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.
Online gambling software provider Tain AB is to offer its licensees an expanded online gambling system, augmenting its existing product line of online casino and poker with white label sportsbook facilities.
The ingenious interactive racecard launched in September has quickly gathered support from leading industry sportsbooks. Press Association Sport reports this week that it has signed up sportsbooks Betfred, Blue Square and Digibet as white label partners.
GTechG2 group, the online gambling provider that includes Dynamite Idea, Finsoft, Boss Media and St. Miniver in its subsidiaries, has unveiled Casino 4.10, it’s latest software upgrade and new games package.
Offsidebet.com, an online gambling operator focused on new and emerging online gaming markets, has chosen Virtue Fusion Alderney as its online bingo supplier.
Details are still scarce, but this week started with a progressive jackpot bang at the Microgaming-powered Aztec Riches Casino when a player hit a $295 272 progressive jackpot on the Major Millions slot.
Online casino operator Slotland.com reports that a retired grandmother who prefers the quiet comfort of online casinos to the noise and smoke of Las Vegas land operations won a progressive jackpot of $175 812 on October 12th.
The province of Sikkim is likely to have the distinction of being the first Indian state to issue online gambling licenses, and UK gambling giants like Betfair and William Hill Online are among the first into the sector with licensing applications, reports The Independent newspaper.
Right2Bet, the campaign for the liberalisation of online gambling in the E.U. , has reached the 10 000 signature mark in its quest to gain a million supporters for its cause.
Investors still clearly like the Ladbrokes brand and potential judging by reports in the London business press this week that the last 5 percent of the company’s GBP 375 million rights issue has been taken up. Shareholders in Ladbrokes agreed to buy the shares following the company’s cash call on 8 October to cut its debt …
According to the Dayton, Ohio Daily News the local law enforcement in Montgomery County raided and shut down an Internet cafe which made online games of chance available to patrons on some 50 PCs.
This (Monday) morning’s report on an investment by online gambling group Betfair in California-based social networking applications provider Watercooler has been confirmed.