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CashBet Adds Crypto Figures To Board

Online operator CashBet has announced that it has expanded its advisory board with the additions of major figures from both the online gaming and cryptocurrency sectors. The addition of the board members was part of a long-term plan that the operator hopes will solidify its position as one of the world’s foremost blockchain-powered online gambling service providers. Successful crypto entrepreneur ….

Norwegian Regulator Removal Of Apple’s Apps

The Norwegian Gaming Authority, also known as the NGA, has seen success recently after they persuaded technology giant Apple to remove unlicensed gambling applications from their online mobile store. The NGA wrote to Apple earlier in the year to request that that a range of different apps be removed from the app store. All of the apps in question were ….

Advanced AI Casino Set For More Innovations

Sam Hobcraft, founder of Omnia Casino, has explained his outline for the world’s first casino to be supported almost entirely by artificial intelligence systems. The AI will receive further innovations as the year moves toward the final quarter. Hobcraft told reporter that the development cycles at the moment are continuous, and that there are a number of innovations that are ….

BetBright To Bring Netflix Streaming To Betting Slips

Irish online operator BetBright has announced its intention to create a service that brings customisation and community functionality to their betting platform, BetFeed, and hopes to create an experience that is similar to what streaming giant Netflix offers. The operator said in statements from earlier in the year that it intends to focus on in-house developments, which was part of ….

Microgaming Announces Most Important Poker Release

Microgaming has recently announced the release of its Prima Poker software, which is to be launched on the Microgaming Poker Network. The new software is the culmination of years worth of effort in an attempt to revitalise its product. The latest online poker client has been designed with the players in mind, according to a spokesman from Microgaming, and that ….

Global Gaming Moves Into Estonia

Chief growth officer of Global Gaming, Alessandro Focardi, told reporters that he believes Estonia will provide them with the perfect launchpad for their new market channels that are to be released in relation to the regulation changes in Sweden. This is after a subsidiary for the company managed to secure a licence in the Baltic State that provides them access ….

LuckyCasino Bought Out As Swedish Market Opens

Former Vera&John Chief Executive Johan Konigslehner has recently announced his acquisition of Viral Interactive ahead of the opening of the Swedish market, which is set to open at the beginning of 2019. Viral Interactive is the current operator of well-known brand, LuckyCasino. The company that has acquired Viral Interactive and is owned by Konigslehner is Glitnor Group, which has bought ….

Closure of Sun Bets To Cost Tabcorp £40 Million

It has recently been announced that Tabcorp is set to pay £39.5 million to News UK in an effort to put an end to Sun Bets, one of their least successful joint ventures. Sun Bets was first launched in 2016 after it was discovered that over 300,000 users were visiting the site during its operating times. However, a year later ….

International Gaming Operates Target Sweden

The Swedish iGaming market is set to receive a new set of regulations that could determine how gaming in the country works. News of the regulation changes has piqued the interest of a number of international operators, who are now turning their attention of Sweden, with many hoping to grab a spot on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Sweden’s gaming regulator ….

CMA Inspecting Takeover Of SkyBet

The CMA, also known as the Competition and Markets Authority, which is based in the United Kingdom, recently revealed that it had issued an enforcement order to be launched with the intention of investigating the recent acquisition of SkyBet. SkyBet was bought out by Stars Group for approximately 3.4 billion British Pounds. The deal was finalised by Stars Group, which ….