Net revenue from provincial government-run lotteries, video lottery terminals, casinos and slot machines not in casinos totalled Cdn$13.75-billion in 2009, essentially unchanged from the year before, Statistics Canada reported this week.
Residents in the Alberta province of Canada like to gamble, and to a lesser extent enjoy throwing back the odd alcoholic beverage, it appears from recent survey results published by the National Post newspaper this week.
The Gauteng Gambling Board’s claim that online gambling is illegal in South Africa following a judgment in the North Gauteng High Court last week continues to generate discussion and argument in the country.
The finance minister for the Prince Edward Island region in Canada says the government is considering joining the Atlantic Lottery Corporation’s initiative to bring online gambling to its residents.
Predictions earlier this year by OPAP chief exec Ioannis Spanoudakis that the Greek government would regulate online gambling appear to have been right on the money, according to a MarketWatch report this week.
Despite opposition from the Green Party, a Tasmanian government proposal to give online betting giant Betfair a A$6 million tax break has been passed in the Lower House, thanks to support from the official Opposition Liberal Party.
A Congressional bill that could raise billions of dollars in state and federal revenues through the taxation of a legalised online gambling environment in the United States remains stuck in committee, but author Representative Jim McDermott is pushing hard to get it marked up in time to get it to the House floor in this …
Sportech CEO Ian Penrose has announced an agreement with the UK online and land betting group Ladbrokes, which will distribute its pool products through the internet to the Ladbrokes’ database. Penrose noted that the deal could be the forerunner of others as Sportech seeks to increase player liquidity, hoping to close at least another two …
A former insurance agent in New Jersey has been indicted for allegedly defrauding nine clients out of more than $1.9 million to feed his online gambling habit, reports the IFA Web News
Rival Gaming’s latest online slot is appearing on licensee sites this week, titled Doo-Wop-Daddy-O.
The growing use of pressure on Internet Service Providers to block online gambling sites in Europe has been noted by the European Digital Rights group in an article at: http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number8.16/gambling-websites-blocked-isp-europe.
The Reno Gazette created a ripple of headlines across the media this week with an article on the internet gambling position of influential Nevada politician and US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The online and land gambling group Paddy Power, which released a strong set of results this week, has warned the Irish government that new tax proposals could trigger a reconsideration of its future plans, which include the creation of 750 new jobs over the next three years.
The British online and land gambling group William Hill plc reported this week that its first-half net profit rose 9.9 percent to GBP 64.5 million as net revenue grew 2.8 percent to GBP 529.9 million.
Online gambling software provider Playtech plc has announced strong first half 2010 results for the six months ended 30 June 2010.
The Betfair online casino software deal with Playtech will come to fruition at the end of August with the launch of the latter’s new Flash-based product, the two companies announced this week.
Server Based Gaming specialist Inspired Gaming has announced that it has met all Italian market VLT requirements set by regulator L’Amministrazione autonoma dei monopoli di Stato (AAMS). The firm claims that it is only the third company to achieve this standard, which enables it to deploy its Open VLT platform in the new Italian market
The UK online and land betting group Paddy Power reported in a trading update this week that it is on track for good 2010 full year results that will likely show a 30 percent rise in earnings.
The operator of the Piggs Peak online casino in Swaziland, Casino Enterprises, has reacted to yesterday’s judicial ruling that in the online environment gambling takes place at the physical interaction point.
The founder of Casino Affiliate Programs and a top affiliate marketer, Lou Fabiano (47) has died in a Florida Intensive Care Unit only days before his birthday.
A player in the Atlantic Lottery Lotto Max missed out on a Cdn$30 million win last week by declining to purchase an incorrectly issued ticket in a convenience store.
Our readers will recall the trials and tribulations of a Casinomeister player with a little-known online casino bearing the unlikely title of ‘Heroes Casino.’ In a long running fight last year over a $38 000 blackjack win, one spurious excuse after another was offered as the casino jerked the player around before its licence was …
Raha-Automaattiyhdistys (RAY), the Finnish state-owned gambling monopoly which will be moving into the online gambling sector this year is to use the Svenska Spel-developed responsible gambling tool PlayScan, says the company’s gaming operations executive Janne Perakyla.
WinADayCasino.com had its second major jackpot winner of the northern summer when GlennP hit a $96 466 jackpot playing the new Leprechaun Luck slot machine last week.