iGaming

Following the securing of its first South American online gambling provisions supplier agreement with Argentine gambling operator Grupo Slots, industry platform provider Sirplay has detailed that it will look to open offices in Argentina. Updating stakeholders Sirplay leadership informed that it was reviewing its options with regards to growing its presence and services for the South American gambling sector. The …

Nasdaq-listed Penn National Gaming (Penn), becomes the latest US land-based gambling operator to enter the social gaming space by announcing the launch of ‘Hollywood Classic Slots’ a social casino with over 30 slot titles. Its new social product will be operated by new division Penn Interactive Ventures, formed following its August acquisition of Rocket Games for a reported $60 million …

NetEnt has hired Therese Hillman as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), starting on January 9, 2017. Hillman is also part of the audit committee on the board of directors at Unibet. A member of the board of directors at Unibet since May 2015, Hillman has spent the past five years as CEO of Gymgrossisten, a subsidiary of the Qliro Group. She …

Northern & Shell UK news publisher Express Newspapers, have agreed to a real money and social games partnership with industry content and platform provider Gaming Realms. Confirming the partnership, Gaming Realms governance disclosed that Express Newspapers’ the ‘Daily Express’ and ‘Daily Star’ would launch of two new online gaming websites, Star Wins and Express Wins.  The UK gaming websites will …

Bolstering its European online casino inventory, FTSE 250 operator GVC Holdings (GVC) has announced that it has signed a major games content agreement with Microgaming’s Quickfire division. Supplied by Microgaming Prima Networks the GVC brands of bwin, partycasino and partypoker will be over 50 games titles supplied by Quickfire for their casino product offerings’ in the regulated markets of Bulgaria, …

Online poker news sources are reporting that OnGame Network (OnGame), one of the industry’s oldest poker networks will close down this October. The poker network which has had multiple owners including bwin.party Entertainment and Amaya Inc, in recent years’ has suffered from declining active player numbers affecting its game liquidity. At its peak, Ongame was a leading European B2B poker …

Phil Cronin the Founder & Chief Executive of Tombola, the UK’s biggest online bingo operator has today confirmed that his firm is ready to push ahead with its plan to build a £5 million Sunderland ‘business campus’. Speaking to North-East news sources, Cronin stated that Tombola was preparing to expand its development arm by adding 80 new software focused roles …

Industry marketing optimization specialist Beehive has reached an agreement with social casino operator Wizits Ltd. to manage its multi-channel marketing initiatives. The deal will initially see Beehive’s industry-leading marketing tools used across Wizits’ Slotagram, Fashion TV Games and Win Vegas brands, with an additional, soon-to-be-launched brand also part of the agreement. This latest agreement displays the flexibility of Beehive’s unique CRM …

Updating the market this morning, industry platform and software provider EveryMatrix has confirmed the appointment of Glen Bullen as Casino Sales Manager for its CasinoEngine division. Bullen joins EveryMatrix having served as VP of B2B Sales for Gibraltar-based lottery operator Lottoland. Bullen an igaming veteran, has further served commercially focused executive positions at Odobo, CyberArts, ECM and WagerWorks. Detailing its …

Rank Group subsidiary Mecca Bingo will launch its new high coverage UK marketing campaign with TV personality Louise Redknapp. Redknapp who is currently appearing on BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ (series 14), will front Mecca Bingo’s new ‘We Know the Feeling’ UK nationwide campaign which will launch on multiple advertising formats. Updating the market, Mecca Bingo stated that the high-visibility campaign …