Sportech Signs Up Two More U.s. Race Courses
Nebraska's Lincoln and Horsemen's Park racecourses the latest clients Sportech Racing and Digital has inked further US deals to deliver land-based and digital betting technologies to the Lincoln and Horsemen's Park race courses in Nebraska… both operated by Omaha Exposition and Racing. Under the terms of the agreement Sportech becomes the racecourses' new tote provider to deliver pari-mutuel betting services through the company's Sportech Quantum System software, Quantum Data Center services, and BetJet series wagering devices. Patrons of both racecourses
Sports Betting An Important Vertical For Amaya Gaming
Canada's rising online gambling giant plans to invest heavily in developing its own sports betting product Amaya Gaming CEO David Baazov has told reporters covering his company's outstanding latest financial results (see previous InfoPowa report) that Amaya plans to invest heavily in developing its own sports betting product, using some third party components. It appears that work is already well advanced, with the launch of a sports book planned for subsidiary Full Tilt "in the coming months". The new sports
Stiff Tax Bill For World Series Of Poker Main Event Finalist
The Norwegian taxman will claim half of runner-up Felix Stephensen's winnings World Series of Poker main event runner-up this year, Felix Stephensen, will see only half of his $5,147,911 (around 35 million Norwegian kronor) winnings once the Norwegian taxman has finished with him. Although Stephensen has lived in London for the past two-and-a-half years he remains a Norwegian and is subject to Norwegian taxes at just over 50 percent until he has lived abroad for more than three years. The
Summary Judgments Sought In New Jersey Sports Betting Case
Requests from both sides made two days before oral arguments due to be heard It seems that lawyers for New Jersey and the national sports leagues have similar strategies if different perspectives in the legal wrangle over the legalisation of sports betting in New Jersey (see previous InfoPowa reports). Both have approached the court with requests for a summary judgment in the case, in which Judge Michael Shipp is due to hear oral arguments in just two days' time on
Svenska Spel Suffers Another D.d.o.s. Attack
Second assault in weeks disrupts operations Barely two weeks after a persistent Distributed Denial of Service attack which caused it to cancel the inaugural event of its 2014 Swedish Masters, Swedish online poker provider Svenska Spel reported a further assault this week. On November 13 the company posted a notice on its website advising that poker operations had of necessity been shut down due to a DDoS attack. Company spokesman Johan Söderkvist advised: "Svenska Spel has undergone several targeted denial
Swedish Opposition M.p. Wants A More Open Online Gambling Market
More pressure on the government to move away from its monopoly policies Already under pressure over its online gambling policies following the referral of its laws to the European Court of Justice by the European Commission (see previous InfoPowa reports) the Swedish government came in for attack from within last week. Opposition MP Gustav Hoffstedt of the Moderate Party, proposed a motion in parliament that the government should switch from its indefensible monopolistic policies regarding internet gambling to a more
Tapinator Acquires Social Casino Company
First B2B product is social casino minigame software The 2013 founded, New York-based mobile gaming developer Tapinator has acquired InAppFuel (IAF), a social casino company that powers the casino functionality for a number of application developers on mobile platforms. Currently powering Metamoki, Five-O-Poker, DreamQuest Games and GameMasons among others, InAppFuel offers a minigame software kit that allows developers to integrate casino-style games such as slots and scratch tickets. "We are very pleased about completing this transaction and the coming integration
Taxpayers Alliance Opposes Attempt To Ban U.s. Online Gambling
There should be emphases on letting people in individual states decide their own future when it comes to online gambling, says Taxpayers Protection Alliance in The Hill op-ed Hard on the heels of veteran politician Rand Paul's condemnation of federal attempts to ban almost all US online gambling (see previous InfoPowa report) comes another op-ed in support, this one written by Michi Iljazi, an executive with the Taxpayers Protection Alliance. In his op-ed in the Washington publication The Hill, Iljazi
Tipp 24 Online Sports Betting Group Battles
Serious drop in net profit reflected in year-to-date numbers A small increase in revenues but a big dip in earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) recorded by Tipp24 in its nine months year-to-date numbers is unlikely to please investors. In a statement released this week Management revealed that in the nine months to September 30 revenues barely increased at Euro 105.4 million (Euro 1.4.4 million last year) , but earnings before interest and tax plunged from Euro 26.2 million in
Tipp3 Extends Austrian Football Partnership
As exclusive sports betting provider Betting operator Tipp3 has extended its long-term sports betting partnership with the Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga (OFB), saying the extension of the sponsorship is especially important in view of the company's planned international expansion. The company, who will continue to serve as the Austrian Football Association's exclusive sports betting partner, will also enjoy advertising and marketing opportunities regarding the national team and a strong presence at home games. Tipp3 currently uses, and will continue to, team coach