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 …
Barely a week after launching under a Belgian licence in that country, Casinos Austria is planning to extend operations on its Win2Day.be website by adding online bingo, poker and sports betting to its casino games. Casinos Austria and Austrian Lotteries partnered with the local Grand Casino Brussels to get a foothold in the parochial Belgian …
Insects and a British pub theme this latest offering Rival Gaming has produced an interestingly-themed five-reel, 20-payline video slot titled “Pub Crawlers”. The game is centered around a typically British pub with interesting patrons. A Bar Fly, a sophisticated grasshopper, a cigar-smoking beetle, a caterpillar with a penchant from wine, a tarantula playing poker and …
French company Française des Jeux and Groupe Lucien Barrière owned Barrière Poker reported a loss of Euro 29.8 million for a turnover of Euro 3.3 million over its fiscal 2011-2012 period it revealed earlier this week. The news follows that of dismal results from the Betclic Everest Group . According to Stephen Xavier, president of …
Betfred.com has entered into a major service supply deal with full-service mobile agency InfoMedia. Under the terms of the deal, Betfred will in conjunction with InfoMedia insert its odds across applicable services to cover all major sports including football, racing, rugby, tennis and Formula 1. The relationship will be managed in whole by InfoMedia who …
Prolific online gaming provider Microgaming’s latest block buster “The Dark Knight” is due to be released at the end of this month (June). The 5-reel, 243 “ways to win” slot features characters from the iconic Batman series that include Bruce Wayne and his alter ego The Joker. Graphic-rich with superior sound effects and animations, The …
Gaming Laboratories International and BMM International became the first testing agencies to be licensed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board Thursday, qualifying the two companies to independently test the integrity of slot machines and other gambling equipment for the regulator. The Gaming Control Board’s technology division has been conducting the tests for decades, but a …
UK bookmaker Stan James’ in-play betting site has received an update and now includes six streamed virtual sports. The additions undertaken by Zukido have expanded on Stan James’ in-play offering to provide punters with specialised scoreboards for ice hockey and rugby, bringing to ten the number of scoreboards on offer. Other additions include: – Football, …
Germany is to buck the European trend on internet gambling, preferring the prohibition route rather than regulation, it appears from reports this week. Germany’s sixteen Lander, or provinces, have been fiercely debating a new Interstate Treaty on gambling for the past two years with positions that vary from outright bans to the more progressive licensing …
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval and his 11-strong advisory Gaming Policy Committee meet next Wednesday in Las Vegas to discuss recommendations for the 2013 legislative session on the issue of real-money online poker, reports Card Player.com. The authoritative and reliable publication surmises that at least part of the discussions will relate to Assembly Bill 258, which …
Widespread media coverage on a roulette wheel at the Rio in Las Vegas that hit on the same number seven times in a row has prompted Rio owners Caesars Entertainment to dismiss the incident as a “diagnostic test.” Bemused spectators photographed the 114 billion-to-one event and quickly circulated the story through the internet. Having earlier …
The new management at beleaguered online gambling group Media Corp plc failed to reach a settlement with CD Casino.com Limited Thursday during a meeting in London. A CD Casino source told us that during the meeting with Media Corp chairman Phil Jackson and interim CEO Adam Fraser-Harris it had proved impossible to reach agreement, and …
Thursday’s meeting of the Nevada Gaming Commission approved a traditional sports betting licence for William Hill plc, a British company that acquired three US gambling enterprises earlier this year in a $55 million investment in the US market. Company spokesmen said the award was notable because it made William Hill the first British betting service …
Amaya Gaming’s recent acquisition Cryptologic Limited filed a Form 25 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 2012, requesting that its shares be delisted from the Nasdaq exchange. Management expects the delisting to take effect from June 26 2012. CryptoLogic has not arranged for its shares to be listed or quoted on …
WMS’ internet subsidiary, Jackpot Party online casino, has launched an online version of the popular Vegas slot classic Life of Luxury Progressive. The progressive is available on the Jungle Cats and Riches of Rome base games, which host the five-level jackpot generator. Players on either game are randomly awarded the Life of Luxury symbol to …
Las Vegas-based casino supplier Shuffle Master Inc. has launched litigation against app developer Avalinx LLC, alleging trademark and copyright infringement. In a suit filed in a Las Vegas court Tuesday, Shuffle Master claimed that Avalinx had developed and sold mobile applications for Apple iPhone, iTouch and iPad devices that infringed on its rights. The trademarks …
Unibet’s sports betting supply subsidiary, Kambi Sports Solutions, has signed a two year agreement to deliver its pool betting products, Supertoto and Superscore, to TonyBet, the second biggest sportsbook in the Baltic gaming market, licensed and regulated by the Estonia State Gaming Control Commission. “By adding pool betting to our portfolio we can further strengthen …