Author: OnlineGamblingDaily

Atari, a pioneer developer of home video and arcade games, is reportedly moving forward with plans to build a cryptocurrency casino in one of the largest districts within Decentraland metaverse, called Vegas City. The move is in line with an increasing trend in the gaming industry, which also sees a new NFT project called Sand Vegas Casino Club (SVCC) creating multiple virtual casinos. According to PSFK iQ Report released this month, titled Brand Strategies For The Metaverse, Atari plans to build and open a virtual casino in Vegas City featuring Atari-themed games as part of an initial two-year loan term inside…

A bill seeking to legalize sports wagering in Missouri is heading to the House floor for debate following a committee vote on Tuesday, while three other proposals also aiming for sports gaming legalization will have public hearings today, March 9, in the Senate Appropriations Committee. The push comes as sports betting proponents face opposition from backers of VLT legalization, who argue permitting their vertical would provide larger state revenues. Additionally, sports gaming is also seeing criticism from lawmakers who agree legalization would bring profits – but only for casinos and nothing for their communities, reports Missouri Independent. Estimates position the…

NOVOMATIC announced Tuesday the launch of its new DIAMOND X 2.32 cabinet, which was described by the company as featuring a “captivating design, incorporating a black metro finish contrasted by a dynamic LED lighting concept that creates a visually enclosed framework for the crisp presentation of game content”.  The new cabinet presents updated visual elements such as the facelift of the grill on the front door panel, as well as the indirect silhouette lighting concept, featuring LEDs for intelligent game-synced color effects. The main monitor features are two large 32″ full HD game screens with PCAP touch on the bottom…

A bill seeking to legalize sports betting in Minnesota was approved by the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee on Tuesday. HF778 would allow Minnesotans to wager on sporting events both through mobile devices or in-person at brick-and-mortar venues. The proposal was passed, as amended, 14-4 by the House committee, reports the Minnesota House of Representatives news service. It has now been sent to the House State Government Finance and Elections Committee, where it is scheduled to be heard on March 15. “This legislation will bring about the most significant change to Minnesota’s gaming laws in many years,” said Rep.…

Cyprus-based gaming provider BETER announced Wednesday it is terminating co-operation with all Russia-based business partners.  Given the status of war between Ukraine and Russia, BETER’s senior management now considers the wider BETER global community as “morally unable to continue doing business with a country that is an aggressor nation for many of BETER’s partners and stakeholders”, as the company stated in an official press release.   Following the announcement, BETER will now cease all business activities with its operator partners in the country, as well as give notice on all co-operation with suppliers based in Russia. Given the status of war…

Macau’s government is keen on assuming control over the total number of gaming tables and slot machines available at casinos in the world’s largest gaming hub, officials confirmed in a meeting of the Legislative Assembly (AL) on Monday. Representatives reaffirmed their intention to be able to reduce the total number of tables and machines “at any point in time,” according to Macau Daily Times. Lawmaker Chan Chak Mo, president of the Second Standing Committee of the AL, said concessionaires have been calling for more gaming tables than actually needed over the years. A provision in Macau’s new gaming law, currently…

Ohio casinos posted strong revenues in February, continuing momentum gained in record-breaking 2021. According to figures released on Monday by the Casino Control Commission, the four casinos operating in the state posted an 11.3% increase in February over the past year. The four venues posted $75.2 million in revenue after all bets were paid, while the Ohio Lottery Commission announced that the seven racinos in the state were up 13.7% with $103.5 million in revenue. “If we look at where 2021 went, beginning with a lot of uncertainty and ending with the greatest year on record for commercial gaming it…

Content provider to the iGaming industry, Pragmatic Play, announced Tuesday it has made a €10,000 ($10.9K) donation to Malta-based Survivors of Abuse with Resilience (SOAR), as the world observes International Women’s Day on March 8. International Women’s Day is an important date in the calendar, with many entities coming together in the pursuit of equality in a social, economic and cultural sense. The annual event will see celebrations marked worldwide and Pragmatic Play’s donation to SOAR is the latest contribution to an important cause in one of its hub countries. SOAR provides one-to-one sessions for women who have been subject…

The United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) announced Wednesday it has fined online gambling business Bonne Terre Limited, trading as Sky Betting and Gaming, with £1.17 million ($2.23 million) for sending promotional emails to customers who had self-excluded or opted out of receiving marketing.  On 2 November 2021, during the industry’s annual Safer Gambling Week, the operator distributed a Sky Vegas promotional offer of “Bet £5 get 100 free spins” to 41,395 self-excluded customers and 249,159 customers who had unsubscribed from the operator’s marketing emails. Sky Vegas is owned by the global gambling firm Flutter Entertainment. These actions were considered a…

Since the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, gaming operators have seen increasing restrictions on online payments. Kristian Gjerding, CEO and Co-Founder of CellPoint Digital, a global fintech provider, explains in this guest column for Yogonet why they should design their payments network to accept any alternative payment methods (APMs) in order to enter global markets, drive revenues and successfully engage players. With this aim, the expert introduces and analyzes the concept of payment orchestration platforms. The pandemic saw a rise in the number of consumers taking advantage of digital technology. Digital payments were already growing popular but as shopping moved exclusively online,…

 March 9, 2022 Atlanta Falcons star wide receiver Calvin Ridley has been suspended for betting on NFL games. The League announced the suspension earlier this week, and while they are calling it “indefinite” they do confirm that it will be at least the entirety of the 2022 season. The NFL stated that Ridley was betting on NFL games in late November of last year while he was separated from the team for a “non-football illness” and not participating in games. He had left the Falcons team after just five games for his “mental well being”. Even though Ridley was away…

Located in the Italian exclave of Campione d’Italia in Switzerland, the recently reopened Casinò Campione welcomed guests again in January, with a new NOVOMATIC gaming offering integrated in its gaming floors.  Casinò Campione is one of just four Italian casinos and ranks among the largest in Europe. It was originally opened in 1917 and in 2007 moved to Lake Lugano. The casino now features NOVOMATIC’s PANTHERA cabinets with Linked Progressive content such as the NOVO LINE CASH CONNECTION Edition 2, Superia CASH CONNECTION Volume 1 and the XTENSION Link; as well as SUPER-V+ GAMINATOR with the new Gaminator MY CASH Edition 1 as a…

Aristocrat Gaming won 10 awards this year in the annual EKG Slot Awards, including Best Overall Supplier of Slot Content, a three-peat for Aristocrat in the category. Aristocrat was also named Most Improved Supplier – Premium for the second year in a row. Additionally, the company repeated wins in the Top Performing Premium Game category for Dragon Link Happy & Prosperous and in the Top Performing Core Video – Reel Game category for Buffalo Gold Revolution. The company’s new MarsX Portrait cabinet won both the Top Performing NEW Cabinet – Core and Top Performing NEW Cabinet – Premium categories. Aristocrat’s Dragon Link Golden Gong was also…

Betfred Sports announced Monday it has kickstarted its sports betting mobile operations in Arizona in alliance with the We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort, after a soft launch in late January. The Betfred Sports-branded iOS and Android apps now allow bettors to wager on any device within the state. A retail sportsbook is expected by late summer. Sports fans now have access to dedicated pages for college and professional sporting events with real-time updates on a variety of betting types including straight bets, in-play wagering, parlays, teasers and more. New customers will receive up to a $3,000 welcome bonus series upon signing up.…

Online gaming technology provider Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) is powering the launch of online casino and sportsbook brand FeniBet in Latvia, the company announced on Tuesday. FeniBet is a new product of GIG’s long-term partner Admirāļu klubs. Admirāļu klubs, a veteran of land-based gaming in Latvia, is part of the Novomatic AG Group, a heavyweight company in the international market for producers and operators of gaming technologies. As part of its network, Admirāļu klubs operates several renowned land-based gaming venues, placing them prominently in the Latvian market. Its new online casino and sportsbook FeniBet brand was built with GiG’s front-end…

TransUnion, a global information and insights company, on Tuesday released its 2022 Global Digital Fraud Trends Report, which found that the gaming industry saw the largest percentage of annual fraud growth in 2021 in the United States, with an increase of 60.3% year-over-year. Globally, the suspected digital fraud rate for Gaming —which in this study encompasses video games and online role-playing— grew 68.6% between 2019–2021, and 32.6% between 2020–2021. Gambling saw lower increases, with 29.4% and 19.2%, respectively. In 2021, gold farming was the top fraud type for gaming where in-game resources are harvested and sold for real money. For gambling,…