The frenetic action on the Italian Superenalotto is set to continue this week after Tuesday’s draw failed to produce a winner, boosting the jackpot to an all time high of Euros 131 million.
U.S. National Football League owners in May this year approved a rule that allows its pro teams to partner with local lotteries on scratchcard betting activities.
A New York Circuit Court judge has ruled in favour of a media company which contested the need for official enforcement warrants and documents to be sealed in a case that involved the seizure of $40 million from cash processing companies and banks.
The gambling woes largely brought on by the global economic recession continued to plague Nevada through the month of June, according to the latest statistics released by the Gaming Control Board.
Online bingo site Bingo Day.com is extending its business into the Spanish and Italian markets with the launch this week of Flash versions in those languages.
According to a report in the HR Magazine.co.uk, online gambling group Betfair has saved GBP 1.65 million in attrition costs by ditching recruitment agencies, and hiring direct.
The Bulgrian news agency BGNES reports that government officials are becoming increasingly concerned over the outflow of cash from the country as a result of its residents playing at foreign online gambling sites.
Bad news for online gambling software provider Wizard Gaming this week is that one of its few remaining clients is to switch to RealTime Gaming software.
Top online gambling software developer Microgaming has released its latest monthly tranche of four new video slot titles for August, adding to an expansive licensee games inventory.
The Bloomberg business news service had encouraging news for online bingo operators this week, reporting that giant, publicly listed gambling companies William Hill, PartyGaming and 888 Holdings expect sales from Internet bingo to increase in Europe.
Savvy online players are unlikely to forget the case of Heroes Casino.com, an online operator that jerked an online gambler around for months with a variety of excuses on a $38 000 blackjack win before its software provider, Gale Winds, stepped in and paid the customer.
Ex-Party Gaming chief Mitch Garber, who was recently appointed CEO of the new Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment division remains bullish on the future of online gambling in the United States, opining that legalisation will take place, and that the market will be dominated by big, well known brands when it does.
In a promotional initiative that is being interpreted as a shrewd marketing move to build up a substantial player base, online bingo operator 888ladies.com has launched a free bingo offer which could see lucky bingo fans scooping cash prizes for no deposit.
Russian gambling operators who have been trying to find workarounds for the draconian anti-gambling measures introduced last month by the government are coming under increasing pressure to close shop, with extensive police raids in major cities now common.
The US east coast gambling centre of Atlantic City experienced another trying month in July, with the city’s 11 casinos taking $383 million, a 12.7 percent decline the same period last year.
The Delaware vs. National Football League and other profession sports leagues issue took on added urgency this week when lawyers for the leagues asked a federal appeals court for a quick decision on whether Delaware’s plan to allow betting on games should be halted before a trial scheduled for December 7th can be held.
The NFL’s blessing on scratchcard betting has led to another of its top teams clinching a lucrative deal with its state lottery.
Jens Schumann, joint founder and chairman of German online lottery operator Tipp24 AG is to leave the company for personal reasons at the end of September 2009, the company announced this week.
Seven Media Group Limited, a company owned by two US businessmen and registered in the British Virgin Isles, has acquired the popular online sportsbetting information and ratings site Bookmarkers Review.com for an undisclosed consideration.
Play United Casino.com, which recently switched software provider from RTG to Playtech issued an intriguing press release this week which gives an insight into new games ahead.
Swedish online gambling software provider Net Entertainment has cemented its longstanding business relationship with the French Mangas online gambling group through a multi-year agreement to supply CasinoModule services to group subsidiary Expekt.com, which now joins sister companies Bet-at-Home and BetClick in using the no-download software.
The specialist UK sports sponsorship company brandRapport has released some worrying numbers that suggest a decline in the budgets of top twenty football club sponsors.
The Irish News reports that spread betting firm Worldspreads has agreed to sell its Irish arm to the local management team.
The man widely recognised for implementing much of Betfair’s complex computer-based technology, former chief technical officer Rory Devine, has been appointed as the new UK chief technology officer (CTO) at Yell, the online directories firm.