Online gambling games developer World Match has released its latest offering, a card game dubbed Casino Hold’em which has the same dynamics as Texas Hold’em but, instead pits the player against the casino. The new game is designed for optimum player readability and features large cards and attention to detail, along with outstanding 3D effects. …
Sarah Vincent, chief executive officer of UK internet media and gambling company Media Corp, revealed in a trading update this week that the company has shed underperforming publishing subsidiaries Onthebox and Forexspace, along with the domains associated with them, for a total of GBP 250,000. The two sites are on the group’s balance sheet at …
The independent testing and standards company eCOGRA has successfully completed a rigorous assessment by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service to achieve an extension to its International Organisation for Standardisation ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation. The extension enables the company to include the Danish Gambling Authority’s Technical Standards and Change Management Programme to its area of professional expertise. …
In what appears to be an exercise to hive off non-core interests, Betsson directors are proposing that at the agm in May this year, shareholders should decide on the distribution of all of the shares in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Angler Gaming plc. The board is suggesting that all shares in Malta-based Angler be distributed to …
Rank Interactive, the gaming company that owns internet gambling operational brands Blue Square, Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor Casinos, has appointed advertising company Carat to handle its GBP 7 million media planning and buying account, reports Brand Republic. The Aegis-owned agency won the account after a pitch against agencies including PHD and Initiative , with further …
Early reports by the Cyprus Mail indicate that local police last (Wednesday) night raided two premises suspected of facilitating online gambling. Details are at present sparse, but it is known that in the first raid 7 computer systems were confiscated, and a further eight were seized at the second. The owners of both premises were …
The Irish Central Bank, which suspended the operations of financial spread betting firm Marketspreads last week , has loosened the restrictions slightly, allowing the company release between Euro 5 million and Euro 10 million in cash to clients. The Irish Examiner reports that the Central Bank ordered Marketspreads to cease trading last Friday, citing “legacy …
Trinidad and Tobago horse race betting shops could soon find their wings clipped for resisting and evading the payment requirements of the Betting Levy Board (BLB). The issue was raised this week in the Caribbean island nation’s Parliament at a sitting of the Public Accounts Committee, where BLB chairman Kama Maharaj claimed: “Knowledgeable people have …
Bodog brand US-facing franchise holder Bovada extended its self-imposed restrictions on players from New York, Maryland and Utah this week, adding Washington state to the list of states from which it will not accept internet betting action. As before, in an email to players Bovada blames “continuing difficulties finding and maintaining acceptable payment options” for …
Having already outlawed any possibility of legalised online gambling in his home state of Utah , state governor Gary Herbert extended his opposition this week by writing to Congressional leaders, urging them to halt federal initiatives aimed at legalising the pastime. In a letter addressed to Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and …
North Dakota Representative Jim Kasper had his chance to crow in the state legislature this week as lawmakers discussed online lottery legalisation possibilities in the wake of the Department of Justice policy change on the definition of internet gambling in the Wire Act. Back in 2005, Kasper’s attempt to introduce an internet gambling bill was …
More detail is now available on the February revenue results from the Italian market. Concerns over recent declines in the Italian market were to some extent assuaged with the release of the latest performance stats by regulator AAMS, showing that the online gambling market overall showed a 21 percent improvement in February. The improvement is …
A trading update delivered by Media Corporation Plc (Media Corp) for the period ending March 31, 2012 revealed a mixed bundle of feedback that included a delay in its Hippodrome joint venture, two potential acquisitions and the sale of two of its underperforming publishing assets. The company’s joint venture with London-based Hippodrome Casino , for …
British BarclayCard using punters will get less for their money as the company imposes new fees on gambling transactions reports ThisIsMoney.co.uk. Currently, bets placed and lottery tickets purchased utilising BarclayCard are treated as straight forward purchases and attract no charges, however, in a move that is sure to irk gambling customers, the company will for …
French operator Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) has reappointed Philippe Germond to continue in the position of chief executive officer for an additional term of four years. The decision on re-electing Germond was made at PMU’s General Assembly where he received backing from the French horse racing authority France Galop and the Société d’Encouragement a l’Elevage …
Indian authorities are looking to increase their compliment of cyber security experts in a bid to crack down on illegal online gambling in the country as bookmakers increasingly move on to virtual channels to evade detection. An unnamed “highly placed source in the Police Department” revealed to the Indian Express publication that its Cyber Crime …
Internet gambling software developer and turnkey provider Microgaming has released its April tranche of four new Flash technology-based games, Karate Pig, Arctic Fortune, Mystique Grove and Tiger vs. Bear Siberian Standoff. A Karate-kicking pig is the star of the 5 reel, 40 pay-line Karate Pig, and proves to be a talented martial arts and culinary …
Online gambling group Unibet plc has bought Nordic Betting subsidiary Bet24 for Euro 13.5 million, the newspaper Malta Today reported Wednesday. Malta-based Unibet plans to strengthen its Danish market activities through the acquisition, the company’s third major transaction targeted at regulated markets in recent months. A Unibet statement disclosed that the takeover will “…strengthen Unibet’s …
The troubled interactive television gambling group NetplayTV has posted more encouraging Q1 2012 numbers, showing: • A 70 percent increase in new depositing casino players to 12,436 (Q1 2011: 7,320) and 34 percent increase on Q4 2011 • 44 percent increase in active depositing casino players to 21,869 (Q1 2011: 15,194) and 23 percent increase …
New Jersey’s Atlantic City land casinos took another drubbing in March 2012, with gambling revenues dipping another 5 percent, according to figures released Tuesday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement. The twelve AC casinos took in $266.3 million in March, down $280.5 million from a year ago. Table game revenue fell by 10.6 percent …
The Northern Ireland press is reporting on a call by politician Alex Maskey for the gambling laws in the United Kingdom to be updated to contend with internet gambling. Maskey urged his colleagues in the Stormont Executive to put pressure on British Prime Minister David Cameron to update British and Northern Ireland gambling laws, expressing …
For the past week a MacDonald’s Maryland employee, thirty-seven-year old Mirlande Wilson, has strung the media and the public along, claiming to be the one third winner of this month’s record $656 millions. On Tuesday her fabrication was exposed when the real winners, retaining their anonymity but disclosing their professions, stepped forward. The Reuters news …
State gambling officials in Nevada said Tuesday that land revenue was up 5.7 percent in February after casinos brought in $932 million. The Nevada Gaming Control Board released stats showing that Las Vegas Strip revenue of $531 million was up 3.3 percent compared with the same month a year ago. Downtown Las Vegas brought in …
Totedaddy.com, an onloine gambling site that characterises itself as “the e–Bay of internet gambling” has signed up for live dealer internet gambling provided by Entwinetech, bring the latter’s client list to over sixty websites. Totedaddy boasts over 100,000 punters, who create their own betting events, whether these are of global importance, or simply local or …