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New Jersey in online poker race N
Prima Networks powers Denmark
ew Jersey is looking to become the first state to have online poker up and running after State Senator, Raymond Lesniak, stated that he expects legislation to allow for Internet gambling to be approved by both houses of the state legislature by the end of March. This could see online
poker being played legally by the start of September. New Jersey was the first state to pass legislation to create Internet gambling in January of 2011, but the bill was vetoed by Govenor Chris Christie. In the meantime, Nevada passed legislation, approved regulations and has begun to accept applications for Internet poker licenses. “There’s certainly room for two major states to regulate the industry and combine with other states,” said Lesniak. “If we get there first or they get there first, we’ll both be operating. We expect New Jersey to be the Silicon Valley of Internet gaming in the country.” He added: “Once we’re up and running, there’s no way the federal government would shut us down; I know our U.S. Senators and Congressional delegation would prevent that from happening. When a federal bill passes, I think it will just open it up nationwide and, because of our marketing share and agreements with other states, we’ll be in position to take advantage.”
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rima Networks Ltd (PNL) is now driving 34 brands in Denmark, including premier operators such as Ladbrokes and Unibet. Prima was one of the first
companies to offer live services in the Danish market after the legal regulations came into effect on 1st January 2012, with PNL operators representing 25% of the total number of licenses issued by the Danish Gambling Authority to date.
PNL provides various products to the Danish market, including Flash Casino, Download Casino, Poker and Quickfire. Flash Poker is also due to be launched as part of the offering this summer. Loraine Schoevers, Director of Prima Networks Limited, said: “The regulation of the Danish market is great for gamers and operators alike and we are delighted to be one of the first software providers in this exciting new territory.”
…in related news, Italian start-up sportsbook operator, Betflag SPA, has agreed a deal to use PNL’s QuickFire casino software as it looks to move into the casino space. Loraine Schoevers, Director of Prima Networks Limited, said: “This deal allows the QuickFire products to be available to many thousands of gamers in Italy through Betflag’s casino service.”
IGT’s Fire Opals head online
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Inspired Goes live across South America
eading supplier of virtual sports betting products - and winner of the Totally Gaming 2012 Award for Best Betting Product - Inspired Gaming Group has announced that its virtual sports are now licensed in 13 countries across Latin America with Caliente. The Mexican company is one of the
largest operators of casinos, bingo halls and sports betting venues in Mexico and provider of risk control services across South America and the Caribbean. Casino sportsbooks in countries such as Mexico, Panama and Venezuela can now benefit from the popularity of Inspired’s range of virtual sports such as horse racing, greyhound racing, soccer, speedway and motor racing. The sports are randomly generated to make each race or match unique and are transmitted to venues via a satellite feed. Inspired’s virtual sports are multi-platform allowing operators to expand the same high quality offering across mobile or online platforms in the future. Steve Rogers, Managing Director for Virtual Sports at Inspired, commented: “Caliente is the leading
entertainment company in Mexico and this partnership has enabled us to establish our virtual sports products in a significant new territory. Caliente’s broadcasting capabilities have opened up a number of brand new markets, which means that we are now live in 33 countries and licensed in a further ten.”
nternational Game Technology (IGT) has announced the release of one of its top performing land-based games over the last five years - Fire Opals - to its
premium online casino games portfolio. The title utilizes ‘MultiWay Xtra’ wagering to provide the player with up to 720 ways to win for only a 50 coin stake. It’s available in 15 languages and 31 currencies, and features HD graphics set against a volcanic background. The launch of Fire Opals (available to operators via the
IGT Casino remote gaming server) continues IGT’s successful strategy of transferring the most popular titles from its land-based casino business to the online environment. Gideon Bierer, IGT executive vice president of Interactive, said: “Taking land-based hit games and turning them into online favourites has been a real success story for IGT. In December we launched Pixies of The Forest online, and it has topped the IGT game charts during its first two months.”
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