Swedish gambling company Betsson is to enter into a joint venture with G.Matica Srl in Italy.
The UK pools and tote gaming operator Sportech plc has inked an agreement with Phumelela Gold International Limited, South Africa’s largest pools, tote and horseracing company, that will allow customers of both companies to bet into each other’s football pools products.
Online gaming provider, 888 Holdings PLC has released its fourth quarter 2010 and twelve months ending 31 December 2010 results this week.
British media are reporting that merger talks between Ladbrokes and 888 may have come to an impasse over price.
The European Gaming and Betting Association, a trade body representing most of Europe’s major online gambling companies, has released a progress report on new self-regulatory measures aimed at providing a high level of consumer protection and ensuring that remote gambling operators behave responsibly.
The British Gambling Commission has announced that it will soon release its latest statistical studies on British internet gambling behaviour with the third in its British Gambling Prevalence Surveys, research which includes the incidence of problem gambling in the country.
Conservative estimates that the British government’s sale of the Tote gambling group will realise around GBP100 million in net profit will see the British horseracing industry benefitting by GBP50 million, according to reports in the UK media as the week ended.
Malta-licensed Nordic Gaming Group Ltd has acquired the rights to the Watch&Bet live streaming service from sports media company PERFORM in a three-year deal finalised this week.
Internet lottery service provider MDI Entertainment LLC, a subsidiary of Scientific Games Corporation announced the development of a new division; MDI Interactive this week.
The Spanish Government’s Council of Ministers have approved the draft bill on new gaming regulations and have committed to submitting the bill to Parliament within the next few weeks.
Online gaming operator Victor Chandler has launched Chartwell Games’ latest product release, which positions them to deploy Chartwell’s latest suite of four slot games as well as Live Dealer in the near future.
The long anticipated Italian online gambling regulations were released Thursday by Italian regulator AAMS and authorise operators to offer cash poker and casino games and multi-level tournaments.
With Valentine’s Day imminent, it was perhaps predictable that the February games release schedule from online gambling software provider Microgaming would include at least one romance-themed slot machine, and this has proved to be so, with the new 5 reel, 30 pay-line Queen of Hearts in the three slot line-up.
The US media was having a field day with the December 14th $1.5 million Bellagio chip theft story this week as the police arrest report on Anthony M. Carleo (29) was made public.
The Spanish Association of Internet Bettors, Asociación Española de Apostadores por Internetedit (AEDAPI) released its estimated online gaming industry results this week.
Live Dealer gaming specialist, Evolution Gaming has signed Scandinavian online gaming operator Betsafe in a two-year deal that will see live dealer online blackjack, baccarat and roulette games at betsafe.com.
Las Vegas has a glossy, hi-tech new race and sports book facility following a launch at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino this week in collaboration with Cantor Gaming.
The war against online sportsbetting in the United States continued this week with the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York apparently seizing 10 websites it claims were conspiring to promote the illegal live internet streaming of the NFL Super Bowl.
With controversy swirling around the question of gambling reform in Australia, the recently appointed prime minister, Julia Gillard has commissioned legal advice on who holds the power – the individual territories making up the Commonwealth of Australia…or her federal government.
Internet betting group Betfair has announced the appointment as a non-executive director of Baroness Denise Kingsmill CBE with effect from 1 February 2011. Baroness Kingsmill will also sit on Betfair’s Audit Committee.
Lottery technology provider GTech Corporation has signed a five year contract to provide a new online and instant lottery system and digital multimedia facility to the Luxembourg Loterie Nationale.
The former French gambling monopoly Pari-Mutuel Urbain (PMU) as been taken to task regarding its online corporate identity by the action group le Collectif Libre Choix (Free Choice Collective) at http://www.collectiflibrechoix.com/news.
The ink has hardly dried on the Greek Cabinet’s approval of its new online licensing and taxation regime (passed on January 27) and already the 6 percent tax on turnover is causing waves.
Tex Rees, the Fair Gaming Advocate at the independent player protection and standards body eCOGRA, has released statistics for the year 2010 on disputes involving online gambling sites accredited by the London-based company.