The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has come out in opposition to key provisions contained in a French draft law designed to regulate online gambling.
The timing could not have been better; as UK online bingo group Cashcade was being snapped up by Party Gaming last week for a reported GBP 100 million an independent statistical site pronounced the bingo operator as the UK leader in the field.
One of the industry’s largest online gambling software developers, Playtech plc, found itself among several companies named in a patent hearing in the UK in June and July.
HR 2267, a proposed bill introduced by Congressman Barney Frank to regulate and licence online gambling in the United States, has been backed by a further five members of Congress, bringing total political support to 47 since the bill was introduced in May this year.
The veteran online gambling group Intercasino.com has serious plans to boost player retention, and has engaged the services of four top London marketing and advertising agencies to do so, reports Marketing Magazine.
The Isle of Man-based e-cash processor Neovia Financial plc has been chosen by online sportsbook SBObet to process payments for its betting websites.
The dynamic management team at UK interactive gambling group NetplayTV plc has announced another new partnership, this time bringing the first interactive television gambling casino to Scotland.
The dynamic management team at UK interactive gambling group NetplayTV plc has announced another new partnership, this time bringing the first interactive television gambling casino to Scotland.
Dragonfish, the b2b division of online gambling group 888.com, has signed a new customer that will see its online casino and poker platform operating in the Balkans.
The Guardian newspaper in the UK reports that a charity bingo hall in a suburb of Los Angeles in the United States has generated millions of dollars for Jewish settlements in disputed territory in the Middle East through regular nightly sessions over the past 20 years.
Land casino revenues on the offshore gambling centre of Macau fell 12.2 percent in the second quarter 2009 to MOP$25.62 billion, compared with Q2 2008, and were down 2.4 percent on Q1 of 2009, the island’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau reported.
Sales agents at the giant Greek government betting monopoly OPAP have suspended a strike against a new government tax on punters’ winnings, reports the Reuters news agency.
Legal representatives of the government of Antigua and Barbuda have been quick to distance their client from the activities of the subscription-based, unlimited music and film download site ZookZ, which surfaced this week in an article by Techdirt.
For several weeks now there has been widespread speculation on who would acquire the UK online gambling group Cashcade . Would it be Party Gaming, 888.com or some other major group with the financial clout to close the deal?
The ‘skill with prizes’ gambling genre has been under the UK Gambling Commission microscope lately in order to ascertain whether or not some games described as SWPs are in fact gaming machines.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Commerce Casino is to become the first of 45 new electronic OTB (offtrack betting) horserace venues allowed under a 2007 state law to boost the horse racing industry.
The UK Gambling Commission published its annual report for 2008-2009 this week, revealing that a total of 520 operating licences were issued during the year, mainly to small operators or converted lottery licences, of which the majority went to land betting operators, gaming machine suppliers and society lotteries.
Canadian online bingo software developer Parlay Entertainment has launched Parlay Game Services North America, providing a hosted and managed game content solution for the existing North American regulatory environment.
The respected publication Techdirt.com carried an interesting article about an online music provider apparently taking advantage of World Trade Organisation findings on the Internet gambling dispute between the United States and the government of Antigua and Barbuda.
July has seen a feast of new games for online gamblers, increasing the depth of choice across several Internet gambling provider platforms.
The Australian wing of online gambling group Betfair has engaged M&C Saatchi Melbourne to handle its creative advertising account following a three-way competitive pitch.
With nine weeks still to go until the 8th Annual European iGaming Congress and Expo (EiG) opens its doors in Copenhagen, the organisers have announced that this year’s exhibition is already 10 percent larger than last year’s.
The value of bets in Italy rose 10.8 percent in the first six months of the year to Euros 26.266 billion, the state gaming regulator AAMS reported this week.
The upcoming Asian Poker Tour this August will set the scene for what could be a Chinese version of the popular US poker movie Rounders, increasing awareness of the game as a sport.