Comments by senior executives and industry speculation earlier this year that major UK gambling companies may be headed to kinder tax climes appear to have been confirmed over the weekend with reports in several major UK newspapers.
Industry observers were trying to identify which online gambling establishment could be involved in a Kansas Grand Jury investigation following reports in the Kansas City Star as the week ended.
Another New York Congressman has signed on as a co-sponsor for Barney Frank’s HR2267, which seeks to legalise and regulate online gambling in the United States.
The improved version of the www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk website will begin to go live this weekend – a slight delay to the timetable set out a fortnight ago.
Industry rumour that the UK government may be considering its tax options on offshore Internet gambling companies which advertise and benefit from betting by UK punters took on more substance this week when an official from HM Revenues and Customs confirmed that research was being done on the subject.
The UK land and online gambling group Rank Group plc published its half-year results for the six months ended 30 June 2009 on Friday, with its online division recording an 8 percent decline to GBP 24.9 million (H1 2008: GBP 27 millon). Operating profit fell 14 percent to GBP 3 million (H1 2008: GBP 3.5 …
Smart online gambling operators will be paying a lot more attention to the security of player information on their websites – and those who are making such information available to third parties will have pause for thought – following the results of a YouGov study earlier this year in collaboration with VeriSign.
The news earlier this week that financial spreadbetting has surged, with a 134 percent increase in the number of trades has been followed by reports from the Isle of Man that the UK-based spreadbetting company IG Group has acquired software and domain assets for Bets For Traders.com, owned by the IoM company Trinitas Capital Limited.
Socal networkers will soon have new casual games from Flash technology games developer BaddaMedia following a deal inked this week with the Vancouver, Canada-based social networking developer Ayogo Inc.
Another new scratchcard game has been released by the Israeli-Malta firm NeoGames, this one called ‘Mister Joker’.
UK based interactive television and online gambling firm Skybet says that improving its market share combined with strong branding and a successful year in online casino and sportsbetting operations has enabled the company to grow revenues despite a decline in interactive television betting.
The still restrictive laws on offering online gambling to Italians could be in for a more enlightened remake, industry observers are speculating. And it could happen before the end of this (2009) year.
In Minnesota, six lottery ticket retailers have admitted guilt and been convicted on charges of trying to claim customers’ ticket wins as their own, reports the Pioneer Press.
For some months now the unofficial news has been that the island of Jersey – off the French coast in the Channel Isles – has ambitions to become an Internet gambling licensing jurisdiction.
A new study by research company Mintel shows that the game of bingo is enjoyed on a regular basis internationally by some 3.5 million punters, and the demographic of those playing the game has shifted towards a younger segment, with 20 percent of players now coming from the 18 to 24 age group.
The relatively new London advertising agency Campbell Lace Beta has followed its success in picking up the Thomas Cook account earlier this week by winning a pitch against Publicis for the JackpotJoy Bingo account, a major online gambling company owned by Gamesys.
The Australian-based online gambling group Centrebet has become Cryptologic’s latest games licensee, signing a multi-year agreement for at least ten games from the gambling software provider.
Spreadbetting is the name of the game, it appeared this week as newly released figures showed a 134 percent increase in the number of trades.
The Reuters news agency reports that Italy’s antitrust watchdog has opened a probe into gambling operator Sisal SpA, a competitor of Lottomatica SpA, on suspicion of abuse of market dominance in its Superenalotto game.
Surrey based self-employed carpenter Kevin Packer (28) is celebrating this week after scooping a GBP 100 000 win without risking a penny, thanks to a no deposit bonus from William Hill Casino.com.
Online gambling group Betfair has added a further Euro 3 000 to its Euro 25 000 sponsorship of a Malta cycle team this week, reports the Times of Malta.
Congressman Barney Frank’s proposed legislation to regulate and license online gambling in the United States has reached the 50 co-sponsor mark.
Ukash has brought Australia into its widening international net of customer outlets, inking a deal with epay Australia.
Online gambling software developer CTXM has achieved an associate certification from the Alderney Gambling Control Commission, and has plans to continue acquiring approvals from other licensing jurisdictions.