Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
192business launches new German product
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
D-verification company 192business has launched a new German ID check solution using data sources including German credit-agency Schufa.
Categories: Payment Processing, Technology
Playtech results, Nyx FDJ, Entertasia, Million-2-1, 188Bet
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Software developer Playtech has announced its first quarter results since tying with William Hill Online, showing revenue up 8% on the same period in 2008.
Nyx Interactive is launching online bingo for French monopoly Francaise des Jeux (FDJ) next week. Entertasia has gone live with Fun88, its latest launch. The site includes live dealer casino and a sports betting platform. Entertasia will act as the in-house marketing agency for Fun88, providing players with gaming offers, sports news and information feeds.IGT-UK subsidiary
Million-2-1 has signed a strategic agreement with Rileys’ UK snooker and pool club chain. Million-2-1 will be responsible for Rileys’ mobile marketing campaigns and will also offer its mobile and online casino gaming products to its customers.In-play football betting specialist
188BET has signed a double shirt sponsorship deal with Premier League football clubs Bolton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic. The deal will run for the next two seasons, with the new kits worn for the first time by each team in their last home game of this current Premier League campaign.Categories: Breaking News, Technology
Parlay, Entraction combine forces for European bingo push
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Canada’s Parlay Entertainment has teamed with digital gaming group Entraction to launch a European-facing online bingo network.
Categories: Technology
New Sportsbook Offering
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Dragonfish has inked a deal with Phumelela Gold Enterprises (PGE) to supply the South African pari mutuel operator with a sportsbook offering.The companies have pledged to follow sports betting with casino, poker, bingo and quickplay games once the regulation allows it in South Africa.
Dragonfish will build the pool betting software application that will allow punters to watch and bet on the races online and distribute live streaming pictures of the races to its client base and that of 888.
The company will also provide the South African tote with its e-payments service and back-end software to integrate it into 888’s shared wallet, cashier and customer support systems.
The agreement will be supported by PGE’s distribution and marketing outlets throughout South Africa which includes 400 retail outlets, three telephone betting centres and two online betting sites.
Dragonfish managing director Gabi Campos said: “Horseracing is the largest sector in worldwide sports betting, and we are delighted to work with a global leader in this area. Phumelela has a huge user-base in South Africa, and this deal will ensure that they have the best tools available with which to provide their customers with a cutting edge online gaming offering.”
PGE and Gold Circle operate tote betting in all of South Africa’s nine provinces. In common with other tote operators, they syndicate content to their counterparts across the world via South African-based satellite channel Racing International.
Categories: Technology
Betfair challenging Dutch government over ban
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Betfair has complained to the European Commission over the Dutch government’s moves to block the British gaming company’s local operations, and is taking legal action against the government in The Netherlands ahead of a possible suit for damages.
The company said the government’s letter to local banks in February asking them to block payments for bets was a breach of EU internal market rules which allow companies authorised in one European Union member state to operate in any other.
It is also challenging the government’s legal authority to send the letter to the banks, and plans to sue the government for damages if its legal action is successful.
Betfair legal counsel Mark Warrington said: “We have to defend ourselves. If our legal action in the Dutch court is successful, we will be issuing a claim for the damages that our business has incurred during the period banks were prevented from facilitating payment. That sum will certainly run into the millions.”
People with bank accounts in the Netherlands, where there is a ban on online gaming by EU-licensed operators, are not able to move money to Betfair’s website to pay for bets.
In a statement, Betfair managing director Mark Davies said: “This is a desperate move by the Dutch government to prevent a company that is fully licensed and regulated in jurisdictions across Europe from being accessed by residents in the Netherlands”.
The row is the latest instalment in the ongoing cases being brought by the Commission against member states over gaming law. EU internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy issued final warnings to Greece and Netherlands over the provision of gambling services to citizens in those countries (more) in February last year.
However McCreevy has faced resistance from European politicians and lobbies to continuing the actions, as many member states are keen to protect revenue from their lucrative state monopolies.
The European Court of Justice, the EU’s top court, has said governments can curb gaming but any restrictions must be in the public interest and applied to all operators in the same way, including state monopolies.
Categories: Legislation, Payment Processing, Technology
CyberArts signs up lottery giant for French poker push
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
CyberArts has signed a deal with French lottery operator Francaise des Jeux (FDJ) to provide FDJ’s online poker product. CyberArts recently provided the platform for the first operator to launch on a legal basis in Italy, Gioco Digitale, the two collaborating to meet the exhaustive technical requirements of the AAMS regulatory body.
Categories: Technology
