Taking popular Catapult King game to a wider audience Technology provider Gamblit Gaming will bring the massively successful "Catapult King" to the real-money gaming arena following a deal with Australian-based developer Wicked Witch Software. Wicked Witch Software and Gamblit have agreed to collaborate on the development of "Catapult King: Gamblified" offering real-money gaming mechanics for the UK mobile market followed...
"The Court is being asked to resolve a conflict that does not exist," claims sports leagues' lawyer The US national sports leagues are opposing New Jersey's request that a full bench of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals review the latest rejection of the state's appeal on its sports betting legalisation law (see previous InfoPowa reports). In a filing Tuesday,...
Colossus Bets and CORE Gaming claim the world's first partial cash-out slot Colossus Bets and partners CORE Gaming and Sky Vegas launched what is claimed to be a landmark online slot for the gaming industry this week, introducing "Fracpot". With its GBP 1,000,000 jackpot prize the Colossus Fracpot game is the first slot to incorporate a cash-out feature, the companies...
Company takes its first stride into the North American regulated market Online gambling games and software developer NetEnt has wasted no time in following up on its announcement that it has achieved regulatory 'transactional waiver' approval to offer games to New Jersey online gambling operators (see previous InfoPowa report). The company announced Wednesday that a selection of NetEnt games is...
Daily fantasy sports leader buys eSports platform AlphaDraft FanDuel, the daily fantasy sports outfit competing for leadership of the vertical with DraftKings, has announced the acquisition for an undisclosed consideration of eSports operator AlphaDraft. The announcement closely follows DraftKing's earlier announcement that it was entering the eSports sector with agreements with six top eSports operators (see previous InfoPowa report). The...
Jungle Book-inspired Jungle Jackpots debuts Online casino operator Sky Vegas has launched an exclusive slot titled Jungle Jackpots developed for it by Blueprint Gaming and featuring a theme derived from the Jungle Book that includes endearing characters like Baloo, Kaa, Mowgli and the elephant Hathi. The timing coincides with publicity surrounding the launch next year of the movie The Jungle...
Millions in guarantees and big names involved The burgeoning eSports vertical has received another boost with the news that media giant Turner Broadcasting is to launch an eSports televised league next year. Based on the video 'shoot 'em up' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the initiative represents the first major eSports game televised which will run in two 10-week tournaments across all...
Third content deal in as many weeks Czech-based software provider Endorphina has inked its latest content supply deal with Betsson-owned Europe-Bet. The Georgian-facing operator has gone live with Endorphina titles including Satoshi's Secret, Minotaurus and a range of their classic fruit slots. "Endorphina is a relatively new but fast growing company with ambitious plans in the coming year," said Avtandil...
Provides massive marketing potential Daily fantasy sports provider DraftKings has entered into a licensing partnership with the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), via its licensing and marketing arm NFL Players Inc., which will allow some of the NFL's top-rated players to participate in DraftKings' marketing efforts this season. "The NFL season is one of the important times of the year for...
Cyber security firm chief says that attacks can cause similar damage to Black Friday shutdowns The growing incidences of Distributed Denial of Services attacks on e-business companies (see previous InfoPowa reports) continues to concern cyber security firms, prompting one company to publish an infographic on the issue this week. In publishing the infographic, Gold Security notes that online gambling sites,...
