Just 6 days after news broke of William Hill’s bid to takeover 888, the announcement was made today to the market by 888 that those talks have ended following a disagreement over the value of the company. 888 shares fell 16.84% to 142.00 per share upon news of the collapse of the deal.
It will likely come as no surprise to our followers that are massive Net Entertainment slot game fans that NetEnt has posted a record year in revenue growth, up 35% from SEK630.7 million of 2013 to SEK851.7 million in 2014. NetEnt is a solid software provider who clearly understands what slot players are looking for in today’s online slot game technology.
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888 Holdings confirmed talks of a possible takeover bid by UK Betting giant, William Hill Plc. The initial bid was 210 pence per share valuing 888 at £750 Million. Shareholders from 888 Holdings will provide an update within 28 days with regards to the bid.
Yggdrasil Gaming has announced that they will release their first pooled progressive jackpot slot titled Joker Millions. The game is expected to be released amongst the likes of Scandinavian operators at the end of February. Joker Millions is full of sticky joker symbols, which when collected to fully cover the screen, can trigger the jackpot. The base game is said to be highly engaging as well as the company didn’t want Joker Millions to be all about the jackpot. Look out for a full review of the game from Free Slot Money coinciding with the official launch of the game.
IGT’s Wheel of Fortune® slot has made two new millionaires within just four short days of each other. The first winner won a whopping $1,133,102 at Paris Casino in Las Vegas on the 17th of January, 2015. Then, on the 21st of January 2015, a woman from down south scooped up $1,150,728! The latest coined millionaires solidifies IGT’s Wheel of Fortune® franchise as a top slot machine making millionaires over and over again with over $3 Billion in jackpots paid out to date!
Canadian online gambling operator Intertain Group has made yet another acquisition by buying Gamesys for $650 Million. The deal will add the bingo vertical to Intertain’s growing gaming offering as they will take over the hugely popular Jackpotjoy bingo brand. Noel Hayden, Gamesys Founder and CEO, will now sit as one of Intertain Group’s Board of Directors.
Yggdrasil Gaming has launched a new HTML5 framework to better service their partners as they will now be able to roll out their content on both mobile and desktop simultaneously. This will be a big advantage for online casino operators as they can now advertise their mobile and desktop new game releases at the same time.
Paddy Power Casino in joint partnership with NYX Gaming Group, have released their first slot: Merlin’s Magic Superbet™. We’ve provided reviews for the first two in the wizard magic themed series, Merlin’s Millions and Merlin’s Magic Respins, and we look forward to reviewing the latest offering from NextGen, the Australian slot development arm of NYX Gaming Group.
A lucky LeoVegas punter won a whopping €5.6 million by hitting the jackpot while playing NetEnt’s Mega Fortune progressive slot on a tablet device. The player would like to remain anonymous but we do know he or she is from Sweden.
NextGen, the Australian slot development company of NYX Gaming, has announced their latest slot titled Psycho, based on the famous Alfred Hitchcock film thriller. The online slot, in partnership and license with Universal, will launch amongst NYX OGS partners first and then will be rolled out across the rest of their platform.
InterCasino has had a major rebrand evident with the launch of their new InterCasino.com website, a personalized online casino site allowing players the option to choose which games they want to see when they visit the homepage. The original InterCasino logo has also been brought back. The rebrand of the website is part of the companies plans to launch major television and online advertising campaigns later this year.
