IGaming

TruNarrative security appoints Adam Doyle as gaming lead 

June 21, 2019

TruNarrative supplier of global financial crime protection services has confirmed the appointment Adam Doyle as its new head of gaming, strengthening the firm’s commercial development for gambling sector incumbents. TruNarrative provides a real-time processing platform that supports gambling firms and operators to comply with multiple jurisdictional regulations. TruNarrative’s CEO and founder, John Lord, commented: “We have experienced rapid growth since …

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Global Gaming moves to challenge Swedish Ninja Casino suspension

June 17, 2019

The governance of Global Gaming AB has confirmed that it will challenge Swedish gambling inspectorate Spelinspektionen suspension of its Ninja Casino property. This morning, Spelinspektionen issued an update detailing that it had revoked with immediate effect the license of Global Gaming subsidiary SafeEnt, the operating firm of Ninja Casino. SafeEnt has been charged with multiple failures relating to ‘care of …

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Spelinspektionen suspends Global Gaming’s Ninja Casino property

June 17, 2019

Spelinspektionen, Sweden’s gambling inspectorate has moved to suspend Ninja Casino, the flagship online casino property of Stockholm-listed Global Gaming AB with immediate effect. Issuing a market update, Spelinspektionen has discovered ‘major deficiencies’ in the running of ‘SafeEnt’, a Global Gaming subsidiary operating the Ninja Casino brand. Moving to suspend SafeEnt, The Swedish inspectorate has found several operator failures related to …

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Paf becomes Grand Casino Luzern’s ‘technical partner’ for Swiss opening

June 17, 2019

The governance of Paf has disclosed that the Åland Islands-based gaming operator will act as ‘lead technology partner’ for Grand Casino Luzern, as Switzerland initiates its new online casino regime. This June the Swiss Federal Council, approved an initial four online casino permits awarded to local operators – Grand Casino Baden, Grand Casino Luzern, Casino Davos and Swiss Casinos Pfäffikon. July …

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JPJ Group moves on enlargement by acquiring Gamesys for £490 million

June 13, 2019

The governance of London-listed JPJ Group Plc has this morning confirmed that it has reached a ‘conditional arrangement’ to acquire operating partner Gamesys Limited outright. JPJ has put forward a £490 million transaction, moving to acquire Gamesys platforms and the operated brands of Virgin Games, Virgin Casino, Monopoly Casino, and Heart Bingo. Founded in 2001, Gamesys is the former operating …

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Unibet UK operator makes £1.6m settlement with Gambling Commission

June 13, 2019

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The Gambling Commission has told the industry it needs to be seen to ‘step up on social responsibility’ after Platinum Gaming, which is licensed to operate Unibet.co.uk and uk.bingo.com, became the latest company to make expensive failures in its social responsibility and anti-money laundering procedures. Following a Gambling Commission investigation, the company has agreed to pay £1.6 million in a settlement with …

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BetConstruct powers Online Betting Ltd through ProgressPlay

June 13, 2019

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BetConstruct has powered the launch of Online Betting Ltd through white label gaming platform provider ProgressPlay. Online Betting Ltd is available now at https://onlinebetting.ltd.uk, while an iOS app is expected to launch before the end of 2019. Through BetConstruct, the new betting brand offers more than 55,000 pre-match events and 30,000+ live matches every month across 140 different sports. Online …

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The community benefits to complement day-to-day business

June 12, 2019

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Making employees happier and more productive during office hours can bring far-reaching benefits for businesses from any sector. However, this focus on well-being has been sweeping the gambling industry in recent years, as companies search for the right community aspects to complement day-to-day diligence. Microgaming was hailed as one of the ‘The 10 top coolest offices in the UK‘ just …

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Gamesys to pay £1.2m for social responsibility & AML failures

June 12, 2019

Online gambling operator Gamesys (Gibraltar) Limited will pay £1.2m for failing to prevent gambling harm and breaching money laundering regulations, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has announced this morning. Gamesys operates the newly launched Virgin Bet, sports data site Live Score and a range of further igaming sites. The regulator launched an investigation into the operator’s processes after police investigations revealed …

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BetConstruct hires Hoffman as Vbet’s global marketing lead

June 7, 2019

Industry technology supplier BetConstruct has confirmed the appointment of Viktor Hoffman who will be tasked with overseeing global marketing directives for BetConstruct’s Vbet brand. Prior to the appointment, Hoffman has been acknowledged for his work with the Addison Global’s challenger brand, MoPlay having also been tasked with the development and launch of a successful diversification strategy as CPO, and later CEO of …

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