iGaming Business – Electronic table games solutions specialist PokerTek has entered into a software licensing agreement with gaming software provider Las Vegas From Home.com (LVFH) to offer the latter’s new HTML5 casino and poker games to its customers. Under the deal, LVFH will provide PokerTek with LVFH’s new HTML5 mobile gaming platform, which allows poker, blackjack and other games to be played on desktops, smartphones and tablet devices. Jake H. Kalpakian, LVFH’s president, said mobile gaming is one of the ‘fastest-growing’ areas in the global gaming market and the new deal will allow both companies to take advantage of this…

Newly founded gaming company Betit  has announced that its first online casino website with Play’n GO Games! It’s called Thrills.com, and their first partnership is with the gaming specialist and smart system developers at Play’n Go. Founded earlier this by a group of Scandinavian igaming industry veterans, Betit said that it opted for a relationship with Play’n GO in order to form a strong base for its operation. Henric Andersson, Betit’s chief operating officer, described the partnership with Play’n GO as “very natural” for the company. “We have worked with Play’n GO for several years and have been impressed with…

The Denver Post – Over the past two decades, as the Internet and technology boom altered how other brick-and-mortar businesses operated, the U.S. casino industry continued to generate virtually all of its gaming revenue offline. That’s now changing state-by-state, and a domino effect is expected to soon take hold. This year, three states legalized some form of online gambling within their borders, with New Jersey recently joining Nevada and Delaware to allow live Internet-based casinos. Quietly, Colorado lawmakers and industry officials drafted legislation late last session to authorize Internet poker. Though that effort stalled, the industry says it will continue…

Wall Street Sector Selector – The effects of this measure can send ripples through the New Jersey economy.  It can mean big things for gambling tax revenue, investors, tech and IT services in NJ, international tourism numbers, and city development.  Once it completely takes effect, New Jersey can seriously see a huge change in their South Jersey city. Gambling Taxes Can Be Used For Restore the Shore Efforts With the world open to gambling based in Atlantic City, there’s no telling just how much the measure will bring in to the New Jersey tourism hub.  Not only does this mean…

iGaming Business – Online gaming platforms supplier Tain has finalised its second partnership in the Netherlands after announcing that it has agreed to provide Dutch land-based casino operator Casino City with fully compliant gaming systems. The deal will include casino, poker, sportsbook and payment services for online gaming. A new website design will incorporate solutions that Tain said would enable access across a range of player environments such as mobile and tablet devices. The website is due to go live when the fully regulated Dutch online gambling opens in 2015, but a preview of the new website will be available…

C21 Media – Big Brother producer Endemol is to invest US$13m in social casino start-up Plumbee as it looks to expand its online and mobile gaming business. The digital start-up’s existing investor Idinvest Partners is also backing the deal, which values the business at US$40m. Under the new partnership, Endemol and Plumbee will create premium social casino games, exploiting Endemol’s global entertainment brands and building on Plumbee’s worldwide user base. London-based Plumbee launched in October 2011 and its flagship game, Mirrorball Slots, is now among the top 10 highest grossing social casino games on Facebook. Plumbee also has a joint…