A Texas-based online gambling information site, Slotmuscle.com, has developed what it claims is a unique and unusual concept to promote world peace (and get itself noticed, of course). The site is promoting a free-to-play 3 reel slot titled USA vs. the World, which is apparently designed to “…draw attention to the challenges that face the …
Last Friday online players at Big Casino.com, a Viaden-powered operation licensed on the Isle of Man, reported that the depositing facility on the website was inoperable, although all other services appeared to be working. Enquirers were assured by Support that the fault was a technical glitch that was being attended to. Two days on with …
British Chancellor George Osborne made it official in his budget speech this afternoon – online gambling is defined as taking place at the point of consumption, and offshore operators accessing the British market can expect secondary licensing and taxation. The Chancellor’s statement was hardly a surprise on a topic that has been widely debated and …
The European Gaming and Betting Association reports that the monopoly-minded signatories to the latest German Treaty on gambling have again been criticised by the European Commission and could face infringement proceedings. The Commission issued its opinion Tuesday against the German State Gambling Treaty, once again confirming that it believes the proposed Treaty is in breach …
Top Italian online gambling operator SNAI has extended its business relationship with provider and network specialist GameAccount with the aim of further developing the SNAI online business, taking it into the online casino and mobile sectors in the Italian market. The new five year agreement builds on a commercial relationship between the two companies that …
The Montreal-based Amaya Gaming Group, which is currently making a bid to take over veteran online gambling software provider Cryptologic has posted its Q4 and Full Year results, showing commendable increases in revenues, but a significant Cdn $ 1.92 million loss over the Full Year. Quarter 4 2011 revenues soared to Cdn $ 9.49 million …
The Alderney Gaming Control Commission has announced the award of its one hundredth online gambling licence to Relax Gaming Network Limited, a company developing and maintaining casino, bingo and poker software. Relax has been in the news recently with the upcoming launch on Unibet, Betsson and iGame of its new Fast Poker product Robin Le …
International Game Technology has launched its iCloud product in Estonia, bringing the internet and a land casino together in a technology move with decided benefits. The launch took place at the newly remodelled Reval Park Hotel and Casino in Tallinn, Estonia, with Meelis Pielberg, a director at Olympic Casino Eesti observing: “The effect that the …
The sad saga of the failure of the financial spead betting firm Worldspreads took a new turn Monday when the FSA called in the police to probe the collapsed company over alleged financial irregularities that will leave clients millions of pounds out of pocket. UK mainstream and business media took up the story, reporting that …
January’s renewed Hawaiian attempt to get a bill on online gambling legalisation through the state Legislature has faltered and failed, out of time in a busy session. Confirming the failure of the measure, one of its supporters, Rep. Angus L.K. McKelvey, said it may be possible to again introduce the bill at some future stage, …
Maine’s tentative moves toward the 2013 launch of internet lottery ticket sales have encountered some opposition from retail store ticket sellers and the Hollywood Casino Hotel and Raceway. The state legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee heard evidence Monday on a bill proposed by Sen. Debra Plowman seeking to introduce online ticket sales by not …
News of the suspension of trading at Worldspreads has been followed by an FSA announcement that the company has been entered into the regulator’s special administration regime after accounting irregularities were discovered. The rumour mill has it that the company failed to segregate clients monies from its own funds. Worldspreads remaining directors said they believed …
For six years online gambler Kay Fearnley (56) got away with stealing a total of over GBP 230,000 from her employers, a marketing and public relations firm in Headingly, Yorkshire. But then the recession made her employers declare her job as an accounts clerk redundant, and her continuous pilfering of company finances was discovered. This …
Internet freedom activists have been quick to protest the recent passage of a Bulgarian law authorising the blocking of unlicensed online gambling websites, according to reports in the publication Novinite The protesters have asked the newly inaugurated Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, to veto the recent Gambling Act and send it back to the eastern European …
It has not been a good week for Righthaven, the now notorious copyright legal action specialist that pursued many industry companies for alleged copyright infringements, intimidating a significant number of them into settlements with the threat of court proceedings . In the latest in a series of court defeats against companies prepared to fight the …
Online players can look forward to another new slot from gambling software developer Microgaming next (April) month when the 5 reel, 40 pay-line video slot ‘Karate Pig’ is released. This one of those big, multi-featured games at which MGS excels, presented through quality artwork graphics with a definite comical twist. The theme is based on …
It looks as if Quebec will take the lead in Canadian online sports betting following the recent approval of single bet sports wagering by the Canadian parliament. Provincial operator Loto-Quebec announced Friday that Quebecers will be able to play Mise-o-jeu (sports pools) on its Espacejeux.com website with effect from March 26. Press material from Loto-Quebec …
Sen. Ray Lesniak, whose bill aimed at legalising intrastate online gambling in New Jersey stalled in the state legislature Thursday is confident that it will eventually pass, and that online gambling in his state remains a possiblity by September this year. Lesniak revealed Friday that the bill was delayed until Wednesday by amendments to licensing …
Swedish gaming monopoly Svenska Spel has appointed Peter Zäll to the position of performance area manager for Sports and Lotteries, effective April 3, 2012. Zäll (50), who will head up the division that comprises retail, mobile and online offerings, succeeds Mattias Mild Born who has taken an executive position at Oriflame Group. Previously vice president …
Stable lad, Conor Murphy, has won GBP 1 million from a GBP50 accumulator bet placed on five of his employers winning horses who ran at the Cheltenham Festival this week. The Cork-born man placed the accumulator bet in December 2011, on Sprinter Sacre, Simonsig, Bob’s Worth, Riverside Theatre and Finian’s Rainbow to win their respective …
Online Poker room PKR has launched a software update that includes 3D versions of its Caribbean Stud Poker mini-game, a fixed-odds single player Casino Hold’em game and a multi-player extension to its single-player Blackjack game. Leon Walters, chief operating officer of PKR, said, “PKR has always been about making realistic, immersive and engaging games that …
French regulatory body ARJEL’s Chairman, Jean-Francois Vilotte, has called on the European Council responsible for sport to push for international co-operation in protecting integrity in Sport. Vilotte’s visit to Belgrade formed part of the 12th Conference of the European Council of Ministers where he called for the establishment of a harmonised framework in the form …
Online gambling provider Play’n GO will provide web and mobile casino games to Latin American-facing online gaming firm Betmotion in a game supply deal announced this week (Friday). Betmotion operates a range of poker, bingo, casino, sports and financial betting websites in Latin America at betmotion.com, apostouganhou.com, apostogano.com, copacabanapoker.com and partnersonly.com. Play’n GO’s web and …
Following an earlier report this week of the resignation of major shareholder and chief executive Conor Foley, WorldSpreads Group PLC has announced the suspension of its shares from trading on AIM, citing the identification of what it terms as “possible financial irregularities” coming to light as a result of a Group financial review. It’s been …