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chooses QuickFire Q
Alex Holt, Co-Founder at XBingo commented: “Having innovative casino games to supplement the bingo action is a real priority for us and we’re confident our players will react well to Microgaming’s huge suite of games.”
GTECH G2 partners with Xorti G T
TECH G2 has signed a partnership with Xorti to launch two new gaming sites, Pokerleaders and SpinWinners. GTECH G2 will provide Xorti with its Poker and Instant Casino products as well as its Gaming Management System (GMS), providing a range of gaming services to aid the successful deployment and operation of its partner’s portals. Olivier Douce, Director of Xorti, said: “As a company we are passionate about iGaming and wanted to invest in the very best technology and services. GTECH G2 has provided us with the perfect partnership for our entry into the market.”
Rank calls for single tax rate
he Rank Group has issued a statement calling on the UK Government to ‘level the playing field’ and set a single tax rate for online and land-based gambling. Rank chief executive and chairman Ian Burke said in a paper
published by the Group that an even tax rate for land-based operators would benefit the economy through job creation and more sustainable tax generation. In the statement, Rank reminds the coalition government parties of their
pre-election pledges to bring the taxation of bingo in licensed clubs in line with other forms of gambling, including online bingo, from 20 percent to zero percent or 15 percent.
Online Gambling: $46.1 billion by 2015 A
ccording to a new paper from Research and Market - “In Global Online Gambling” - the global online gambling market will have a value of over $46 billion by the end of 2015. The report says the
market had total gross gaming wins of $29.8 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate of nearly 14 percent between 2006 and 2010. The paper revealed that sports betting was the most lucrative sector with total gross gaming wins of $12.2 billion, equivalent to 41 percent of the market’s overall value.
76 JANUARY 2012 I Mandalay
uickFire, powered by Microgaming, is to supply its casino software solution to Isle of Man-based Mandalay Holdings’ latest bingo site, XBingo. This outer-space themed website offers a variety of bingo experiences with a strong emphasis on community and social media. Through QuickFire, XBingo players will have access to a huge selection of gaming content as well as bigger jackpots, and new bonuses and incentives. Players will be able to enjoy renowned Microgaming games such as Thunderstruck, Tomb Raider and the multi-million progressive jackpot game, Mega Moolah.
Facebook: real money gambling
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ccording to industry observers
Facebook is in talks with a number of gaming operators about opening its platform to real money gambling in the UK. The company is reportedly looking at ways to develop the social gaming and credit system, although discussions are at an exploratory stage. Earlier this year Facebook amended its UK gaming policy to allow gambling companies to launch non-money applications as long as it was made clear that it was not traditional cash gambling, while guidelines specify that ‘ads that promote or facilitate online gambling, games of skill or lotteries, including online casino, sports books, bingo, or poker, are only allowed in specific countries with prior authorisation from Facebook’.
IOM operators awarded
t was a successful night for the Isle of Man and its e-Gaming sector at the e-Gaming Review Operator Awards (EGR), where Isle of Man companies picked up no less than four awards. Isle of Man licensed Paddy Power collected three awards for Affiliate Programme of the Year, Social Networking Operator and Customer Relations, demonstrating their high level of performance all round. Isle of Man licensed JenningsBet won the coveted Best Website Performance award, the winner of which is determined by measuring key metrics of response time, availability and consistency of the website using the Gomez Last Mile. Garth Kimber, Head of e- Gaming Development, Isle of Man Government’s Department of Economic Development commented: “Once again the Isle of Man has demonstrated its ability to support and regulate world-leading companies in the e-Gaming field. The Best Website Performance award particularly demonstrates the unparalleled network performance which is available from the Island and JenningsBet’s
Garth Kimber
commitment to evolve their site to meet their customers’ needs and expectations.”
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