North America

The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has publically backed US professional sports leagues and the NCAA attempt to block sports betting in the state of New Jersey. The DoJ stated that the reversal of sports betting laws that would permit New Jersey licensed gambling premises to allow sports betting would be in breach of the federal state laws passed …

The four major US sports leagues (NHL,NFL,NBA,MLB) and the NCAA have filed a federal court motion to block  New Jersey sports betting in licensed state gambling enterprises (casinos and racetracks). A statement by the sporting leagues was sent to US news media outlets, reporting that the leagues had asked for federal courts to block any actions which favoured sports betting …

Metric Gaming LLC, have announced the appointment of Atul Bali as corporate strategy advisor, as Metric Gaming looks to expand its business and technology services in the coming months Mr. Bali is the President of the Games Division at RealNetworks Inc., having previously served as the President & CEO of Aristocrat Technologies Inc.  Prior to joining Aristocrat, Mr. Bali served as …

Online gaming systems provider GameAccount Network published its 2014 H1 interim results, recording a first half loss and revenue fall. The company posted a Gross Revenues of £13.2 million (down 22% on H1 2013 £16.98 million). The decline in revenues effected reported Net Revenues and Clean EBITDA. The system provider published a 53.5% fall in net revenues of 4.16 million …

New Jersey state officials have proposed adding a 0.25% tax on all sports wagers made within licensed state gambling enterprises. The proposed measures have been put forward in order to subdue corporate concerns regarding  sports corruption and match fixing. The proposal for 0.25% on sports wagers was penned by  Atlantic County state Senator Jim Whelan and New Jersey representative Vincent …

William Hill has announced the agreement of terms with the Seminole Tribe Florida owners of the Hard Rock  Hotels & Leisure and Casino Lake Tahoe to operate a sportsbook in the casino’s South Lake Tahoe complex. The deal will see William Hill expand its US retail betting operations within the states of California/Nevada, with the integration of the sportsbook inside …

Lottery and gambling technology providers GTECH SpA amended the payments terms of its $4.7 billion acquisition of International Game Technology (IGT). GTECH eliminated the terms which allowed investors to choose between all stock or all cash for holdings in IGT. The price of purchase set at $18.25 per share will be paid by GTECH offering $13.69 per share cash, plus …

Las Vegas-based Metric Gaming LLC,  provider of super live in-play sports betting platforms announced that Louis Castle has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors, replacing Peter Bertilsson who will be taking over as the company’s President & CEO. “It is with great pleasure that I welcome Louis Castle to chair Metric Gaming’s board,” said Mr. Bertilsson, remarking …

Ladbrokes has announced the withdrawal of its igaming and sports betting operations from the Canadian market . The operator issued a statement to Canadian players on Tuesday asking them to withdraw all funds from their accounts. Ladbrokes would no longer accept wagers or deposits from players and bank accounts registered in Canada. Canadian players have been given thirty days to …

GameAccount Network will be using its presence on booth 1616 at G2E to showcase a range of high profile usp’s including its Internet Gaming System, its world class content portfolio and its Simulated Gaming product which has been gaining real traction in North America. Assessing the importance of this year’s G2E, GameAccount Network Commercial Director Daniel Lindsay said:  “Success for …