SKY BETTING EXPANDS IN YORKSHIRE
2015-01-26
The online gambling services of Sky Betting and Gaming look set to expand following reports in the Yorkshire Business Daily that the company is to create 90 new jobs at its Leeds head office.
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners bought the business from Sky late last year (see previous InfoPowa reports).
Sky management told Business Daily that the company has rapidly expanded over the last 12 months, and the new positions have been created in a range of departments across the business, including technology, product development, marketing and customer service.
Managing director Richard Flint confirmed the expansion following the GBP 800 million CVC deal, and said that Sky will provide comprehensive development and training to the new employees to help them grow the skills needed for the continued operation of the online gambling business.
BETSOFT TAKES SUGARPOP SLOT TO MOBILE2014-07-02The popularity of BetSoft's relatively
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Like the original, SugarPop! ToGo incorporates elements that are new to slots gaming, offering five distinct worlds and twenty five individual levels of gameplay.
Anthony Locke, BetSoft's head of product development said Monday that bringing SugarPop! to handheld devices has pushed the limits of HTML5, and that there are plans to introduce periodic expansion packs on the game to keep it fresh and captivating by adding additional worlds and special candies.
SugarPop! ToGo features a 5x5 grid of cascading candies in vivid high-definition colours. Consecutive wins earn points which progressively move the player through the levels of the multiple worlds, like the Cupcake Cottage and the Peanut Butter Plains.
Special Candy Pieces with 3D effects, such as the Lollipop which swirls the candies into new positions on the grid, will appear as the game progresses. With bonus background patterns to complete during regular play, SugarPop! ToGo offers many opportunities for big winnings.
"The desktop version of SugarPop! has been setting play session length records since its initial release," Locke said. "The popularity of the game is unparalleled, and, as such, players have been clamouring for the mobile version."
The mobile version of the game is available on iOS, Android and Windows Phone platforms. A demo version of the game is available on BetSoft's website Betsoftgaming.com.
DEBATE CONTINUES ON NEW JERSEY TAX HARVEST FROM INTERNET GAMBLING2013-04-25The debate around how much tax New Jersey will reap from legalised online gambling in the state (see previous InfoPowa reports) continued this week with the publication New Jersey.com publishing comparative figures from a number of studies.
The Christie administration's projection - based on estimates by the traditionally conservative Wells Fargo analysts - is that online gambling will raise $180 million in state tax revenues in its first year, but that differs substantially from other professional studies, the publication observes.
New Jersey.com notes that industry research firm Gambling Data, estimated in a recent study that overall online gaming revenues in Year One would reach $261.9 million. At a 15 percent tax rate that would generate $39.3 million in money for the state.
And in late 2010, a study by Econsult Corp. commissioned by the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association, estimated $210 million to $260 million in "short-run" revenues, working out to $31.5 million to $39 million in state tax revenues.
The Wells Fargo Securities report also suggested that initially revenues might not be quite as high as those anticipated later on, remarking: "...in the near term, we believe the New Jersey online market could generate between $650 million and $850 million," suggesting tax revenues of up to $127.5 million.
Entering the fray Monday, state Sen. Paul Sarlo commented: "I consider the $180 million number to be completely erroneous - it's not a number that has any credibility."
Treasury Department spokesman Bill Quinn acknowledged that there are "widely varying [revenue] estimates," adding that the fact that Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey are introducing the first legal online gambling sites might provide a "novelty factor" boost to each.
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POKER PLAYER IN COURT CLASH OVER TOURNAMENT WINNINGS2012-12-31Back in 2010 poker pro Paul Carr placed second in a major Irish live poker tournament, taking home almost Euro 313,000, but this month he found himself in court fighting to reclaim Euro 36,000 of his prize, which he had left in the care of his friend Jason Ahern.
The money ended up in Irish police hands following an unsuccessful drug raid on premises occupied by Ahern's girl-friend, where it was seized as suspected fruits of criminal activity. Ahern immediately claimed the money was not his, and that he was safe-keeping it for Carr, who backed up the claim by saying that the money was part of his big win in 2010.
The case earlier this month in the Limerick Circuit Court is the result of a previous dispute through the lower District Court, where Carr opposed a government attempt to have the money forfeited to the state. The police had earlier been granted a court order to hold the money whilst its origins were investigated.
Carr has been playing in live poker tournaments since 2008 and has a career record that shows repeated small wins in a long list of tournaments, with the 2010 Irish Open being his most successful, and the source of his largest career payday.
In the latest development, the Limerick Leader newspaper reported that the prosecution asked Judge Carroll Moran for an adjournment to the New Year to allow it to call as a witness Paddy Power, the gambling company which organised the tournament where Carr made his big win.
Appearing for Carr, lawyer Michael Collins opposed the adjournment and questioned the need to have a witness from Paddy Power give evidence during the proceedings, saying that the winnings were legitimately made during a legal poker tournament, and that the issue has nothing to do with online gambling.
However, Judge Moran granted the state application for an adjournment, indicating he will fix a date to hear the full case in January 2013.