The Montreal Gazette carried an interesting article on Internet gambling this week, quoting Alain Cousineau, the outspoken chief executive of Loto Quebec, who recently stressed the need for Canada’s government-sanctioned gambling industry to reinvent itself on the Internet.
Online game show pioneer Amuso has formed a strategic alliance with online gaming network operator, Cashball Ltd. and Sweden’s innovative gaming technology provider, NYX Interactive AB, to create a new gaming experience for UK players.
Online gambling software developer Microgaming has launched a new Live Dealer Blackjack offering enable players to experience the thrills, atmosphere and realism of land-based casino play through a crisp, clear interface, and interact with live casino personnel dealing cards in real-time, streamed via over the internet via video.
Wagerworks, the online gambling software provider subsidiary of IGT-UK, has a bag full of goodies planned for the IGE-ICEi show in London at the end of January.
PartyPartners.com, the affiliate program for several leading online gambling brands in the PartyGaming plc group, has successfully passed the on-site inspection and monitoring requirements of player protection and standards body eCOGRA.
The vexing questions regarding the legality of ‘sweepstakes’ gambling at North Carolina Internet cafes has persuaded one city council to place a moratorium on the games until it has investigated the issue more thoroughly.
The vexing questions regarding the legality of ‘sweepstakes’ gambling at North Carolina Internet cafes has persuaded one city council to place a moratorium on the games until it has investigated the issue more thoroughly.
The Canadian online gambling software provider Chartwell Technology has announced the appointment of Daniel Phillips as chief executive officer of its subsidiary Chartwell Games International.
The latest numbers from the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, show that gaming revenues in Atlantic City dipped 13.2 percent during the 2009 calendar year compared to 2008. Nevertheless, land casinos in the area generated $3.9 billion.
The giant online gambling group Betfair has launched its latest venture – an online casino with downloadable software powered by Playtech and presenting players with a full range of services and a casino gaming suite that includes progressive jackpots.
The embarrassing resignation of the head of the Governor’s Task Force on Illegal Gambling in Alabama continued to attract headlines today as Governor Bob Riley spoke to media regarding the gambling activities of David Barber, head of the unit.
Martin Reiner, the CEO of live dealer provider Visionary i-Gaming and a former MIT card counter, developed the multihand Live Blackjack Early Payout game, and this week celebrated the launch on his company’s tables of the latest version.
Italy’s giant Internet service provider, Microgame S.p.A. has signed another online betting deal, this time with the UK based specialist software provider Football 1×2 Ltd.
Online gamblers have a new venue this week with the launch of Casino La Vida.eu, a European-facing site with a lifestyle theme that comes in English and four other European languages.
Details are still sparse, but according to mandatory regulatory reports from Playtech plc, 10 percent of the stock has been snapped up by Fidelity International, a major mutual fund that currently manages over $211.8 billion for private individuals and institutions. The Playtech notice advised that 24,031,139 of its ordinary shares had been acquired by the …
The Italian gambling market shrugged off the recession last year, delivering a 14.4 percent rise in wagers to Euro 54.4 billion according to the latest figures from regulator AAMS.
The New Jersey legislation proposing the legalisation of Internet gambling in the state continued to reverberate around the industry this week, making media headlines everywhere.
It appears that the slogan “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” does not quite apply to the southern US state of Mississippi, where disclosures embarrassing to a neighbouring state’s anti-gambling task force were made this week.
Players at the UK online bingo site Costa Bingo on the Dragonfish bingo network will have a bewildering choice of more than 18 new instant side games to play this week as the booming operator adds new offerings to its inventory.
Delegates to this year’s IGE-ICEi show in London late January will get a first hand look at some reportedly useful changes made to the licensing regime operated by the States of Alderney.
It appears that the disappointing performance of the Gibraltar-based online casino group 32Red in the first half of 2009 is a thing of the past, with the company reporting a better second half to post a 2009 FY gross win of GBP 12.8 million – still down 1.6 percent on the 2008 numbers, but a …
Virgin Casino has added five more games from the GTech G2 side games portfolio to its inventory, building on the Electrocoin Bar X Magic offering launched at the popular UK casino several weeks ago.
Reuben Portanier, who took over as chief executive officer of Malta’s online gambling licensing body the Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) nine months ago, has so far maintained a low international profile, but this week broke out somewhat in an interview with The Sunday Times newspaper.
Make a note of Rhode Island bill S.2028, because you may be hearing more about it as the new year progresses. It’s a proposal now before the Senate Constitutional & Regulatory Issues Committee that suggests it’s time to lift the federal sportsbetting ban in order to boost state tax revenues, and follows similar moves in …