According to a report by Marco Vale-
rio, the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel have
launched PrivateTable.com and will be
offering real money gaming to anyone
located in the state of California. PGRI
Note: If this report is accurate, it sounds
like i-poker is being offered to residents
outside of the sovereign territory, and
without approval and licensing from the
state of California.
Jumbo Interactive Limited Grows
Markets in Germany and Australia
In Germany, Jumbo Interactive has
successfully completed the establishment
phase ahead of schedule. Connections
have now been established to all 16 Ger-
man state lotteries giving the Company’s
website,
, access to the
maximum number of potential customers
from the entire German population of 80
million people. Efforts have now shifted to
the customer acquisition phase with a goal
of signing up enough customers to gener-
ate sufficient sales to cover fixed costs
excluding marketing. This will be followed
by the next goal of generating sufficient
sales to cover all costs including market-
ing at which point the business will be
cash flow positive. With the final state only
recently connected, it is too early to release
marketing results at this time.
“Jumbo is now the only company in
Germany with its own in-house developed
software platform connected to all 16
states in Germany. This is an important
milestone and allows the marketing team
to compete aggressively with other opera-
tors in the Germany online lottery market,”
said Mr Mike Veverka, CEO of Jumbo
Interactive Limited.
In Australia, whilst Group Total Transac-
tion Value (‘TTV’) is expected to be close
to FY13 levels, the Company’s website,
, continued its unbro-
ken run of sales growth since relaunch in
2005 with 4% growth in FY14 over FY13.
This growth rate is lower than in previous
years due to the higher base from extraor-
dinary jackpots in FY13 that did not occur
in FY14.
“FY13 was a remarkable year in
terms of record jackpots which drove an-
nual growth to an enormous 38% over the
previous year. It was always going to be a
struggle for FY14 to beat that year without
the same record jackpots, however the
continued growth in customer accounts has
helped us to maintain our unbroken run of
continued growth in
,”
said Mr Mike Veverka.
Bwin.party Digital Entertainment
Issues Q2 Revenue Result
Bwin.party’s solid sports betting perfor-
mance was offset by a soft performance in
the company’s poker and casino verticals,
while bingo was fairly flat compared to the
previous year. Focusing on poker, results
were affected by a cyclical summer season
decline exacerbated by a month-long
World Cup distraction. The relaunch of
PartyPoker in the USA also failed to stem
the brand’s decline, while CEO Teufel-
berger highlighted the fact New Jersey’s
regulated igaming market has thus far re-
mained well
“below industry expectations.
While the decline in the dotcom poker mar-
ket in the period also affected our casino
business, the impact was mitigated by an
uplift in player activity in sports betting in
nationally regulated and/or taxed markets,
largely driven by the FIFA World Cup.”
Nevada Gaming Control Board
Approves New Regulations to Link
Online Poker Websites with Delaware
to Create a Larger Player Pool.
Netherlands: Council of Ministers
has Approved the Plan of Teeven
Secretary of Security and Justice to
Update the Gaming Policy
Online gambling will be regulated by
2015, so that players can play safely and
responsibly supervised providers is pos-
sible. Holland Casino will be privatized
by 2017. And the lottery operators will be
given space to innovate more.
Indian Gambling Opponents Criticize
Proposed Change to Federal
Tribe Recognition
Stand Up for California is a group that
opposes the expansion of Tribal Gaming
casinos onto what are currently state lands.
The proposed federal rule would simplify
the recognition of American Indian Tribes,
facilitating the taking of state land into
Indian Trust land. At stake is a potential
surge of new casinos in the state, which
critics of the federal changes argue would
damage local communities. The Stand Up
for California report estimated that the pro-
posed rule change could lead to the rapid
recognition of 34 more Indian tribes in
California, resulting in another 22 casinos.
Those newly recognized tribal govern-
ments would also be able to assert owner-
ship over state lands, it added, removing
them from land-use rules and local laws.
Pollard Banknote Produces $15 Multi-
Jurisdictional Instant Game. This is Its
First Instant Game Produced for Tatts
Lotteries, which Operates Regulated
Lotteries in Australia
“Pollard Banknote is excited about this
newly formed partnership with Tatts Lot-
teries. Pollard Banknote is excited about
this newly formed partnership with Tatts
Lotteries,”
said Jennifer Westbury, Execu-
tive Vice President, Sales & Customer De-
velopment, Pollard Banknote.
“This is an
opportunity to demonstrate our dedication
to developing instant games of the highest
quality and security and to showcase our
premium and proprietary innovations in
the Australian marketplace.”
“This year we began working closely
with Pollard Banknote, and we are leverag-
ing both their unique proprietary products
and their expertise in multi-jurisdictional
games to boost retail sales and broaden the
player base for Golden Casket and NSW
Lotteries,”
stated Bill Thorburn, Chief Op-
erating Officer of Tatts Lotteries. He added,
“Our first game with Pollard Banknote,
One Million Prestige, featuring Scratch
FX
®
, launched successfully and promoted
just in time for our key Mother’s Day gift-
ing period and since then has continued its
popularity in these markets. We are also
excited about our first Spectrum Scratch
FX
®
game which launched on June 23. We
will follow this with several more Scratch
FX
®
games in the coming months.”
Public Gaming International • September/October 2014
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