Hopes that the Italian regulator AAMS will permit online betting exchange action in that dedicated market were boosted this week by the news that Italian finance minister Vittorio Grilli has indicated he has no problem with the concept. According to Agipronews, on Thursday minister Grilli signed a ministerial decree regulating P2P or exchange betting, which …
In an interview on the public service broadcaster NJTVonline this week, the chief operating officer of New Jersey’s Atlantic Club land casino, Michael Frawley, talked about the application by Pokerstars parent The Rational Group to buy the troubled Atlantic City operation, giving an insight into the considerable investment that the Isle of Man online poker …
Online gambling group 32Red has agreed to a premature end to its five year sponsorship agreement with the Swansea City football club to allow the club to negotiate with new potential parties interested in further developing its Liberty Stadium. Both parties stressed that the decision to end the sponsorship was mutual and amicable, and in …
Last year the independent odds comparison site Oddschecker, using betting data across all of the prestigious Cheltenham Festival horse races, showed that Gibraltar-based bookmaker Stan James offered the best overall prices across the four days of competition…and now the well-established bookmaker has done it again by becoming Best Raceday Value Bookmaker at the 2013 Cheltenham …
For reasons that are not immediately clear, the chief executive of Italian gaming giant SNAI, Stefano Bortoli and the board of directors has agreed that he depart the company after only 18 months in the hot seat. The agreement, which surfaced in a press release from the company last week, provides for Bortoli to make …
Online gambling operator 32Red has for the third consecutive year posted a positive set of full year results to the end of December 2012. Key highlights for the company included: * Third consecutive year of record revenues * Encouraging start to trading in Italian market * Increased investment in marketing results in 41,918 new casino …
The South West England and Gibraltar member of the European Parliament, Ashley Fox (43), has vaulting ambitions for Gibraltar’s online gambling regulations, which he says could form the basis for a harmonised European regulatory regime – an increasingly urgent need as more nations introduce individual systems. Fox’s proposal could have merit; he points to the …
Our readers may recall the case last year in which the then sportsbook director of Cantor Gaming, Michael Colbert, and others fell afoul of New York enforcement authorities investigating alleged online sports book gambling-related offences that named online sportsbook operator Pinnacle Sports. The charges have yet to be heard in court (due April 17) but …
The Canadian enforcement authorities continued their activities against the Costa Rica-based Platinum Sportsbook this week with a third round of raids and arrests in Canada that saw Michael Kriaris (39) of Toronto and 43-year-old Augustino Valenzisi of Vaughan detained, and warrants issued for the apprehension of three other men. The action Wednesday by the Combined …
The Greek gambling monopoly OPAP, in which the cash-strapped government has a significant interest and intends to privatise, was the subject of a new proposal for the European Commission’s consideration by government’s Gaming Monitoring Committee on Wednesday, according to a report in the online newspaper ekathimerini.com. The reaction of the Commission, as well as that …
The infamously draconian Washington state law and over-the-top punitive measures against online gamblers – the most aggressive in the United States – are again under attack, according to Facebook postings by local player Curtis Woodard. Woodard describes his campaign for a more reasonable and sensible approach to the pastime as: “A player-based effort to amend …
Problem gambling association GamCare president Lord Sharman called for the gambling industry to display GamCare’s freephone help line number on all gambling advertising. Lord Sharman praised the industry for their increasing awareness of social responsibility during a session at the House of Lords earlier this week and expressed gratitude for their voluntary contributions which have …
The Delware Lottery said fourteen companies had filed an application and provided the required paperwork to provide online gambling services to the State of Delaware in response to its request for proposals. According to an article by Gambling Compliance, with its source named as Rebecca Goldsmith, assistant director of the Delware Lottery, applicants include Rational …
A Deloitte report commissioned by the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) to provide an analysis of the economic contribution of betting in the United Kingdom makes for some interesting reading. While not concentrated on the online market, the survey highlights the plight of the UK betting industry affected by economic conditions, offshore betting and a …
Betting Promotion has entered into a service agreement with Plus-Five Gaming for the provision of a newly developed sportsbook product. “We are delighted to welcome Plus-Five Gaming as one of our partners. We have been talking to the Group for many months whilst they ensured that developing a sportsbook was the best approach for their …
Tropezia Palace Casino has taken on a full suite of games from Leander Games and Sheriff Gaming to augment its existing BetSoft portfolio. Sheriff Gaming will provide a portfolio of feature-rich 3D games that include The Amsterdam Masterplan, Frog Royale along with games from within its progressive jackpot pool product titled “Mega Money Pool”. Leander …
Media Corporation, the owner of the now defunct Purple Lounge operation, has announced an exclusive agreement with Boxing Channel Media (BCM). Under the terms of the three-year deal Media Corp will provide the platform (presumably its anticipated Intabet platform) for an internet sportsbook and casino to be integrated into BCM’s TV channel BoxNation’s website. The …
With the completion of the Sportingbet deal that will give William Hill plc a major Australian presence under his belt, Will Hill chief exec Ralph Topping came out firing in an interview with The Australian newspaper Wednesday, debunking some of the more misinformed comments made by politicians and journalists, and warning that prohibitions on key …
The game developers at Play’n GO Bespoke Game Studio have been allowed to let their imaginations go into overdrive with an exclusive new online slot for gambling group Unibet titled “Leprechaun goes Egypt”. The result is an innovative and entertaining new slot that combines the popular Irish and ancient Egyptian slots themes. Think a Leprechaun …
UK land and online gambling group Ladbrokes has become the latest major betting company to deny it is making a move to acquire the top Aussie independent bookmaker Tom Waterhouse. In denying that there has been any contact, Ladbrokes joins a roster of several big bookie companies that have stepped forward recently to repudiate media …
GVC Holdings plc, a provider of B2B and B2C services to the online gaming and sports betting markets, announced late Tuesday that it has completed the acquisition of Sportingbet plc. The acquisition was made as part of a recommended offer for Sportingbet by GVC and William Hill plc. William Hill plc has acquired Sportingbet’s Australian …
The Dutch online gambling games developer Sheriff Gaming has announced an agreement with Playtika, a social and mobile play-for-fun casino games subsidiary of Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. that will see the launch of the Slotomania Adventures on Facebook using Sheriff’s innovative slots and combining them with the casino-entertainment style game on Facebook, Slotomania. Slotomania Adventures …
Openbet has wasted no time in finding a replacement for its recently departed CEO David Loveday , announcing Tuesday that it has found a replacement from within the organisation in Jeremy Thompson-Hill – formerly the chief operating officer and a company veteran with 13 years’ service to his credit. Thompson-Hill joined the company in 2000 …
n a surprise move Tuesday, Swedish online gambling group Unibet plc has announced that it has effectively acquired Sportingbet plc’s interest in that company’s social gambling joint venture with Plumbee. Social Gambling (Channel Islands) is a company set up by Sportingbet to handle its interests in the Bonza Gaming 50-50 joint venture with Plumbee, which …