Industry sources are abuzz at the news expected later today (Monday) that online gambling giant Betfair’s Australian operations are about to make a major investment in the social networking provider Watercooler, an Internet start-up that has registered 26 million users in only two years.
The IRGO-Spelinstitutet problem gambler online self-diagnotic software developed in Sweden is now being offered by the Norwegian state gambling monopoly Norsk Tipping.
Cynical online gamblers who have seen it all before are all too familiar with the slow-pay excuse “it’s a software glitch,” but in a finding by the Malta regulator this week that appears to have been the case regarding Bet After Bet.com.
Online betting exchange Betfair has scored another American coup, reaching a deal that will allow common-pool betting on next month’s Breeders’ Cup at the Kentucky racecourse Santa Anita Park, reports Associated Press.
The Baltimore City Paper reports that federal enforcement officials in Maryland continue to pursue Internet cash processor Electracash Inc., recently the subject of financial seizure orders based on allegations of processing online gambling transactions.
The main focus of industry interest as the week ends was Thursday’s Kentucky Supreme Court hearing on whether the state government has the jurisdiction to seize 141 international domain names owned by online gambling companies based beyond the reach of Kentucky enforcement.
The protection of the integrity of sport in the UK is receiving the Gambling Commission’s close attention, although there were relatively few suspicious betting transactions during the period September 2007 to June 2009…and most of those were flagged by betting site operators themselves.
Scratchcard fans with a penchant for something a little different will be able to try their hand at a multi-game combination of Bingo and Keno following the launch of Disco Keno this week at the Hopa.com and Scratch2Cash.com scratchcard websites.
Bettorlogic, the form analysts backed by industry veterans Andrew Black and Nigel Payne, has announced the appointment of Steve High – architect of some of Betfair’s most innovative and revolutionary features – as Chief Technology Officer.
Online gambling software provider Microgaming has revealed that the much anticipated grand finale of the Grand Slam of Slots online tournament begins today (Thursday) and in nine days will deliver a single victorious player. On 2nd November, that player will be a million dollars richer.
Social gaming may be the popular trend, but it doesn’t always deliver the goods, it appears from a Tech Crunch report this week.
The European-facing Eurosportsbet.co.uk online gambling site will soon have an Italian market sister in Eurosportbet.it, launching this (October) month. Both sites are betting subsidiaries of the Eurosport television network, a major media group.
Justice Department authorities in New York announced this week that 30 people have been indicted in a half-billion-dollar gambling operation allegedly based in the city and involved with organised crime, reports NY1 News.
With the high level of consumer concern over Internet identity theft, and the online gambler’s imperative for privacy protection, it is surprising that details of players at major online gambling sites can be obtained illegally, yet revelations this week suggest that this is not only possible, but routine.
A Nepalese store clerk resident near Dallas, Texas palmed a $1.1 million winning lottery ticket presented by a customer, cashed it and then absconded, clearly hoping to enjoy his ill-gotten gains elsewhere, a criminal indictment in the Lone Star state alleges.
The massive success of online gambling group Betfair has again been reflected in the latest business accolade for founders Andrew Black and Edward Wray, who earlier this month were again honoured at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards in London.
For most online gamblers, hitting a progressive jackpot just once is the experience of a lifetime, but there are on record numerous instances of particularly fortunate punters who have achieved multiple wins. The latest of these is ChontelB, an Australian gambler on the Microgaming-powered Royal Vegas Casino website who recently took home A$26 813 for …
Itai Pazner, chief operations officer at online gambling group 888.com has launched a new GBP 8.8 million jackpot game – an Internet gambling record – with a free GBP 24 chance of winning it for online players.
The Vegas Technology-powered veteran online casino group English Harbour has added four new slots to its gambling suite.
If you haven’t yet heard of Absolute Casino.com you probably will soon, according to the Alderney-based owners Advanced Games Lab, which powers the new operation with its proprietary software. AGL is itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guernsey firm HC Capital Limited.
The online gambling group Betfair, and trade body the Remote Gaming Association are among the supporters of Right2Bet.net, an initiative that is inviting punters across Europe to register their vote and fight for their right to bet freely by going online and signing a virtual ‘naked petition’ (http://www.thenakedpetition.com/), uploading their own content and sharing viral …
A week on from it’s launch earlier this (October) month, online and offline betting firm William Hill plc’s in-house television channel is proving to be a popular service to punters visiting the group’s 2 450 betting offices.
The first draft of the much anticipated review of Australian gambling by the government’s Productivity Commission was released this week, with some predictable conclusions…and some surprisingly practical suggestions regarding online gambling regulation.
The online gambling software developer Playtech plc has issued a trading update predicting that it expects to deliver a generally positive third quarter 2009, with a 12 percent rise in gross income to Euro 31.9 million.