Reading Time: < 1 minute Hokkaido has announced its initial budget for 2021 on February 19, with a 15.4% (JPY432.9 billion) increase over last year to JPY3.25 trillion (US$30.9 billion). This is the third-largest initial budget ever for the prefecture, which will now be proposed at the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly regular session on February […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Publisher and global sports business agency hereby focus on Esports and authentic in-game brand integrations GIANTS Software and SPORTFIVE today announce a purposeful marketing partnership, which focuses on the gaming brand Farming Simulator and aims to enhance the related Esports universe and the authenticity of the game environment via the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Japanese government has refrained from commenting following a question from House of Representatives member Kenji Eda regarding concerns that Japan’s first integrated resort developments could see the nation added to a blacklist being compiled by Chinese authorities on foreign casino destinations. The blacklist, originally revealed by China’s Ministry of […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The specialist casino game provider, Red Rake Gaming, has just released its latest game, a 5×3 reel video slot where players can obtain a wide variety of different wins. Bonus symbols that hide surprising multipliers, a mini game with a huge roulette, jam jars with mysterious symbols and a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Spearhead Studios and Flow Gaming have entered into a new partnership for gaming aggregation and distribution. Flow Gaming has made Spearhead Studios’ games available on its platform, giving their clients easy access to the supplier’s entire portfolio. The gaming development company within EveryMatrix Group, Spearhead Studios, has positioned itself as […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Annual insight report from WhichBingo warns Bingo industry will need to reinvent itself as more young people enjoy pastime online More young men have taken up online bingo in the past twelve months due to the Coronavirus pandemic, in a seismic shift in how the game is played in the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Stoiximan-owned Austrian operator Betkick Sportwettenservice and Malta-licensed Betago have become the latest operators to secure federal sports betting licences in Germany. Betkick can now legally offer betting via the Betano.de domain. Originally founded in Austria, it was acquired by Kaizen Gaming, then Stoiximan, in July 2018. Betago, meanwhile, has […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Music-themed casino strikes a chord with gamified offering Casino and sportsbook platform provider Soft2Bet has launched a new online casino, Boka. Loaded with gamification features, the MGA-licensed operator brand allows users to collect musical notes, which can be exchanged for bonuses in the site’s shop as disk-spinning players try […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) in the UK has called for the Grand National event to be delayed until betting shops can reopen. This comes after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed that non-essential retail, which includes betting shops, could be allowed to reopen from April 12. BGC claims […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The National Party has opposed the proposal for prepaid gambling cards in New South Wales. The idea of pre-paid cards was introduced late last year by Victor Dominello as a way to help people manage their gambling. Players would be required to register to obtain a government-regulated card, which […]