Costa Rica’s serious crime problems – and reducing these with increased enforcement action funded by a new gambling operator tax – was a major pillar in the election platform of presidential candidate Laura Chinchilla last year . But it appears that the proposed 15 percent tax on gross revenue has been shelved…at least for the …
With net gaming revenues up 14.1 percent to Euro14.6 million, and EBITDA positive at Euro 5.3 million, the Austrian listed betting company Betbull can mark 2010 down as a reasonable year in which it shook off significant historic losses .
Now in its fifth-straight year of a revenue decline brought on by the explosion of casino gambling in neighbouring states and exacerbated by the poor national economy, Atlantic City’s 11 land casinos reported gross operating profit that fell by nearly 28 percent last year.
The UK government has announced the completion of an enquiry by MP Don Foster into possibly millions of pounds sterling lying dormant in betting accounts and unclaimed winnings, the result of which was delivered this week to John Penrose, Minister for Tourism and Heritage.
The seemingly pedestrian progress on the sale of the UK government’s Tote may be about to accelerate, according to reports in the English media over the weekend, with acceptable bidders now down to just four.
Stung by reports that senior police officers and prosecutors have been protecting massive illegal gambling activity, the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, has made proposals to tighten the country’s already draconian anti-gambling laws.
Teams made up of policemen from anti-vice, drug and rapid reaction squads raided three premises in Larnaca, Cyprus at the end of the week, rousting online gambling operators into the early hours of the morning. The raids followed undercover investigations and a sting operation.
Three internet cafes in Massachusetts, two of them owned by a town councillor, were raided and shut down this week on allegations of illegal gambling.
Attempts by the Greek government to impose limitations on its liberalisation of a formerly monopolistic gambling industry have met with another less than enthusiastic response from the European Union this week, and a rejection of the Greek attempt to fast-track the controversial legislation, on which the Greeks have already had to back off on certain …
The Polish government maintained its anti-online gambling stance this week with an inequitable draft amendment to its gambling legislation that confirms bans on all forms of internet gambling…with the exception of sports betting.
Online gambling software provider and 3D slots specialist Betsoft has released its sixteenth 3D cinematic slot title, featuring a rural Mexican theme replete with roadside stall owner and some bitingly hot farm produce.
BetclicEverest Group susidiary, bet-at-home.com, has become an official sponsor of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) 2011 World Cup.
Slotland.com’s latest proprietary release is ghoulishly-themed around vampires, bats, vampire-slaying garlic, mystical goblets, treasure maps, gargoyles and the like.
Black gold and Texas tea are colloquial expressions associated with oil, and this valuable commodity features in the theme of Rival Gaming’s latest 5 reel 20 pay-line i-slot, dubbed Gusher’s Gold.
Updated online gambling provisions are included in revised gambling legislation submitted as a draft to the European Commission last month by the Bulgarian government.
Nevada Assemblyman William Horne, who launched the latest Nevada attempt to legalise intrastate online poker recently, told an AOL writer this week that he was urged by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid not to pursue the matter until Congress changes the law…in other words asking him to wait for a federal rather than state solution.
The new Dutch government’s decision to regulate and licence online gambling may have constituted an about turn in policy, but its determination to stamp out unlicensed and illegal sites operating in the Dutch market remains undiminished.
The Reuters news agency reports that the gambling island of Macau off the Chinese coast has enjoyed another successful month; revenues in March 2011 rose 48 percent to 20.1 billion patacas, according to the latest government statistics.
Sportsbook technology provider Offsidegaming has inked a strategic partnership agreement with live dealer software provider Evolution Gaming, which will see live Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat and Mermaid’s Fortune distributed via the Offsidegaming software platform.
The Channel Islands-based online betting group Sportingbet is reportedly making overtures to the government of Hungary regarding the legalisation of online gambling, according to the business publication Világgazdaság.
The Spanish Government’s draft bill on online gambling regulation has received a number of amendment proposals from interested parties that include political parties, trade associations and would-be Spanish market licensees.
Players at Betfair Casino will now be able to participate in live dealer play, the company announced this week. The new feature is available on the Betfair Casino website on a number of games.
In Europe, Advocate General Bot has released his opinion regarding ECJ case C-347/09, an Austrian online gambling issue in which the AG opines that criminal law cannot be used to enforce gambling laws that do not comply with EU law
NEW PARLAY DIRECTOR And an intriguing deal Parlay Entertainment, a Canadian software developer in the online gambling industry, has announced an intriguing deal and the appointment of a new director. Chief executive Scott White revealed that an associate and shareholder of the company, Soren Mirzai, has joined the board of directors, whilst Anthony De Werth …