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UK’s gambling standards body, the Betting and Gaming Council announced Friday the appointment of David Willetts as new Director of Communications and Digital. He will be joining the BGC in 2022 from his current role as Press Secretary to UK Conservative cabinet minister Ben Wallace and Head of Ministerial Communications at the Ministry of Defence.  “David joins the BGC with an outstanding career across both government and journalism, having previously worked for The Sun for over a decade before joining the MoD”, the BGC stated in a press release. The new Director of Communications and Digital will be assisted by…

The Seminole Tribe’s request for a stay of a ruling invalidating sports betting in Florida was rejected Wednesday night. The tribal nation’s agreement with the state was thrown out by a federal district court judge in the District of Columbia on Monday, thus halting sports wagering operations and a planned gaming expansion. Judge Dabney L. Friedrich’s ruling earlier this week concluded the tribe’s compact violated the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which mandates state-sanctioned gambling to occur on tribal land. The Florida-Seminoles agreement allowed bettors to place wagers through mobile devices anywhere within the state as long as these were…

SOFTSWISS released Thursday a new report with statistics and insights on the development of cryptocurrencies across its Online Casino Platform, Sports Betting Platform and Game Aggregator clients. The information in the report reflects comparative data for the third quarter of 2021 and the same period in 2020, collected on an anonymous basis. The main conclusion drawn from the data obtained for Q3 2021 is that the volume of bets placed in cryptocurrency is increasing. Compared to the same period last year, the handle almost tripled 2020’s numbers. The positive trend continues throughout 2021: the increase from Q2 2021 to Q3…

Last Wednesday, Deputy Felipe Carreras’s project, which advances on the revision of PL 442/91, was announced in Brazil. The text presents some inaccuracies in relation to the modalities to be approved, and the form of exploitation of games of chance, but it authorizes the operation of casinos, bingo halls, sports betting, online gambling, and skill games, in addition to legalizing the Jogo do bicho. The project also proposes the creation of the Sinaj — National Gaming and Betting System, as a federal regulatory body for all modalities. The Working Group that reviews the text made the initial draft available on…

 November 27, 2021 Just days after a Federal Judge ruled the Seminoles sports betting deal with the state of Florida was “invalid”, the tribe has announced they will file an appeal. Judge Friedrich has concluded that the deal violates the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in that it allowed mobile bets to be accepted from anywhere in the state, not just on Tribal lands. That’s a decision which could have consequences for all online gambling. Despite this decision, the Seminoles continued to accept sports wagers and filed a “motion for stay pending appeal” alleging that the ruling would irreparably harm the…

The World Poker Tour is extending its partnership with 888poker for a new WPTDeepStacks London online series to close out 2021, both parties announced on Thursday. The festival is set to feature 28 events and more than $3 million in guaranteed prize pools. WPTDeepStacks is set to begin on November 28 with the $525 buy-in Opening Event, which comes with a $200,000 guarantee. Buy-ins range from $55 for the Mini Main Event up to $5,200 for the Super High Roller. Satellites for all events will begin at just $0.01. The highlight of the festival is the $1,050 buy-in WPTDS Main Event,…

The German Sports Betting Association (Deutscher Sportwettenverband, or DSWV) has taken aim at calls for a ban on gambling advertising in a statement issued on Thursday. The trade body rejected the idea, responding to media reports that Social Democratic Party (SPD) Senator Ulrich Mäurer had called for the imposition of said prohibition. According to German news sources, the Senator for the Interior…

Allied Esports Entertainment announced Monday its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021, and reported total revenues of $1.7 million representing a 182% increase in a year-over-year comparison.  This growth was driven by the increased foot traffic at the company’s HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas due to the increased number of events and loosened restrictions of operating hours and social distancing measures, as well as continued encouraging results from the company’s push into its multiplatform content pillar of the business. Net income for the quarter was $74.3 million compared to a net loss of $6.5 million in…

iGaming industry content provider Pragmatic Play is launching a new instalment in its popular John Hunter series, the company announced on Friday. The new game, titled Book of Fallen, sees the fearless explorer returning with the mission to uncover ancient treasures on a 3×5 set of reels. Set in a tomb forgotten by time, the new game features high-value symbols inspired by ancient Egypt, explains a press release. A book featuring the Eye of Anubis also plays a key role, representing both the Wild and Scatter symbols. Players landing three of these Eye of Anubis symbols will trigger the Free…

Win Systems announced Tuesday it will attend an new edition of Peru Gaming Show (PGS) in Lima on December 1 and 2, presenting its global solutions for the sector at its Booth #48.  The company’s products and solutions are aimed at optimizing and facilitating casino operations, while maximizing the player’s experience through the latest technologies, applied to the gaming world. Within the Gaming division, the Slot ST3 will be showcased, which is the latest version of the brand’s model, the S3, which will also be exhibited at the show.  The Gold Club electronic roulettes will also have their space at…

Thuringia, a small state located in central Germany, is putting forward legislation that would give it autonomous control over iGaming within its borders. If passed, Lotto Thüringen, the company which currently owns the state-run lottery, would become the sole operator of the iGaming tables vertical in the state. The bill has been submitted to the European Commission for approval, amending its 2004 Casino Law. The proposed Thüringian Law on Casino and Online Casino would introduce a monopoly on online table games. This is permitted under Germany’s gambling legislation, which allows each state to run its own gaming laws. The legislation…

Slots and table games provider Habanero announced Wednesday it is celebrating the launch of its new tournament tool with a Network Slot Tournament and Prize Drop campaign. This new gamification-focused release is called UP!, developed following extensive R&D, and has already processed over 1 billion entries within the first two weeks of its tournament release in October.  Additionally to the tournament function, the launch comes with an added user-interface update, which offers improvements to usability and customizability, as well as new left-hand mode. The enhancement is scalable via Microsoft Azure, allowing partners to scale and grow tournaments. Players can participate…

Sweden’s gambling regulator, the Spelinspektionen, has taken direct action against 23 unlicensed Curaçao-based online operators deemed to be illegally targeting the country’s regulated market. The inspectorate has informed its Swedish counterpart authorities and financial institutions of the 23 Curaçao-based businesses and their related websites, which are undertaking gambling activities deemed as illegal, reports Curaçao Chronicle. The public disclosure of illegal businesses now forms part of the body’s new strategy against black market actors operating on Sweden’s regulated market. In line with this, the inspectorate was granted new powers to launch direct investigations last October, as well as given the ability to…

Slotegrator has confirmed a new webinar focused on messenger Telegram and its use as an alternative platform for mobile casinos, which will take place on December 8. The webinar will be hosted by speaker Ayvar Gabidullin, an expert in the iGaming industry with years of experience in the B2B and B2C sectors, who will speak about Telegram casino and the audience, functions and potential benefits this solution can bring to iGaming projects.  Described by the company as “the world’s most secure communication channel”, the Telegram casino solution by Slotegrator proposes a new alternative to classic platforms, as it offers features…

India’s Dream Sports, parent company of popular fantasy gaming brand Dream11, has raised $840 million from investors, according to an announcement made on Wednesday. The financing round was led by Falcon Edge and Tiger Global, in a deal which valued the sports technology firm at $8 billion. A pioneer of fantasy sports in India, Mumbai-based Dream Sports was founded in 2008 and currently has a user base of about 140 million people. In addition to the Dream11 brand, the group also owns companies including sports content platforms FanCode and DreamSetGo, which offer a wide range of services, from game tickets…

SIS (Sports Information Services) is a global provider of betting services to retail and online operators. Angel Calderón, Digital Sales Manager; and Rohini Sardana, Head of Product Propositions, talked with Yogonet about the importance of offering an esports product to appeal to Latin American audiences. Esports betting has enjoyed a huge surge in popularity around the globe in recent years. Has this been the case in the LatAm region? Rohini Sardana (RS): There has been a considerable appetite for esports across the globe in recent years, and the same certainly applies to Latin America. With soccer being huge across the continent,…