Australian Government Introduces Strategies to Fight Problem Gambling

by November 26, 2016

Australia has moved further forward in its crackdown on online gambling, as first reported by local media. The Federal Government and state ministers penned on Friday an agreement for the establishment of a National Consumer Protection Framework to curb social problems arising fr ...

Macau Casino Service Quality Hits Record High in Q4

by November 25, 2016

Service quality at Macau’s casinos has improved significantly in the fourth quarter of 2016 as compared to the prior-year period, a survey compiled by the Macau Gaming Research Association showed.According to the latest quarterly Macau Gaming Service Index, service quality h ...

Codere Apuestas Nets Real Madrid Sponsorship Agreement

by November 24, 2016

Spanish gambling operator Codere Group and La Liga football club Real Madrid C.F. signed a three-year agreement. Under its terms, the gambling company and its Codere Apuestas brand have become the Official Sports Bookmaker of the football club.The deal was penned during an o ...

Online Gambling Grows to Largest UK Gambling Sector

by November 24, 2016

Online gambling options accounted for 33% of the overall gross gambling yield reported for the period between April 2015 and March 2016, figures posted today by the UK Gambling Commission show.The total amount of £4.5billion in online gross gambling yield was generated durin ...

Ezugi Supplies Bulgarian National Lottery with Live Casino Offering

by November 23, 2016

Live casino supplier Ezugi announced that it would provide the Bulgarian National Lottery with its offering. Under a deal between the two companies, one of Bulgaria’s largest gambling operators will launch a dedicated live studio.The National Lottery’s online gaming brand 77 ...

Dubai-Based Amaya Bid Backer Denies Involvement

by November 23, 2016

Dubai-based investment fund KBC Aldini Capital Ltd. has cast a gloomy shadow over David Baazov’s C$3.6-billion bid to buy Canadian gambling giant Amaya Inc. The private equity firm’s CEO, Kalani Lal, denied on Tuesday any involvement in the deal.Mr. Lal told Canadian newspap ...

Florida Senate President to Support Seminole Blackjack Compact

by November 23, 2016

Florida Senate President Joe Negron, who was sworn in office on Tuesday, told media that he would support the passage of a new gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, if that meant that additional revenue would enter the state’s coffers.In 2010, the Seminoles and ...

iGB Affiliate Turns Eyes to the Nordics with Dedicated Affiliate Show

by November 22, 2016

iGB Affiliate, the organizer of the London, Amsterdam, and Berlin Affiliate Conferences, has added another event to its 2017 calendar. The Nordic Affiliate Conference is set to take place on April 7, 2017 in Stockholm and, as its name suggests, will be dedicated to the rapidly gr ...

Arizona Governor Ready to Approve Slots at Tohono O’odham Glendale Casino

by November 22, 2016

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and several state-based Native American tribes signed on Monday a memorandum of understanding that, among other things, would allow the Tohono O’odham Nation to add slot machines and table games at its Glendale casino. There were no Tohono O̵ ...

GameCo to Develop Skill-Based Gambling Products Based on Popular Paramount Franchises

by November 21, 2016

GameCo, known to be the creator of the world’s first skill-based gambling machines, has been licensed by popular film studio Paramount Pictures to develop games based on the latter’s blockbuster titles Mission: Impossible, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Paranormal Activity. ...

IGT Reports Q3 Revenue Rise on Strong Lottery Performance

by November 21, 2016

Developer, manufacturer, and distributor of gambling software and technology solutions IGT today reported its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. The company experienced another strong quarter as it could be seen from the numbers posted.I ...

Codeta Goes Live in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland

by November 21, 2016

Online gambling operator Codeta today announced that it has introduced its offering to a trio of German-speaking online gambling markets to further expand its presence in Europe and increase its customer base.Licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority, Codeta provides online cas ...

Ladbrokes Coral May Suffer the Most from FOBTs Clampdown

by November 20, 2016

Newly merged gambling operator Ladbrokes Coral may have its earnings slashed by a quarter, if the UK government launches a much talked about clampdown on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs).After selling 360 betting shops around the UK and receiving regulatory green light, L ...

William Hill to Take First Legal eSports Bets in US

by November 19, 2016

William Hill’s sportsbook at Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada will be the first such venue to legally accept wagers on eSports, thus marking historic industry first for the state and the US, as a whole.The bookmaker’s US division announced o ...

NYX Gaming Highlights Continued Revenue Growth in Q3 Report

by November 15, 2016

NYX Gaming Group, a Canada-listed online gaming developer servicing multiple international operators, today reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2016. Group revenue roared in the reviewed period to reach C$54.4 million, reflecting a 308.9% increase from the sam ...