Ingenious Cambodian internet casino operators, who have been making a good living offering punters live dealer online gambling over the internet, have been feeling the heat this week as police hammer their premises in a series of raids.
Winner Affiliates has announced the purchase of Casino Del Rio from the Euro Partners Affiliate Program. The sale is due to be completed in January 2011.
Online software developer, Rival Gaming has announced the launch of Japan-O-Rama, an exclusive 20 payline, 5-reel i-slot.
Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG and Party Gaming plc have released details of the merger timeline and plans, which the duo claim will “….create the world’s largest publicly listed online gaming group that will be ideally positioned to take advantage of the rapid consolidation of the online gaming industry and to open up new markets around …
The land and online betting group Paddy Power, which acquired a 51 percent interest in the Australian group Sportsbet for Euro 27.2 million in 2009, has locked up the remaining shares by exercising its option to buy the remaining shares of the company. Paddy Power has invested a further Euro 100.9 million in completing the …
Realm Entertainment, a Malta-based company, has signed a GBP1.6 million deal with Swedish online gambling firm Betsson which secures the Betsson Turkish database, along with a five year business-to-business deal providing a complete online gambling operation.
The independent professional business services group PricewaterhouseCoopers has issued a report on the land gambling Mecca of Nevada, predicting that the parlous business situation of the state’s gambling industry should begin to improve late 2011, eventually returning to pre-recession levels by 2014.
Online gambling software developer BetonSoft has launched the precursor to its most popular title to date – Alpha Squad – detailing the life of the super hero leader, Captain Shockwave.
French online gambling regulator de l’Autorité de Régulation des Jeux En ligne (ARJEL) has officially licensed a further two poker rooms winga.fr and mypok.fr.
Gaming firm, Betsson has announced that it has established a software development company in India in line with its B2B strategy for distant markets.
The attempt by the State of Kentucky to seize international domains belonging to online gambling companies has been delayed for a further 30 days while the vexed question of legal standing is considered by the court.
The government of Cyprus, which had hoped to introduce a ban on internet gambling on the Mediterranean island before 2010 ended, has had to push back its plans by three months following delays in the bureaucratic machinery of the European Commission and its feedback from member states and the EU executive.
The vociferous Democratic Rally Party (DISY) deputy Ionas Nicolaou had some harsh words for Malta and the United Kingdom this week, accusing the two countries of purposely trying to derail Cyprus’ attempt to ban online gambling.
Delivering an interesting perspective on the impact of internet gambling on the industry as a whole this week was a report from Spectrum Gaming consultancy which identified 21 major trends in the casino industry for 2011.
The successful Italian mobile operator Buongiorno is to extend its offering following an online casino deal with gambling software developer Playtech plc.
Remote gambling software developer Wagerworks has launched a new online slot themed on a famous television show series and already popular in land gambling casino slot machines manufactured by IGT.
The police in Cyprus have upped the anti-online gambling pressure in a pre-festive season blitz that has included raids on two online gambling centres on the Mediterranean island.
Ray Lesniak, the feisty New Jersey state senator who has been shaking up the world of US online gambling legalisation, took public issue with sports betting discriminatory laws in an op-ed article for the Asbury Park Press this weekend.
The bad news for Gibraltar-domiciled online gambling operators over the weekend was that the government intends lifting their tax rate from 1 percent to 10 percent from next year.
The current row over suspicious betting patterns surrounding the issuing of a red card to Motherwell Football Club’s Steve Jennings resurfaced over the weekend with UK Media reporting that Blue Square.com is justifying its report to the authorities after being criticised in the media and has advised the Scottish Premier League that there is extra …
Frequent speculation in the M&A sector this year was that Ladbrokes would make a bid for online gambling group 888 and this is apparently about to occur with the UK publication – The Telegraph reporting over the weekend that the former is making a GBP 240 million takeover attempt but the betting firm may not …
The UK Gambling Commission has published its industry statistics for 2009/10.
With possible intrastate online gambling legalisation bills under consideration in New Jersey, California and Florida, there was speculation in West Virginia this week that the growing competitive pressure that could develop may cause a rethink on the state’s present antipathy to internet gambling.
Senator Ray Lesniak’s S490 bill seeking to legalise intrastate online gambling will go before the Budget Appropriations Committees in the New Jersey legislature on Thursday this week to formalise minor changes in the financial provisions before the bill goes to the Assembly floor and a hopefully positive vote.