International technical and enforcement teams have reported a major success, breaking up a mammoth global spamming organisation that they claim pushed out 18 billion spam emails every day. The publication Ars Technica reports that the ring, known as Grum, was the world’s third largest spam generator, and that the international team dismantled it after convincing …
European online gambling giant Bwin.Party digital entertainment has replaced Betfair as shirt sponsor for the renowned English football club Manchester United. Under the leadership of Sir Alec Ferguson since 1986, the club is world famous and can boast twelve English championship titles and five FA Cup titles, as well as two Champions League titles. Some …
In two separate judgements this week the European Court of Justice has reminded EU Member States Poland and Latvia of their obligation to comply with EU laws. In the case of Poland, national lawmakers failed to notify draft legislation on internet gambling to the European Commission, whilst on Latvia the court expressed concern regarding that …
The London-listed online sports betting group Sportech plc has announced the completion of a successful re-financing exercise, with key points achieved: * New multi bank facilities to provide debt refinancing * Banking relationships strengthened with new multi bank structure replacing single bank arrangement * Overall size of facilities increased by 25 percent to support growth …
The Nantes, France-based software developer Mandala has inked an agreement with Hong Kong social gaming firm 6waves to publish its new social slots title La Riviera on Facebook. Based in Hong Kong with offices in San Francisco, Beijing, Tokyo, and Moscow, 6waves has established itself as a major global publisher of social and mobile games. …
Speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech get-together in the United States this week, Zynga chief Mark Pincus revealed that his company is “seriously exploring” the potential of real money gambling, and voiced his confidence in the continued growth of the mobile channel for gaming. Pincus said that the big commercial attraction of social gaming was …
The innovative marketing of Paddy Power probably gets an extra boost in exposure from the publicity attendant on being censured by bodies like the ASA, but this week it was the Bank of England that took umbrage at a Paddy Power promo. The advertising industry publication Drum reports that the company has come under fire …
Intralot SA has won a contract in partnership with American lottery technology provider Scientific Games Corporation to provide German sportsbetting monopoly ODS Oddset Deutschland Sportwetten GmbH with a retail and online operation. Oddset will be furnished with with a betting platform that fully supports retail and interactive businesses together with complete risk management and interactive …
Realtime Gaming’s latest 5 reel online slot goes live today with a theme that features adventure in the coldest reaches of the earth, with exotic polar animals in their freezing environment, carried on reels sparkling with virtual ice. Spinning up a snowflake symbol triggers one of the 3 features: * A Hidden Treasure bonus game …
According to the National Tribal Gaming Commissioners Regulators Facebook announcements page, the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has scheduled a hearing on “Regulation of Tribal Gaming: From Brick and Mortar to the Internet” for the afternoon of Thursday, July 26 at room 628 in the Dirksen Bldg. The brief announcement from the senate committee, …
With six potential suitors reportedly negotiating for Bwin.Party’s Ongame internet poker subsidiary, it appears that efforts are being made to increase the appeal of the company by including casino side games within the poker client. In an announcement Tuesday, the company revealed that the first implementation of the casino side games has been achieved in …
WMS, the primarily land casino supplier that has been making headlines with its e-gaming acquisitions recently, announced Tuesday that it has launched a new interactive gambling subsidiary branded Williams Interactive. Company president Orrin J. Edidin will manage the new division, which expands substantially on WMS acquisitions and activity in e-gaming to date, which includes: * …
Only weeks old, the ban by the Cyprus government on internet gambling is already attracting flak and possibly legal challenges, according to the Cyprus Mail newspaper Tuesday. Lawyers for AA Crown Bet Ltd, a local company representing the interests of several major overseas firms, told the newspaper that one company has had to shutter sixteen …
On Monday Minnesota regulators approved guidelines for new electronic “on premises” gambling devices that could provide revenue to assist finances on the new Vikings stadium, according to a report from the Associated Press news agency. The state Gambling Control Board voted unanimously for the standards, resisting calls from the charitable gambling industry to slow the …
Liquidators confirm that Purple Lounge Malta owes the players….but that entity has no real substance With plans for Purple Lounge poker players to combine in a legal action apparently forging ahead on the twoplustwo message board, the management at Media Corp could find their liquidation of Purple Lounge UK challenged as unpaid players seek redress. …
Playtech has launched its latest 5 reel, 25 pay-line slot in time to ride on the back of the publicity surrounding the London Olympics, which begin next week. Titled Wild Games, the new offering has a comical theme in which wild animals compete in their own Olympic contests, backed by a good range of features …
The slow-moving Irish government’s tax proposals for remote gambling companies accessing the Irish market have been in legal drafting for some time but are now due for publication this week, according to the Sunday Business Post. Just how the government proposes to collect the tax on an industry that is for the most part based …
An agreement between the UK online gambling firm BetButler and sportsbetting platform provider InplayMatrix signed on June 8 came to fruition this week as BetButler ramped up its push into the Asian market. The InplayMatrix sports betting platform offers more than twenty thousand in-play games every month, feeding the insatiable hunger of the Asian sports …
Virgin Games has chosen the Quickfire platform from Microgaming to host its exclusive new video slot game, Necker Island. Developed by Genesis Gaming Inc. uniquely for Virgin Games and soon to be launched in the Virgin Games online casino, Necker Island is based on Sir Richard Branson’s own sun-soaked private atoll in the British Virgin …
Problem gambling experts told the UK’s Daily Mirror newspaper over the weekend that they were concerned about the potential for social gaming sites like Facebook to create larger numbers of young problem gamblers. Referencing “an explosion of Las Vegas-style casino games” on the social networking site, experts warned that the games encourage teenagers to think …
The Belgian Gaming Commission revealed Saturday that there has been a more than three-fold increase since last year in problem gamblers requesting self-exclusion at Belgian gambling venues. Over 14,000 Belgian punters have filed an official request to ban them from visiting casinos and gaming centres, the country’s gambling commission said in a statement. Last year …
UK viewers interested in the online gambling business will have an opportunity to see the Ireland-based Paddy Power group up close and personal tomorrow (Monday July 16) when Channel Four’s “Undercover Boss” reality television series showcases the company. The show specialises in sending a ‘cloaked’ top company executive to the coalface of businesses to interact …
Europe’s biggest online gambling group, Bwin.Party digital entertainment, has launched a “get to know us” visual campaign on Youtube. This week sees the first of the group’s short familiarisation vids in which the company’s business leaders explain what is happening in their divisions, and where they are going. The first of these presentations features Bwin’s …
The latest Field poll on internet gambling in California shows that most California voters are ready to add sports betting to the portfolio of legalised gambling in the Golden State, but they are split on whether the state should allow residents to play poker over the Internet, reports PE.com. Both proposals are the subject of …