SOFTSWISS Marks Estonia Gambling Market Entry with Kingswin Purchase

SOFTSWISS Marks Estonia Gambling Market Entry with Kingswin Purchase

by December 5, 2019

Online gambling provider SOFTSWISS is set to wrap a transformational year that saw it form important partnerships, introduce a new logo, and unveil plans to venture into new segments of the industry.Most recently, the company secured entry into a new market through an acquis ...

Australian Banks Could Ban or Limit Credit Card Gambling

Australian Banks Could Ban or Limit Credit Card Gambling

by December 5, 2019

Australian banks are seeking public input into plans for the implementation of restrictions or a ban on credit card gambling, it emerged today.The Australian Banking Association today released an 8-page consultation paper on the use of credit cards for gambling and invited t ...

Fewer Swedes Gamble in 2019 and Fewer Believe Operators Take Social Responsibility Seriously

Fewer Swedes Gamble in 2019 and Fewer Believe Operators Take Social Responsibility Seriously

by December 5, 2019

Fewer Swedes seem to be gambling, despite the reorganization of the local gambling market this past January, Sweden’s latest annual survey on gambling participation shows.Commissioned by the Swedish Gambling Authority, the survey has been conducted annually by opinion pollin ...

Danish Gambling Watchdog Warns 888 to Strengthen AML Controls

Danish Gambling Watchdog Warns 888 to Strengthen AML Controls

by December 4, 2019

Online gambling operator 888 Holdings was caught breaching Denmark’s money laundering laws by failing to report a customer’s suspicious transactions to competent authorities and to address the issue in a timely manner.In a probe into the matter, the Danish Gambling Authority ...

Playtech Boss Could Get £30 Million Bonus Subject to Share Price Performance

Playtech Boss Could Get £30 Million Bonus Subject to Share Price Performance

by December 4, 2019

Playtech Chief Executive Mor Weizer could trouser more than £30 million worth of company shares under a newly proposed bonus scheme that is yet to be approved by the gambling technology giant’s board.Playtech said Tuesday that it will hold a shareholder meeting on December 19 ...

Ocean Hires Terry Glebocki as Atlantic City’s Sole Female Casino CEO

Ocean Hires Terry Glebocki as Atlantic City’s Sole Female Casino CEO

by December 4, 2019

Long-time financial executive Terry Glebocki has been appointed as CEO of Atlantic City’s Ocean Casino Resort after serving in the role in an interim capacity since August.Ms. Glebocki has thus become the sole female casino boss in Atlantic City and has joined a handful of fe ...

BetEasy Now Fully Owned by Stars Group, Founder Matt Tripp Makes A$250m Exit

BetEasy Now Fully Owned by Stars Group, Founder Matt Tripp Makes A$250m Exit

by December 4, 2019

Australian bookmaker Matt Tripp is set to make a full exit from BetEasy, the sports betting operation he started in 2013, after he and his management team have agreed to sell their 20% stake in the business to majority stakeholder The Stars Group.The Stars Group, which curren ...

Relax Gaming Concocts and Serves Up Wildchemy Slot

Relax Gaming Concocts and Serves Up Wildchemy Slot

by December 3, 2019

During medieval times, alchemy was a science shrouded in mystery and secrecy. Online gaming provider Relax Gaming is transporting players to that turbulent era with Wildchemy, the latest addition to its library.Wildchemy is a 5×5 medium volatility online slot with state ...

Stakelogic Hits Next Big Milestone with UKGC Supplier License

Stakelogic Hits Next Big Milestone with UKGC Supplier License

by December 3, 2019

Online slots creator Stakelogic today announced that it is ramping up preparations to enter the UK online gambling market after being given the go-ahead by the nation’s gambling regulator.Stakelogic will be able to launch its full library of classic and modern video slots af ...

NetEnt’s Live Casino Arm Wraps Busy Year with Auto Roulette Studio Launch

NetEnt’s Live Casino Arm Wraps Busy Year with Auto Roulette Studio Launch

by December 3, 2019

Swedish online casino content supplier NetEnt presented earlier today its new Auto Roulette Studio, the latest enhancement to its live roulette portfolio in a year that saw the company pay special attention to its live casino product.Auto Roulette Studio merges a Classic Aut ...

Rick Salomon Loses Fight to Reclaim $2.8 Million Poker Debt from Saudi Sheikh

Rick Salomon Loses Fight to Reclaim $2.8 Million Poker Debt from Saudi Sheikh

by December 3, 2019

US poker pro Rick Salomon was denied a $2.8 million payday he sought to reclaim in a lawsuit filed in a French court against a member of one of Saudi Arabia’s richest families.Salomon argued that the defendant in the lawsuit, Saudi sheikh Raad al-Khereiji, owed him $2.8 mill ...

MGA Games, Paddy Power Betfair Clinch Casino Content Supply Deal

MGA Games, Paddy Power Betfair Clinch Casino Content Supply Deal

by December 2, 2019

A few days after one of the busiest events on the iGaming calendar wrapped up with a bang, Paddy Power Betfair and MGA Games announced today that they have penned a content supply deal namely during the latest edition of the SiGMA iGaming Show in Malta.Under the terms of the ...

Soft2Bet Granted Swedish Licenses for YoYo Casino, CampoBet Brands

Soft2Bet Granted Swedish Licenses for YoYo Casino, CampoBet Brands

by December 2, 2019

Online casino and sports betting operator Soft2Bet has been granted license approval from the Swedish Gambling Authority to go live and operate in the Scandinavian nation’s recently reorganized iGaming market.The gambling company announced that after receiving license from S ...

Hellinikon Casino Bidders Threaten to Sue Greek Authorities

Hellinikon Casino Bidders Threaten to Sue Greek Authorities

by December 2, 2019

As the long-stalled €8 billion Hellinikon integrated resort project is on the verge of another delay, the mega-scheme is also facing legal action from the two companies that are bidding for the right to build a €1 billion casino complex as part of the larger resort.US casino ...

Rick Salomon’s Poker Debt Case against Saudi Sheikh to Be Decided Today

Rick Salomon’s Poker Debt Case against Saudi Sheikh to Be Decided Today

by December 2, 2019

Rick Salomon, whose saucy lifestyle and love for high-stakes poker action are no secret, will today find out whether his bid to reclaim $2.8 million he claims he is owed by a Saudi sheikh will be successful in a southern France court.The Grasse High Court will issue its rul ...