The American Gaming Association, a trade association that represents the interests of the main land gambling firms in the United States, spent $345 000 in the fourth quarter 2009 to lobby on issues such as online gambling and health care reform, according to a recent mandatory disclosure report.
The legality of a business model for a betting exchange company that was closed in 2007 under pressure from Washington state officials is still the subject of court actions as the owner and the state gambling authorities wrestle through appeal and counter appeal actions.
Big changes are in prospect at the UK land and online gambling group Gala Coral as longrunning ownership discussions appear to be finally reaching a conclusion. But it could be a resolution of the company’s debt problems that will see private equity owners left with no involvement.
Saturday’s Canada screening of CTV W5’s investigative program on Internet gambling was a fairly mild affair in which the life and times of Bodog founder Calvin Ayre (48) featured heavily, with the high profile exec speaking from Antigua on his latest venture, franchising the Bodog brand.
The world’s largest online betting exchange, Betfair, has launched its new in-play betting service for Internet-enabled television sets, opening up new betting opportunities for punters across the world.
The British government is about to put the state-owned gambling concern The Tote back up for sale, reports The Telegraph newspaper, noting that Lazard Bank has been appointed to advise government on the matter.
The British government is about to put the state-owned gambling concern The Tote back up for sale, reports The Telegraph newspaper, noting that Lazard Bank has been appointed to advise government on the matter.
With 66 congressional co-sponsors on board for his HR2267 Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, Congressman Barney Frank may be about to make his next move in seeking to legalise online gambling in the United States, reports CardPlayer.
It could be a more progressive approach to online gambling, or maybe more restrictions, but a member of the Nevada Gaming Control Board is apparently drafting a document that will clarify the relationships between Nevada-licensed land casino operators and their online counterparts.
Continent 8 Technologies, which provides state-of-the-art, outsourced Internet infrastructure and related managed hosting services to the e-business and e-gaming industries has announced its continued international expansion with the opening of a point of presence (POP) in Paris.
Online betting group Sportingbet.com continued its preparations to enter a liberalised French gambling market with a deal this week with the online version of major newspaper Le Monde.
Kuala Lumpur police raided five premises in the Jalan Klang Lama area this week, continuing an extensive drive against online gambling in Malaysia.
The Gibraltar-based online and land bookmaking group Victor Chandler has extended its shirt sponsorship deal with the Nottingham Forest football club by two seasons.
Yet another negative story on the notorious Virtual Casino group surfaced on the Casinomeister portal this week as disgruntled poster ‘pobeda’ described an experience that can only be characterised as a nightmare.
Television network CTV W5 in Canada is to broadcast its take on Internet gambling in an early evening slot on Saturday March 13.
Is public opinion in the United States behind Congressman Barney Frank’s legislative attempts to legalise online gambling? A recent academic study suggests that may not be the case.
In what seems to have been a major difference of opinion, Betfair’s US boss, Gerard Cunningham, has left the company. His responsibilities in the US horseracing division have been taken over by Stephen Burn, who will report to Betfair’s UK-based betting exchange md, Mathias Entenmann.
The Greek government, struggling with a Euro 300 billion national debt and a floundering economy, is looking to its gambling monopoly OPAP to help make ends meet, reports the Reuters news agency. Moves are afoot to squeeze an extra Euro 400 million from gaming for the state coffers.
If you thought that the last quarter of 2009 was a bumper period for new game releases, you’ll be even more impressed with the wide range of new offerings that online gambling software developers have pushed out since February this year.
Virtue Fusion Alderney, recently acquired by Playtech plc, has added Deal or No Deal Classic across its network. The new addition is a fixed-odds version of the famous Endemol television hit show, in which players are offered a ‘deal’ by the banker at the end of each round, guaranteeing a cash prize.
Wajaras is an intriguing new online gambling service currently emerging from Beta testing with the claim that it simplifies connectivity without sacrificing quality, and has the added advantage of not leaving any trace on the computer used to play.
Malta-based online gambling software provider B3W has launched two new additions to its product offerings – Internet poker and horseracing. The new products join an inventory that includes online casino and scratchcard products.
The latest white label deal inked by online scratchcard games and white label provider Neogames will see the company launch a scratchcard website branded Winnings.com for Winnings Limited, a subsidiary of the Infomeda group.
Silicon Republic.com reports that Irish politicians who have been considering the licensing and regulation of online gambling for some time could be about to vote for legislative proposals that would see the creation of a regulatory system. That would be instrumental in attracting businesses to the country and may come about as early as end March, …