iGaming

The Portuguese Ministry of Finance and the Inspecção-Geral de Jogos (IGJ) have draft the proposed final  legislation for online gambling and sports betting, which will be reviewed by government officials  before the Portuguese governmental break on July 10th. Regional news sources have reported that the review of the bill, has been moved  ahead of schedule in order for Portugal to …

Amaya Gaming Group has agreed a sensational US$4.9bn (£2.9bn)  deal to acquire The Rational Group, operator of the world’s biggest online poker brands PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. The deal is backed by Blackstone Group LP’s credit division, GSO Capital Partners, which will buy more than $600 million in convertible preferred shares and other securities. Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Macquarie …

Mobile content optimisation start-up Fresh 8 Gaming, a finalist at this year’s Betting on Football Awards, aims to improve player acquisition by using dynamic advertising widgets combined with data and geo-location mapping in order to serve the viewer better targeted messaging with regards to igaming and sports betting products. This week, Team SBC catches up with Andrew Sharland Managing Director …

Betfred senior management have taken the decision to withdraw its online poker operations from 19 countries, citing uncertain ‘regulatory and general licensing processes”. Betfred currenty operate online poker services using the Playtech owned iPoker Network as its poker platform. International poker player platform PokerStrategy.com, a poker affiliate/partnership website owned by Playtech broke the news of the operators exit from numerous …

bwin.party announced the appointment of Daniel Silvers as Non-Executive Director. The appointment of Daniel Silver came after last month’s announcement of board changes for the operator. Silvers currently serves as president of activist investor SpringOwl, as well as on the board of directors of India Hospitality Corp. Silvers has prior gambling experience having served on the board of directors for …

BlingCity casino players have won over 2.3 million Euros in the first month since the online operator launched. Daniel Sahlin, CEO of BlingCity Casino, commented: “I’m very happy for our players, our intention for the players is to have fun at the tables and win, looks they have managed to achieve both – says Daniel with a smile… I would …

Sports betting developer Arland has integrated with the Quickfire platform to gain access to its popular gaming content. Arland’s Bookmaker gaming platform offers sports and in-play betting as well as virtual games, casino games and live dealer. In order to increase the platform’s online casino offering, Arland has entered into an agreement with Quickfire, powered by Microgaming. Arland selected Quickfire …

GameAccount Network  has concluded an agreement with the Novomatic Group’s i-Gaming solutions provider Greentube Interactive Entertainment Solutions, to distribute its games to GameAccount Network’s operator partners in Europe. This agreement follows similar agreements struck with land based gaming brands such as IGT, Bally, Aristocrat and SG Gaming. GameAccount Network’s use of a content agnostic, open invitation platform enables operators to …

LeoVegas.com, the winner of last year’s “innovation in casino” category at the EGR awards, is continuing to lead the way into the mobile future by launching the next mGaming experience in iTunes App Store. Attempting to stay true to LeoVegas.com’s “mobile first” strategy, the firm says that the App provides an ‘unparalleled gaming experience’. Available for both iPhones and iPads, …