A St. Albans online bingo fan hit a major jackpot this week whilst taking a few relaxing moments out of his working day to play a little Internet bingo at Ladbrokes.
The Swedish skill games provider Jadestone Networks has announced a long-term game service partnership with Italian online games firm Fueps, which is jointly owned by RCS and Digital Bros, the biggest Italian player in the domestic distribution of videogames and one of the leading distributors in Europe.
US legislators considering Congressman Barney Frank’s renewed assault on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act may be given pause for thought by a new analysis of the potential taxability of online gambling in the United States just published by top international accounting group PricewaterhouseCoopers.
A new entry into the live dealer sector, LiveDealers24 has picked Visionary iGaming as its live turnkey casino provider. Visionary iGaming is managed by experienced live dealer execs who were formerly with VueTec.
Taking a leaf from the book of US President Barak Obama, the man currently pulling the strings at CAP/AMI/EMG, Warren Jolly, issued an apologetic communique mid-week on the furore centred on his companies and past activities.
A new independent survey of 1 065 children age 9-17 across Canada has revealed that too many of them still engage in risky Internet behaviour – especially on social networking sites.
Barriere Interactive Gaming operating chief Jonathan Stock has told the London gaming publication Electricpig that the company’s new Le Croupier 3D online casino could be making a debut on Microsoft’s XBox 360 or Sony Playstation home game facilities as well as carrying on business on the Internet.
The burgeoning Swedish online gambling network Entraction has shrugged off worldwide economic woes to deliver a strong set of Q4 and Full Year 2008 results this week.
Some 100 students at an exclusive Chinese school have been expelled on allegations of running up gambling debts of over GBP 100 000 (1 million yuan) in an illegal gambling ring, reports the UK newspaper The Telegraph this week.
The dispute between online gambling software provider Cryptologic and its erstwhile CEO Javaid Aziz made it into the pages of the venerable UK business newspaper The Financial Times this week.
A stunning 9 – 0 defeat in a match between UK football clubs Weymouth vs. Rushden and Diamonds has triggered a Football Association investigation into possibly unusual betting patterns after bookies took a GBP 1 million beating as fans allegedly bet against their own club.
The attempted hostile takeover bid launched by Australian online sports betting group Centrebet International Limited against fellow Aussie firm International All Sports seems to have hit an obstacle that may require it to reassess its cash bid following a Takeover Panel ruling this week.
ESI Entertainment Systems Inc. has announced that Citadel Commerce, a wholly owned subsidiary, is now processing Instant Internet banking transactions for PartyGaming plc, an online gambling group active mainly in the European market.
Betbull Holding SE has announced its withdrawal from the exchange betting business in a press release carried by deraktionaer.de this week.
Sigrid Ligné, the Secretary General of the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has launched a newsletter for members and interested parties in the belief that open communication will provide all stakeholders with a better understanding of the realities of the market.
Roxy Affiliates.com, which has for the past seven years administered the efforts of affiliate marketers promoting tier one Internet casinos, including Roxy Palace Casino, has become the second affiliate program to be tested and monitored by the independent player protection and standards body eCOGRA.
The founder and major shareholder of Affiliate Media Inc., and Casino Affiliate Programs, Lou Fabiano, has issued a statement clarifying the ownership structure of the companies currently involved in the control dispute.
The UK interactive television gambling company NetPlayTV plc has signed an exclusive TV distribution deal with Channel Five Broadcasting and the launch of its new service EuroTeleMillions.com on Monday, 9 March 2009.
What appears to have been a palace coup in the affiliate business triggered an upsurge in online gambling forum activity Monday as the major shareholders involved posted their versions of what appeared to be a serious split between partners.
The war of words between former Cryptologic CEO Javaid Aziz and the Dublin-based online gambling software provider Cryptologic took a turn for the worse this week as the software company not only rejected Aziz’s latest proposal for an extraordinary general meeting, but threatened Aziz with a law suit, claiming he was in material breach of …
Quezon City in the Philippines claims that gambling group Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) owes hundreds of millions of pesos in unpaid franchise taxes. City executive Dr. Victor Endriga cited Section 13 (2) of Presidential Decree 1869, or the Pagcor Charter, imposing a 3-percent franchise tax on the firm and its partners for the …
The UK skill games provider GameAccount, which already has William Hill, Stan James, Gala Coral and other major gambling groups on its books, has reported signing up Gaming VC this week. The Malta-based operator of various major online sportsbook, poker & casino websites principally targets the German-Austrian and Italian markets.
UK online and land gambling group William Hill plc is set to raise an additional GBP 350 million through a rights issue, reports The Times. The cash will be used to refinance the company’s debt, the newspaper reports.
Following the trend to online sportsbook sponsorships in Australia actor Russell Crowe’s South Sydney Rabbitohs announced a new corporate partnership with Betezy.com.au this week.