The news earlier this week that Israeli police have widened their operation requiring Internet Service Providers to ban specified online gambling sites has developed further, with reports from the newspaper Haaretz that two more ISPs have been served with police directives.
Online gambling operator WinADay has added a new online roulette offering to its proprietary software inventory, launching the instant-play La Roulette this week.
August has been a good month for high value progressive jackpot wins with Bet365.com reporting the third lucky winner for the month.
The Israeli police crackdown on ISPs serving internet gambling sites continued unabated this week, with the publication Calcalist reporting that the police, supported by tax officials and the State Prosecutor’s Office are still serving injunctions on internet service providers requiring them to block specific online gambling sites.
Hopes that the state of New Hampshire might be among the leaders in introducing a form of internet gambling have been dashed following a decision by the New Hampshire Lottery Commission to scrap the project.
The latest report by the National Indian Gaming Commission says revenues from U.S. tribal casinos were stable in 2009, indicating that the revenues generated by native American casinos operated for the benefit of some 233 tribes across the USA remain considerable.
Slots player and writer C.M. Jones took online gambling software providers to task this week in an op-ed article that appeared on the Casinio City website, bemoaning the practice of refreshing old games with new graphics instead of developing innovative features to entertain the player.
The latest 3D virtual slot from internet gambling software developer Betsoft Gaming, branded House of Fun, is the fourteenth title in a growing inventory.
The online scratch card specialist Neogames has announced the launch of its latest white label, a 70 game website branded GoScratch.com which has been developed for Play Avenue.
The Great Yarmouth, UK-based land operation The Palace Casino is launching its live dealer action today (August 17th) at Palaceslive.com, utilising 3D technology from the Hermes-Softlab group to videostream the action direct to players on the Internet.
The British marketing publication Brand Republic reports that online gambling group Betfair is about to launch it’s largest yet marketing campaign.
Wagerworks, the online gambling software developer in the IGT UK group, is to supply seasoned Brit land and online bookie Betfred with online game content as part of a recently inked agreement.
The criminal activities of botnets, and websites providing criminal ‘how to’ information surfaced this week in an article carried by the publication Information Week.
Four Chinese men picked up in raids by the Shanghai police in June this year for facilitating online betting on World Cup football games have appeared in court, accused of helping more than 20 gamblers to wager a total of 51 million yuan (around $7.5 million) through an unidentified illegal offshore online gambling website.
Finland’s government may need to batten down the hatches for an imminent media and advertising storm generated by its attempts to establish an online poker monopoly.
The London publication CityAM reports that internet betting group Betfair plans to roll out an online multilateral trading facility in London later this year, using its proprietary software platform and financed initially by start-up capital from the main group.
The runaway success of speed-discussion site Chat Roulette.com has prompted wide awake industry marketers to check out the new social networking phenomenon as a possible promotional vehicle.
Nevada’s state Gaming Control Board has reported on gambling revenues in the state over the month of June 2010, showcasing another depressing decline in revenues of 6.6 percent.
This week respected publications Forbes and the LA Times commented on Congressman Barney Frank’s bill HR 2267, which seeks to licence and regulate online gambling in the United States.
Jim Wilkinson, the financial director for British online gambling group Sportingbet plc, has opined that his company is unlikely to be a player in industry consolidation until it has agreed a settlement with United States authorities to protect it from the threat of prosecution for activities pre-UIGEA.
The UK online gambling group Sportingbet plc has reported a strong performance during the World Cup in June-July, recording over GBP50 million in bets and margins boosted by a number of results going against the favourites during the global football championship.
One of the industry’s most respected and historically successful software developers, Cryptologic, has released another disappointing set of figures, at the same time announcing the resignation of chief executive officer Brian Hadfield.
The Kansas City Star newspaper reports that Michael J. Lombardo (57), one of four men indicted by a grand jury for involvement in online gambling has entered a guilty plea.
The state of Kentucky’s long-running attempt to hi-jack the domains of international online gambling companies, which has seen a succession of court cases, appeals and amendments by the Kentucky officials recorded yet another state amendment in the latest appeal, with online gambling giant Party Gaming added to those companies the state has cited.