Jane Holmes, a spokesperson for the Canadian horse racing firm Woodbine Entertainment Group, outlined the competitive impact of online gambling this week in an interview with the Toronto Sun newspaper in which she claimed that the racetrack is currently losing almost Cdn$ 200 million a year to what she termed “illegal” online gaming.
Online gamblers who are also fight fans are the target market for a new Internet enterprise launched this week by Houston hospitality industry entrepreneur Sean Kreuger (35).
Fans of Microgaming’s big win progressive slot Mega Moolah are speculating on when the next big jackpot will hit as the top prize approaches the GBP 6 million mark, shaping up towards another industry record.
UK land and online gambling group Betfred has taken advantage of a sponsorship opportunity in the World Snooker Championships following the conclusion of 888’s deal at the end of last year’s tournament.
Ålands Penningautomatförening (Paf), which offers online gaming services from Åland, an autonomous region of Finland, has appointed a new chief executive officer to replace the present incumbent Lars Porko, who is to retire effective May 1st 2009, but will be available in a consultive capacity until December 2009.
Malaysian police have again been active against online gambling operations, this time in the Bukit Jambul, Tanjung Tokong and Jelutong areas, where raids this week on four cyber cafes resulted in seven arrests and the confiscation of some 85 computers.
Interesting weekend reading came from the Hawaii Reporter at http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?7070255f-67df-40c5-af64-9b4fc952db1e, which took an op-ed look at the five dumbest bans perpetrated by the US government – one of them involving online gambling.
William Hill online casino reports a major GBP 114 000 slot jackpot win on April Fools’ Day, where 29-year-old British online player Paul Gwilym wagered 30p and struck it rich on Pharaoh’s Treasure.
The economic recession in the USA continues to play havoc with the 11 casinos and resorts in Atlantic City, according to a report from the New Jersey Casino Control Commission this week.
A 29-year-old Californian man who is seemingly incapable of staying out of trouble made a serious mistake in visiting a land casino in Las Vegas this week in what is being reported as a “dead man walking” case!
A report on how the gambling sector is using search engine marketing to cope with the economic downturn has been released this week by Clickthrough Marketing.
A set of celebs will be donning their shirts and shin-pads as they take on an athletic Armed Forces home side in the big ‘Match in Gibraltar,’ sponsored by PartyGaming on Easter Sunday.
A set of celebs will be donning their shirts and shin-pads as they take on an athletic Armed Forces home side in the big ‘Match in Gibraltar,’ sponsored by PartyGaming on Easter Sunday.
The German gambling group JAXX AG has announced that Goetz Graf von Hardenberg will be stepping down as chairman of the Supervisory Board April 6, 2009.
Online gambling software and games provider Gaming Technology Solutions plc has signed up for games from the quality amusement and gaming machine manufacturer Bell-Fruit Games Limited.
Following a contract signed last year, the online gambling website Betjacks.ie has launched, reports the Irish newspaper Independent.
Cashball Limited and its software provider NYX Interactive have entered the Spanish online bingo market with the launch of BingOlé.com.
UK Gambling Commission complaint statistics regarding the impact of Internet betting on the integrity of sports suggest that claims by national sports leagues in some countries that online gambling increases the risk of corruption are unfounded.
Responding to the opposition and threats from the NFA and NCAA to his proposal to open Delaware to sportsbetting this week, Governor Jack Markell has pointed out to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that his league already promotes gambling via television networks whose commentators refer to point spreads and make predictions.
Singapore’s two integrated casino-resorts are cooperating with Family Service Centres and the National Problem Gambling Association in the launch of a new exclusion facility designed to protect the dependents of compulsive gamblers, Mediacorp reports this week.
Chinese police in the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province this week arrested 11 people on charges of running an illegal gambling network, involving bets worth over 500 million yuan ($73 million).
The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank, plans to introduce his next bid to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act this (April) month
In a surprise move that probably has more to do with his long detention without trial than an acceptance of wrongdoing, the former CEO of the now liquidated BetonSports.com, David Carruthers (51), entered a guilt plea on racketeering in St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday.
Online gambling company Meridien Vista Gaming Corporation (MVGC), registered by the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) has been ordered to halt its operations by CEZA Administrator and chief executive officer Jose Mari Ponce.