Wracked by recent political corruption claims, the Polish government is reported to be taking a populist approach in its latest proposals for new gambling regulations…and these may not be online gambling-friendly.
Back in 2007 the drive by US federal authorities to disrupt online gambling by attacking financial companies that processed gambling transactions netted close to $19.2 million in seizure orders impacting the Canadian-based Optimal Group Inc., more familiar to online gamblers as ‘FirePay’.
Swedish online gambling software provider Net Entertainment reports that it has signed up Microgame – arguably the largest remote gaming provider in Italy – for an online casino on the popular CasinoModule platform.
Gaming VC subsidiary Betboo is currently promoting what it boasts is a new online gambling idea due for launch on December 1st this year – a free service that allows online gamblers to create their own casino, sports book, bingo or poker room.
The PartyGaming-powered Five Bingo website, owned by UK television network Five, is using web-only television to best promotional effect with a free mid-morning bingo show on weekdays.
Ladbrokescasino.com is currently involved in an innovative marketing initiative to discover ‘Britain’s Sexiest Croupier’, teaming up with the popular ‘lad mag’ publications Nuts and Loaded to achieve maximum coverage across a readership that numbers some 1.7 million.
The Ruby Royal online casino has become the first operation using Rival gambling software to receive Technical Systems Testing (TST) certification.
Tony McAlister, who took up the reins as online gambling group Betfair’s chief technology officer ten months ago, was interviewed by technical media this week and gave his thoughts on the direction in which Betfair’s sophisticated IT must go.
The independent Australian company Commonwealth Securities Limited (CommSec) has released some startling figures on the gambling funds spent by Australians in relation to other essential living costs like water and electricity.
The Maryland-based federal task group pursuing cash processors suspected of facilitating online gambling transactions has struck again, according to the Baltimore City Paper.
The finance minister for Malta, Tonio Fenech, recently revealed some interesting financial statistics on his nation’s tax benefit as an Internet gambling regulator and host.
Decriminalising many forms of Internet gambling in the United States would raise nearly $42 billion for the U.S. Treasury over the next decade, according to an analysis conducted by a non-partisan congressional scorekeeper, the Joint Committee on Taxation.
The latest press material from the UK-based online gambling software provider Wagerworks – a subsidiary of American gambling equipment giant IGT – provokes speculation that the company is optimistic about the chances of a more liberal and progressive Internet gambling policy evolving in the United States.
WendellB, an online gambler playing the Crazy Jungle progressive slot at Top Game-powered Crystal Spin.com on October 21st, became one of a select band of online punters to successfully claim a million dollar plus windfall…and all on a $75 spin.
SmartFOCUS, a multi-channel marketing software provider, has been chosen by b2b services supplier Devilfish Gaming to help deliver cost effective and targeted monthly newsletter campaigns.
Live dealer action streamed from Dublin’s Fitzwilliam Card Club in Ireland is now being offered by the UK-based Lucky Live Casino.com following an agreement with VueTec’s Distance Gaming firm.
The little known Corporate Whistleblower Center in the United States insists in rather extravagant language that it has ” dropped the hammer on Internet gambling” and that “the party is over” this week….without going into any substantiating detail other than a general desire to see the global industry shut down.
Online gambling games developer CTXM’s new 3D slots from The Freaky Slots Family will receive additional exposure on the 888.com range of licensee websites in the near future.
Jenningsbet.com, an online sportsbook operator that already offers online poker facilities on the Microgaming Poker Network, has extended its services with a full, 400+ game online casino from the same software provider.
Cryptologic Limited, the global developer of branded online betting games and Internet casino software, has launched a new downloadable game lineup that will bring DC Comics’ Super Heroes Batman and Wonder Woman to the world’s Internet casinos for the first time.
The Caribbean Casino and Gaming Corporation used the opening of its new land operation Sosua Bay Grand Casino in Dominica to preview a new remote gaming offering which will apparently go live before year-end.
Vegas Technology-powered online casinos were generous on the progressives front again as the week commenced, with Golden Casino reporting a $94 459 hit on the 3 reel Win, Place or Show – the biggest on that machine yet.
The Greek government’s plans to impose a new 10 percent tax on gambling winnings have been further suspended, and new talks are scheduled on the measure following strong opposition from sales agents of the country’s betting monopoly OPAP, the Reuters news agency advises.
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission has completed enhancements to its licensing regime following local government approval, and is now set to launch its new product in January 2010.