Global gaming entertainment giant International Game Technology has partnered with bwin.party digital entertainment to launch many of IGT’s top-performing interactive games on the bwin platform. IGT is supplying its content to bwin.party, which has recently launched online poker and casino offerings in New Jersey under the license of Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa (a long-term IGT land-based casino customer), for …
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The organiser of July’s GiGse has confirmed that an unprecedented 45 expert industry speakers will be appearing exclusively at the 14th annual iGaming event, taking place across 14-16 July, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco. The exclusive line-up of thought leaders – which includes representatives from Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Atari, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, Nevada Senate, …
Read More »New Jersey is set to allow sports betting by the start of September, despite the federal ban on the activity outside of Nevada, Delaware, Montana and Oregon. Senator Ray Lesniak has been bullish in predicting that New Jersey will allow sports betting by the start of the American Football season if the US Supreme Court decides not to review the …
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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 …
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Bally Technologies, Inc is to spend up to US$100m acquiring Dragonplay Ltd, the online social casino company headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with top-grossing applications for Android, as well as a significant presence on Facebook and Apple iOS. Launched in 2010, Dragonplay ranks among the 10 top-grossing game developers in the social casino genre with approximately 700,000 daily active users (DAU) …
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Online payment solutions provider Optimal Payments has announced its VIP sponsorship and attendance at the 14th annual Global iGaming Summit & Expo (GiGse) from July 14 to 16, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco. GiGse brings together over 700 of the top executives and decision-makers in the regulated iGaming market to discuss the latest trends and emerging developments …
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A report from Commercial Intelligence found that promotions tied into land-based casinos are the most effective incentive for online players in New Jersey, which effectively demonstrates how different the newly regulated US iGaming market is from its European counterpart. “This is the most important finding of this survey,” said Jim Ryan, a member of the Consumer Insight Group, assembled for …
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Following positive feedback from its portfolio of US racing, Turf TV will be adding a third US fixture to the existing package, which will be introduced in June and regularly scheduled from September. Each additional fixture will be backed up with a full fixed-odds pricing service from the outset. Adrian Ford, MD of Turf TV, said: “The addition of US …
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The global industry body representing social games companies with over 300 million players, the International Social Games Association (ISGA), has released research by Harvest Strategy into the evolution, use and impact of social games. The report undertakes both a review of existing academic literature and data surrounding social games as well as a survey of consumer behaviour and perceptions across …
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Slots developer Aristocrat Leisure Limited has revealed that group performance for the six months to 31 March 2014 was ahead of the prior corresponding period, with reported profit after tax and non-controlling interest of AUS$57.4m representing a 9.1 per cent increase over the prior year. The firm said that the result was driven by improving operational delivery, particularly share growth …
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