Writing in the publication New Jersey.com this week, former New Jersey assistant attorney general Frank Catania argued for the legalisation of online gambling to help Atlantic City to compete in a tougher market.
Liberalising gambling laws could help China survive the global economic downturn, sports officials told the annual meeting of China’s parliament this week, according to a report from the Reuters news agency.
Illinois is about to become the latest US state to exploit the legislative carve-outs that allow online betting on horse racing, fantasy sports and state lotteries while the federal government is doing everything it can to curtail competing Internet gambling in every other sector.
Mangas Gaming SAS, a French gambling group with interests in online gaming and sports betting, announced two major industry transactions as the week came to a close.
A Canadian online gambler hit the jackpot and the media headlines this week at Captain Cooks Casino.com, a member of the Casino Rewards group, when he cashed for an impressive $112 852 on the Tunzamunni progressive slot.
Recessionary climates can produce extraordinary events, and the UK media are currently carrying an interesting report of a 13-member lottery syndicate that struck it lucky….and decided to use their winnings to ensure their employer’s survival, along with their jobs.
According to Reuters reports as the week ended, the next substantial attack on the controversial Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act 2006 could commence as early as mid-March 2009.
Prominent European politicians and gambling operators joined the debate on the liberalisation of EU gambling markets this week as the European Parliament prepared to vote on a largely negative own-initiative report on the ‘integrity’ of online gambling submitted last year by Danish MEP Christel Schaldemose.
Further details are emerging from Thursday’s press conference in Paris on the opening up of the French gambling market.
The Australian media are all carrying the sad story of lawyer-turned-surfwear-and-IT-entrepreneur Matthew Perrin, who racked up A$1.7 million in gambling debts last year before his financial world collapsed around him.
France’s budget minister, Eric Woerth, told a press conference Thursday that his proposed legislation to liberalise the traditionally monopolistic French gambling industry includes provisions for some online gambling, and will be presented to cabinet ministers at the end of March 2009 or the beginning of April.
The deepening recession in Britain and elswhere is resulting in valuable and qualified IT people coming on to the market as some companies tighten their belts, but online gambling group Betfair is doing the opposite, and using the opportunity to snap up top techies with an eye on future expansion.
Ukash, an online cash payment solutions provider that provides Internet-friendly vouchers for cash deposits, has partnered with Central Telecom to be available through Telecom’s prepaid card sold in locations across France.
Visitors to the Cryptologic stand at the ICE(i) show in January were taken on a virtual drive through a major upcoming branded game attraction from the software company, “Call of Duty.”
Visitors to the Cryptologic stand at the ICE(i) show in January were taken on a virtual drive through a major upcoming branded game attraction from the software company, “Call of Duty.”
Speculation is that last week’s threat by Cryptologic of a breach of contract suit against former CEO Javaid Aziz may have been the motivation for the latest development in the frosty relations between the two.
Ten New Jersey insurance company employees are currently on Cloud 9 after hitting the biggest jackpot of them all – the $216 million Mega Millions lottery main prize drawn in Atlanta earlier this week.
This week saw the culmination of a criminal case against a Scots book-keeper who fed an Internet gambling obsession by stealing almost a million pounds sterling from his employers last year.
Interactive television gambling fans in the Baltic and Scandinavian regions are to benefit from a distribution deal signed this week by subscription television network Elion in Estonia and the UK interactive television games developer Two Way Media.
The Earn United Affiliate Program, owners of the formerly RTG-powered Play United Internet gambling venue, have announced a switch to Playtech software.
Visitors to Eurogrand.com, an online gambling brand in the William Hill Online stable, are soon to enjoy new video elements integrated into the website by specialist firm Eye View Digital.com, a provider of video and rich media solutions.
Rami Lerner is to replace the resigned non-executive director John Davy on the board of online gambling group Party Gaming, the company has announced.
The state of Utah’s outspoken Attorney General, Mark Shurtleff, was again in the news this week following his words of support in a local radio interview for Congressman Barney Frank’s efforts to regulate and licence online gambling.
There are indications that some European Union politicians are not averse to seeking “exceptions” to the core EU principle of “free movement of goods and services between member nations.”