In exclusive multi-year agreement Sports data provider Sportradar has entered into a multi-year agreement with the National Hockey League (NHL) becoming the NHL's exclusive third-party provider of real-time game data, beginning with the 2015-16 NHL Season. Sportradar will provide real-time play-by-play and game statistics via the League's proprietary Hockey Information Tracking System to media and technology companies worldwide. "The NHL's...
PartyPoker update creates issues PartyPoker director of games Golan Shaked has apologised to the player community for the company's decision to postpone the 80-event Pokerfest tournament for a month due to technical problems. Carrying $2.5 million in guarantees, Pokerfest was scheduled to kick off this Sunday (September 27) but a last-minute decision to postpone was made on Friday, apparently due...
Amid internal confusion on legality of the operation Online and retail sports betting operator SoccaBet officially launched in Ghana this past weekend but it seems amid some confusion from within Ghana's own Government departments. President of the Ghana Gaming Commission, Emmanuel Quaynoo publicly appealed to the country's own Police authorities to refrain from shutting down and seizing any assets, saying:...
Online gambling group teams up with Betgenius Brit online gambling operator Sky Betting and Gaming has joined the growing number of companies entering the eSports vertical, partnering with content provider Betgenius to introduce the new service. The head of sports betting at Sky, Ben Wright, said Wednesday that his company see potential in the rapidly growing eSports sector and is...
October meeting will discuss how best to take the industry forward The Global Poker Index has organised a summit meeting in London of senior executives from major poker companies next (October) month, according to the publication Poker News. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss how best to take the industry forward, insiders said this week. Sources informed that...
A good year for WPT titles for poker pro In January this year poker pro Aaron Mermelstein won the World Poker Tour Winter Poker Open at the Borgata, and this week he made it two WPT titles in the same year by taking down the $3,500 buy-in WPT Maryland Live! for $250,222 and a seat at the WPT Championship later...
Will complement casino floor offer Scientific Games Interactive will launch its SG Universe Play4Fun Network social gaming platform and SG Universe Mobile Concierge platform with the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians' Four Winds Casinos in New Buffalo, Hartford and Dowagiac, Michigan. The offer, expected to go live before year-end, will provide Four Winds' customers an online and mobile social casino...
Free-to-play from SugarHouse Website Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming's Interactive arm has launched a free-to-play offer for SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia. The CASINO4FUN offer, which is powered by Rush Street Interactive's proprietary internet gaming platform, provides SugarHouse website visitors access to free-to-play online slots and table games while offering the purchase of virtual credits to extend play. "We realize that our...
Anonymous, confidential assistance for gambling-related problems The 2014-founded, Malta-based Responsible Gaming Foundation (RGF) has launched a National Helpline to provide support and guidance for those experiencing any problems related to gambling. The helpline is reached via its freephone 1777 or through a chat facility which can be accessed through the RGF's website at www.rgf.org.mt. Callers can choose to remain anonymous...
Conservatives fear online gambling ban could open the door to further federal interference in individual states The publication New American posed an interesting question this week, suggesting that the jealously guarded right to bear arms in the United States could be endangered if Sheldon Adelson's Restoration of the American Wire Act was passed as a federal law. New American argues...
