The Department of Information and Communications in Ho Chi Minh City has fined four online gaming providers for releasing games on the internet without the correct permissions reports a Vietnam News Source. The four companies FPT Online Joint Stock Company, Blue Sea Communication & Technology Company, King Software Joint Stock Company and Digital Solution Service …
U.S. Digital Gaming, Inc. (“USDG”) has formally announced the hiring of former FOX and Walt Disney Senior Executive Jon Richmond as its Chief Executive Officer. A company spokesman said Richmond will guide the company’s activities to deploy the most comprehensive, legally compliant, Internet gambling platform in the US. USDG believes the appointment is crucial at …
Isle of Man based QuickFire, powered by Microgaming, entered into a supply deal with CasinoRoom .com that will see its flash based casino product deployed on the established online casino site. QuickFire will provide the operator with content that includes its global progressive game network, Microgaming blockbuster slots like Thunderstruck, and licensed brands such as …
The US state of Louisiana, which has a reputation for being fiercely anti-online gambling, has double standards when it comes to horse racing, it appears. Empowered by federal law exemptions that permit wagering over the internet on horse racing, the state this week approved online and telephone wagering on horse races in Louisiana, Associated Press …
Two rivals of UK online casino 32Red.com have given up their infringing domain names, according to a report in the marketing publication The Drum. Both 32Royal and Spin32 have transferred all domain names containing the number ‘32’ over to 32Red unconditionally following the online casino’s success in defending its brand in the High Court in …
Online gambling firm Betfair has deployed a new enterprise messaging solution to aid its international expansion, investing in the Progress SonicMQ messaging platform from software provider Progress Software as part of a three-year, GBP25 million technology investment program. The firm said it is using the SonicMQ platform to help manage high-volume message delivery at a …
According to reports in Marketing Magazine, the UK land and online gambling group Ladbrokes is planning an innovation strategy that involves a marketing investment of GBP50 million. The company is to refocus its marketing strategy by using insights gained online to shape its above-the-line advertising in order to position Ladbrokes as an innovative bookmaker. As …
Atlantis Internet Group, a company whose mission is to bridge the gap between traditional Indian gaming casinos in the United States and online gambling, has announced a technology agreement with EC Development, Inc. The agreement will see Atlantis Internet Group marketing and supporting EC Development Tahoe technologies through its “Tribal Gaming Network,” the Native American …
The DC Council may be preparing for its June 29 enquiry into the activities of Michael A. Brown in getting online gambling approved in Washington DC, but in the meantime the DC Lottery is forging ahead with implementation, the Washington Times reported this week. Officials are gearing up through “demonstration games” that will allow players …
A private member’s bill has been formally tabled by Australia’s anti-gambling independent politician Senator Nick Xenophon. If passed by Parliament the bill would restrict a number of gambling activities in Australia and includes a ban on advertising of betting venues and online gambling sites during G-classified (General Audience) programmes, spot-betting and exotic bets according to …
In a five-year deal, Geelong Racing Club has secured Australian sports bookmaker Centrebet as the naming rights sponsor for its Geelong Cup. Paul Bongiorno, Club President said: “We believe this is the largest sponsorship secured by a country club. The club is thrilled that Centrebet will be its major partner for the next five years …
The UK-based The Weather Lottery (TWL) released a trading and prospect update this week. The company reports disappointing developments with regard to the company’s intended expansion into the online gaming sector, under the brand FCBETZ.com. The intention of the brand was to provide a number of football league clubs and their supporters with a full …
Former entertainment industry executive, Jon Richmond (53) is expected to be named chief executive officer of U.S. Digital Gaming (USDG), a casino executive-backed venture founded in 2009, reported The Wall Street Journal. The company is said to be positioning itself as a comprehensive provider of online gambling services in the U.S. market including software, legal …
Online gambling group bet365 has reported another big June winner following a GBP100 000 hit on its Deal or No Deal game. A player from Colchester, UK identified as Julie is the lucky winner, and plans to use the windfall to visit friends in Canada and buy a new car for herself.
The independent business services firm Ernst and Young has published a report on the UK Gambling Act commissioned by the National Casino Industry Forum…and its findings are not happy conclusions. Reporting on the study, the Telegraph newspaper notes that the Gambling Act 2005, which was expected to create more land casinos, has in fact limited …
97 workers at the Hyundai Motor Company in Korea have been disciplined after admitting they had gambled online whilst at work, reports the Yonhap news agency. The company revealed that following a snitch report that production line workers were using company time and computers to gamble on the internet, an IT audit was launched in …
January 2012 will be the last time industry people tread the well-worn route to the prestigious ICE exhibition in London, which has for years been located at the famous and central Earls Court exhibition centre. Clarion Events, which organises the annual expo, has announced that it has signed a five year deal that will see …
A sense of deja vu was perhaps inevitable this week as Congressman Jim McDermott launched HR2230, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act, in the House Financial Services Committee, supported by Representative John Campbell and the committee’s ranking Democrat member Barney Frank. Deja vu, because McDermott was the man behind previous online gambling tax …
A hacker based in Germany has been sentenced by a Dusseldorf court to a thirty-four month jail sentence for targeting six unidentified online gambling websites in a DDoS extortion scam ahead of the Soccer World Cup 2010. According to a German news source, the hacker spent $65 on the hire of a botnet before blackmailing …
Online gambling operator Betclic Everest Group launched Betclic Turf into the French market, this week. Betclic Turf is the company’s new online horse race betting offering which has launched on a new technological platform provided by Groupe Carrus. José Covès, a well-known horse racing journalist, has been engaged as Betclic Turf’s celebrity spokesman and ambassador …
Irish independent bookmaker Boylesports announced the appointment of Sharon Byrne to its senior management team, this week. Sharon joins the company as Commercial Manager, with fifteen years of experience as an independent bookmaker and as the chairperson of the Irish Bookmaker Association, which represents 700 of the 1150 betting shops around the country. John Boyle, …
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power is reviewing its arrangement with Big Al’s Creative Emporium in view of the fact that the agency has accepted a commission from its competitor Betfair. The agency is responsible for the controversial Paddy Power “blind football” advert that featured a blind footballer kicking a cat. The advert was the UK Advertising …
“Dragon Island™” is Net Entertainment’s first video slot to feature “Win Both Ways” which gives players the opportunity to win on symbol combinations from both left to right and right to left. By activating Win Both Ways, the player automatically doubles the current bet and plays for a x2 payout when receiving five symbols in …
The Remote Gambling Association (RGA) has expressed its disappointment that gambling has been excluded from the general scope of the Consumer Rights Directive between EU institutions. The RGA commented as follows: Gamblers left out of the Consumer Rights Directive In the context of the agreement just reached between the EU institutions on the final text …