Space Invaders wins "Best Slot Product" accolade The growing emphasis on skill-based slot machines that are more appealing to the millennial demographic has seen Scientific Games awarded a Best Slot accolade for its Space Invaders game at the 2016 Gaming and Technology Awards. The company was also honoured for its Prizm game table, a pioneering social gaming table in an...
Markets and Research findings independently confirm earlier Technavio estimates Predictions by the research firm Technavio earlier this week that US online gambling will grow at an impressive CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of more than 51 percent between 2016 - 2020 have been independently confirmed by another research firm, Research and Markets. In a press release announcing its latest report...
Still no explanation...and the Senate has less than a week before adjournment The cancellation of Tuesday's Pennsylvania House Gaming Oversight Committee's exploratory hearing on DFS and online gambling has been followed by an announcement that the hearing will now take place on October 18, leaving the matter in limbo as the omnibus HR 2150 gambling bill sits in the Senate....
House hearing on DFS and online gambling cancelled without explanation The Pennsylvania House Gaming Oversight Committee hearing on daily fantasy sports and online gambling legalisation scheduled for Tuesday did not take place, and there has thus far been no explanation for its cancellation, Pennsylvania media reports indicate. Earlier reports from political insiders suggested that the hearing was designed to spur...
Global Gaming Awards recognise 888Poker, Microgaming, NYX and Playtech Online gambling companies were among the 12 awards made during the Global Gaming Awards festivities in Las Vegas this week which followed an intensive judging process conducted by a panel of 60 independent judges, and audited by KPMG Gibraltar. 888Poker clinched a reward for being the Digital Operator of the Year,...
Senator Bill Coley says DFS is gambling unless all player deposits find their way back to the players Ohio Senator Bill Coley is ruffling the feathers of daily fantasy sports operators with a new legislative proposal that unless all player deposits find their way back to the players, the pastime constitutes gambling for profit which is against the law in...
Live dealer product will be delivered via NYX's OGS platform A partnership to offer US live dealer action formed in August this year by NYX Gaming and live dealer supplier Ezugi delivered its first fruit this week with the launch of facilities on Golden Nugget Casino.com in the regulated New Jersey online gambling market The Ezugi product is being delivered...
Harnessing the power of million dollar television competitions The America's division of online and land gambling games and equipment supplier Novomatic is briefing delegates to the G2E show in Las Vegas on its new slot concept, which gives players an opportunity to win prizes on national television. Novomatic has partnered with Emmy award-winning game show producer Gary Hunt Productions (GHP),...
Agreement to prevent unlicensed sites from being accessed in the U.S. after September 30 The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement and the Kahnawake Gaming Commission have agreed to collaborate in preventing unlicensed online operators from accepting bets from New Jersey and other U.S. states through the Continent 8 data centre situated on tribal land, according to reports Tuesday from...
Double digit decline on the Las Vegas Strip The Nevada Gaming Control Commission released its statistics for the month of August 2016 Thursday, reporting that statewide gaming revenue fell 5 percent year-on-year to $860.7 million, with the Las Vegas Strip turning in a poor performance with revenues down 15 percent at $451 million. Table games, and especially baccarat, continued to...
