Online gaming platform iSoftBet has announced the addition of a Beverly Hills 90210 slot machine it its portfolio of branded games. Based on the 1990’s hit television series, the slot machine offers players 243 different ways to win and features a Transformer symbol that it said would boost players’ winning chances. The new slot machine also boasts a host of audio and graphics. “iSoftBet’s branded content has always been popular with players, and we are sure Beverly Hills 90210 will be no different,” iSoftBet’s sales manager, Luci Apostolou, said. “Players will be transported right back to 1990s California for a…

iGaming Business – Pool and sportsbetting operator Sportech has signed an agreement with the Southern California Off Track Wagering horseracing governing body for a licence to allow it to operate in up to 10 retail venues in California. Under the licence, Sportech will also be able to offer customers the ability to bet on horseracing in a high-end sports bar and restaurant facility. The deal will enable Sportech to expand its Connecticut-based sportsbetting business to California, a US state in which there are currently just 36 locations where punters can place a horseracing bet. Sportech will open the first new…

iGaming Business – Three local councils have joined a list of authorities that have announced their support for an initiative to encourage the Government to restrict fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) in the UK. According to a statement from the ‘Stop the FOBTs’ campaign, Fareham Council, Brighton and Hove City Council and Preston Council have all voted in favour of restricting FOBTs. The addition of the three new councils comes shortly after Liverpool City Council and Hackney Council passed similar motions proposals last month, with the former calling for an outright ban on FOBTs. Although the number of FOBTs per…

New York Times – Sheldon G. Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate, on Friday abandoned his plans to build a $30 billion gambling and leisure resort on the outskirts of Madrid after failing to win financial concessions and other favors from the Spanish government. The decision by Mr. Adelson’s company, Las Vegas Sands, to drop its EuroVegas resort project is an economic blow not just for Madrid but for Spain as a whole. The country has been pining for foreign investment to help revive its economy and cut its 26 percent unemployment rate. Although Spain recently emerged from a two-year recession,…

iGaming Business – Dutch gambling monopoly Holland Casino has announced that senior executive Ron Goudsmit is to leave the company following a first round of redundancies at the company. According to the Casino.nl website, Goudsmit will exit Holland Casino by the end of the year. Last month, iGaming Business reported that Holland Casino was to cut a third of its jobs in its head office as part of a strategy to decentralise operations that has been put in place in response to financial problems. Goudsmit, who will be amongst the first of those to leave the company under the strategy,…

Wall Street Journal – OUTSIDE HONG KONG’S HISTORIC Peninsula Hotel one recent weekday afternoon, two men compare their Bentleys. A gun-metal gray edition with the license plate “Iron Man” looks positively understated next to a fiery-red model whose gold paint flecks and hood ornament coated in 100 carats of diamonds sparkle in the sun. That vehicle, worth around US $1 million, is part of a nine-car luxury fleet that belongs to Stephen Hung, one of Hong Kong’s most ostentatious dealmakers. Hung, dressed in black pants and a T-shirt emblazoned with bright flowers and geometric shapes —both very tight and very…