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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
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...
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
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...
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
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.
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
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....
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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