The decision by the UK’s The Weather Lottery to launch online gambling services through the brand FCBetz.com was clearly a good bet; shares in the company have soared steeply – by some 173 percent – over the past week.
Online gambling software developer Rival Gaming’s latest game release has a theme based on the steam-driven railroads of yesteryear, delivered with up-to-the-minute 21st century computer technology.
Even major, well governed online gambling operators have occasionally fallen afoul of UK advertising standards enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority.
The UK online and land gambling group Gala Coral sprang a surprise on the market this week, announcing the unexpected departure of chief executive Dominic Harrison, who was appointed to the post two years ago. He will leave around October 1st.
The international online betting exchange Betfair has published an interesting statistical snapshot of the gambling action during the recently completed FIFA World Cup football championship in South Africa.
The House Financial Services Committee announced late Thursday that HR 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, will be marked-up on Tuesday, July 27th.
The French football team may not have covered themselves with glory during the World Cup in South Africa recently, but the punters certainly made French bookies happy, according to a report from the Reuters news agency.
The Reuters news agency reports that New Jersey governor Chris Christie is about to announce a state takeover of Atlantic City’s casino district, removing local government functions such as police and refuse pickup.
According to CBC reports this week, Canadian First Nation leaders plan to set up a gambling commission to give them more control over the major revenues generated by tribal land casinos.
Online casino operator Virgin Games has announced the release on the groups Virgin Casino of a new 5 reel, 100 pay-line video slot themed on the fictional War of the Worlds.
Taking many industry observers by surprise this week is the announcement by the European online gambling group Unibet that its high profile CEO Petter Nylander has resigned, and will be replaced by CFO and deputy chief exec Henrik Tjärnström.
North Carolina’s ban on online sweepstake style gambling in internet cafes had a sequel this week as video gaming advocates appealed to state governor Bev Perdue to veto the new law, due to come into force on December 1st.
Playtech’s Virtue Fusion Alderney has launched Multi Balls, a new multiplayer game where players compete against each other for a share of a Community Jackpot, along with new slot and scratchcard games.
The UK land and online gambling group William Hill plc has issued a trading update covering the first half of 2010 up to June 29th.
The news that the British Columbian provincial government’s new online gambling website, Playnow.com, had crashed shortly after launch has been followed by startling revelations that private visitor information on the site may have leaked.
Online gambling software and games developer Cryptologic has announced the launch of a new gaming package, Instant Click, which has been initially licensed to Tain AB, a European provider of e-gaming technology infrastructure licensed in Malta.
Online gambling software and games developer Cryptologic has announced the launch of a new gaming package, Instant Click, which has been initially licensed to Tain AB, a European provider of e-gaming technology infrastructure licensed in Malta.
When retired farmer Stan Knapp went into an Edmonton, Canada drugstore last month to buy his usual Lotto Max lottery ticket he had no idea that he was walking into an accidental fortune…thanks to a store clerk’s error.
Proof that there is a super-abundance of demand in Canada for legal and government regulated gambling over the internet was dramatically afforded Friday, when the official Play Now.com website launched that day by the British Columbia provincial government’s BC Lottery Corporation crashed within the first day due to popular demand.
The police in Tokyo have reported taking down a cell phone gambling ring, and the related arrest of a website operator where 130 million yen in revenues were generated through mobile gambling.
The persistent rumours that online gambling group Betfair is to go public in the UK were given added momentum this week by a Sky News report that the IPO could come as soon as September 2010.
The persistent rumours that online gambling group Betfair is to go public in the UK were given added momentum this week by a Sky News report that the IPO could come as soon as September 2010.
A Microgaming-powered online gambling operation in the the Jackpot Factory Group, Royal Joker Casino.com has informed its players that effective July 21st 2010 its services will no longer be available.
Poland’s controversial proposed new gambling legislation has suffered a setback, raising negative comments from the European Commission to which it was submitted for approval earlier this year.