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Thrills And Superlenny Join Playtech Open Platform

More content for Nordic-facing brands Playtech plc has announced that Thrills.com and SuperLenny.com have signed up to its Open Platform, allowing both brands access to hundreds of games from more than 30 suppliers. Thrills and SuperLenny are both owned and operated by BetIt Operations licensed in Malta. The company has gone live with an initial 29 games that consist largely of in-house designed Playtech and Ash Gaming titles, and will look to add to its portfolio in the coming months.

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

Touchstone Games Join Odobo

Games developer roster expands The Odobo Developer Program has signed its 28th active developer in Touchstone Games. Touchstone, founded in 2008, develops land based skill games, slots, table games and virtual horse racing and its newly-signed collaboration with Odobo will now enable the studio to expand its titles to the online gaming sector. Odobo's Developer program provides developers HTML5 tools and services optimising game titles for play across mobile, tablet and desktop via iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux and other

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

Uncertainty Clouds 500.com's Future

Investment house scales down involvement over legality and financial reportage concerns The initial runaway success of New York Stock Exchange-listed Chinese sports lottery provider 500.com appears to be slowing amid uncertainty around its legality vis-a-vis the Chinese authorities, and claims that its financial operational practices are not on a par with those in the United States. Earlier this year, Chinese media reported that China's Sports Lottery Administration Center had not authorised any sports gambling websites and that online lottery sales

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

Unibet Signs As Sponsor For Brit Poker Awards

Gambling company reinforces its online poker presence The European online gambling group Unibet has announced that it is to strengthen its stand-alone online poker presence by signing as the headline sponsor for the 2014 British Poker Awards. Other sponsors of the event include companies like Bluff magazine, Poker Strategy and Poker News. Unibet's head of poker operations, Martin Stalros, said this week that Unibet was pleased with the sponsorship deal, pointing out that the UK is his company's fastest growing

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

U.s. Racing Firm Agrees To Buy Social Games Developer And Operator

Churchill Downs to acquire Big Fish Gaming The US media is widely reporting an acquisition deal in which the Kentucky horse racing company Churchill Downs is to acquire Big Fish Gaming social games developer and Big Fish Casino operator for up to $885 million. Seattle-based Big Fish was founded 12 years ago and has become a major player in the social games vertical. Media reports comment on the rapid expansion of social gaming and the major investments of large companies

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

U.s. Victory In World Poker Tour Caribbean Main Event

Darren Elias overcomes a 4 to 1 chip disadvantage to secure a singular back-to-back WPT win in one season American player Darren Elias is enjoying a spectacularly rewarding year, having won the WPT Borgata Poker Open for $843,744 in September, and this weekend the WPT Caribbean main event for a further $128,680 despite having to overcome a 4 to 1 chip disadvantage in the heads up. Two back-to-back wins in such a major event is a feat achieved previously by

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

Vietnam Deports Illegal Online Sports Betting Koreans

14 South Koreans sent home following major online football betting bust A police bust in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam that broke up a large illegal football sports betting ring last month (see previous InfoPowa reports) had a sequel this week when 14 South Koreans involved in the ring were deported. Prior to leaving Vietnam the deportees paid fines of between $470 and $940 for operating an illegal online football gambling site, according to local media reports. The computer equipment

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

Wagermill And The Gaming Lab Merge

British and Aussie firms combine in expansion strategy British games developer Wagermill and Australian developer The Gaming Lab have merged to form the GECO Gaming Group. The newly formed group said it will focus on globally promoting and expanding its HTML5 and Flash library of bingo, slot and casino games. "We are well under way with some industry changing plans around content delivery, which promises to improve the speed and efficiency of future game delivery to market," said Aaron Neill-Stevens

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

"we Did Nothing Wrong," Claims F.b.i. In Sports Betting Case

Federal government lawyers say subterfuge is a long-running practice for agents Defence lawyer claims that federal agents using subterfuge acted unlawfully in securing entry to hotel suites where they believed that illegal activity was taking place were refuted by government lawyers this week in court submissions. The arguments are rooted in a federal bust of Paul Phua and his associates who are alleged to have conducted illegal sports betting operations from Caesars Palace hotel suites in Las Vegas during the

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

Winning W.s.o.p. Main Event Involved Teamwork

Behind the scenes analysts and advisers acknowledged In an interesting footnote to this year's World Series of Poker main event finale (see previous InfoPowa reports), media reports have acknowledged the key role played by technical support teams deployed by at least one of the three top finalists, winner Martin Jacobson and runners up Felix Stephsen and Jorryt Van Hoof. In Van Hoof's case the team worked feverishly in the background, studying data, spreadsheets and especially the half-hour delayed live feed

By Casinomeister Nov 14, 2014

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