iGaming

ICE Totally Gaming 2016 was visited by 28,487 industry people, an 11.7 per cent increase on 2015, confirming the London showpiece as the world’s biggest B2B gaming event. As reported in InterGame, it was the seventh consecutive year in which the show has grown in attendance. The show also had 529 exhibitors from 62 countries. The figures are subject to an …

Amaya have announced that Full Tilt will join the PokerStars platform this spring to form one market-leading poker product. Following the merger, each site will retain its own look with a few unique promotions. As reported in Casino News, the two biggest names in poker industry are coming together to form a gaming powerhouse on the biggest online platform in …

Voting is closing at the end of the month to find the winner from the Pitch ICE competition which took place at London’s ExCel during Clarion Gaming’s Totally Gaming event. In total 14 new start-ups took to the stage during the show to convince attendees of the attraction of the potential of their business idea. The show featured fantasy and social gaming ideas, gaming services …

As reported in iGaming Business, Unibet has announced the launch of its new casino mobile application, which will be made available on the Apple iPhone for the first time. ‘Unibet Casino’ has been developed for iOS devices and was previously accessible on iPad devices, but this will now also be extended to iPhones. The app is available now in Apple’s …

Malta Prime Minister Dr Joseph Muscat officially inaugurated the opening of The Malta Gaming Authority’s (MGA) new offices at technology complex ‘SmartCity Malta’. In attendance of the Malta business, igaming and political community, the MGA opened the doors to it new +25000 square metre office, which will house 150 employees. MGA governance stated that the office opening, outlined the organisations …

London AIM listed gaming operator Gaming Realms Plc has confirmed that it has sold its third party operated website properties to Silverspin Media and Blackspark Ltd for a total sum of £2.9 million. Gaming Realms is set to receive a cash payment of £1.2 million from Blackspark Ltd, with a further £500,000 attached to deal for transitional services agreed for …

Sussex poker player Curtis Lambert has become the first ever winner of a ‘Unibet UK Tour’ event, taking home a £11,000 first prize win at the Rendezvous Casino in Brighton. Held in association with Caesars Entertainment UK, the ‘Unibet UK Tour’ is designed to promote competitive amateur poker with low level buy-in tournaments to be hosted throughout the country. Future …

US based cross platform games developer GSN Games (Sony Corporation subsidiary) has confirmed its full acquisition of social casino games developer/studio Plumbee. Announcing its acquisition (financial terms undisclosed), GSN confirmed that it had acquired all Plumbee business assets including staff, brands, content, gaming portfolio and IP’s. The acquisition will see GSN become the sole stakeholder in Plumbee equity, taking over …

Unibet has confirmed that it is to overhaul its European igaming subsidiary Maria.com (online casino and bingo) with the operator focusing on creating a seamless and personalised multi-device experience for the brands players. The overhaul will see Maria.com rebrand under Mariacasino.com, with a new website focusing on optimising player engagement and loyalty, the operator will look to launch its new product …

PokerStars has announced that it will be replacing regular heads-up cash games with its Zoom variant as it continues efforts to become more amateur-friendly. As reported by Bluff Europe, the move from the world’s largest online poker site was revealed earlier this week via emails sent to regular heads-up cash game players and has been designed to reduce ‘predatory behaviour’ and ‘enhance the …