From Guardian The shaming of Australian gamblers is relentless. Alcohol causes more deaths, and yet no one is demanding that we picket shiraz. I saw my first pantomime aged seven, in the hall of a Returned Services League (RSL) Youth Club, sometime in the 1980s. It had a dashing hero and heroine, a man in a ballgown, flying handfuls of lollies and that leap-out-of-your-seat raucousness that exhilarates children. There were hundreds of us. The supervising adults maintained respectful distance and when the curtain finally came down on the dastardly villains, everyone was given a showbag full of treats. It was…

From iGaming Business Global gaming supplier SHFL Entertainment Incorporated has released its financial results for the three months to the end of April showing that its total revenues for the period grew by 17 percent year-on-year to reach a record $77.4 million. Las Vegas-based SHFL Entertainment stated that its utility, electronic gaming machine and proprietary table games businesses ‘all saw double-digit growth over the same period last year’ while recurring revenues grew by eight percent year-on-year to $31.2 million. SHFL Entertainment revealed that quarterly net income improved by 22 percent year-on-year to a record $11.8 million while its gross margin,…

From iGaming Business Scandinavian online casino operator Mr Green has signed a deal that will see it begin offering its players a selection of real-money slot games from developer Bally Technologies Incorporated. The agreement marks the first time players at Malta-licensed MrGreen.com will be able to enjoy games from Bally Technologies and follows a similar mobile contract the operator inked with developer International Game Technology (IGT) in April. “I’m very excited that Mr Green can be one of the first ones to offer Bally Technologies’ games to its customers online,” said Markus Aurala, Chief Product Officer for Mr Green. “Bally…

from iGaming Business Playtech has expanded its mobile bingo offering with the launch of eight new slot titles. The new games are mini-embedded in the bingo pages on mobile and are also available in full screen mode across the HTML5 and native offering. “As our mobile Bingo is growing exponentially, it has become a key focus in our product development this year,” said Rhys Owen, Head of Bingo at Playtech. “With the launch of the HTML5 solution along with Native iOS and Android operating systems, we have begun rolling out the product to our customer base. Using an HTML5 template…

From iGaming Business Online gaming provider bwin.party digital entertainment has released an interim management statement regarding its financial performance over the three months to the end of March showing that the firm experienced a 17 percent year-on-year drop in total revenues to €180.2 million ($231.8 million). Gibraltar-based bwin.party stated that the fall in first-quarter revenues was due to ‘the introduction of a five percent turnover tax on sportsbetting in Germany’ along with a ‘significant reduction in acquisition marketing in several dotcom countries’ and ‘lower than expected’ poker and casino player activity ‘following the dotcom migration’. The operator declared that ‘clean’…

Speaking about the gambling ads ban, Premier Jay Weatherill says betting adverts will be allowed during sporting broadcasts and new regulations will only ban enticements to gamble on games that are already underway. Mr Weatherill this morning moved to clarify earlier comments where he indicated all gambling advertising would be banned from siren to siren during broadcasts. In an early morning interview on ABC Radio, Mr Weatherill was asked if he was “banning all betting advertising during sports” and answered: “Once the game’s started, yes”. Asked if betting advertisements that didn’t mention live odds would be banned, Mr Weatherill said…