Monthly Archives: September 2016

Microgame signs deal with Mondogoal for the launch of a “Daily Fantasy Sports” Network

Great news for all sports fans in Italy: Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS), the popular game which merges the skills of a sports director with those of a soccer coach, will arrive in the Microgame world thanks to the agreement with Mondogoal, a company specialized in DFS and leader in the UK and USA market.

Microgame Group, the leading Service Provider in Italy, has the intention to replicate the success of its other network products also with DFS. The game will soon be available on more than 80 partner web sites and many other gambling operators have already shown interest in the engaging product and are eager to participate in the new Network right from the beginning.

“It has always been Microgame’s strategy to provide our partners and their players with the most comprehensive game portfolio available on the Italian market and with DFS we certainly add another important item to our rich offering,” explained Marco Castaldo, CEO at Microgame. “We are convinced that combining our experience with a competitive product such as the one offered by Mondogoal we can become the first Italian Network even in the field of DFS. ”

“We are proud to be working with Microgame and its family of over 100 brands.  Via Ikepono and Paolo Cisaria, we are now bringing Mondogoal to hundreds of thousands of new users in the Italian market.” explained Shergul Arshad, Ceo and Founder  at MondoGoal. “ In our opinion, DFS is the best place for a skill game bettor to participate in betting on the sport they love, and Microgame users, with a heritage in poker, are especially a great fit for DFS and thus the Mondogoal platform”

Fedor Holz Calls Out GPL CEO Alex Dreyfus for Late Currency Transfer Repayment

The Global Poker League’s Alex Dreyfus has come under fire, after Fedor Holz and two of his unidentified peers have questioned the entrepreneur’s accounting practices. According to two forum posts, Holz and 2+2 forum members “ValueH” and “BBVisbadforme” (whose actual names are unknown) agreed to a short-term transfer of US dollars to Dreyfus for a […]

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Coral unveil new in-house sportsbook; GalaBingo add prop bets

Gala Coral Group’s primary sports betting brand Coral has unveiled a new in-house sportsbook front end.

The new Coral sportsbook front end, which sits on the OpenBet back end, is intended to marry Coral’s various digital channels with a single technology. Smartphone and tablet options are already using the new in-house product, with desktop expected to follow in a couple months.

Coral Interactive sportsbook director Keith O’Loughlin says the new front-end is “slicker” than the previous offering. The in-house control will give Coral the capacity to “significantly accelerate our product innovation and it also gives us the flexibility to deliver a richer customer experience.” The bespoke front-end even adds some new features, including football visualizations and lottery betting.

Not to be outdone, Gala Coral’s top bingo brand has introduced a new Side Bets feature it hopes will liven up the game for fans.

Report: Vietnam waffling on allowing locals in casinos

Vietnam’s new gambling law might not lift the ban on locals in casinos after all, according to a media report.

In June, the Lottery and Gambling Division of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) submitted its long-awaited draft of Vietnam’s revised gambling law, which reportedly included a recommendation on lifting the longstanding ban on local residents setting foot on the country’s casino gambling floors.

But on Monday, Thanh Nien News reported that a subsequent draft had reversed course, maintaining the restriction that limits casino access to foreign tourists and Vietnamese holding foreign passports.

The paper quoted unidentified senior MoF officials saying the Ministry was “continuing to study and gauge the social impacts” of allowing Vietnamese citizens to enter casinos. The MoF was reportedly keen to educate the government decision makers on the potential ramifications this could have on “organized crime, gambling addictions, money laundering and other illicit activities.”