Online casino games provider Net Entertainment has agreed to supply online casino games and services to Full Tilt Poker, the internet poker brand of the Rational Group. Under the agreement, Net Ent will provide a range of mobile and desktop casino games in order to support Full Tilt Poker’s online casino offering. The Rational Group recently launched blackjack and roulette on the Full Tilt platform and will now be able to expand its offering further with the addition of these titles. “Net Entertainment has some of the best games in the industry and will deliver
a lot of value to our…

Online-Casinos.com – There are many questions being raised today about what video games are doing to our youth. Not that young people are the only ones to play games. After all it was the older demographic that started the video game trend way back before the abundance of cell phones and mobile computers. The biggest question being asked by the academics is not whether the internet has an impact on youth its is how much is the use of the internet affecting their lives. We hear of bullying going on over the internet and all kinds of other trouble the…

Calvin Ayre – Its no secret that there is a lot of opportunity in Latin America for businesses, especially digital businesses and of course this includes online gambling.  When we discuss opportunities in Latin America at conferences or around the water cooler, we tend to focus on Brazil, or Panama or sometimes Columbia and Chile, but we rarely hear about the potential in Mexico. What strikes me as most interesting about this region is that the opportunity is there right now, not “at some point” or “maybe later this year” as it is in Brazil and in 47 states in…

Online Poker Report – The public was given a bit of insight into the mechanics bringing regulated online poker to California yesterday via an informational hearing on the subject in front of the Assembly Committee on Governmental Organization. Video of the meeting can be viewed and downloaded from the CalChannel archives (direct link to video file here). An agenda of the meeting listing all of the speakers is available here. Much of the hearing, chaired by California Assemblymember Dr. Isadore Hall III, covered territory quite familiar for someone who follows the online poker industry. But among the dry recitations were…

iGaming Business – Betradar, the sport betting data brand of Sportradar, has announced that Swedish state-run gambling operator Svenska Spel has deployed the firm’s live odds service for its betting offering. The launch sees Svenska Spel follow fellow Scandinavian state lotteries Veikkaus and Norsk Tipping in opting for the service. Betradar said its live odds services offers a fully automated and integrated in-running trading service, featuring a range of live betting sports and markets. The Betradar live betting portfolio covers 15 different sports and more than 12,000 matches per month. “The market demand has stretched Svenska Spel’s resources to the…

iGaming Business – Server-based gaming specialist Inspired Gaming Group has moved to strengthen its presence in Italy by opening a new corporate office in Rome. The firm’s Italian business has experienced rapid growth in recent times following deals with a number of companies including Italian gaming operator Cogetech and iGaming operator and platform provider Microgame. Inspired Gaming now operates 7,000 video lottery terminals in the country and has successfully launched the game Merlin for Comma 6a slot machines. The company’s Inspired Virtual Sports are also live who six customers, with a further seven clients in homologation or just about to…