In its third quarter results released this week, UK-based online betting exchange and gaming operator Betfair announced that its betting exchange will begin operating under a Gibraltar licence from 9 March 2011.
UK-based online gaming company 32Red Plc delivered its 2010 preliminary results for the 52 weeks ending 31 December 2010, this week.
Kudos to an online casino based in Gibraltar, Jackpot City.com, which this week made a donation of A$5 000 to help victims of the recent Australian floods.
Effecive March 1st, Jan Štefanek (33) has been appointed as general manager of the Fortuna gambling group in Poland. He was formally director of the sales network and sales director of Fortuna, a position he accepted in February 2007.
Gamblers are now looking for player vs player scenarios but want something more than unimaginative variants of Bingo, Poker, Online Roulette and Casino says Andrew Denbigh, CEO of new arrival One in a Million Gaming Limited.
Iowa was in the gambling news again this week, but it was not in connection with the online gambling legislation currently before the state Senate.
SA government insiders have claimed that the much-delayed review of South African gambling, including online gambling, may finally be discussed in the coming weeks, having been delivered into government hands.
The online and land betting group Paddy Power has posted a strong set of results for the year ending December 2010, showcasing a pre-tax profit of Euro 104.2 million, a rise over 2009 FY of 55 percent.
Polish national gambling monopoly Totalizator Sportowy, has requested approval from the Minister of Finance in the eastern European country to implement internet operations in order to boost revenues. The company posted a 20 percent decline in revenues last (2010) year.
Online betting group Betfair’s Australian operations have scored an important sponsorship coup, signing up the local Super Rugby franchise in a two year agreement.
After some time and debate the government of the Channel island of Jersey has finally signed off on legislation allowing the island to become an online gambling licensing jurisdiction.
Andrew Wilkie, an independent member of the Australian federal parliament and chairman of the parliamentary committee for gambling reform, this week characterised the online gambling industry as “the Wild West” and called for stricter control.
It’s not the first poll that the Wall Street Journal has run on the legalisation of internet gambling in the United States, and this weekend’s survey on the venerable business publication’s Community section again showed that a significant majority of respondents remain in favour of the pastime.
Software developer and provider Rival Gaming is due to release its seventh 3D Slot this month, an action-themed slot called Beretta’s Vendetta. The slot features Mr Dynamite who has been terrorizing the city for decades… He is robbing bank safes all over town using the latest explosives and techniques… The police have been unable to …
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s absolute veto of Senator Ray Lesniak’s bill seeking to legalise intrastate online gambling Thursday may have denied the state not only the tax revenues, jobs and new enterprises that accrue to a first mover, but the historic recognition of initiating the tipping point for strictly regulated internet gambling in US …
The UK online gambling group Party Gaming plc has posted its 2010 full year results, showcasing:
The state of Kentucky has become notorious for its ongoing attempts to seize international domains belonging to online gambling companies, ostensibly in order to protect its citizens, but it appears the state government has different values when it comes to horse racing.
The Times of India reports that another betting syndicate has been busted by Delhi police determined to disrupt illegal gambling on the World Cup Cricket currently in progress in India.
Industry observers will no doubt be clicking through to the New Jersey state governor’s video link later today to hear for themselves what Governor Chris Christie has to say about legalised online gambling at:
The Belarusian online gambling software developer, Viaden Gaming has announced its successful application to the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) for a software supplier certificate.
Another senior and experienced executive is departing the Ladbrokes land and online gambling group.
A software deal signed in December last year has come to fruition at MyBet.com with the addition of a suite of Net Entertainment games.
The BodogBrand franchise has launched its Slots.com site, putting to work a domain for which it reportedly paid around $5.8 million on auction last year.
Peter Karroll, an experienced online gambling executive and CEO of the IAM Corporation, authored an article in the publication B2C Marketing Insider this week, claiming that when it comes to corporate success in online gambling, the Pareto principle applies – 80 percent of the wealth is earned by the top 20 percent.