The website may be non-functional, but it was back up as the week ended, and the ZookZ management were actively ploughing the blogs and message boards despite being disowned by the Antiguan government.
News from Las Vegas is that an enterprise that has its origins in sex pills and weight loss solutions is expanding into the online and land gambling industry.
Reports in The Times newspaper over the weekend that Party Gaming plc has acquired Cashcade plc have been confirmed by the online gambling group.
Hot on the heels of last week’s five new co-sponsors signing up for Barney Frank’s proposed legislation to legalise online gambling in the United States comes news that a Californian Representative has become the 48th co-sponsor for HR2267.
The audacious online music download venture ZookZ, which tried to take advantage of a World Trade Organisation IP ruling in favour of Antigua after an online gambling dispute involving the United States (see earlier reports) is no more.
Backgammon, an ancient board game that has been attracting growing numbers of players in its 21st century resurrection as an online skill game, has crowned its latest World Champion after a tough competition in Monte Carlo sponsored by online gambling site CasinoRip.com.
William Hill Online has reported more big winners this week, including one player identified only as “Joe” who hit a lucky streak on Gold Rush Showdown and Alice’s Wonderland slots for an impressive total win of GBP 260 000 over a two week period.
Two years ago the international online gambling group Betfair partnered with XoomWorks in building and staffing a development centre in Cluj, arguably the Silicon Valley of Romania and perhaps of Eastern Europe.
The French Budget Minister, Eric Woerth, presented his draft law for the liberalisation of gambling to the Finance Committee of the French Parliament this week as planned,
Just over three years since it was launched in 2006, Sportingbet’s Italian venture, Sportingbet Italia has been sold to its management for an undisclosed but reportedly nominal consideration.
New statistics on gambling from Statistics Canada reveal that a decline in gambling in the country – the first in sixteen years – has taken place.
John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance, revealed some interesting legislative developments during the Alliance’s National Poker Week visit to Washington DC this week.
Long on operators and short on real regulation is the widely held player perception of the Costa Rica licensing jurisdiction in online gambling.
The Swedish online casino Mr Green.com has increases its focus on the Swedish market by recruiting Daniel Oskarsson in the new post of country manager, with responsibilities to expand the regional market.
Artificial intelligence works in part to replicate the human mind, and scientists need to know how humans make their next moves, reports Scientific American this week.
Artificial intelligence works in part to replicate the human mind, and scientists need to know how humans make their next moves, reports Scientific American this week.
According to a report from the Associated Press news agency, anti-gambling Republican Senators from Arizona and Utah have involved themselves in the affairs of Delaware state, which recently passed legislation to permit sports betting .
The giant Vienna-listed online sportsbetting group Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG has agreed to extend its sponsorship of MotoGP through the 2010 season, Dorna Sports SL has announced.
New Zealand is gearing up for a comprehensive and government funded study of gambling that will look at whether casinos and the TAB – and other parts of the sector – target specific cultures, along with issues such as gambling behaviour, problem gambling and the manner in which gambling is marketed.
Online gambling spoftware developer Playtech plc’s shares dipped sharply by 20 percent when it released its second quarter numbers this week and revealed it expected full year earnings to be lower than expected.
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has come out in opposition to key provisions contained in a French draft law designed to regulate online gambling.
The timing could not have been better; as UK online bingo group Cashcade was being snapped up by Party Gaming last week for a reported GBP 100 million an independent statistical site pronounced the bingo operator as the UK leader in the field.
One of the industry’s largest online gambling software developers, Playtech plc, found itself among several companies named in a patent hearing in the UK in June and July.
HR 2267, a proposed bill introduced by Congressman Barney Frank to regulate and licence online gambling in the United States, has been backed by a further five members of Congress, bringing total political support to 47 since the bill was introduced in May this year.