Thailand’s Council of State has given its imprimatur for the Finance Ministry to action its long-delayed plans for a national online lottery, the Bangkok Post reports this week.
The attempt by the U.S. national pro sports leagues and the NCAA to dislocate the state of Delaware’s decision to allow lottery sportsbetting will be heard in a federal court on December 7th this year.
Betfair’s sparkling results released yesterday (Wednesday) have sparked further media speculation that the UK online gambling firm may be looking to go public.
Figures released by Poland’s Ministry of Finance this week show that Polish citizens spent the equivalent of over $5 billion on gambling in 2008, significantly up on 2007’s figure of $3.8 billion.
Ladbrokes has announced that it is to follow William Hill plc offshore to a kinder tax regime in Gibraltar, confirming speculation that it would use the publication of its H1 2009 results to make the announcement. CEO Chris Bell said the company expected to save in excess of GBP 7 million a year from the …
Gaming Business Media, the independent publishing company headed by John Sullivan, has announced its purchase of the two times award-winning International Casino Review together with sister titles Coinslot International and Betting Business. All three publications were acquired from Amusement Trades Ltd, a subsidiary of Clarion Events.
Speculation that Betfair may use the release of its latest numbers to announce a departure from Britain to a more tax-lenient jurisdiction like Malta was halted today (Wednesday) when CEO David Yu said that the group has no plans to move at the the moment.
Better Casino.com and its poker site have closed their virtual doors, leaving only the intriguing website notification: “Due to contractual circumstances which are beyond our control, the online casino has been closed.
The US National Football League’s permission for its teams to negotiate scratchcard lottery betting deals with individual state lotteries saw another agreement signed this week, with the Washington Seahawks following the lead of other top teams such as the Dallas Cowboys, the New England Patriots, Washington Redskins, Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints and the New …
The search engine marketing agency Greenlight has been engaged by UK National Lottery operator Camelot to manage the search engine optimisation of the National Lottery website.
Yesterday’s announcement that the William Hill plc group is to move its online betting operations to Gibraltar continued to excite speculation today (Wednesday) with mainstream media all commenting on the possibility of an exodus of other gambling groups seeking a more benevolent tax regime.
Oddschecker – an odds comparison site accessed by over 600 000 users every month – has released its top 10 bookmakers list for the month of July 2009.
Online gambling software and games developer CryptoLogic has launched a new downloadable game lineup that features a video slot version of the world-famous Street Fighter IV, along with new video slot games Savannah Sunrise, Cleo “Crazy Jackpots”, Area 21 and updated versions of perennial favourites Caribbean Stud Poker, American Roulette and Video Poker.
Recent speculation that William Hill plc would move its online operations to Gibraltar to better compete in a kinder tax climate were confirmed today (Tuesday) in a statement from the company.
Bringit.com, whose business model envisages video gamers betting on the outcome of online matches between members utilising the “skill” loophole, is a step closer to full operations this week as it launches in Beta mode.
One of online gambling’s biggest opponents, the US National Football League, says it wants to keep betting out of the game to preserve its integrity, yet it has embraced the revenue-earning possibilities for its premier teams of betting on lottery scratch-cards.
Fraudsters who rigged ATM machines at hotel venues in Las Vegas last week appeared to be targeting their “white hat” colleagues in the business on one incident, where the venue was the scene of the Black Hat USA and Defcon hacker conference.
The UK-based online gambling information portal Gaming Alerts.co.uk has strengthened its links with Brit gambling group Ladbrokes by launching a competition on the social networking site Twitter.com.
Online gambling group 888 Holdings plc reported this week that the industry has been impacted by slowing economies and a drop in consumer spending during what it describes as the worst recession since World War II.
Last week’s news that Gamesys had changed agencies for its Jackpot Joy advertising has been followed by reports in several UK marketing publications that Gala Coral is about to make some media planning and buying changes too.
Three more Democrat state representatives have joined the growing throng of politicians expressing support for Barney Frank’s HR 2267 proposal to legalise and regulate online gambling in the United States, bringing to 54 the number of co-sponsors so far.
The Nottingham Evening Pose newspaper reports that football club Nottingham Forest is having to remove the logo of recently signed sponsor Victor Chandler from children’s replica shirts to avoid breaching advertising guidelines.
Comments by senior executives and industry speculation earlier this year that major UK gambling companies may be headed to kinder tax climes appear to have been confirmed over the weekend with reports in several major UK newspapers.
Industry observers were trying to identify which online gambling establishment could be involved in a Kansas Grand Jury investigation following reports in the Kansas City Star as the week ended.