One of Europe’s biggest online gambling groups, Bwin, has posted another positive quarterly report, revealing that net gaming revenues in the first quarter 2009 were up 11 percent on Q1 2008, and reached Euro 102.1 million.
London-listed online and land gambling group William Hill plc is opting out of Spain and a year long venture with the Codere group branded Victoria Apuestas, citing slow regulatory approvals and a control environment that militates against its expansion plans and has been too slow to open up other regions in the country.
The Irish online and offline gambling group Paddy Power has taken its aggressive expansion strategy a stage further this week with the A$ 48.5 million acquisition of a controlling stake in the Australian sports betting firm Sportsbet.
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The Irish online and land gambling group Paddy Power has advised customers that it will no longer accept bets on bullfighting following complaints by animal rights groups.
In-play online football betting specialist 188BET has signed a double shirt sponsorship deal with UK Premier League football clubs Bolton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic.
Players have characterised the T&Cs on progressive jackpots at a number of online gambling websites as predatory this week as the forum row over Joyland Casino and player SylvieP continues to reverberate around the Internet.
Online gambling giant Betfair’s co-founder Ed Wray had encouraging words for delegates to the Entrepreneurs Summit this week, telling them that although he had yet to see evidence of the business ‘green shoots’ heralding the beginning of the end of the world recession, he remained confident, and it was still a great time to do …
Boss Media’s parent group GTECH Corporation has signed another contract with a state lottery, the second in as many weeks.
Playtech’s first quarter 2009 numbers released this week are the first to include its online gambling venture with William Hill Online, which the company has described as having significantly evolved the company’s income model.
The chairman of online gambling software provider Playtech plc, Roger Withers, reported on the company’s progress to investors at the annual general meeting this week, flagging a financial performance for the year ended 31 December 2008 that showed significant growth as revenues rose by 70 percent to Euro 111.5 million, whilst adjusted net profit before …
The news earlier this week that Delaware legislators in the House had passed a sports betting bill has been augmented by reports that the Senate has also approved the bill by 17 votes to 2.
Two uplifting lottery stories emerged in the press this week, showcasing players who received very welcome surprises in the lottery context.
The online skill gaming website WorldWinner.com has announced the availability of an old but still very popular board game – Monopoly – following a deal with the owner of the brand, Hasbro Inc.
A name that hit the headlines three years ago on allegations of unethical Washington lobbying for land and online gambling, causing acute embarrassment in some political circles, was back this week in the entertainment publication Variety.
The operator of an illegal gambling operation in Taiwan learned the hard way this week that threatening a man’s family is almost guaranteed to generate a damaging backlash; one that in his case resulted in police action.
The operator of an illegal gambling operation in Taiwan learned the hard way this week that threatening a man’s family is almost guaranteed to generate a damaging backlash; one that in his case resulted in police action.
A wideranging study of the Australian digital scene, including aspects of the online gambling sector in that country, has been completed by Research and Markets.com, which released an overview of its study this week.
Major Internet gambling group Sportingbet.com has signed a three year sponsorship deal with the World Series of Snooker, generating substantial promotional opportunities throughout the world.
The South African gambling group Phumelela Gold Enterprises(PGE) has inked a deal with Dragonfish, the quaintly named B2B division of online gambling and software group 888.com, for the supply of an online sportsbook.
With the liberalisation of the French online gambling market now in sight on January 2010, it is clear that the state gambling monopoly Francaise des Jeux is preparing to meet competition head on through a series of agreements and promotional deals.
Licensed bookmakers in the United Kingdom have been reminded in Gambling Commission letters that effective policies and procedures must be in place and effective in order to prevent young people under the age of 18 from gambling online or offline or entering a betting shop.
Business Week reports that Atlantic City land casinos continued to battle the recession in April 2009, with the 11 casinos drawing 14.2 percent less revenue than a year ago.
Twelve Malaysian grandmothers, most over the age of 60, provided an amusing moment in a Malaysian magistrate’s court this week when they pleaded guilty to illegal gambling on Chinese poker games….but asked for discounts to a lighter sentence due to their senior citizen status.