The online gambling industry is replete with examples of how integrity-challenged rogues repeatedly underestimate the investigative capabilities of online gamblers, ultimately finding out to their cost that these are considerable.
The start of a major furore over privacy was signalled over the weekend when the Daily Mail reported that the confidential records of millions of British gamblers who bet with top bookmaker Ladbrokes had been offered for sale to The Mail on Sunday newspaper.
The whispers of the past few weeks that online gambling giant Betfair is planning a public listing gained momentum over the weekend on the news that the company has engaged with two investment banks to advise it on a possible GBP 1.5 billion stock-market flotation.
The impressive October – November flow of new games from online gambling software providers continued unabated through December, and has gathered momentum on the run-up to the industry’s big IGE-ICEi show which starts next week.
The many interested parties keeping a watching brief on the state of Kentucky’s ludicrous attempt to seize the international domain names of online gambling companies will have to wait a little longer; the state Supreme Court verdict – expected this week – failed to materialise.
Bet-at-home.com, a subsidiary of the Mangas Gaming online gambling group, has signed up with the Montreal-based affiliate program Income Access.
Informed market rumour drove Party Gaming stock up 11 percent Friday – an eight month high – on speculation that the group was about to sign a merger agreement with the giant Austrian online gambling group Bwin.
Two new sports betting operators have entered the market and gone live on the OddsMatrix white label platform.
The Isle of Man-based sportsbetting site 188Bet has followed the Coral group in implementing FSB Technology’s new way of betting on football in the UK. FSB’s software allows customers to bet on the performances of individual players rather than just on the outcomes of a match.
In a report on the progress of its Alderney-licensed European online bingo network Parlay Game Services reported this week that 10 sites are currently up and running on the product, with a further 14 being implemented.
The GTech G2 group, which is the parent company of St Minver, Boss Media, Dynamite Idea and Finsoft, has announced several product developments that it intends to showcase at the upcoming IGE-ICEi show.
Former Chinese soccer star Lv Dong has been sentenced by a court in the north eastern city of Dashiqiao to three years in prison for operating an Internet sports betting ring. He was also required to pay a fine of 1.5 million yuan – about $200 000, reports the news agency Xinhua.
iGaming software developer CTXM plans to launch a new Movies 3D Slots series for online gamblers during the IGE-ICEi show late January.
Microgaming-powered Nedplay Casino.com, which has been worrying players for several weeks with bad communications and slow-pay problems, has been acquired by the popular 32Red AIM-listed online gambling group.
Always protective of its trademarks, the US land gambling group MGM Mirage was on the warpath again this week, going after six Chinese webbies and accusing them of operating a website infringes its trademarks.
The online gambling competitive action in the UK market will warm up considerably in 2011 as a leading American slot machine manufacturer broadens its business interests with a foray into the Internet gambling market. It is not yet clear in what role it will operate online, as it has a wide capability range.
International online gambling sites could be forced to pay tax on Irish bets if the official Opposition in the Irish parliament has its way, it was revealed Thursday.
One of the attractions for online gambling companies locating operations on the Isle of Man, situated between England and Ireland, has traditionally been the favourable technical infrastructure, and Manx Telecom has announced further improvements to this service in terms of both connectivity and cost.
Viral videos created by consumer choice champions right2bet.net to illustrate the unfair nature of current European betting restrictions are being blocked from being advertised on websites across Europe, the campaign claimed this week.
The online gambling information portal Casinomeister’s owner, Bryan Bailey, has announced his site’s awards for 2009.
Orbis Technology, a UK company that develops integrated online gaming and betting solutions, has partnered with affiliate program Income Access to provide affiliates with a marketing software solution. Through this deal, Orbis partners will have the convenience of having both their online gaming products and affiliate program powered by a single platform provider. “Partnering with …
The Isle of Man-based online gambling software provider Microgaming has lost David Flynn, its head of operations, to Swedish and Isle of Man licensed rival NYX Interactive, where he has been appointed chief operating officer.
Online gambling software developer Playtech plc saw its shares soar 11 percent as news broke today (Wednesday) of a series of important strategic partnerships with New York-based and Nasdaq-listed Scientific Games Corporation to jointly develop and market next-generation Internet and land-based gaming products and services to regulated gaming operators in the US and other countries.
The Estonian magazine Baltic Course reports that the Estonian Tax and Customs Board has issued its first online gambling licence this week.