Monthly Archives: July 2016

CEEGC 2016 Speaker profile – Tom Light – The impact/results of In-Play betting on Euro 2016 and the importance of being present in emerging markets

The organizers are proud to announce that Tom Light will be among the speakers of the “Hot Topics of the Online Gambling Industry in Europe” panel at the CEEGC 2016 which will take place in Budapest on the 20th of September 2016.

A seminar type conference which is designed to encourage a Pan-European dialogue and create an in-depth report of the Central, Eastern and Northern European markets, with an additional Balkans gambling market overview allowing operators and suppliers to monetize the value of their reputations.

Tom John Light was born and presently resides in Tel Aviv, Israel. Tom has lived and traveled worldwide and is highly knowledgeable and experienced working in various global regions.

Tom has been working in the gaming industry for many years with a focus on casino operations and sports betting. Currently Tom acts as Vice President of Business Development at SBTech. He is renowned for his role as Vice President of Business Development at FashionTV. Additionally Tom has successfully served as CEO for several online gaming companies such as 7Red Casino and 1King Casino.

Lottomatica Shops Go Live with Vermantia Broadcast Services

Vermantia, leading omni-channel provider of Virtual and Live Sports Content to licensed operators and lotteries globally,announces today the delivery and launch of Lottomatica’s new retail content management system for betting shops and corners with the company’s brand “BETTER”. Through the migration onto Vermantia RETAILbroadcast services and point-of-sale technology, Lottomatica will now provide the first HD satellite channel to the Italian gaming market, offering Inspired Gaming virtual games and two state-of-the-art live betting and virtual games channels.

Vermantia will broadcast and operate three bespoke gaming channels for BETTER’s retail network, including a live sports betting channel, based on more than 10,500 live sports events per year, real-time data and statistics in partnership with global leader Perform Group. For the live betting channel, Vermantia has created a brand new user interface, especially designed to meet Lottomatica players’ needs.

Filippos Antonopoulos, “Vermantia” CEO, said:

“The specific project was a quite challenging one both from technical and time-to-market aspect. We are happy to have delivered this solution for Lottomatica’s estate, which provides our partner with the ability to dynamically enhance and expand the gaming content offer to its betting customers. We strongly believe in the fundamental role of live and virtual content in the growth of retail gaming, and strive to provide our partners with enabling and innovative technologies.”

Entertainment Gaming Asia shrinkage after Cambodia, Philippines slots sell-off

Slots operator Entertainment Gaming Asia (EGA) has further streamlined its operations by selling off its slot machines at gaming venues in Cambodia and the Phillippines.

In March, EGA rejigged its slots supply deal with NagaWorld, the Phnom Penh casino operated by NagaCorp. The previous deal gave EGA a 25% share of the net win of the 670 electronic gaming machines (EGM) it leased to NagaWorld, while the new deal paid EGA a fixed rate per machine that decreased as time went on.

Last week, EGA announced that the leasing deal with NagaWorld had been terminated as of June 30 and it had opted to sell all 670 machines to an undisclosed third-party in Cambodia for $2.5m.

EGA announced a similar sale of 154 EGM it had been leasing to the Leisure World VIP Slot Club in the Philippines. This lease agreement also expired on June 30 and EGA sold the machines to a company “‘principally engaged in the gaming, recreation and leisure businesses” for $750k.

Front Runner: Gamevy’s innovative content goes live on Marathonbet.com

Gamevy – winner of Pitch ICE 2015, Game to Watch 2016 and a 2016 EGR B2B Award – has launched its full range of pioneering games on MarathonBet.com.

Marathonbet is known for searching for innovative content and promotions for its players – as well of course for its partnerships with leading football clubs. Gamevy has worked in close partnership with the Marathonbet team to develop a football instant win with cash-out and where a player’s choices really matter. Together, Gamevy and Marathon Bet have plans for even more ambitious games and collaborations.

“Gamevy really stand out,” said Alex Ratcliffe, Casino Product Owner for Marathonbet. “They’re approach to instant win games really drives engagement – and we think our players will really enjoy having more control in the games they play.”

Gamevy’s innovative content has proved a hit in Germany, Austria, Sweden and the UK. For Marathonbet its games will now be available in Russian as well. Aimed at a broad customer demographic, Gamevy has shown that its new genre of quiz and instant win games offer incremental revenue rather than cannibalising existing slots revenue.

Front Runner: Gamevy’s innovative content goes live on Marathonbet.com

Gamevy – winner of Pitch ICE 2015, Game to Watch 2016 and a 2016 EGR B2B Award – has launched its full range of pioneering games on MarathonBet.com.

Marathonbet is known for searching for innovative content and promotions for its players – as well of course for its partnerships with leading football clubs. Gamevy has worked in close partnership with the Marathonbet team to develop a football instant win with cash-out and where a player’s choices really matter. Together, Gamevy and Marathon Bet have plans for even more ambitious games and collaborations.

“Gamevy really stand out,” said Alex Ratcliffe, Casino Product Owner for Marathonbet. “They’re approach to instant win games really drives engagement – and we think our players will really enjoy having more control in the games they play.”

Gamevy’s innovative content has proved a hit in Germany, Austria, Sweden and the UK. For Marathonbet its games will now be available in Russian as well. Aimed at a broad customer demographic, Gamevy has shown that its new genre of quiz and instant win games offer incremental revenue rather than cannibalising existing slots revenue.

Front Runner: Gamevy’s innovative content goes live on Marathonbet.com

Gamevy – winner of Pitch ICE 2015, Game to Watch 2016 and a 2016 EGR B2B Award – has launched its full range of pioneering games on MarathonBet.com.

Marathonbet is known for searching for innovative content and promotions for its players – as well of course for its partnerships with leading football clubs. Gamevy has worked in close partnership with the Marathonbet team to develop a football instant win with cash-out and where a player’s choices really matter. Together, Gamevy and Marathon Bet have plans for even more ambitious games and collaborations.

“Gamevy really stand out,” said Alex Ratcliffe, Casino Product Owner for Marathonbet. “They’re approach to instant win games really drives engagement – and we think our players will really enjoy having more control in the games they play.”

Gamevy’s innovative content has proved a hit in Germany, Austria, Sweden and the UK. For Marathonbet its games will now be available in Russian as well. Aimed at a broad customer demographic, Gamevy has shown that its new genre of quiz and instant win games offer incremental revenue rather than cannibalising existing slots revenue.

Games to Watch: Gamevy provides award-winning content in a deal with Iforium

Two award-winning companies have joined up to deliver innovative instant win and skill games to i-gaming operators.

Gamevy’s unique skill gameshows and instant wins featuring cash-out and player choice, will be available on the Iforium’s Gameflexplatform from Monday 11th July. Gamevy burst onto the gaming scene with its gameshow-inspired games in 2015, when it won the inaugural Pitch ICE competition. Since then, the company has gone on to win Game to Watch at ICE 2016 and the EGR Skill Gaming Supplier Award, while its games are proving extremely popular with players in Germany, Austria, Sweden and the UK.

Original skill gameshows include The Heist and Gears of Fortune where players must prove their skill by answering quiz questions correctly to unlock the jackpots.

Instant Wins include the enormously successful Boss the Lotto – an instant win lottery style game. Here, the odds are in their favour with 43 winning balls and only 6 bad. Players double their money if they pick 6 balls, and win the £1million jackpot if they find all 43 winners and avid the 6 bad. In Diamond Deal players must seek out the 10 hidden diamonds, and keep an eye on their lives as they choose whether to cash out or keep hunting.

Quebec’s plans to IP-block online gambling sites meet their first official challenge

The Canadian province of Quebec’s controversial plan to IP-block online gambling sites is facing its first official challenge.

On Monday, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) filed an application (read it here) with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), asking it to reject Quebec’s Bill 74 as an unconstitutional challenge to federal control over the internet.

In May, the Quebec legislature approved Bill 74, omnibus legislation that contained language compelling the province’s internet service providers to block the domains of online gambling sites not run by the Loto-Quebec gaming monopoly or any privately operated sites that Loto-Quebec chooses to license (such as Montreal-based Amaya Gaming’s PokerStars brand).

Civil libertarians have decried Bill 74 as an unprecedented act of online censorship while recent court rulings have affirmed the precept that telecommunications fall under federal jurisdiction, making Quebec’s nakedly profit-based protectionism liable to a constitutional challenge.

WSOP AND One Drop Team Up for $1.1 Million Recreational Event in Monte Carlo

The World Series of Poker’s (WSOP) relationship with One Drop just became a little more interesting thanks to the creation of a new tournament series featuring another seven-figure spectacle. Guy Laliberté’s One Drop, which works to provide clean drinking water to impoverished countries, has been working with the WSOP since 2012. The inaugural $1 million […]

The post WSOP AND One Drop Team Up for $1.1 Million Recreational Event in Monte Carlo appeared first on .

Sportsbet launch Respawn streaming site, “the god-mode of eSports betting”

Australian sports betting operator Sportsbet has further bolstered its eSports bona fides by launching a new dedicated streaming and betting site.

Last week, Sportsbet announced the debut of Respawn, an eSports portal intended to corral more of the burgeoning eSports betting market. Sportsbet already offers eSports wagers alongside its more traditional betting offers but is now taking a run at popular streaming options from the likes of YouTube and Twitch.

News of Respawn first surfaced via the Sportsbet blog, which promised eSports fans live match statistics, tournament info, betting odds and “the fastest ESL (Electronic Sports League) stream in Oceania.” The site is available for both desktop and mobile devices and is promising an HD game stream “soon.”

Users have been invited to log on to Respawn using their Sportsbet account info or create an account from scratch. After that, they can indulge in all the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends, Dota 2, Heroes of the Storm and other eSports titles they have time to observe.

New Jersey and UK Agree to Pool Online Poker Liquidity

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has secured an “agreement in principle” with the UK Gambling Commission to share online poker liquidity between New Jersey and the UK. DGE Director told GGB News this week the move could lead to a “massive increase” in liquidity for New Jersey operators. “We’re very serious about […]

The post New Jersey and UK Agree to Pool Online Poker Liquidity appeared first on .

Private group offers Goa’s five floating casinos a new permanent home

The five floating casinos in the Indian state of Goa could find a new permanent home after a private investor offered to establish a “special offshore casino zone.”

In March, Goa’s state government bucked public pressure and controversially renewed the licenses of its floating casinos for a one-year period on the condition that the casinos find somewhere other than the Mandovi river to call home.

Over the weekend, Gayatriraje Chowgule told The Nahvind Times that she’d pitched the government on relocating the casinos to a stretch of land the family’s Chowgule Group owns along the Zuari river near Chicalim, about 3km from Dabolim international airport.

Chowgule said the family had approached the government in February but had yet to enter into agreements with the casino owners. Chowgule insisted that the family wouldn’t be “hosting the casinos … we are only facilitating the government” and it was up to the government to decide whether to authorize the casinos to dock at the site.