Internet gambling’s US champion, Congressman Barney Frank, has dampened hopes of an early debate on his HR2267 proposal to legalise online gambling in the Unites States, telling the Washington DC publication The Hill that he thinks it unlikely that the bipartisan measure will reach the House floor before the midterm election distractions in November.
Making the mainstream headlines everywhere mid-week is the news that the UK internet gambling group Sportingbet.com has settled with the US Department of Justice regarding its pre-UIGEA activities. And the good news for investors is that, at $33 million, the deal is better than that experienced by other companies and individuals.
Land casino operator Harrah’s Entertainment could be in legal hot water following a promo that has triggered a New Jersey Superior Court order affecting approximately 350 000 gamblers.
Land casino operator Harrah’s Entertainment could be in legal hot water following a promo that has triggered a New Jersey Superior Court order affecting approximately 350 000 gamblers.
The Swedish online games developer Jadestone Networks has inked a major 3 year agreement with European internet betting giant Bwin, expanding its existing relationship with the addition of 14 new minigames.
Intralot Interactive, a division of the Greek gaming software developer Intralot, has secured valuable access and contacts in the Lithuanian internet gambling sector following a deal with the Baltic country’s lottery operator Olifeja.
The excruciatingly slow progress of the Spanish government towards the full regulation of gambling moved forward another step last Friday when the Council of Ministers approved a draft of the new Gambling Act.
Persistent speculation that online gambling group Betfair is to seek a public listing on the London Stock Exchange has been confirmed in a brief statement from the company.
The US player-friendly online gambling operator Rushmore Casino has released a new 5 reel, 25 pay-line video slot custom made for it by software provider RealTime Gaming.
The major online casino operator Bwin Interactive has become the latest internet gambling company to block Canadian players from its download casino services in what appears to be a growing and inexplicable trend in the Great White North.
After years of a somewhat strained relationship, it appeared this week that representatives of the Mohawk First Nation enclave of Kahnawake and the Canadian provincial government of Quebec have opened a hopefully positive dialogue on internet gambling.
The notification by the British government last week that it is again about to offer the Tote state betting organisation up for auction has triggered a slew of speculative media reports over the weekend.
The third quarter of 2010 has seen no let up in the stream of new games launched into an apparently voracious online gambling market by the industry’s leading software developers…and the economic crisis that has swept the world does not appear to have slowed the flow.
The coronation of movie star and comedienne Barbara Windsor as Jackpotjoy’s Queen of Bingo saw the online bingo operator release one of its most innovative games yet this week.
A case of life imitating art was reported this week in the Albuquerque Journal, which revealed that an experiment by the editor of the University of New Mexico’s student newspaper Daily Lobo using a popular $39.95 video game made by Electronic Arts had accurately predicted the outcome of a college football game.
The row over New York Lottery credit card subscribers being charged fees by Mastercard heated up again this week, with a lottery spokesperson describing the imposition of fees by Mastercard as ‘illegal’.
The investment publication Seeking Alpha carried a detailed article on the Greek gambling monopoly OPAP this week, delving into its history and the challenges of the Greek economy, tax and regulatory changes that will see the introduction of a more enlightened approach to online gambling.
Following the trend toward creepy horror movies, but trailing Vegas Technology’s earlier ‘Vampire Vixen’ offering, a new Wagerworks-developed online slot titled ‘Bitten’ is making its debut on a number of top online gambling sites this week.
All Slots Casino.com, a member of the Microgaming-powered Jackpot Factory group, is to launch a sports betting service in the near future, a company spokesman revealed this week.
Canadian e-cash processor Douglas Rennick (35) appeared to have escaped with a remarkably light sentence in a New York federal court this week, being handed a six month probation by U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein despite the offences for which he was convicted carrying potentially heavy prison sentences.
Reports from the Ukraine indicate that the draconian ban on gambling in that country may be reconsidered at a Cabinet meeting scheduled for next Monday.
The famous UK football club Tottenham Hotspur has signed a four year sponsorship agreement with the major internet sports betting company Sportingbet.com, which will see the gambling company become Spur’s official gaming partner with a brand presence at White Hart Lane stadium and within the club’s communications channels.
The at times acrimonious struggle by Britain’s horseracing community to gather in funds from the bookmaking industry took an unexpected turn this week with the launch of a new initiative titled ‘Racing United: Campaign for a Fair Levy’.
The new UK coalition government is to follow its predecessors in attempting once again to sell the Tote bookmaking organisation, reports the newspaper CityAM.