Speculation that the convening of a Grand Jury spurred departure of StarsDraft Media sources in Florida speculated Monday that the withdrawal from the state of Amaya's StarsDraft daily fantasy sports operation was motivated by last week's news that a Grand Jury had been convened in Tampa to examine DFS activity (see previous InfoPowa reports). StarsDraft players reported receiving an email...
Comprehensive overhaul of entire web architecture UK bookmaker William Hill has rolled out its new in-house developed sports betting platform under the Project moniker Trafalgar. Project Trafalgar has been two years in the making and features a new website infrastructure and mobile application with wide capability for future development. Customers will experience a clean, responsive layout, fast and seamless navigation...
Flip Gaming-owned online casino Reel Island, owned by Flip Gaming, is White Hat Gaming's newest client offering a range of games and live casino from NetEnt, NYX Gaming, Leander, Thunderkick and Ezugi. "We worked extremely hard to create a brand with an outstanding design and layout that lends itself to the modern player and we feel we have achieved this,"...
Twitch streaming a proven channel, but Pokerfirma a puzzling choice for live reporting The World Series of Poker has announced that this year's streaming and live reportage on WSOP Europe has been contracted to Twitch and the German online publication Pokerfirma respectively. Whilst Twitch can now boast a well-proven record in online poker streaming, some reservations have been expressed regarding...
IGT's new TMZ slot has an innovative feature Delegates to the recent G2E expo and conference in Las Vegas report that one of the highlights of a show that acknowledged the importance of innovation was IGT's new TMZ shot. Themed on the popular US television shows "TMZ" and "TMZ Live" hosted by attorney and television presenter Harvey Levin, the prototype...
Online gambling group goes into Bwin.Party merger with positive track record Online gambling group goes into Bwin.Party merger with positive track record. Posting a trading update in respect of the nine months to end September 2015 this week, online gambling group GVC reported a strong performance and declared a second interim dividend of 14 Euro cents a share. Dividends declared...
Partner says it looks forward to a launch following regulatory test period Pokerstars' land casino partner in New Jersey, Resorts Casino Hotel, issued a statement Thursday on the internet poker giant's long-awaited success in obtaining an online gambling transactional waiver from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, saying that its subsidiary Resorts Digital looked forward to jointly developing a...
Gambling company shares rise on news that support is coming before year-end Macau's struggling gambling industry could receive a boost from the Chinese government before the end of the year, although details of what this could include have not yet been made public. The new was enough to lift Macau gambling company share prices significantly, Bloomberg business news reported Friday....
Tough assessment process applied by the Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos Portugal's new online gambling regulator, Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos ('SRIJ') has approved the independent compliance testing and standards company eCOGRA as a certifying organisation of gambling technical systems following a tough assessment of its staff, technical capability and relevant industry experience. eCOGRA currently employs...
New era for Brazilian horse racing French operator Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU), in collaboration with France Galop and LeTrot, has entered into a joint venture with the Jockey Club Brasileiro (JCB) for the advancement of horse racing in the country. Through a newly created subsidiary, PMU Brasil, PMU will operate horse race betting on behalf of the JCB, including marketing...
