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Lightning Box expands omni-channel games deal with William Hill

Sydney-based gaming supplier Lightning Box has agreed a deal to develop two more exclusive omni-channel games for British bookmaker William Hill.

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Unikrn eyes $100m in UnikoinGold cryptocurrency token sale

Leading esports betting platform Unikrn is looking to raise $100m from the public token sale of its new UnikoinGold cryptocurrency, having raised $15m in a successful [...]

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Pragmatic Play confirms new head of marketing

Malta-based slot developer Pragmatic Play has confirmed the appointment of Victoria Bonner as head of marketing.

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Betsson Group

Betsson to begin marketing deposit limits to all players

Betsson is set to begin promoting the use of deposit limits across all of its brands after its research found that players who set deposit [...]

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Illinois Lottery awards private management contract to Camelot

The US state of Illinois has officially approved Camelot as the private manager of the Illinois Lottery.

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Lottoland

Lottoland hails “historic” insurance licence approval in Gibraltar

Online lottery betting operator Lottoland has been granted an insurance licence by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) in Gibraltar.

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Coral partners Socialitize for social gaming launch

Coral Interactive has signed a deal with social gaming developer Socialitize to launch a new Coral branded betting game on Facebook.

The game provides players with a virtual money betting experience on both real and virtual sporting events, together with tournament and challenge betting.

“We know that many of our customers, both [...]

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Ladbrokes readies sportsbook launch after profitable 2012

UK bookmaker Ladbrokes has reported a 9 per cent increase in digital net revenues to £178.1m for the full 2012 year following strong growth from the company’s online sportsbook, which is expected to be re-launched before the end of the first quarter.

Ladbrokes said that product development in 2012 was focused [...]

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Gauselmann’s edict adds Sheriff Gaming to casino platform

Online casino games developer Sheriff Gaming has signed a deal to provide its portfolio of 3D slot games and scratch cards to Merkur Interative’s online gaming platform provider edict egaming.

The deal will enable edict’s customers to access Sheriff Gaming’s catalogue of 3D games including the likes of Gold Raider, Dr. [...]

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London’s Hippodrome Casino launches online

London’s Hippodrome Casino has launched a new online casino offering powered by Betway, with Microgaming providing a suite of popular casino games and mobile gaming applications.

The casino said that its Hippodromeonline.com offering mirrors the range of gaming available at its London-based venue, the biggest casino in the UK, with online [...]

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Profit declines at Cherry despite revenue gains

Sweden’s Cherry has reported a 28 per cent increase in total revenues to SEK473.1m for 2012 following a record performance from its Restaurant Casino business during the final quarter of the year.

Fourth quarter revenues increased by 52 per cent to SEK177.1m, inflated by non-recurring items relating to the purchase price [...]

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WMS expands into UK market with SkyVegas.com deal

WMS Industries’ online gaming subsidiary Williams Interactive has signed an online content licensing agreement with SkyVegas.com, the online casino division of British satellite TV broadcaster BSkyB.

The deal will provide SkyVegas.com with access to WMS' portfolio of online slot games for desktop and mobile gaming platforms, through OpenBet's RGI (Remote Gaming [...]

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Chris Ferguson agrees Full Tilt settlement with DoJ

Professional poker player and former Full Tilt Poker shareholder Chris Ferguson has reached a settlement with the US Department of Justice, agreeing to forfeit $2.35m together with an undisclosed sum held in a Full Tilt related account controlled by Ferguson, while admitting no wrongdoing.

The settlement, which must still be approved [...]

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LCG posts 2012 loss as revenues hit by low market volatility

London Capital Group Holdings (LCG) has reported a 27 per cent fall in revenues to £28.6m for 2012 following a 50 per cent drop in revenues from its core UK financial spread betting business during the second half of the year.

LCG said that 2012 proved to be a difficult year [...]

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Online gaming drives revenue growth for Finland’s Ray

Finnish state-controlled gaming operator Raha-automaattiyhdistys (Ray) has reported a 4.9 per cent increase in full year revenues for 2012, with the online gaming segment recording year-on-year growth of over 66 per cent.

Ray’s 2012 revenues climbed 4.9 per cent year-on-year to €775.1m, with growth across all segments. However, a 2 per [...]

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Typhoon releases latest version of wagering platform

Australia’s Typhoon Gaming has released a second version of its Typhoon wagering platform which it will look to licence to customers including tote operators.

The launch comes after the company’s agreement to upgrade Tote Tasmania’s wagering platform was cancelled following the Tote’s recent sale to Tatts Group.

Typhoon chairman Nicholas Plowman [...]

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Denham steps down as CEO of London Capital Group

London Capital Group (LCG) has confirmed that Simon Denham has stepped down from his role as CEO of the company and will be replaced by former Marex Financial CEO Mark Slade.

Denham co-founded LCG’s financial spread betting business, Capital Spreads, with Rachel Woodford in March 2003.

He served as LCG’s chief operating [...]

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Betsson acquires Automaten online brands for SEK286m

Swedish gaming operator Betsson had entered into an agreement to acquire the brand and domain rights to Cherry’s Automaten online gaming brands which includes SverigeAutomaten.com, NorgesAutomaten.com and DanmarksAutomaten.com for SEK286m (€33.8m).

As part of the agreement, Cherry has acquired Betsson’s CherryCasino.com for SEK1.0m.

Betsson is already responsible for the operation of the [...]

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