Delaware’s state senators finally pulled together Wednesday to pass HB333, and once Gov. Jack Markell signs the bill into law, the state will become the most advanced so far in the fight to legalise online gambling in the United States. The state Senate sent the bill to Gov. Markell’s desk on a 14 to 6 …
Staten Island resident Charles Cicalo (49) pleaded guilty to first-degree promoting gambling and will forfeit $1.3 Million in exchange for a one to three year prison sentence as opposed to the 25-year sentence he was facing reported Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown. Cicolo reportedly accumulated over $2.7 million in illegal multi-state bets utilising two …
Betfair has agreed a two-year sponsorship deal, with an option to renew for a third, with German football club Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Bayer 04 Leverkusen finished fifth in last year’s Bundesliga. Under the terms of the deal, Betfair will benefit from a branding presence at the Bay Arena, advertising on pitchside boards and involvement in …
US land casino games provider Bally Technologies, Inc., which recently achieved supplier licensing from the Nevada regulator, has launched what it claims is the first iGaming platform from a licensed supplier in the United States. The free-play platform is now live at Golden Nugget casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, N.J. The Fertitta family …
Media and other interested parties gathered in San Francisco this week for the second annual Zynga Unleashed presentation, showcasing the social gaming giant’s future plans and products. The company’s launch of its new social gaming slot “Elite Slots” has already enjoyed wide publicity but was given the cheerleader treatment by company executives anyway, along with …
In March this year the US casino equipment supplier Shuffle Master proudly announced that it had inked a Euro 19.5 million agreement to purchase Ongame Network, Ltd., a 25-brand online poker network owned by Bwin Interactive. Just this month executives at Bally Technologies, Shuffle Master and Ongame Networks were publicly ‘thrilled’ at the prospect of …
Tuesday’s much-anticipated Senate vote on the legalisation of online gambling in Delaware disappointingly was deferred amid proponent’s concerns that there were not enough Democratic Party votes to get the measure through. The vote will now take place later today (Wednesday), presumably after the political troops have been marshalled and persuaded. Associated Press reports that HB333 …
Allegations that affiliate management company C-Planet has effectively been taking the bread from the mouths of affiliate marketers of the Rushmore group of online casinos are creating shockwaves through the affiliate industry this morning after a de-tagging scam was exposed by Casinomeister owner Bryan Bailey. Bailey claims firsthand knowledge and experience of the scam after …
Topjack Games reports that it has secured its third white label deal in less than three weeks from launch. The Lloyd’s of London-insured business was launched just a three weeks ago, offering both players and partners access to multi-million instant win jackpots on slots, instant lottery, keno, video poker, blackjack, roulette and bingo that do …
Cryptologic, the veteran online gambling software developer recently acquired by Amaya Gaming, has renewed its games supply contract with Betsson Malta Limited for the next two years. The agreement expands on an existing relationship between the two companies. Under the new deal, Betsson, which has a total active player base of more than 400,000 players …
The recent change in political leadership in the German state of Schleswig Holstein rang alarm bells in the industry when prominent members of the new regime voiced an intention to bring the maverick province back into line by signing the anti-online gambling State Treaty with other German states, implying the repeal of the progressive licensing …
The current hot spot for Malaysian police raids on internet gambling premises appears to be Kuantan, capital of the nation’s third largest province. In three raids Monday police reported arresting 26 suspects, aged between 20 and 40, including two women, and confiscating 42 computers. Police Asst Supt Sampornak Ismail told reporters that many of those …
Unidentified investors in the Panama City-based online gambling enterprise BetOnline.ag are branching out by taking over a controlling share of Sportsbetting.ag, giving the business improved software from DGS and ASI, along with faster pay-outs, better promos and a revamped website. “The new shareholders unconditionally guarantee past and future payouts from SportsBetting.ag,” a company spokesman said …
Online gambling software developer BetSoft Gaming has announced the release of the latest game in its Slots3 library, branded Miles Bellhouse and his Curious Machine. The game follows the adventures of the eponymous inventor and genius Miles Bellhouse as he manipulates his time machine to escape the dastardly General Traytor who will stop at nothing …
The issue last week of Nevada Gaming Commission licenses to Bally Technologies and International Game Technology has triggered a burst of renewed enthusiasm for online poker legalisation in the United States, with both business executives and politicians expressing support for the concept. Associated Press quoted Bally CEO Richard Haddrill, who took the opportunity to reiterate …
The UK Offshore Gambling bill proposed by West Suffolk MP Matthew Hancock has secured a second reading in the House of Commons and will reportedly be presented to the Speaker later today (Monday). The Private Members’ Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule, SO No 23) seeks to amend the Gambling Act 2005 to regulate remote …
Cantor Fitzgerald is reportedly looking to secure a Macau gaming licence in an expansion strategy outside of Nevada said its chief executive officer Howard Lutnick in an interview with Bloomberg. “We’re in the process of getting licensed in Macau, when you have these big casinos as your partners, it makes it much more easy,” he …
According to This is Money.co.uk, bookmaker Stan James is facing a UK Revenue & Customs (HMRC) tribunal relating to the move of its internet and phone betting division to Gibraltar in 2000. The HMRC reportedly claims that the move was undertaken purely to evade paying UK gambling duties and is asking to levy a tax …
According to Focus-Fen.net, the Moldovan Ministry of Finance is proposing a 60 percent increase in gambling licence awards along with a 30 percent increase in mobile gambling service awards to cover losses in revenue as a result of revisions it made to the 2012 Government budget. Readers will recall Canadian firm Amaya Gaming winning an …
With yet another key discussion on European online gambling regulation by the European Parliament scheduled for June 27, industry trade body the European Gaming and Betting Association issued its wish list on remote gambling Monday. With the European Commission’s Communication and Action Plan in mind, EGBA secretary general Sigrid Ligné said that European demand for …
One lucky Brit online slots player at Playtech-powered online casino Winner.com has hit the Spamalot jackpot, winning GBP 693,517 in cash. Anthony Edmonds, who is from Newton Abbot, Devon, was steered to the casino by a friend, and told casino management that he had chosen the Spamalot slot because he was a Monty Python fan; …
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act 2006 will be in the headlines this Thursday when Daniel Eremian (62) stands before a Massachusetts US District Court for sentencing. Eremian, whose involvement in the Antigua-based Sports Offshore online sports betting operation impacted both his sister and politician’s wife Patrice Tierney, and his brother Robert Eremian who remains …
The Vietnamese General Anti-Crime Police Department along with the Ministry of Public Security is grappling with illegal Euro 2012 online betting in the country with the cooperation of internet service providers but admit there are challenges in shutting down operators permanently. Nguyen Thanh Hoa, director of the Police Hi-Tech Criminal Unit said: “We have banned …
German online lotto firm Tipp24 SE’s shareholders have unanimously approved the company’s plans to separate its German online lottery brokerage business launched as Lotto24 by way of a spin-off . 99.9 percent of shareholders were in favour of distributing the Lotto24 AG shares as a dividend-in-kind of which distribution will start towards the end of …