The US enforcement and legal system took what appears to be token final kick at the carcass of bankrupt online gambling group BetonSports this week when a federal judge in St Louis sentenced the firm, which has been defunct for several years, to probation and a $28.2 million fine that lawyers on both sides admit …
The next step in Congressman Barney Frank’s latest attempt to legalise online gambling in the United States takes place mid-morning tomorrow – December 3rd 2009 – when he chairs a hearing by the House Financial Services Committee in Washington DC.
Online gambling technology provider Atlantis Internet Group Corp. has obtained a license from EMI Music Publishing allowing it to offer over 1,500,000 songs on its new Jukebox Slot machines, intended primarily for the land gambling industry.
Virtue Fusion Alderney, a developer and licensor of internet bingo products, says it will launch the first-ever bingo games with embedded social networking following nine months of development and testing on 8th December 2009. William Hill, bet365, Paddy Power, Ladbrokes, Virgin and Golden Hat are the first customers to adopt the new product.
Prompted by the news that federal agencies have agreed to postpone the implementation of the UIGEA for six months, the Windy City Rounder blog provided its reasons for regulation rather than prohibition this week.
The Internet cafe operator who asked a Florida judge to declare that its activities do not violate state law was disappointed this week when its arguments were rejected by a Tallahassee court.
Significant year-on-year revenue growth in November 2009 sent related gambling stocks higher this week as the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau reported a 59 percent rise in revenues to Patacas 12 billion (US$ 1.55 billion), hopefully signalling better prospects for December and the new year.
With the Christmas season just weeks away, Malta-licensed online gambling scratchcard software developer Neogames launched a festive season game this week simply branded ‘Christmas.’
Welsh land bingo hall operator Castle Leisure has extended the Castle Bingo.co.uk bingo licence and membership of the International Bingo Network for a further three years in an agreement signed this week with network owner GTech G2.
The player protection and standards body eCOGRA has congratulated four of its Safe and Fair seal holders on outstanding success in the 2009 eGaming Review Awards presented in London last night.
The player protection and standards body eCOGRA has congratulated four of its Safe and Fair seal holders on outstanding success in the 2009 eGaming Review Awards presented in London last night.
The Australian government’s Productivity Commission into online gambling currently conducting hearings in Sydney considered some interesting suggestions this week, among them a few from anti-gambling politician Senator Nick Xenophon.
The independent standards authority of the online gaming industry, eCOGRA, has announced that the Cereus online poker network has achieved the required standards for its Certified Software accreditation seal.
The IGT UK onling gambling software provider subsidiary Wagerworks has announced that it is to supply its premier online game content to Scandinavian online casino operator, Mr Green.com
Italy’s top administrative court is expected to rule in mid-January on a disputed Euro 9 billion scratch card tender which will determine whether rivals compete in future with the incumbent Lottomatica SpA, reports the Reuters news agency.
The Boardroom celebrations on the agreement by US horseracing company Churchill Downs to buy the online race gambling company Youbet.com could be premature, according to reports in the Los Angeles Business Journal this week.
Following a share-based loan redemption, the London-based retail and online betting provider Betbull Holding has become the controlling owner of the Betbull Bwin Espana SA joint venture established in 2007.
The annual eGaming Review Awards for 2009, handed out this week in London, were hotly contested by some of the most respected online gambling companies on the planet, with the top accolade – Operator of the Year – going to the Vienna-listed Bwin group despite fierce competition from the likes of Bet365, PartyGaming and Betfair.
Betfair’s Right2Bet campaign for an even playing field in European gambling is currently promoting a Charity Challenge that has a real sting in the tail – not only does it raise money for charity; it dramatically illustrates the better returns achievable by betting with private companies rather than state monopolies.
The British media are carrying a warning from the Office of Fair Trading, which reports that hundreds of thousands of Brits have been conned by fake lottery scams.
Following the postponed implementation of the UIGEA regulations, the House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank has scheduled a hearing on Thursday, December 3, to discuss Internet gambling and the opportunity to effectively regulate the industry.
Isle of Man-based online gambling software provider Microgaming has been declared the winner of the 2009 Isle of Man Newspapers Award for Innovation and Independent Thinking.
The imminent release of the first draft of the Polish government’s proposed measures to restrict online gambling activity in the country has attracted international attention as gamblers, Internet freedom advocates and online gambling companies consider the consequences.
Falling temperatures are apparently persuading British online punters that there will be a white Christmas this year, with a growing number putting money on the possibility.