Gambling News

Tom Tuxworth, public affairs manager for the listed British online betting group Betfair, told a South African parliamentary portfolio committee studying the possible legalisation of [...]

A compulsive online gambler who stole almost GBP 400 000 from her employer was sent to jail in Norfolk, UK this week after a judge [...]

Betfair is the newest title sponsor of the Matchroom Sport Prizefighter series in a partnership deal that will deliver the online betting exchange branding rights [...]

State-owned Austrian Lotteries and Casinos Austria Group has reported record sales of Euro 3.4 billion for the year 2011 and is looking to online expansion [...]

Forging ahead on its restructuring drive, GigaMedia Limited has appointed Dirk Chen to the position of chief financial officer. Chen has spent his 30-year career [...]

The Responsible Gambling Trust, a newly formed charitable organisation from the merger of the Responsible Gambling Fund and The GREaT Foundation, has appointed Marc Etches [...]

Alex Downie OBE, MLC will oversee E-Gaming on the Isle of Man, following the departure of Garth Kimber, who has reportedly entered into the private [...]

The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Patrick J Fitzgerald, has announced charges against two Chicago men on tax evasion issues and [...]

The news that December’s gigantic El Gordo lottery main prize had been won by the Spanish rural village of Sodeto has been followed by what [...]

Massachusetts Treasurer Steven Grossman, who last year started appointing members to a special task force to investigate the possibilities and implications of online gambling legalisation, [...]

The prominent land gambling slots developer Aristocrat Technologies is steadily expanding its reach into the properly regulated online sector, with particular focus on the European [...]

With the dust still swirling from heated exchanges between the governor’s office and the minority leader in the state Senate, Thursday’s meeting of the Connecticut [...]

Land on online gambling content developer WMS has announced that its subsidiary Jackpot Party online casino will launch its latest slot – Mermaids Gold -on [...]

It appears that the due diligence phase of Amaya Gaming’s intended acquisition of Cryptologic (see previous InfoPowa reports) has been successful; the Montreal-based gaming group [...]

Connecticut governor Dannel Malloy may see the inevitability of legalised online gambling (see previous InfoPowa reports) but he is facing some tough opposition to the [...]

With political opinion increasingly swinging to the negative on concerns over the way in which it was presented to lawmakers, it appears likely that Washington [...]

The US Department of Justice copyright action against the Hong Kong-based giant file sharing site Megaupload.com has thrown up some interesting associated questions, among them [...]

Just six months before the 2012 Olympics kick-off in London, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will hold a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland this week with [...]

Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau revealed a 35 percent rise in casino revenues to 25 billion patacas ($13.1 billion) during the month of January [...]

German online gambling company, Tipp24 SE has exceeded its own forecasts for 2011 with record earnings for its twelfth consecutive year. Unaudited figures for the [...]

On the back of a robust performance reported in BSkyB’s half year results which included a strong result from Sky Bet, the firm has appointed [...]

Frelix Entertainment’s online gaming website WinaGames.com will carry games content from the popular Sheriff Gaming development studios. The games will be integrated into the group’s [...]

Following today’s (Tuesday) announcement of a partnership with 888 Holdings’ B2B arm Dragonfish for the US market, Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE) has announced another long-term [...]

Live streaming provider Satellite Information Services Ltd (SIS) has announced the roll-out of its services to bookmakers Bet365, Paddy Power and OneXTwo. The company will [...]

Online sportsbetting and gaming group Sportingbet has announced the completion of its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Danish-focused Danbook Limited and Scandic [...]

Following a decision by South African Member of Executive Council (MEC) of Local Government’s economic development Quedani Mahlangu to relocate the Gauteng Gambling Board (GGB), [...]

D.C. Council members intend moving forward with a bill that would repeal the State’s internet gambling proposal following a protracted hearing held last week by [...]

888 Holdings has confirmed its interest in the U.S. market with the announcement of an agreement with Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. (CIE) this week. The [...]

The Jersey Gambling Commission (JGC) has entered into a Bilateral Co-operation Agreement with the Danish Gaming Board with the purpose of arriving at a common [...]

Hawaii is the latest US State to reconsider internet gambling following the US Department of Justice’s reversal in opinion late last year. House Bill 2422 [...]