Rank Interactive’s Blue Square online betting arm has appointed a new creative agency to handle its GBP 4 million account according to CampaignLive. The firm hired the Arnold KLP agency following a pitch as part of a long-term strategic plan. The agency’s creative will focus on Blue Square’s racing and football online betting service using …
Kahnawake online gambling regulators will not have been too pleased with as yet unknown hackers who defaced the KGC website Thursday, leaving unintelligible messages that declared: HaCK3D Your System Owned ! MucK aDmin No DýRDýR YeS GýRGýR :)) KuRDiSH HaCK Team HaCKeD By SySTem-eRRQR And MaRDiNLi1FeLaKeT We are SuiKaSH-Tim and Muslım Hackers! Heyy Admin ! …
Our readers will recall a report last month in which the chief executive officer of the South Carolina Hospitality Association committed suicide after discovering that his accountant had embezzled almost $500,000 of the association’s funds to finance an online gambling habit. The accountant, Rachel Duncan (41), was removed from office and an investigation has resulted …
Scott Butera, the chief executive of Foxwoods Resort Casino in eastern Connecticut says rising competition is forcing the company to consider online gambling and other changes. Butera gave his opinions and thoughts on the issue during a web-based discussion Thursday with The Day of New London, pointing out that supply in the land casino business …
Media brand Daily Sport will launch a daily jackpot lottery game tomorrow (Friday) that will carry a guaranteed daily draw jackpot of at least Euro 25 million for a Euro 2 stake along with Euro 5 million jackpot instant win scratchcards. Daily Sport, first launched in October 1991, was bought out of administration by current …
The British Government’s plan to implement a “Point of Consumption” tax on online gambling operators understandably has the Gibraltar Government concerned says a report appearing in the Gibraltar Chronicle. Gibraltar’s gaming industry provides a key income stream to the territory and provides employment to close to 2200 as well as an additional 3000 jobs to …
Operation Dadu, the Malaysian police’s ongoing drive against illegal internet gambling, resulted in more equipment confiscations and arrests Wednesday night as police parties raided eleven premises scattered across the country. In one raid, a photographic shop had been set up in a shopping complex as a front for internet gambling. After a tip-off, police maintained …
Amaya Gaming’s takeover of online gambling software developer Cryptologic is almost complete, with the Montreal company announcing this week that it presently controls 86.06 percent of the veteran’s shares with holdings of 11,898,294. To accommodate late sellers, Amaya has further extended its offer to May 2 2012.
British land and online gambling giant Ladbrokes plc announced its interim management statement for the 3 months ended 31 March 2012 on Thursday, noting that Q1 operating profit is up 3.9 percent to GBP 50.4 million; UK retail sales are up 9 percent; and revenues from “digital” operations are rising. The company, which pulled out …
Russian gamblers and operators are hoping that rumours about a review of the country’s tough gambling restrictions are true, reports the latest Alsart newsletter. In a sweeping edict several years ago, Russian leader Vladimir Putin banned all gambling in major Russian cities, instead consigning it to four remote regions of the vast country. Understandably, this …
The Danish Gambling Authority (DGA) released preliminary information on its first quarter gross gaming revenues for betting and online casino, this week. Data, based on duty payments from all licence holders for the period January to March 2012, indicated total gross gaming revenues of DKK 470 million (approx. $82.94 million), with betting yielding DKK 285 …
An advisory from RM Royal Media Ltd’s online rummy website Rummy Royal has announced that it will no longer operate in the Turkish market going forward due to changes in the regulatory environment. This exit marks its fourth in less than a month as Rummy Royal stopped offering services to Israel, France and the U.S. …
Indian Police report a cricket betting ring bust and the confiscation of 21 mobile phones, a computer, two laptops and Rs. 86 400 in cash. Five people identified as Raviram Gani, Mukeshlal Gani, Sonu Digwani, Naresh Sharwani and Anil were arrested following a raid on a house in Ghoghar Mohalla after Police received a tip-off. …
William Hill’s marketing hype have been deemed excessive by rival bookmakers across the British press this week. Particularly aiming at the report of a punters good fortune on the Grand National Big Buck’s GBP 500 000 bet to win GBP 100 000 , competitors are grumbling that William Hill provided selective information on the wager …
The European Gaming and Betting Association’s (EGBA) anticipated manifesto for sustainable online gambling in the European Union was published this week stemming from its involvement in the issue raised by the European Parliament Report on Online Gambling in the Internal Market in November 2011. Five priority action points have been identified by the organisation which …
Malta’s Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) has entered into a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario. The MOU covers areas such as the exchange of information and applicant eligibility assessments along with compliance and regulatory assurances with respect to gaming. Other possibilities stemming from the agreement include joint, …
Betfair has extended its existing relationship with the British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA) in a sponsorship deal announced this week. The sponsorship covers both men and women’s GB Boxing teams, who will appear at a series of promotional events to raise awareness of the Betfair partnership, in which the online betting exchange has been named …
Part-time and definitely illegal Singapore bookie Goh Weng Soon will have time to reflect on his activities this week following a severe sentence of one year in prison and a fine of $390,000 handed down by District Judge Wong Peck on 11 counts of illegal sports betting. A vegetable seller in his more usual life, …
The Swedish online gambling group Betsson AB has announced that it is to acquire the Malta-based Nordic Gaming Group and its three sportsbook, casino and poker subsidiaries, NordicBet, Tobet and Triobet. Magnus Silfverberg, CEO and President of Betsson, said in a statement Wednesday: ”Through this transaction, Betsson continues to strengthen its Nordic operations and its …
The state of Delaware’s interest in regulating and licensing online gambling is now well known, but Businessweek reports that state officials have recently taken their initiatives a step further, setting up a series of meetings with representatives of the state’s gambling industry. State financial director Tom Cook attended some of these meetings Tuesday, briefing Delaware’s …
North Carolina internet cafe owners who also facilitate thinly disguised online gambling are claiming that a recent Appeal Court decision permits them to continue running their businesses despite the state’s intention to stamp out the pastime. In 2010 the state Legislature passed a law to ban internet cafe sweepstakes that use an “entertaining display” to …
Reports on iGaming Suppliers and other information sites Tuesday indicate that the Bodog franchising operation in the UK is the latest in founder Calvin Ayre’s business group to be restructured, reportedly with the loss of 70 UK jobs. The report in iGaming Suppliers quotes sources as saying that the lay-offs are associated with the company’s …
European Court of Justice Advocate General Mazak was critical of Austria’s restrictions on internet gambling advertising this week, commenting that these are discriminatory and a potentially concealed total ban for cross-border advertising. The Austrian Gambling Act had previously banned all advertising for non-Austrian based gambling operators. After its amendment in 2009, in reaction to an …
The reaction to Playtech’s announcement that it was to spend Euro 95 million on social gaming initiatives through acquisitions from its 48 percent main shareholder Teddy Sagi was not long in coming Tuesday. Reuters reported that amidst investor concerns the share price waned, falling as much as 9.7 percent to 316.66 pence, although there was …