iGaming

GTECH S.p.A. has reorganised its Americas management team to meet its customers’ growing needs for an integrated offering across multiple gaming channels, including lottery, VLT, commercial casino, and interactive gaming. It has also created a new Lottery Management Services structure to meet lotteries’ increasing needs for greater efficiency and reliable profits through private or outsourced management services provided by GTECH. The new management team, …

Australian bookmaker Sportsbet has filed a Supreme Court injunction against Beteasy, in order to halt staff members defecting to new online betting operator Betasy.com. BetEazy.com, is the new sports betting brand of ex Sportsbet Managing Director and Founder Matthew Tripp. Sportsbet, who are owned by Irish gambling operator – Paddy Power filed a court injuncation with the State of Victoria …

Realistic Games and Paddy Power have created an industry first by embedding blackjack and roulette into the operator’s new sportsbook iPad App. The products allow users of the latest version of the App to switch between their betting slip and the table games without having to transfer money or leave the sportsbook. Paddy Power launched the games in time for the …

In a drive to target unlicensed igaming operators, the Belgian Gambling Commission (BGC) has updated the country’s Gambling Act, passed in 2011. New amendments issued to the Gambling Act of 2011, will allow Belgian authorities to prosecute Belgian players wagering on unlicensed igaming operators.  Belgian players who choose to wager on unlicensed igaming operators could face severe fines of up …

SBC affiliate correspondent Marc Pedersen reports from the iGaming North America show at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. I’ve only been out at the iGaming North America conference for one day, but already I’m getting a good feel for how the market is setting itself with regards to the opening up on online gaming. While there is lots of media …

Evolution Gaming, the world leader in video-streamed Live Dealer gaming, has announced that bwin.es has launched its live roulette service, Ruleta En Vivo, streaming from the Evolution live studio at Casino Rincon de Pepe in Murcia. The launch of Ruleta En Vivo at bwin.es reinforces bwin’s strong brand presence in Spain, where the company is the Official Online Gaming and …

The UK’s main gambling trade associations have joined forces to establish the Industry Group for Responsible Gambling (IGRG) – a new body that formalises the responsible gambling work that the associations carry out.  The IGRG provides a structure to better promote socially responsible gambling in the British gambling market. Building on existing relationships and work streams, it will also provide …

UK tabloid newspaper The Sun, part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp International, is set to target the UK sports betting market with the  release of its  own white -label online sports betting brand. I-gaming news source Creports that the popular UK newspaper is set to agree terms with sports betting operator BetVictor, who will operate and market the white-label brand …

Online payment service provider SafeCharge, a  majority owned  company by Israeli igaming  magnet Teddy Sagi, has announced its intentions to raise about $100 million by listing its shares on London’s junior Alternative Investment Market (AIM) stock exchange. A Company statement read that the payment provider was eyeing an April date for its flotation and further funding on the AIM. The …