Swedish online gaming provider Redbet Holding AB announced the acquisition of DoubleCardrooms, its second gaming site acquisition in two weeks.
“Due to the circa 500 online gambling operators that are based in Costa Rica, the gaming industry generates circa US$14.5 billion. This places Costa Rica as having the largest gambling market within Latin America.” That’s just one of the facts and figures contained in Research and Markets latest study of the Costa Rica sector.
This week saw another indicator of the growing momentum of the legalisation issue in the United States, when the president of major horseracing company Churchill Downs Inc., confirmed that his company has plans to expand into online gambling once the pastime is legalised.
Our readers may have picked up on recent references to a company titled Casino Broadcast Network, which is facilitating live dealer action using technology from the United States-based hi-tech company Kx to broadcast live casino games on the internet.
In a joint announcement this week, Bwin Interactive and Party Gaming plc report that their merger, which will create the world’s largest online gambling company, is on track to complete by March 31, 2011.
The online social gaming giant Zynga was much in evidence at the South By Southwest Interactive festival in Texas this week, punting its forthcoming inaugural live poker tournament in Las Vegas later this week, and revealing that the generosity of Facebook players on its games has enabled it to raise a million dollars in a …
It’s been almost a year since the French government liberalised the nation’s online gambling market, regulated by ARJEL and the subject of something of a gambling gold rush as industry operators and suppliers went after licenses, although several major companies held back, citing complaints regarding the tough restrictions and high taxation imposed on operators.
For the legions of slot players who keep detailed records of their online action to inform their future efforts, one of the grinds is having the discipline to make the necessary data entries or hand-written notes. But no more – now there’s an iTunes app that will do the donkey work, according to the publication …
The board of William Hill plc has announced directorate changes effective on April 1st.
Security intelligence provider Q1 Labs and managed services supplier Prosidie have been collaborating in a project to help Prosidie sports betting client Genybet meet the strict online gambling security regulations demanded by the French regulator ARJEL.
The responsible gambling charity Gamble Aware in the UK has redesigned its website, which provides information about gambling in the UK, and how to get advice for gambling related problems.
The European Commission has confirmed that its chief Michel Barnier will not be releasing the much-anticipated Green Paper on Online Gambling on March 16 as planned, but that the presentation will be made on March 23rd.
Sportsbook technology provider Offsidegaming has announced an agreement with Latin American marketing partner, Tristar International, to launch a number of sportsbetting, casino and poker sites across the Latin American region.
Online gambling group Unibet has been handed a Euro 75 000 suspended fine by a Belgian court…before the company was given an opportunity to enter a plea, according to the local media site RTL.
Online gambling software developer Playtech as released a new celebrity-studded slot dubbed, appropriately, Top Trumps Celebs as one of its new March 2011 releases.
The wider wagering opportunities afforded by improved communications technology such as broadband internet and mobile phones has contributed to an increase in sports betting and heightened the dangers of problem gambling, according to Australian academics.
The New Jersey Casino Control Commission reports that Atlantic City casinos recorded a 1.4 percent year-over-year decrease in casino win during February 2011.
Bodugi.com, a social betting website, launched this week, offering chat facilities linked to Facebook and Twitter, biogs and private messaging,
The police raids on City Cyber Cafe and Digital Connection in West Valley, Utah this week resulted in 67 people being arrested, police have revealed in a follow-up statement regarding the anti-online gambling drive.
It’s either a famine or a feast when it comes to e-gaming legislation in Nevada, it appears. Hardly had the ink dried on media reports on the launch of Assembly Majority Whip William Horne’s AB 258, which seeks to legalise intrastate online poker, than two more pieces of legislation surfaced as the week ended.
Jersey politicians may still be arguing about the nitty gritty of becoming an online gambling jurisdiction, but the Channel Island’s telecommunications company is getting on with upgrading its facilities in anticipation of increased demand.
The Gala Coral group’s online operations at Gala Bingo.com have launched an entertaining new 5 reel, 20 pay-line slot dubbed Joker Jester.
The furore over the Greek government’s proposed online gambling tax rate of 6 percent of turnover appears to have been ameliorated with the news this week that following submissions from interested parties, the politicians have now opted for a 30 percent tax on gross profits.
The UK Advertising Standards Authority has released a finding against another online gambling company, this time criticising an internet promo launched by Cassava Enterprises’s Sing Bingo website.