According to reports in the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, the well-established and successful German gambling group founded by Paul Gauselmann has been ‘showering’ the country’s political parties with more than Euro 1 million in political contributions.
The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) charity has been given a 30th anniversary birthday present by online and land gambling group Ladbrokes in the form of a GBP100,000 grant.
The New York Post revved up speculation on the New Jersey bid to legalise online gambling with a piece this week claiming that governor Chris Christie will not sign the bill into law.
The Virgin online gambling group has announced the launch of Blueprint Gaming’s popular 20 pay-line game Chuzzle Slots.
Finland’s state gambling monopoly RAY (Rahaautomaattiyhdistys), which extended its land gambling interests by entering the online sector late last year, published its 2010 numbers this week, recording a useful 3.7 percent growth in revenues to Euro 674.5 million – up Euro 24 million on the 2009 results.
There should be something for every online slot fan in Microgaming’s new game releases for March, with a package that offers a diversity of themes and features wrapped around advanced internet slot technology.
The UK online gambling group Gala Coral has launched a new online scratchcard game branded Happy Fun Bakery, offering players the opportunity to win up to GBP50 000 in cash.
The Montenegro domain extension .me features in some hot internet gambling domains that the Sedo organisation will be putting up for auction soon.
Sportingbet Australia have extended and upgraded its sponsorship of the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) Club, Brisbane Bronco’s.
The anticipated new Live Dealer casino product from Canadian online gaming services provider, Chartwell Technology and its subsidiary Chartwell Games is fully operational, announced the firm this week.
Sportingbet’s Australia division today made the biggest financial commitment to a National Rugby League club by a sports wagering company in Australian history with a A$2 million marketing investment.
The huge furore than ensued towards the end of last year following an apparently botched Betfair promo seems to have triggered one or more public complaints with Britain’s advertising watchdog, the Advertising Standards Association.
A return to profitability in the fourth quarter of 2010 follows a year of cost-cutting and restructuring for Swedish online gaming firm Redbet Holding AB.
On the back of a 20 percent rise in FY operating profit, UK gambling group Ladbrokes plc has said it intends enhancing its own technology through investment and flexible partnerships in order to boost its online competitiveness and web presence.
The 20 percent rise in full year operating profit reported this week by UK gambling group Ladbrokes plc should keep the shareholders happy. The land and online gambling group made an operating profit of GBP202.3 million pounds in 2010, up from GBP168.5 million the year before, thanks mainly to the popularity of new gambling machines …
The UK football club Warrington Wolves has announced a partnership with internet bookmaker Betfred.com for this year’s Super League season.
The top UK internet gambling operator Bet365.com has reported another million-dollar-plus win on Playtech’s popular Gold Rally progressive slot.
Politicians on the Channel Island of Jersey, already a burgeoning financial services centre, have voted overwhelmingly to introduce an online gambling licensing regime.
Bulgarian government proposals to impose a ban on gambling advertisements have met with opposition from both land and online operators, who have been voicing their objections during a consultative process this week, calling for equity in laws that affect companies.
In a move seen by many as increasing the pressure on New Jersey governor Chris Christie to sign off on a bill legalising intrastate online gambling, the action group iMEGA (Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association) has released a new independent economic development study.
Online gambling firms operating in the Netherlands are opposed to government plans to auction a limited number of operating licences in 2012, the Financieele Dagblad newspaper reported this week.
The Q4 results released this week by online gambling operator Unibet were almost 16 percent down on the same period last year, but up on Q3 and showed improvement over the full year.
The privacy debacle that attended the launch of British Columbia’s first venture into online gambling last year was again under the spotlight this week following the release of the results of an independent investigation into the affair by the B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham.
The Bloomberg business news service reports that the Hong Kong Jockey Club, long used to a monopoly on gambling, is feeling the pressure of competition from what it describes as ‘unauthorised Internet betting sites.’