Almost two years ago, in what was criticised as a high-handed and legally questionable initiative, Israeli police officers visited the country’s main Internet Service Providers and served them with a demand that they block a list of websites allegedly involved in illegal online gambling activity. This week that situation was addressed by a Tel Aviv …
Gerry Gionet, the driving force behind the Canadian-based Geobet Gambling Network for tribal casino operators, has added his voice to those of other Indian leaders urging tribal casino operators to get their ducks in a row prior to US online gambling legalization. Gionet warned Indian gambling enterprises that major Nevada gambling groups will be competing …
Net Entertainment has confirmed the major Mega Fortune progressive jackpot hit at Betsafe online casino reported here several days ago, advising that the winner was a Norwegian man in his mid-thirties who has been playing at the casino since 2007. The lucky winner has received payment totalling Euro 949,866.67 (around US$5.3 million), a new record …
Yet another online gambling company, Betonline, has recognised the vulnerability of a .com domain to US enforcement predators, from today switching to an .ag domain registration. The company’s affiliate management wing made the announcement to affiliate marketers his week, advising that the change is effective from April 4. Betonline’s decision to move away from a …
Our readers will recall the news earlier this year that Israeli social gaming start-up Dragonplay was to seek venture capital to progress its internet business aspirations, and we can now report that it has been successful, raising $14 million, according to a report in Digital Media Wire. The free-to-play social games developer has been successful …
The San Francisco-based social gaming giant Zynga is in talks with land casino company Wynn Resorts about a potential online gambling partnership, the New York Post reported late Tuesday night. Wynn has explored an entry into a legalised US online gambling market before. The newspaper notes that Zynga sees significant revenue potential in moving from …
Long time land gambling business partners Rock Gaming and Caesars Entertainment Corporation have inked an agreement that will see Rock buying into an undisclosed percentage of Caesars online enterprise, Caesars Interactive, for a consideration of $60.8 million. Newsnet5.com reports that an SEC filing by Rock shows that it has the option to up its shares …
New Jersey Senator Ray Lesniak’s latest bid to legalise online gambling in New Jersey received a major boost Tuesday when a Senate committee approved it by 11 votes to one abstention for a full Senate vote. The bill seeks to empower Atlantic City casinos take bets from gamblers in other states and even other countries, …
Industry observers appear torn between two possible motives behind internet gambling entrepreneur Calvin Ayre’s disclosure this week that he has hired top legal guns Barry and Stuart Slotnick to defend him against money laundering charges in the United States. Just a few weeks back the US Attorney’s Office out of Maryland indicted the high profile …
The new Moroccan Telecommunications Minister, Mustapha al-Khalfi, has created something of a political and religious uproar in the country with his desire to ban all live television transmission of gambling, with critics objecting to what they view as the Islamisation of the media. The minister said this week that he would persist with his initiative …
After weeks of hype, Las Vegas From Home finally launched its Real Vegas Casino social wagering product on Facebook Tuesday. The product is an innovative mix of sports wagering and social gaming mechanics that will appeal to sports fans around the world, a company spokesman boasted, explaining that it simulates a real world sportsbook by …
Live dealer providers will no doubt be studying a new product from UK company Vision247, which claims it has cracked the issues of time delay in live video transmissions with the launch of a new low latency service which reduces the delay in HLS (HTTP live streaming), the de facto delivery protocol for streaming broadcast …
The Problem Gambling Institute of Ontario at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health launched a new weapon in the war against addictive gambling Tuesday – online self-help tools. Anonymous, free, and accessible any time of day from a computer with an internet connection, these new tools are available at Problem Gambling.ca. A PGIO spokesman …
Over the weekend police in San Pablo City, Philippines arrested seven South Koreans and rescued up to 300 dogs – many of them badly hurt – that had been forced to fight in a ‘live dealer’ version of the cruel sport. The Koreans are alleged to have run an online gambling enterprise, video-streaming the fights …
A London court fired a warning shot this week against online punters who employ false identities and documents in order to register at online casinos. In what is believed to be one of the first prosecutions of its kind, Londoner Andrei Osipau (35) was convicted of stealing other people’s identities and using fraudulent documents to …
Amaya Gaming’s takeover of internet gambling software provider Cryptologic entered a new phase this week with the departure of Crypto’s chairman and interim chief executive officer, David Gavagan, and his replacement by Amaya’s CEO David Baazov as the company’s control of Cryptologic stock reached 80.79 percent. It was probably a bittersweet moment for Gavagan, who …
Coming on the heels of April Fools Day, reports in the Times newspaper this week that American casino mogul Donald Trump was negotiating with 888.com on internet poker possibilities, were understandably treated with some caution; but it now appears that the reports were genuine. Both Trump and 888.com were non-specific in their response to questions, …
The prolific Isle of Man-based online gambling software developer Microgaming has released three new games on its Flash technology platform, featuring scary themes and a slew of features. Jekyll and Hyde is based on the tale of the dual nature of good and evil, as an experiment goes awry. Punters can watch Jekyll morph into …
The Missouri Grand Jury investigation into internet sports betting has unsealed the indictment on a third man following a joint FBI and Internal Revenue Service probe, reports the Joplin Globe. The U.S. attorney’s office for the Western District of Missouri identified the man as Clyde A. Jeffries, 76, a longtime Joplin resident who currently lives …
The director general of the Spanish online gambling regulator, Enrique Alejo, reportedly told a Spanish gaming conference last week that processing the 59 applications for licenses for the Spanish market will take more time than anticipated….perhaps until mid-June this year….due to rigorous requirements the regulators are tasked with enforcing. The Spanish authorities have already taken …
The online scratch card and instant win games developer Neogames has secured licensing from the award-winning television soapy The Bold and the Beautiful to use the theme in its instant win products, using the identities of characters in the show. The license comes shortly after the show’s 25th anniversary, and Neogames will feature images of …
The publication Indian Country reports that gambling experts have an urgent message for tribal casino operators and leaders: Federal laws to legalise online gaming are coming, and if you want to protect Indian country interests, you need to get your strategy in place now. The article notes that the critical period for a legalisation bill …
The litigious actions of Portuguese gambling monopoly Santa Casa de Misericordia de Lisboa, which has launched successful civil actions against Betclic, Bwin and other European internet gambling groups, could have a pronounced negative impact on football in that country, which the online companies have strongly supported through sponsorships. In the latest development, Betclic has confirmed …
One of the more interesting articles surfacing over the weekend was a piece from Friday’s New York Times on the development of an innovative pay-per-head administrative business model used by mainly Latin American bookmakers. Headed by a photograph showing the Costa Rica-based PerHead support centre, the article examined the growing phenomenon of street bookies on …