NYX Gaming to Design Fixed Odds Betting Platform for New Zealand Racing Monopoly

by January 24, 2017

Canada-listed supplier of omni-channel betting and gaming content NYX Gaming Group today announced that it has penned an agreement with the New Zealand Racing Board (NZRB) to design a fixed odds betting platform for the gambling agency.The NZRB is holding the monopoly over t ...

GVC Holdings Boosts Personalization Efforts with Beehive Deal

by January 24, 2017

Provider of marketing optimization solutions Beehive today announced that its tools have been deployed by online gambling operator GVC Holdings and more particularly by its Playtech-powered iGaming brands.The move comes as part of GVC’s efforts to devise its multi-channel ma ...

Pennsylvania Legislature Granted New Extension to Solve Casino Tax Issue

by January 24, 2017

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court gave state lawmakers four more months to find a proper solution to a casino tax issue that has left more than $140 million in tax payments to host municipalities in limbo.Last year, the state’s highest judicial body ruled that an agreement sign ...

Vietnam Allows Locals to Play at Select Domestic Casinos

by January 23, 2017

Vietnamese citizens will no longer be prohibited from playing at local casinos under a three-year pilot program introduced by the government on Friday. The partial lift on a long-standing ban that prevented local players from entering domestic casinos would allow them to visit an ...

Florida Appeals Federal Judge Ruling on Seminole Blackjack Exclusivity

by January 21, 2017

The State of Florida appealed on Thursday a court ruling made by a US District Judge last November that allowed the Seminole Tribe to keep blackjack at its casinos until 2030. The appeal filing has come as the latest development in a prolonged legal battle between the Seminoles a ...

Las Vegas Casino Giant Pays $7-Million Fine to Close DoJ Bribery Investigation

by January 20, 2017

A more than a five-year US Department of Justice probe into Las Vegas Sands’ promotional activity in Macau and China has been concluded after the casino operator agreed to pay a $7-million penalty.The major casino company was investigated for allegedly breaching a federal an ...

Gibraltar Suffers Heavy Blow in UK Remote Gambling Tax Regime Case

by January 20, 2017

The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA) has received another heavy blow in its more than two-year-long Point of Consumption tax dispute with UK’s HM Revenue and Customs.An Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union said on Thursday that Gibral ...

Yggdrasil Gaming Marches Toward Another Regulated iGaming Jurisdiction

by January 19, 2017

Developer and supplier of online casino content Yggdrasil Gaming has directed its expansion efforts toward yet another regulated jurisdiction. The company today announced the beginning of a certification process that would ensure that its products are compliant with Italian iGami ...

Philippines Deports First Group of Chinese Illegal iGaming Workers

by January 19, 2017

Officials from the Philippines’ Bureau of Immigration have confirmed that the country has begun deporting the Chinese citizens who were detained late last year for working for an illegal online gambling business.More than 250 people were deported in the period between Decemb ...

Kindred Group Launches Online Casino for Swedish and Norwegian High Rollers

by January 19, 2017

Online gambling operator Kindred Group (recently re-branded from Unibet Group) announced the launch of its newest online casino. The Storspiller brand is live now and is intended for high roller players from Sweden and Norway.The gambling operator noted that it has a small g ...

Caesars’ Main Operating Unit Wins Court Approval to Exit Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

by January 18, 2017

Casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. has been given court approval to commence a restructuring process under a plan it presented last year. The move also gives the green light to its main operating unit – Caesars Entertainment Operating Company (CEOC) – to exit Chapter 11 ...

888poker Exits Slovenian iGaming Market

by January 18, 2017

Shortly after it had become known that 888poker would no longer accept Australian players, word has leaked out that one of the world’s largest online poker rooms would also leave the Slovenian iGaming market.The move comes at a time when the Central European country is in pr ...

US Solicitor General to Brief Supreme Court on New Jersey Sports Betting Case

by January 18, 2017

Good news has come for New Jersey’s effort to legalize sports betting within its borders after the US Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it would ask the new Solicitor General for an opinion on the matter.New Jersey has appealed a lower court’s decision that its attempt to b ...

Cherry Confirms CEO’s Departure

by January 17, 2017

Swedish gambling group Cherry AB announced the departure of its CEO, Fredrik Burvall. Mr. Burvall will stay with the company until mid-2017. He is to be replaced by Anders Holmgren who has been appointed as acting CEO until the search for a permanent Chief Executive is completed. ...

First Licensed Online Poker Room Goes Live in Croatia

by January 16, 2017

Croatia’s first licensed online poker room – SuperSport – was launched last week and, according to initial information, has so far beaten traffic expectations.The website was expected to go live in mid-2016 but owners decided to delay launch for regulatory reasons. Und ...