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Malta-based online gaming operator Aspire Global has signed an agreement for Quickfire, powered by Microgaming. Later this month, Aspire Global will go live with the Quickfire platform, adding Microgaming’s popular titles to its existing content portfolio and enabling its white label partners, and their players, to enjoy games such as Game of Thrones™, Thunderstruck, Terminator 2™ and plenty more. Aspire Global and …

Online casino authority Casinomeister (Casinomeister.com) has named Videoslots the ‘Best Online Casino of 2015’. Malta-operated Videoslots has taken home the award voted for by members of the Casinomeister forum for the second year running, beating short-listed contenders 32Red, Betat, Guts.com and Mr Green. Voting for Videoslots, Casinomeister members detailed that the casino offered attainable top value promotions, combined with an …

Stockholm listed sports betting software supplier Kambi (Kambi Group), has been selected as proprietary betting platform for Malta igaming operator Leo Vegas. The agreement will see Leo Vegas, one of the fastest growing businesses in the igaming sector, enter the European sports betting market utilising Kambi betting provisions and software. Announcing the partnership today, Leo Vegas governance aims to increase …

EnergyCasino.com, the online casino with its own Energy drink brand, has reaffirmed its commitment to the UK market by recruiting Daniel Hurley as its new UK Country Manager. Hurley is joining from BetSocial where he handled the firm’s marketing & affiliates. Before that he held roles at GuruPlay, YouWin and Mansion. He will be making his debut for EnergyCasino at the London Affiliate …

Online and Retail Betting and Gaming technology provider BetConstruct has announced that its Sportsbook product has been certified for physical devices in a casino environment by an internationally recognized testing laboratory, Quinel M Ltd. The product was tested against the Maltese Gaming Act Regulations S.L 400.01, and this certification applies to both the bookmaker and cashier client modules. As part …

Stockholm listed betting operator Betsson AB has announced the appointment of former Google Europe senior executive Marion Gamel as Group Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Gamel joins Betsson AB as the operator looks to expand its multi-brand growth strategy throughout new European markets in 2016. As new CMO she will be charged with leading Betsson group new group marketing initiatives, strategic …

Sports betting integrity watchdog Federbet is suing the Malta Football Association (MFA) on liable charges regarding claims the Maltese governing body made regarding its operations. The charges relate to MFA public claims made last week by integrity officer Franz Tabone who stated that Federbet concerns regarding widespread match-fixing in Maltese football were completely “baseless and motivated by the organisation’s commercial …

Fredrik Burvall, CEO of European igaming operator Cherry Group AB has announced the appointment of Jonas Wåhlander as Chief Executive of its digital gaming division ‘Cherry Online’. Cherry Group governance stated that the appointment had been made to support its ongoing aspirations to drive digital growth and profitability. Wåhlander has 15 years’ experience in senior positions within online entertainment businesses, …

The Judiciary of Malta (crime court) is hearing the ongoing trial of former Betsson Senior Affiliate Manager Christiaan Alexander Van Dalen, who has been accused of defrauding his former employer of €153,000. Dutchman Van Dalen (41) has been accused of falsifying commission based traffic said to be referred to Betsson from ‘fake’ websites he created and managed as affiliate manager …

At last week’s Malta i-Gaming Seminar (MiGS), Gaming Economics participated in an industry panel discussing the issues surrounding sports integrity and betting. One essential question was debated; who has most to lose from fixed matches, corrupt governance, doping scandals and all the rest?  The sport itself, bookmakers, punters or fans? All have a special and vested perspective, of course, yet …