says will help keep Illinois at the forefront of internet gaming in the United States and immunize the state from...
IPL cricketers suspended after spot-fixing allegations
Five professional cricketers from the Indian Premier League have been suspended by India’s national governing body for cricket following an undercover sting operation which alleged that spot fixing was...
European Lotteries call for exchange & spread betting ban
The European Lotteries Association has called for the prohibition of betting exchanges and spread betting to protect the integrity of sporting events. The proposal is amongst a raft of measures in its...
Committee approves New Jersey online gambling bills
New Jersey’s plans to offer online gaming moved a step closer yesterday after the Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee approved a bill that would allow state residents to gambling online...
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
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
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
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...
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
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.
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