Social gaming company has agreed to a deal to acquire Superlabs, the incubator founded by chief executive officer Mark Pincus prior to his return to the firm earlier this year. As reported by iGaming Business, Pincus in April returned to the company that he founded after the departure of Don Mattrick as its chief executive. During his time away from Zynga, Pincus founded the Superlabs incubator, with the idea of using his own money to build ideas and projects that he had been considering. Pincus is reported to have invested as much as $2.2 million (€1.9 million) in the incubator,…

Gaming solutions provider Scientific Games has struck a deal to provide instant games and related marketing services to Norsk Tipping, the National Lottery of Norway. The three-year deal began in January of this year and will run until 2017, with the option for Norsk Tipping to extend for an additional term. Scientific Games has been supplying Norsk Tipping with gaming system and retail technology for some time, with the new agreement set to build on this existing partnership. “We are very excited about the opportunity to begin implementing the forward-looking instant product management strategy presented to us by Scientific Games,”…

Caesars Interactive Entertainment is the online gambling section of the Caesars Entertainment company, providing online gaming options for players located within the borders of New Jersey. The New Jersey Gaming Enforcement Division has fined the group $15,000 for an online gambling violation involving gamblers who are on the self-exclusion list of the state. The self-exclusion list is a list for gamblers who want to prevent themselves from taking part in casino gaming. Players can add their name to the list so they will not be allowed to enter in to any gaming facilities. Caesars Entertainment was fined for soliciting the…

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, DICJ, issued a warning Friday, June 12, 2015 to the public regarding illegal gaming websites. Illegal gambling sites are claiming they are licensed and regulated by Macau’s government, without proper permissions. The government has not issued online gambling licenses to the companies claiming to be regulated. All gambling websites purported to be licensed by Macau are illegal. The DICJ published the warning after several inquiries from the public. The bureau is cooperating with the Judiciary Police to put a stop to the illegal gaming sites including any website that has accepted wagers using the…

California’s chances at passing an online poker bill in 2015 may be all but dead and buried if secondhand statements attributed to State Senator and Governmental Organization (GO) Committee Chairman Isadore Hall III can be taken at face value. A recent column by John Howard that appeared in Capitol Weekly quotes two sources – one named and one unnamed – who claim to have spoken with Hall recently on the issue of online poker, and both indicated that despite the progress the issue has made in the Assembly, online poker is a dead issue in the Senate. “He said he…

Online gaming content developer Net Entertainment (NetEnt) has expanded its services into the land-based market after launching games across William Hill’s UK retail network. As reported by iGaming Business, NetEnt last year struck a deal with William Hill to provide the bookmaker with games for its licensed betting shops in the UK. After a successful integration process, these games will now be made available in shops around the UK, with the first of these titles to be launched gradually over the next few weeks. Per Eriksson, president and chief executive officer of NetEnt, said: “We provide leading-edge digital casino solutions…