New Millennium Games' NOW! 8-28-2013

Google Play moves against online gambling apps

Google Play has joined Apple in lowering the boom on gambling apps, advising developers that they have 30 days to revise the content of their apps or face ejection from Google Play.
The platform defines undesirable apps as those that involve gambling for “prizes of cash or other value,” and the company’s advisory explains that Google will no longer accept “content or services that facilitate online gambling, including but not limited to, online casinos, sports betting and lotteries, or games of skill” if these proffer financial reward via game play...(article)

Delaware casinos' online gambling will be run through Facebook

Delaware’s three casinos will launch the first phase of the state’s online gambling operation Wednesday morning, opening Web portals for free slots, poker, blackjack and roulette games.
The no-money games are the precursor to the state’s coming full-service, real-cash online gambling operation, now slated for launch at the end of October.
Starting at 6 a.m., each Delaware casino’s homepage will direct visitors to the Facebook-linked game platform DoubleDown Casino, run by slot machine company IGT, one of Delaware’s contractual slots vendors.
Delaware remains on track to be the first state in the nation to offer a full compliment of legal casino games online, made possible by legislation that cleared the General Assembly last year...(more)

BMM Testlabs Announces Departure of Mike Dreitzer, COO of the Americas
Mike Dreitzer has been appointed as President for Ainsworth Game Technology Limited (AGT) North American operations and will commence his role in late September 2013...(more)


Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period Expires for Bally Technologies' Acquisition of SHFL entertainment
Completion of the HSR Act waiting period satisfies one of the conditions required to finalize the acquisition. The transaction is still subject to approval by SHFL's shareholders, required regulatory approvals, and certain other customary closing conditions. The transaction is not subject to a financing contingency and Bally has obtained commitments for a new $1.1 billion term loan facility to finance the acquisition of SHFL. The transaction is expected to close following the satisfactory completion of all required closing conditions...(more)