The Singapore Government intends to implement additional draconian measures to deter residents from visiting casino resorts.
A speculative report in the Israeli Press claims that major Playtech shareholder Teddy Sagi has made a bid of GBP 200 million for a controlling stake in 888 Holdings Plc.
Online gaming and services provider, Chartwell Technology Inc. announced that remote gaming and betting firm Rank Interactive has signed a supply agreement with Chartwell for its stable of online gaming products and services.
Internet gaming solutions provider, NeoGames have announced an agreement with Party Gaming for a fully managed soft gaming operation.
Curacao based VIP Sports and Matchbook.com based in Antigua are the latest online gambling firms following PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker in ceasing all operations in Washington State. The move follows in the wake of a Supreme Court Decision that found that the State’s ban on online gambling was constitutional.
Entertainment brand specialist, FremantleMedia announced the integration of its gambling division in to FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), appointing Simon Murphy as Head of Gambling.
Gaming software developer, Betsoft Gaming has released its latest Slots-3 online offering titled ‘2 Million B.C.’
Digital Pay-TV technology provider NDS has announced an agreement pursuant to which funds managed by Vitruvian Partners will back a management buyout of interactive gaming and betting provider OpenBet, a subsidiary of NDS.
The Remote Gaming Association, a trade body that numbers major UK online gambling groups among its members, has again warned that tax proposals in the Spanish government’s initiative to legalise and regulate online sports betting could have serious consequences for operators, reducing their ability to effectively compete.
The three legislative proposals aimed at legalising online poker in the state of California have been reduced to two following a decision by the Poker Voters of America to put their support behind Sen. Rob Wright’s proposal rather than go with their own, which was drafted by lobbyist and former state politician Lloyd Levine.
The sudden moves by Canadian provincial governments to get into the online gambling business appeared to have passed the Maritime provinces of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by late last year as a succession of political figures spoke out against following the example of British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario.
Online gambling group Betfair, which launched an IPO amid much fanfare late last year, has found its share price slipping, answering the threat with a high level road show for investors, according to UK business press reports.
There’s big money involved in a US trademark infringement action being prosecuted by machine manufacturer WMS Gaming which resurfaced this week.
The Daily Mail story earlier this week that the British government is about to take action on ‘white list’ advertising in the UK has been followed by a Guardian article revealing that the moves could come sooner than most think.
The Daily Mail story earlier this week that the British government is about to take action on ‘white list’ advertising in the UK has been followed by a Guardian article revealing that the moves could come sooner than most think.
The Australian federal government, which has turned its face against internet gambling, has been warned the nation’s biggest pokie machine manufacturer that any over-regulation of gambling could persuade Aussies to switch to offshore internet sites.
Despite ad hoc statements from provincial politicians rejecting the idea of Nova Scotia following other Canadian provinces into the online gambling sector , industry observers continue to await the publication of the province’s gambling strategy.
Reports in the Yorkshire Post newspaper, together with a company announcement from internet gambling group The Weather Lottery (WTL), have revealed that the company’s former chief executive officer, Keith Milhench, and a fellow employee named as Amie Pickersgill-Smith are to appear in court soon on fraud and theft charges involving GBP80 000.
Despite moves to treat the regulation of online gambling in Spain at a more collective national level, the autonomous region of Aragon has done its own thing and approved new betting legislation that embraces internet gambling in its provisions.
The state-owned bookie company The Tote, which is currently on the auction block for sale to private companies , apparently has plans to move at least some of its business to Guernsey in order to reduce tax liabilities incurred in UK operations.
Maryland federal enforcement officials engaged in an important investigation into online gambling financial transactions, asked that court documents on a convicted accused be sealed, the Baltimore City Paper reported this week.
The trial and sentencing of Patrice Tierney, wife of a US Congressman and the source of wide industry reportage last year came to a conclusion this week with the defendant sentenced to a 30 day jail term.
Reno, Nevada-based slots manufacturer IGT, which has internet games and technology providers Wagerworks and Million-2-1 among its subsidiaries, plans to make further moves into the internet space as part of its international growth strategy, CEO Patti Hart told Fox Business in a television interview this week.
Avoiding heavy British gambling taxes, but still accessing the UK market through advertising, could be a thing of the past according to a report in the Daily Mail newspaper this week.