The widespread use of Internet cafe ‘sweepstake’ online gambling could come under review for possible intrastate regulation if new provisions to a Florida land gambling bill come to fruition. State Senator Ellyn Bogdanoff’s reworked bill filed Friday includes a call for regulating the practice, along with the approval of mega land casinos in the state …
A UK woman from the town of Wall Heath has been handed a 13-month jail sentence for stealing almost GBP 74 000 from two employers over an 18-month period in order to fund an online gambling addiction. Michelle Oliver’s dealings were uncovered after British tax authorities queried an outstanding PAYE payment of GBP16 000. The …
Following the resignation of Yichin Lee, after a short nine-month stint as chief executive officer and director at GigaMedia Limited, the company has announced the appointment of John Stringer into the position with immediate effect. A company statement describes Stringer as a veteran technology executive with 25 years of senior leadership experience and an exceptional …
UK bookmaker Betfred has taken on the services of the Callcredit Information Group’s (CIG) CallValidate software to confirm identity and payment details of new and existing customers on its online betting operation, Betfred.com Along with the usual identification and protection features, CallValidate will provide its new Ownership Fraud Alert, a feature that links the customer …
French gaming operator and former French monopoly Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) announced record full year 2011 results with turnover crossing the Euro 10 billion mark, an increase of 7.3 percent over 2010. The firm’s online arm, covering horse race betting, sports betting and poker, posted an impressive increase of 45 percent to Euro 1.346 billion. …
Spectrum Gaming Group, an independent research and professional services firm serving public and private sector clients worldwide, has announced the completion of the acquisition of New Jersey-based market research firm EE Johnson Research. President and founder of EE Johnson Research, Eugene Johnson, will remain and head up the division, additionally being appointed senior vice president …
Scientific Games subsidiary MDI Entertainment has extended it licensing partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA) for a further six years, and will continue to offer American lotteries NBA-team-branded instant win games, it announced this week. The NBA was the first professional sport league to enter into the lottery market followed by Major League Baseball, …
International Arts Management Corp (IAMC) this week announced the launch of GEOBet.com, a global gambling network operated by Olympian Trading Limited and North Star Entertainment Limited. The GEObet solution includes products from EveryMatrix, Microgaming, CTXM and Merge networks offering sportsbook, casino, bingo, poker, affiliate tracking, automated banner delivery and back end systems across all channels. …
Bookmaker William Hill has become an Official Supporter of England and The FA Cup joining the sponsorship roster for a two and a half-year term running to the end of The FA Cup and FIFA World Cup 2014. The firm has taken the last of three available sponsorship packages across both properties and will benefit …
British gambling firm Sportingbet PLC’s subsidiary Centrebet will receive a welcome boost from the Australian Taxation Office amounting to around A$91 million following a settlement agreement signed late last month, reports the Sydney Herald. Centrebet initiated court action prior to its acquisition by Sportingbet against Australian tax authorities over what is termed as a ‘global …
72 percent State-owned French national lottery operator Française des Jeux (FdJ) has ended its year on a high, reporting turnover of Euro 11.4 Billion, an increase of 8.4 percent over 2010. The firms’ strong performance is largely attributed to lottery, bolstering poor results from its online sports betting arm who recorded a decrease of 15 …
The UK-based The Weather Lottery plc’s venture into online gambling appears to be getting into ever-deeper water, with the latest update from the company showcasing widening losses. The company posted a pre-tax loss of just over GBP 789,000 for the year to the end of July – up from GBP 77,000 in the comparative period …
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey has again relied on constitutional provisions to delay the latest attempt by state Senator Ray Lesniak to legalise intrastate online gambling, reports NJ.com. Earlier this week, Sen.Lesniak announced that he intended to take full advantage of the new DoJ policy on internet gambling to rapidly push through a legalisation …
The industry saw another example of the thin line between social gaming and a potential cross-over to online gambling in Socialitize Ltd’s launch of a new social betting game 2BET2 on Facebook this week. The new game for Facebook users in essence provides players with an online sportsbook betting on current real-life sporting events using …
GigaMedia Limited’s China online games platform Jidi Joy has announced the acquisition of an unidentified web-based social games development team based in Shanghai. The firm expects to launch multiple proprietary social network games, the first of which is scheduled for roll-out in March 2012, on both its own platform and other social networking portals. “We …
A press advertisement by Irish online gambling firm Paddy Power featuring football player Luiz Suarez with the strapline “”Money-back if Suarez scores. Liverpool v Man UTD. If Suarez scores we’ll refund losing bets” was censured by the UK Advertising Standards Authority. The authority upheld the complaint that the advertisement featuring Luiz Suarez, who was 24-years-old …
Sporting Solutions, the software and data services division of the Sporting Index Group, is launching a new suite of cloud-based trading tools aimed at overhauling the way sportsbooks generate their prices. The internet connection accessible service titled “Cloud Calculation Engines or C²E” provides sportsbook operators with access to Sporting Solutions’ pricing models for both in-play …
Industry veteran software developer Cryptologic has announced that it has acquired, for a nominal consideration, the Maltese online gaming licenses for InterCasino from OIGE, a long-standing customer of the company’s fully hosted online casino platform. The transfer of the licenses has been cleared by the Maltese Lotteries & Gaming Authority. There has been no further …
A 32-year-old Swedish woman lost out on winning a share of 80.5 million kronor ($11.7 million) due to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) having her registered at the wrong address, the English-language Swedish newspaper The Local.se reported this week. The nightmare started for Linda Nyqvist when she changed her address on moving to the village …
Whilst a number of state lotteries in the US have expressed interest in the possibilities of internet action following the DoJ’s change of heart regarding the Wire Act , the state of Maine is taking a more conservative approach it appears. According to the Bangor Daily News, the Maine Lottery has no immediate plans to …
Social networking giant Facebook’s “most popular games of 2011” list features casino-style social game offerings, indicative perhaps of the crossover potential between social and online gambling. Industry observers viewed the list with scepticism as Zynga’s popular Cityville game was relegated to third place while Facebook explained that rankings were determined by customer satisfaction of games …
Gaming provider EveryMatrix will provide online gambling operator iGame with a new back office platform with its OddsMatrix sportsbook and mobile solution in a deal sealed this week. Under the terms of the deal iGame.com will be launched under a Maltese licence and a new offering is to be launched to the Danish market using …
According to press material from Bodog88.com, a new live dealer game just launched – Super Six Baccarat – is the fastest growing card game in land-based Asian casinos. The introduction of the game on The Grand Bodog Live Dealer Casino is expected to prove equally popular, a spoksman said this week, noting that players enjoy …
The Wall Street Journal reports that the gambling centre of Macau has a market that is now five times the size of Las Vegas, and that in 2011 its revenues soared 42 percent over the preceding year. Fuelled by a constant flow of VIP visitors from China, revenues rocketed to 267.87 patacas ($33.47 billion) for …