The speculation earlier this week was correct; the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve on Friday delayed the implementation date for the controversial UIGEA regulations for six months, a move that gives lawmakers time to clear up confusion over illegal practices or overturn the ban, reports the Reuters news agency.
The Canadian online gaming software provider Chartwell Technology has launched an addition to a new online casino site for Gaming VC Holdings S.A. branded Betaland.com and targeted on non-German gaming jurisdictions.
The UK land and online gambling group Gala Coral has confirmed the resignation of bingo and casino managing director Simon Longbottom, who has apparently accepted a new position in the pub and entertainment sector, where he was employed prior to joining Gala in 2004.
Late Thursday saw a stunning reversal of a decision by Bulgarian parliamentarians to limit taxation on gambling to 12 percent in defiance of the prime minister’s call for a 15 percent rate.
With all the furore over government corruption and draconian new anti-gambling regulations going on in Poland over the past month, it is not surprising that observers have lost sight of a draft due for discussion next week on Internet gambling measures. And the content does not look promising.
Another Champions League qualification match and six games from this season’s Europa League have been linked to the European betting scandal, UEFA told the Agence France Presse news agency on Wednesday.
Last week’s compromise tax of 12 percent on all Bulgarian gambling turnover may have suited members of parliament, but it has not gone down well with prime minister Boyko Borisov, who wanted to balance the budget with a 15 percent tax.
Malaysia is probably one of the most tightly policed places on earth when it comes to online gambling, with major police raids on mainly Internet cafe gambling a regular feature of the region.
The determined efforts by politicians, horseracing associations, the PPA, iMEGA and other groups and individuals to postpone the December 1st implementation date for the regulations supporting the UIGEA may have paid off.
Server based gaming specialist Inspired Gaming Group plc has announced a ten year deal with the UK independent bookmaker Betfred which will see it supplying its entire virtual events package.
In what has been described as the biggest sponsorship deal in its 127-year history, the UK Rugby League club Hull Kingston Rovers has inked a sponsorship agreement with online gambling group Sportingbet plc.
Scratch2Cash and Hopa.com have announced the availability of the latest – and fiftieth – scratchcard game from software provider Neogames, branded X&O.
Veteran online gambling group Sportingbet plc had good news for investors this week, posting a first-quarter profit up 56 percent as it added more sports bettors.
The GREaT Foundation, formerly known as the Responsibility in Gambling Trust, will be using January’s International Gaming Expo at Earls Court in London to promote and acknowledge the unique work undertaken by the gambling industry in helping to care for the small percentage of people in the UK who are classified as being ‘problem gamblers’.
Vienna-listed online gambling group Bwin is expanding its sports sponsorship efforts beyond football teams and into alpine skiiing.
The determination by US land gambling groups to defend their hard-won trademarks and brands was again evident this week in a federal court action brought by the Boyd Gaming Corp. of Las Vegas.
The recent letter written by UK Minister of Sport Gerry Sutcliffe to bookmakers suggesting a voluntary contribution to Sport England popped into the headlines this week, with the Remote Gaming Association suggesting that full consultation with both the offline and online industry may have been a better initial approach.
A UK academic who has presented some controversial online gambling studies in the past, Professor Mark Griffiths from Nottingham Trent University, has presented a report on responsible gambling research to the European Parliament in collaboration with British MEP Malcolm Harbour.
The nascent Gambling Affiliates Union has wasted little time in baring its teeth, announcing a boycott of the Grand Prive and Vegas Affiliates programs this week following an overwhelming vote in favour of the punitive move by the 200 affiliate marketers who comprise its membership.
Ariel Software’s Multi Asset Trading Platform for financial spread betting, foreign exchange and CFD trading are at the heart of the upgraded and revitalised Paddy Power Trader.com operation which launched this week, delivering an improved service to the Irish betting group’s online clients.
After months of being delayed in the House Financial Services Committee by more pressing economic issues, it looks as if the legalisation of online gambling in the United States is about to come back onstage.
Sportsbook white label provider OddsMatrix appears to be on something of a roll, this week announcing its fifth white label sportsbook deal, this one with Spanish market-facing PepeGames.com which will be furnished with a fully managed, turnkey, sports book product that will focus extensively on Spain and Spanish speaking territories.
UK gambling giant William Hill plc has announced the appointment of Neil Cooper as its new group finance director.
The Internet e-payments processor Moneybookers has launched a new prepaid card that will allow its users to access the funds in their Moneybookers eWallet directly at any ATM or point of sale displaying the MasterCard Acceptance Mark….anywhere in the world.