The Korea Herald reports an interesting development in a case involving a man imprisoned for running an illegal online gambling website with a server based in Hong Kong between 2008 and 2009.
The Hungarian National Lottery, Szerencsejáték Zrt has given a tender notification for the delivery of a complete information technology system, providing a gambling and sports betting solution for electronic distribution channels.
The UK-based Victor Chandler Group has launched a Spanish-language option website, bet victor.com, in preparation of the forthcoming regulation of Spain’s gambling market reports Spanish trade association AEDAPI.
Online gambling analyst James Hollins of Evolution Securities recently piqued the curiosity of industry observers with his post-2011 Budget comments on UK taxation and online gambling companies that have relocated offshore for business reasons.
In what it claims is a new approach to sign up bonuses, online casino operator Red Flush Casino this week announced the launch of its ‘Choose Your Own Bonus’ format.
ComTrade has inked an agreement with a major European land-based arcade machine and games supplier, Pascual Games, to deliver a sophisticated iGaming platform for customers interested in launching online businesses.
The news that online gambling group 888.com’s chief executive, Gigi Levy, is stepping down surprised many when it was released over the weekend, but 888 has been quick to emphasise that his imminent departure is not connected to the reported acquisition negotiations on-going between 888 and rival online and land gambling group Ladbrokes.
Bet Phoenix’s sudden 7 day shutdown to change software this week has been followed by confirmation from a company spokesman that the change will be to Rival software.
Five new online scratch cards were introduced by Net Entertainment this week, adding to the software developer’s impressive games inventory.
The media in the Australian territory of Tasmania is reporting that the state government is about to put the Tote up for sale again as the budget deficit widens.
The Channel Island licensing and regulatory jurisdiction Alderney earned GBP3.8 million in licensing fees during 2010, figures released by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission reveal.
Online gaming software provider Playtech launched its latest seasonally-themed online slot titled “Easter Surprise” this week.
Poland legalised online sports betting, this week, with the passing of an inequitable bill by representatives from the countries Finance and Physical Culture Committee’s.
Four men have been arraigned before the Queens County Supreme Court on indictment charges which include various degrees of promoting gambling, committing criminal usury and grand larceny by extortion.
Casino Austria International management showed it was a master of understatement in reporting this week that 2010 had been a “challenging” year in which the company has suffered a Euro 35.2 million net loss after recording a net income of Euro 12.6 million in 2009.
A fifty-five year old woman in Fairburn, Georgia received the most pleasant of surprises this week whilst cleaning out her overcrowded purse.
UK land and online gambling group Ladbrokes could have a foot in the door of the immense Chinese lottery market through its partnership with sports lottery and leisure group AGTech Holdings Limited.
The independent internet competitive intelligence monitor Hitwise has rated the Betfair group the most popular online gambling site for UK players through 2010.
The embarrassing launch debacle of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s online gambling venture Playnow.com might have been the cause for a senior Corporation I.T. executive departing last month, media in Vancouver speculated this week.
The UK Gambling Commission announced the conclusion of a multi-agency investigation involving Virgin Media employees and suspicious betting patterns, this week.
Party Casino.com has announced that its Big One five tiered pool jackpot has gone over $4 million for the first time, and that total jackpots available on games on the site have now passed $6 million in value – a new record for the operation.
Two game developers, Jackpot Party’s owner WMS and NYX Interactive have released new slots this week, extending the already wide offers now available to online gamblers.
Causing ripples of interest this week following the news that Cryptologic may be on the sales block was a strong rumour that internet gambling firm Amaya has already amassed a five percent holding in Cryptologic stock and is considering an acquisition bid.
Efforts by the Greek government to liberalise land and online gambling and move away from a monopolised structure dominated by OPAP have reportedly encountered another delay.