Romania ONJN blacklists bwin.party services

bwin.party brands have been blacklisted by the Romanian online gaming regulator despite the operator having re-paid €8 million in back taxes and having been approved an igaming licence by authorities.

Romania’s regulator ONJN published a new blacklist of offending operators (click here to view list), which featured bwin.com, partycasino.com and partypoker.com.

ONJN informed that the bwin.party brands had breached national gambling polices by promoting their services to Romanian consumers, whilst government authorities were carrying a review of the country’s online gaming framework.

The regulator stated that bwin.party brand should have terminated all marketing activity for Romania during this period. ONJN did not inform the media whether bwin.party brands would be removed from the list having gained licensing provisions following the repayment of taxes.

bwin.party governance did not comment on the actions taken by ONJN regarding its services for the Romanian market. The operator was one of the first operators to receive igaming licensing for the market, along with leading European operators bwin,bet365, Sportingbet and PokerStars

Amaya signs bwin.party games deal for New Jersey & Europe

Canadian gaming software supplier Amaya Gaming Group has entered into a licensing agreement to supply UK-listed bwin.party digital entertainment with a range of its online casino content for the operator’s online gaming brands in Europe and New Jersey.

bwin.party will be launching three online gaming websites in New Jersey on behalf of its New Jersey gaming partner, the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, including Partypoker.com, Borgatacasino.com and Borgatapoker.com.

The websites will all be integrated with Amaya’s Casino Gaming System, providing customers with access to a selection of the supplier’s proprietary and third-party gaming content.

bwin.party’s director of games Golan Shaked said the deal will give customers access to “an even wider range of market-leading online casino games through the Partypoker.com, Borgatacasino.com and Borgatapoker.com gaming sites in New Jersey.”

“We are delighted to be working with one of the premier providers of online casino content in the market today,” Shaked said.

Amaya’s content will also go live across bwin.party’s existing European-facing websites, including those operating under its PartyPoker, bwin, PartyCasino and Foxy Bingo brands.

Amaya chief executive David Baazov said he was “thrilled” to extend his company’s relationship with the Gibraltar-based operator. bwin.party sold its Ongame poker network to Amaya last year.

“We look forward to leveraging our proven online casino content and bwin.party's strong reputation and partnerships to embrace the emerging but exciting online gaming market in the U.S. and the existing online gaming markets they serve,” Baazov added.

PartyGaming adds Wheel of Fortune

PartyGaming, the world’s leading listed online gaming company, today announces a five-year agreement to license a number of branded slot games from WagerWorks Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of International Game Technology Inc. (“IGT”), a leading global provider of land-based and online gaming solutions. The games to be added under the agreement are Cleopatra®, Monopoly with Pass "Go" Bonus, Cluedo and Wheel of Fortune® Hollywood Edition.

Online versions of each of these games will be added to PartyCasino.com and PartyBingo.com as well as a number of PartyGaming’s other gaming sites over the coming months.

Commenting on today’s announcement, Jim Ryan, Chief Executive Officer of PartyGaming said:

“We are delighted to have secured these market-leading games from WagerWorks for our product suite. Having already established their appeal and performance with players around the world, we hope that through our gaming platform these new games will prove to be popular additions to our games portfolio. The games will complement our other market-leading branded slots, such as The Godfather, Saturday Night Fever, Top Gun, Mission:Impossible and The Terminator that each form part of our ongoing strategy to offer unique and exclusive themed content and provide our players with the best entertainment experience online.”

Paul Mathews, President of WagerWorks, added:

“PartyGaming is one of the world’s leading online gaming companies with a broad product suite. We are pleased to have been selected to provide a number of top performing games to help PartyGaming deliver its long-term strategy. This agreement shows that we have quality games to suit the biggest players in the market. PartyGaming has identified that our games fit well within their portfolio and support the continuing evolution of their product strategy.”

PartyCasino back with Terminator and Rambo slots

PartyGaming has added two more film-branded slots to its PartyCasino product range. The company has signed a four-year licensing agreement to create and release slot games based on The Terminator and Rambo movies.

The rights to the two films are owned by Canal subsidiary StudioCanal and the deal follows on from Party’s agreement with Paramount Studios to release online slots based on the Mission:Impossible and Saturday Night Fever franchises. Party is also set to roll out Top Gun and Godfather-branded games as part of the deal with Paramount.

Jim Ryan, chief executive of PartyGaming, said: “Creating unique and exclusive themed content is a key element of our strategy, because the power of popular international brands and their ability to add substantial value to our game portfolio is clear. We plan to license more brands over the coming months to improve further the quality and range of our games and keep ahead of our competitors.”

Paramount-themed slots on PartyCasino

PartyGaming has launched the first set of its Paramount-themed slots, after licensing the rights from Paramount Studios. The slots were launched on PartyCasino on Friday and include the films Saturday Night Fever and Mission Impossible. Party said it would be announcing a similar deal with another studio before the middle of the financial year, which will include more themed slots