Atari Resets with Jump into Social Casino Gaming
Video game icon Atari is emerging from bankruptcy to jump into the world of social casino gaming. The publisher is partnering with virtual games company FlowPlay on Atari Casino, a series of classic casino games such as poker and blackjack that carry themes from classic Atari games including Asteroids, Centipede and Missile Command. The games will be available on the Web, as well as Facebook and mobile devices this fall. “Entering social casino gaming is a logical next step for us given its appeal across multiple generations and its natural fit with the casual audience,” says Atari CEO Fred Chesnais….
WSOP.com links up with New York Rangers
iGaming Business – WSOP.com, the online poker platform of Caesars Interactive Entertainment, has agreed to become the official gaming partner of NHL ice hockey franchise the New York Rangers. According to the Pokernews.com website, the deal emerged last week when a promotion was posted on the WSOP.com website. Until April 5, WSOP.com players in the US state of New Jersey can use a promotional code to be automatically entered into a draw to win one of four grand prizes including a home visit from a former Rangers player. Other prizes on offer include match tickets to selected home games and…
Revenues up at California Indian casinos
The Press Democrat – Revenues at California Indian casinos increased slightly in 2012, but still not as robustly as pre-recession years, according to a report being released Wednesday. California’s 68 tribal casinos raked in $6.96 billion in 2012, the most recent year available, according to Casino City’s Indian Gaming Industry Report. That was nearly a 1 percent increase over the $6.91 billion they collected in 2011. It was the second year of positive growth for California tribal casinos after experiencing three consecutive years of decline, according to the author, Alan Meister, an economist with Nathan Associates Inc. The 2012 growth…
KGM Gaming and Spin Games confirm New Jersey launch
iGaming Business – US distributor KGM Gaming and gaming content developer Spin Games have announced a successful launch into the New Jersey online gaming market, in accordance with a previously announced deal with land-based operator Caesars Interactive Entertainment. As reported by iGaming Business in December 2013, the two companies agreed to provide Caesars Interactive Entertainment with a remote gaming server and game titles for its online gaming operations in the US state. Under the licensing agreement, the ROC, HTML5 remote gaming server technology will be utilised along with a range of games developed in the platform. “Thanks to our team’s…
Bills to Ban Online Gambling Introduced in US Congress
Lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties who want to ban online gambling have introduced legislation in the House and Senate. According to the Associated Press news agency, the bills are aimed at reversing a decision in 2011 by Attorney General Eric Holder that a 1961 law used to ban internet gambling only applied to sports betting. The new bills would expand prohibition to where it originally stood before the 2011 ruling. New Jersey, Delaware and Nevada are the only three states to have legalized online gaming since the 2011 ruling, but a number of other states have also…
Ladbrokes goes live with Playtech products
iGaming Business – UK bookmaker Ladbrokes has successfully launched the full range of products from online gaming software supplier Playtech across its digital platform. Ladbrokes said that the move to Playtech was part of a “wider revamping” of the Ladbrokes digital business to give customers a better experience on mobile or desktop for its sportsbook and casino services. The successful launch has led to the withdrawal of the existing casino software and games portfolio from the Ladbrokes.com and Ladbrokes.dk domains. Ladbrokes said that as well as adding the Playtech products, it has also made improvements to the ‘Vegas’ tab by…
