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Is Gambling Top Issue in Hungary?

The Hungarian Parliament received a bill on Monday which described unidentified gambling industry related issues as a potential threat to Hungary’s National Security.

A final vote on the ruling majority party’s legal amendments to the law that would e…

Third-Party Developer Partnerships for IGT

This week International Game Technology announced the partnerships with several third-party game developers, including High 5 Games.

The new deals were made so as to expand the selection of titles in IGT&s game theme library. Specifically, the agreeme…

Marwyn Gaming Changes Hands

A report came this week that German Gauselmann Group-owned Merkur Casino UK Ltd (Merkur) has acquired the Marwyn Management Partners (MMP) wholly owned indirect subsidiary Marwyn Gaming Limited (MGL).

The consideration paid for Marwyn Gaming Limited w…

Gamcare Board Gets New Member

GamCare’s Board of Trustees has appointed former Gala Coral chief executive Dominic Harrison as its member, effective November 2012.

At the moment, Harrison is Chairman of Microgaming&s Poker Network Management Board, but prior to this this qualified …

SHFL Entertainment – New Name for Shuffle Master

This week, an announcement came that Shuffle Master has undergone rebranding and has taken up a new company name SHFL Entertainment, Inc. with immediate effect.

According to the company, the new name incorporates the Company’s mission and its impact i…

Iowa Land Casino Deal for Williams Interactive

A pioneer white label B2B suite of interactive products has been launched by WMS subsidiary Williams Interactive on its Play4Fun Network platform with the Meskwaki Bingo Casino in Tama, Iowa.

It has been specified by the company that “the Play4F…

Live Dealer Product Added by Fun88

A new suite of live dealer products supplied by Bodog Gaming has been added to the portfolio of Asian-facing online casino and sportsbook operator Fun88.

The games involved include Baccarat, Sic Bo, Roulette and Dragon Tiger, and according to Fun88 pr…

Zukido-Amaya Partnership for Mobile Development

As of recent, mobile specialist Zukido has been proclaimed mobile development partner of Amaya Gaming’s interactive arm.

The deal inked by the two companies envisages the development of two HTML5 games for mobile and tablet devices including Millionaires Club 2 (MC2). The company claims this game will include the biggest jackpot yet on an HTML5 game, adding that both games will be available to OpenBet customers first and then to Amaya Interactive’s AGS platform.

“In the growing mobile slots industry time to market is key and Zukido are perfectly positioned to help Amaya Interactive convert their offering to mobile and tablet. Amaya Interactive have great content and Zukido are very proud to be helping them get these games to market”, said David Sargeant, commercial director at Zukido.

It was added by Joe Coughlin, spokesperson from Amaya Interactive: “Not only do Zukido have great mobile development skills they also have intrinsic knowledge of the OpenBet platform. We are looking forward to the games rolling out in the near future”.

GeoComply in Partnership with Spin Games

Thanks to a deal with Geolocation services provider GeoComply, Nevada-based games developer Spin Games will embed geolocation capabilites in their games across PC, Mac and mobile devices.

It is believed that this move is made to achieve geolocation re…

UK Man Defrauds Family to Feed Online Gambling Appetite

News came this week of a court proceeding against online gambler Balraj Kaler (34) who was charged with and admitted to defrauding his uncle&s company, leading it into insolvency and costing 14 people their jobs.

For taking advantage of his key positi…