French legal drafters will be back at the drawing board this week following the rejection of their first proposals for the liberalisation and regulation of the French gambling market by the European Commission.
The PartyGaming Internet gambling group has started the week in a positive way, announcing that it has signed an exclusive agreement with the UK-based television network Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd to create a “Five”-branded online bingo and casino service targeting the British market.
When a 66 year-old South African grandmother in the city of Kimberley, South Africa hit a large progressive slot jackpot at African Palace Casino.com on November 7th last year she thought her financial worries were over, but this week reports in the South African Sunday Times newspaper indicated that they may have only just begun.
The much publicised deal between Playtech and William Hill plc earlier this year saw a few “purchased assets” change hands as the giant British gambling group formed William Hill Online. It now turns out that some of the “purchased assets” may have been brands with a questionable past.
The Irish online spreadbetting company Worldspreads has hired Douglas Woods, a former sales trader with rival CMC Markets, to head up a new operation as the firm expands into Scotland, reports The Scotsman newspaper.
One of the biggest undivided lottery jackpots in US history totalling $232 million has been won on a stake of $15 by a battling 23-year-old rancher near the town of Winner, South Dakota.
It appears that the Poker Players Alliance claim to victory in short-circuiting a Minnesota enforcement department attempt to blacklist Internet gambling operations at ISP level may have been premature.
Senator Ray Lesniak’s push for the legalisation of sports betting in the state of Jersey received a major boost this week when Governor Jon Corzine announced his support.
International professional business services group PricewaterhouseCoopers has announced the appointment of David Trunkfield as the new head of gaming for the United Kingdom.
Internet gambling games and systems developer Gaming Technology Solutions plc has announced the extension of its contract to supply games to the major European gambling group Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG.
The rather hysterical rush by the Verkhovna Rada to immediately ban gambling in the Ukraine which took place earlier this month has been stopped in its tracks by President Viktor Yuschenko, who exercised his right to veto after discussions with the Eastern European country’s gambling industry.
The situation over the state of Minnesota’s attempt to have ISPs block a badly researched list of some 200 online gambling websites was confused as we went to press this Friday.
The Isle of Man-based Internet sportsbetting firm 188Bet has agreed to sponsor not one, but two Premier League football teams in deals signed this week with Bolton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic.
Yet another US state could soon be offering online wagering on horse-racing, taking avantage of notorious carve-outs in federal anti-Internet gambling laws.
Undercover Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies removed numerous computers and computer equipment from two computer entertainment centres this week, claiming that they were closing down illegal Internet gambling operations.
Up to forty Gibraltarians employed by online gambling group 888.com could lose their jobs as the company commences the consultative process that is part of redundancy proceedings for certain staff this week.
With the resolution of the Bodog brand patents dispute last (April) month the European licensed site at Bodoglife.co.uk is re-routing to the main international brand and gearing up for a busy European sportsbetting season.
Jadestone Networks, the Nordic based owner and operator of multiplayer gaming networks GamArena and DiceArena, has launched its new backgammon network, which is currently available at Bwin and PAF.
BetStone.com, a pioneer in server based gaming (SBG), has launched its newest game for the Asian market at this year’s G2E Asia. Lucky Money Frog, joins BetStone’s portfolio of over 80 games as its newest offering.
The British online and land gambling giant Ladbrokes plc published an unaudited interim management statement this week covering the last four months, and conveying the disappointing news that group profits compared to the same period last year had eroded by 34 percent.
The UK-based Buckingham Bingo company, perhaps better known for its land operations, has become the latest Internet bingo operator to re-sign with Virtue Fusion Alderney, using the brand BuckyBingo.co.uk.
The UK online gambling group Sportingbet has posted a 98 percent increase in pre-tax profits in Q3 of its financial year, and based on initial Q4 numbers has expressed confidence in the future.
Online gambling software and games developer Microgaming has released four new themed games for June featuring daredevil fighter pilots, intergalactic space travellers, tennis champions and European blackjack.
WagerWorks is now providing a range of premium branded games for use in the online casino operations of Balkanbet.com, a principally sportsbetting firm operated by Eurofootball in the Balkanbet group.