Month: December 2024

In Ireland, a ban on the use of credit cards in retail shops and online for Irish patrons has been agreed to by bookmakers while also accepting a pre-watershed “whistle-to-whistle” advertising ban for live sport.

The pair of initiatives are a part of an amended code of practice for safe gambling brought by the representative body of the country‘s bookmaking industry, the Irish Bookmakers Association (IBA). The updated code outlines a set of minimum commitments by the industry across a range of measures to protect players.

According to the IBA, all of its members, including Ladbrokes owner Entain, Paddy Power owner Flutter Entertainment and Boylesports, are set to adopt the most recent version of the code. Bet365, Betway and The Kindred Group, which is responsible for brands such as Unibet and 32Red, are among the many other major operators that will reportedly adopt the updated code. 

Step in the right direction:

A restriction on television advertising involving live sporting events before 9pm will also be introduced by the industry and will be effective from 5 minutes prior to the start o…

Swedish gaming company, Evolution, has increased the appeal of its live roulette product suite after debuting its Gold Bar Roulette title that gives players a chance to win large multiplied payouts.

The new live dealer game “putting players in control” allows players to choose the numbers they feel will be lucky for them and decide for themselves how big their multipliers will be, rather than having multipliers assigned to random numbers.

Key Features:

Gold Bars with multipliers are a key feature in the game and every player can win them throughout their individual session. In order to win these valuable Gold Bars worth 88x, players will need to place a Straight Up bet. Once a player’s betting time is up, the game host reveals the number of Gold bars that can potentially be won in that round – up to 20 per game round.

Each Gold bar can be used on any Straight Up bet in later game rounds. Doing so significantly increases the payout if the player is successful in placing a bet that covers the winning number. Gold Bars won by players remain in their account and are available for use for 180 days.

why not let the player choose wh…

South Korean casino operator, Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), has unveiled that its net income in the second quarter of 2023 amounted to KRW8.58 billion (US$6.5 million). As reported by Inside Asian Gaming (IAG), the figure reached in the quarter that ended 30 June 2023 represents a 60.3% decline when compared to the prior quarter. The Q2 2023 result, however, reportedly sets off the KRW7.99 billion (US$6.1 million) loss experienced over the same period in 2022.

Sales Decline:

The same source reports that the company’s sales in the given period reached the level of KRW100.2 billion (US$76.0 million), which is 8.2% lower performance than Q1. Still, the second quarter of 2023 was reportedly 109% stronger than the second quarter of 2022 across the company’s three properties in Seoul and Busan run under the Seven Luck brand. As GGRAsia reports, Grand Korea Leisure is a subsidiary of the Korea Tourism Organization, which is governed by the South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

IAG reports that the operator generated KRW90.6 billion (US$68.7 million) in table games over the given quarter to see a 8.6% quarter-on-quarter decline while slot s…

The Nier team isn’t shy about good-naturedly taunting or riling up their fans, and that’s exactly what series producer Yosuke Saito did in a recent talk. Speaking with former Capcom producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi in Weekly Famitsu, Saito strongly implied that he’s working on a new project with Nier series creator/director Yoko Taro and series composer Keiichi Okabe. However, he can’t say much about it for the foreseeable future.

As translated by Gematsu, Saito said the following: “I’ve been talking about wanting to do something with Yoko and Okabe for some time now. I’ll have something a bit more put-together to say in the not-too-distant future, so please stay tuned. It might be Nier, it might not be Nier. That’s about all I can say for now.”