The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Tuesday that April gambling revenue in the state rose 6.2 percent to $855.7 million. On the Las Vegas Strip, which accounts for more than half the total, revenues increased 7.5 percent to $459.4 million, with slot machine and baccarat action the best performers in another welcome sign of recovery. …
Internet sportsbook provider Parspro has launched a new betting site for Spanish land gaming operator CIRSA at Cirsa.es. The new site includes pre-match and live betting for both computer and mobile and can be operated in fully automatic mode, fully manual mode, and/or combination of both. Thorvar Hafsteinsson, sales and marketing manager at Parspro says …
The prospects for legalised intrastate online gambling in Delaware will be decided today (Tuesday) when bill HB333 the Delaware Gaming Competitive Act of 2012 comes before legislators. The bill is supported by Governor Jack Markell and seeks to authorise online betting in Delaware, along with more venues for sports wagering and other gambling. In addition …
Agreement with Skywind Holdings Limited will provide a wide range of both social gaming and real money software, focussed on the social gaming market and strengthening the company’s mobile capability. In a stock exchange announcement Tuesday, online gambling software developer Playtech plc announced the completion of its software agreement with Skywind Holdings Limited, which it …
Police reports earlier this week that two betting syndicates in Penang, Malaysia had been busted have been followed by the news that a further syndicate, this one in George Town has been broken up. Police raided a cyber cafe Monday evening after undercover investigations, arresting three men and seizing hardware and documentary evidence, along with …
The burgeoning business of online betting on football, and the admission by several Australian football clubs that they did not have policies in place to handle gambling and possible corruption of the sport, has attracted the attention of the politicians Downunder. The Age newspaper reports that the Green Party has launched an initiative to ban …
Police in Penang, Malaysia have reported the arrest of eight men believed to be members of two illegal online football betting syndicates exploiting the Euro 2012 championships. The syndicates, said to be operating in George Town and Bukit Mertajam, were master-minded by two Malaysians, aged 26 and 75, who are alleged to have made massive …
Online scratch card and instant win games provider NeoGames has been awarded an operator’s licence by Spillemyndigheden, the Danish Gambling Authority. NeoGames managing director Shay Bar-Joseph said the company has high hopes entering the Danish market. “As we have learned in other regulated markets, such as Italy and Belgium, there is a true market need …
Microgaming’s Quickfire games suite has gone live with online casino operator Redbet Gaming Limited, augmenting the existing games from Net Entertainment and Evolution on the online casino, sportsbetting and poker site. Redbet has been operating since 2002, and is a subsidiary of Redbet Holding AB, which is listed on the Nasdaq OMX First North stock …
Red or Black?, the Simon Cowell televised game show in the UK will be back for another run soon, but with some important changes following its run-in with the Gambling Commission earlier this year. The show will now air as pre-recorded episodes each week rather than the nightly live shows of its first series, according …
Malaysian police were active in the Tangkak area last month, reporting raids on five cyber cafes that were providing illegal online gambling for customers. Police Chief Supt Harun Idris said that the police operation took place over a three day period, during which 170 computers and a large amount of cash and other evidence had …
The failure of the Purple Lounge online poker room and casino, leaving players unpaid and generating widespread criticism of its Malta LGA licensing jurisdiction , was linked to another company over the weekend. In an article on the recent Nevada licensing approval obtained by International Game Technology, the information website Pokerfuse noted that the Purple …
The UK Gambling Commission is monitoring the social gaming space in order to assess its impact on gambling licensing, a Commission official told the publication ‘This Is Money’ Saturday. Earlier this year, Japanese authorities also warned that they are keeping a close eye on the legality of social gambling as the trend sweeps through world …
A brand new social betting concept involving groups of friends relying on each other’s soccer savvy and knowledge to win cash has been unveiled by Irish start-up BragBet to coincide with the Euro 2012 football championships currently running in Ukraine. The BragBet Euro 2012 contest takes the form of a beta trial for a wider …
A Daily Mail expose on a popular High Street retail store marketing strategy that involves an element of gambling has triggered a withdrawal by many top companies involved in the scheme. The system involves the Malta-based affiliate marketing website Yipiii.co.uk, operated by a Malta-registered company called Yippiii Gaming, which encourages shoppers to make GBP 1 …
The largest independent bookmaking firm in Northern Ireland, McLean’s, says that punters still choose to wager in betting shops rather than online because they prefer the comfort and immediacy of cash payouts. The company bases its comment on recent research it commissioned with Ipsos MORI, which sampled 700 respondents set by age, gender, social class …
John Ord (44) and his wife Karen (44) had one of those miscommunications that occur in relationships – who was buying the lottery ticket last week – but this time it panned out extraordinarily well for both of them. The Gateshead labourer thought it was his turn to buy, using the usual family numbers, but …
A statement from international cash handling solutions and business intelligence services provider Global Cash Access Holdings Friday announced the appointment of former Shuffle Master chief operating officer David Lopez to the company as president. Las Vegas-based Global Cash Access supplies cash access products and related services to over 1,000 casinos and other gaming properties throughout …
Barely three months since it last hit, the progressive jackpot on Net Entertainment’s 25 line, 5 reel and 3 row Mega Fortune slot was reportedly harvested again on Wednesday this week, although details are still scarce on the lucky player and where the hit occurred. The jackpot had reached Euro 3,143,554 when it hit again …
The online sports betting partnership between Serbia’s state lottery Državna lutrija Srbije and UK betting group Sportingbet plc has triggered an angry reaction from the Eastern European nation’s Association of Gambling Providers, which claims that the activity is illegal in terms of the country’s laws. Local operators have slammed the deal and its perceived favouring …
Media reports from last Friday indicate that hopes for betting exchange wagering in Californian horse racing will not be realised this year. The June 1 board meeting of the Thoroughbred Owners of California voted to defer a decision on betting exchange wagering in the state until 2013, according to local media. The decision will be …
The information and news site Jamma.it and other Italian media are currently reporting the departure of Raffaele Ferrara, the director of Italian regulator AAMS, for reasons that are not clear. The reports suggest that he is being transferred to another senior position within the Italian Ministry of Finance, although no detail has as yet been …
Players and affiliate marketers were speculating this week over a rather terse email from the LuckyVegas77 online casino management advising: “LuckyVegas77 operations are being suspended. Players and affiliates will be paid and when operations resume all deals will be in place and affiliates will still have their players attached to them, I will let you …
The major online gambling group Betfair announced Thursday that it has been successful in obtaining a Spanish operating licence, clearing the way for legal operations in that country. The company said that its licence enabled it to offer sportsbook and casino products, including roulette and blackjack games. A Betfair spokesman said the company would pay …