The discussions on internet sports betting at the SportelMonaco conference in Monte Carlo proved interesting this week, with urgent calls for control of international sports betting to be harmonised, perhaps under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Grupo Beneficial, S.A., a subsidiary of Beneficial Holdings, Inc. has launched a new online casino at Bet.cr, powered by Total E-Soft and available in both download and Flash instant play formats in 17 languages.
Intralot France, a subsidiary of the international Intralot Group, has been awarded a five year online sports betting licence by the French e-gaming regulator ARJEL.
Ladbrokes investors will be pleased with the UK gambling group’s third quarter 2010 results released this week, which report a 128 percent rise in operating profit over the same period last year, thanks in no small part to a successful football World Cup in June-July.
Spiral Solutions France, a joint venture between Spiral Solutions and Santa Maria Group, has announced an agreement to launch Mypok.fr – a new online poker room – in France in early 2011.
Britain’s first ever GBP 3 million individual football Pools winner has been revealed by The Football Pools. In the 87-year history of the Pools, it is the largest pay-out to an individual winner.
According to reports on the BBC Monday, the Netherlands Antilles Dutch dependency has ceased to exist following constitutional status changes which make the islands, including Curacao and St Maarten in the Caribbean, autonomous countries, joining Aruba, which attained autonomy in 1986.
With the future of online gambling regulation still unclear in South Africa the government’s latest move is designed to restrict gambling advertisements in general on television and movie screens to night time viewing. In doing so the Department of Trade and Industry appears to be following the British example.
The Nevada Gaming Board has released statistics for August 2010 which at last show some signs of recovery among land operations in the gambling state.
Betfair proved its naysayers wrong this week, with its proposed IPO of ten percent of its shares over-subscribed in the first 24 hours Friday.
Iforium’s Wagerflex e-wallet has achieved French regulator approval through the internet gambling site Paris365.fr, just launched by French operator Jeux365.
Wednesday’s De Telegraaf newspaper speculation that the incoming coalition government in Holland could be about to legalise online gambling has been followed by widespread reaction in the European country.
Eremian is alleged to operate a well established internet sports betting site from Antigua, using a bank account in the United States that was managed by his sister and facilitated the movement of funds to the value of over $7 million.
Global online gaming operator, StanJames.com, announced a major five-year sponsorship agreement with The Jockey Club this week that will result in one of the showpiece events at Cheltenham Festival becoming the Stan James Champion Hurdle.
The Dutch newspaper Telegraaf revved up online gamblers and observers alike this week with a speculative report that a change of government could be bringing about a revision of hitherto monopolistic and negative policies on internet gambling.
Interim results released this week by the UK online and land gambling group Rank plc show that the group’s interactive division has generated revenues double those of the parent group.
Confirmation of rumours that have been circulating for months came this week with the release of a prospectus on Betfair’s flotation of 10 percent of its stock on the London exchange.
After seven years of operations, the e-cash processor ePassporte is closing shop “due to a lack of revenue and circumstances beyond our control.”
Three years on from the draconian Russian decrees that banished gambling to remote areas of the country, regional politicians are still arguing over the location and development of land casinos in the designated areas.
The marketing and management firm which operates online gambling group GR88.com, IAM Corp., has announced the acquisition of the international college and university marketing organisation Lifeofsports.com for an undisclosed amount.
The first draft of a proposed bill to regulate online gambling in Romania has fallen foul of the European Commission, which has issued a detailed opinion expressing reservations about the compatibility of the proposal with European Union law.
Prima Networks Limited, an online poker firm associated with and powered by Microgaming has issued a statement on a new alliance with the Italian company Stravinci targeted on the Italian market, following the launch of the AAMS-certified Italian Poker Network (IPN).
Having developed a social player base of 200 000 people through Facebook and Twitter, the internet social gaming network Yazino.com has launched into the wider market as a stand-alone internet casino site, offering play-for-fun games of blackjack, roulette, Texas Hold’em and slots.
The Bodog brand franchise has followed its announcement of a sponsorship deal with ice hockey team the Edmonton Oilers with an advisory that it has inked an advertising agreement through Bodog.net with the Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy – perhaps best known in Europe for David Beckham’s involvement.