David Sargeant Founder and Commercial Director at Zukido and IGaming Ideas reports from G2E in Las Vegas for SportsBettingCommunity.com AGA President Geoff Freeman opened Monday’s iGaming Congress at G2E with the strong message: “iGaming is here. Americans spent $3bn online in 2012.” So the question is no longer whether iGaming comes to the USA but how. With Nevada live, Delaware ramping …

Keith McDonnell is CEO of kmigaming.com and business development director at TotelFootball, the groundbreaking fantasy sports pools betting product. He will be representing TotelFootball in The Pitch at EiG 2013. Keith has extensive experience of global gaming markets, having previously served as managing director of Bodog Europe and Bodog Asia, while other previous roles include being head of online at …

Bloomberg sports data analysis division – BSports have announced a special session focusing on sports analysis and social marketing effects and influences on sports data. The Session will be hosted as part of Social Media Week London – September 23 – 27. The session will be hosted by Bloomberg Sports CEO Bill Sqaudron who will chair the debate session. The …

bwin.party have announced the resignation of non executive directors Tim Bristow and Geoff Baldwin with immediate effect. The resignations undertaken by the two non executive director, sees bwin.party remain compliant with UK Corporate Governance Code’s recommendations on independent and non-independent directors. The resignations also follow the company’s recent strategical decision to reduce the size of the board,  bwin.party stated that …

New casino game 5050Sports, which incorporates officially licensed archive video clips, has launched with variants fronted by and featuring Michael Owen, Michael Vaughan, Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton and Simon ‘The Wizard’ Whitlock. BetVictor is the first operator to partner with 5050Sports and the title has proven an instant success, going straight into the bookmaker’s top 20 games. The concept requires …

Following a full corporate re-brand and the dissolving of Spielo G2 / GTech G2 igaming divisions, GTech have announced the appointment of Matteo Monteverdi as Senior Vice President of of GTech iGaming Division. Matteo Monteverdi will now oversee igaming capabilities and strategy for GTech, taking over responsibilities from Walter Bugno, who becomes president and CEO of GTECH International. Mr Monteverdi who previously …

PIMS-SCA has been awarded the ‘Winner of Best Risk Management Company’ at the annual COGS awards (Awards for Marketing Support and Services ). Supported by the Institute of Promotional Marketing, The COGS Awards recognise the companies that provide outstanding service in support of promotional marketing campaigns. With over 25 years as the Promotional Marketing Industry’s ‘Silent Partner’, PIMS-SCA understands promotions, …

Delegates attending the forthcoming EiG (8-10 October, Barcelona, Spain) will gain a unique insight to the motivations, mindset and most importantly the methodology of Britain’s most successful card fraudster. Tony Sales, who at the height of his criminal ‘career’ was defrauding retailers, finance houses and financial institutions of £30 million through false identities, credit cards and other fraudulent schemes, will …

Mobile game maker Glu Mobile Inc. on Thursday priced its underwritten public offering of 6.3 million shares of its common stock at $2.10 per share.The price represents a 13 percent discount to Glu Mobile’s closing stock price of $2.41 on Wednesday. The shares fell 6 cents, or 2.5 percent, to $2.35 in premarket trading about 30 minutes ahead of the …