NetEnt Enters Portuguese iGaming Market with Betclic

by December 15, 2016

Leading Swedish casino games developer NetEnt announced the launch of its award-winning games on the regulated online gambling market in Portugal. Portuguese players are now granted access to select games from NetEnt’s portfolio which are live and available via licensed online ga ...

Japan’s Upper House Committee Approves Gambling Bill

by December 15, 2016

Japan approved the bill to legalize landbased gambling venues on its territory, despite fierce opposition on behalf of the country’s Democratic Party. The much-debated bill was approved by the Cabinet Affairs Committee, which is the key parliamentary panel in the country.The ...

Play’n GO to Supply Content to Latvian Casino Operator Optibet

by December 14, 2016

Swedish video slots supplier Play’n GO announced it has signed a deal with the Latvian sports betting and casino games provider Optibet. The agreement between the two parties will see Play’n GO’s full suite of mobile and desktop games rolled out across Optibet’s retail and online ...

Stanleybet to Implement Beehive Customer Marketing Tools

by December 14, 2016

European casino and sports betting provider Stanleybet announced it has sealed a deal with gaming marketing optimization leader Beehive. The latter is to supply its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools to the casino operator for implementation online. The agreement will s ...

Yggdrasil Gaming Announces Partnership with SuprNation

by December 13, 2016

Yggdrasil Gaming announced it has sealed the deal to provide its collection of video slots to SuprNation. The Yggdrasil portfolio of award-winning slots is to be incorporated into SuprNation’s debut brand, VoodooDreams.com.SuprNation’s debut brand will be granted access to a ...

Global Poker League to Launch GPL China in Early 2017

by December 13, 2016

The Global Poker League (GPL) announced its plans on entering the Chinese market in early 2017 by introducing a new Asia-exclusive poker tournament. The launch of GPL China is expected to take place after the 2017 Spring Festival in the country comes to an end in February. Plans ...

Integrated Casinos Bill Causes Disputes among Japanese Lawmakers

by December 13, 2016

Deliberations over the passing of a bill, which is to legalize brick-and-mortar gambling venues in Japan, will likely move at a slower pace as the ruling coalition in the country that proposed the bill faces resistance from opposition parties. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), ...

New Jersey Lawmakers Seek to Expand Online Gambling with a New Bill

by December 12, 2016

New Jersey lawmakers continue to search for new ways to give the state’s gambling industry a boost after voters rejected the referendum to approve casinos outside the territory of Atlantic City this past November. New Jersey’s gambling industry has suffered a decline which can be ...

PAGCOR Defends Its Role as Offshore Online Gambling Regulator

by December 10, 2016

PAGCOR, the Philippine gambling regulator, asserted its authority to regulate the provision of offshore online gambling services from within the country’s borders. Earlier this week, a non-governmental organization contested the regulator’s power in a filing to the Su ...

Playtech Unveils Christmas Roulette Live Casino Room

by December 9, 2016

Supplier of omni-channel services and products for the international gambling industry Playtech unveiled a special surprise for its licensees and their players. The company is set to launch a Christmas-themed live roulette room to celebrate the upcoming holidays.The room is ...

Game Lounge Expands into Japan with New Affiliate Website

by December 9, 2016

Game Lounge, the performance-based marketing division of Swedish gambling group Cherry AB, today announced the launch of its first Japan-facing affiliate website. As the company itself revealed, it has become the first within its business area to enter the Japanese affiliate mark ...

William Hill Loses On-Court Brand Exposure at Australian Open

by December 9, 2016

William Hill Australia will no longer enjoy a courtside exposure at the Australian Open, as confirmed by Tennis Australia President Steve Healey on Thursday. The next edition of the Grand Slam tournament is set to take place on January 16-29, 2017.The gambling operator, and ...

Sportech Wins £97-Million VAT Dispute with HMRC

by December 9, 2016

UK gambling operator Sportech announced that it has closed the final page of a seven-year tax dispute with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs after the Supreme Court had denied the latter party permission to appeal.The long-standing legal case stemmed from a VAT repayment fil ...

British MPs Recommend FOBTs Crackdown

by December 8, 2016

A cross-party group of British MPs said in an interim report published today that the maximum bets placed on fixed-odds betting terminals should be reduced from £100 to £2. In addition, the report urges the government to limit the number of betting shops that can operate in a giv ...

IGT Installs Gaming Cabinets at Panama’s Black Spade Casino

by December 8, 2016

IGT, an internationally recognized developer and distributor of gaming machines and other products for the gambling industry, announced that it has installed 148 slot machines at the recently launched Black Spade Casino at Aloft Hotel Panama in the Panama capital.Now, IGT’s ...