Despite the hostile legal and political climate still pervading the USA, Americans continued to visit online gambling sites, according to latest comScore Media Metrix statistics as reported by mGamingWatch. Over the summer period August and September 2013 there were sufficient visitors to online gambling sites to keep the genre in the Top Ten list of …
Gibraltar-based online gambling group 32Red has announced that marketing exec Matthew Booth is back in the company fold after a six year absence with Betfair plc as marketing director and global head of brand. Booth (38) takes up the new position of commercial director at 32Red and will join the board of directors on November …
Back in May this year the UK land and online gambling group Ladbrokes announced that William Hill exec Jim Mullen would be joining the company later in the year. That appointment comes to fruition in a few days’ time when Mullen takes up his Ladbrokes responsibilities as director of digital operations, reporting to group CEO …
Net Entertainment’s regular instant millionaire maker progressive slot Mega Fortune has been hit again, this time delivering a Euro 3.2 million windfall to a 30-year-old Finnish online punter playing at Paf casino from the Western Finland area. The prize was landed on Tuesday 22 October and is the fifth largest for the Åland-based Paf. This …
Locus Gaming’s Jack Gold Casino brand is to feature in a new set of television adverts as part of ambitious plans to raise awareness of the mobile-focused offering. In conjunction with the promotion, parent company Locus Gaming will be giving away a solid gold bar worth GBP 30,000 to one lucky customer who deposits and …
The major British bookmakers have signed a ground-breaking four-year funding deal with the horse racing industry that will see an additional GBP 18 million paid in voluntary tranches to the horse racing levy in a four-year deal. The Guardian newspaper reports that the deal between the racing and betting industries could see prize money reach …
Swedish betting group Betsson AB said in a statement Friday that one of its subsidiaries has chosen today to launch a product dubbed 1X2 (EttKryssTvå), which it claims could represent one of the biggest changes in the Swedish gaming market in 80 years. “In 1X2 the customer bets on the outcome in 13 selected football …
Two weeks ago the online gambling information site Calvin Ayre.com published an extraordinary attack on several former Bodog executives and managers that it claimed had been involved in criminal activity in the Philippines; this week that report was vindicated when Philippines enforcement agencies instituted criminal charges of high-value theft. Those named so far in the …
Italian online casino, bingo, poker and sports betting operator Admiral Interactive in the Novomatic group has announced that its subsidiary SportYes has clinched a 2013-2014 season sponsorship deal with Serie A Italian football club Livorno. The agreement – SportYes’s first – includes advertising and promotional opportunities at the club’s Armando Picchi stadium. Admiral Interactive chief, …
Republican State Assemblyman John Amodeo ignited considerable interest at the World Regulatory Briefing in Philadelphia this week when he revealed that he had proposed legislation that would allow internet gambling software and hardware to be located within New Jersey, but outside the boundaries of Atlantic City, creating an opportunity for the Garden State to become …
Three South Carolina-based directors of an internet cafe operation that ran branches in Florida shuttered by state investigators on gambling allegations in March this year have agreed to plead guilty to gambling related felony charges. The publication Keys.net reports that Gulf Internet Services officials Michael Graham, Joseph Harrington and Elaine Harrington of South Carolina have …
The Seattle-based games developer FlowPlay has entered the competitive social casino sector with an immersive, free-to-play MMORPG casino product branded “Vegas World”. FlowPlay is a developer started by former RealNetworks general manager Derrick Morton several years ago, and incorporates environmental features that go beyond avatars, allowing players to use virtual cash to gamble, hire a …
Subject to approval by the Tynwald, the Isle of Man’s ancient parliament, new legislation affecting online gambling is due to come into force on the island early next year. The Isle of Man Gambling Duty Act 2012 received Royal Assent in October 2012, and replaces the former general betting duty, pool betting duty and online …
The latest investor in the dedicated pay television service Racing Post Greyhound TV is major British bookie corporate Betfred, which this week took out a shareholding in the daily racing service through its subsidiary Totepool. The investment makes RPGTV available throughout Betfred’s extensive UK retail betting shop network and will be included in the company’s …
The Swedish online gambling software developer Net Entertainment has issued a preview of its next online slot release, titled Secret of the Stones and themed on the mysterious Stonehenge prehistoric rock structure in England. Player are challenged to unlock the mysteries of a stone garden in the 5-reels, 3-rows game, which features Wild substitutions and …
World Series baseball is currently in progress in the United States, and games developer Nuworks has timed its latest release to coincide with the wave of interest that the season invariably triggers. Batter Up! is the new release, a baseball-themed 25 line slot with Major, Minor and Mini Jackpots and a number of features including …
Speaking at the World Regulatory Briefing in Philadelphia this week, Florida state Representative Jim Walden offered both hope and caution in regard to another attempt at online lottery gambling legalisation recently launched in the Legislature in his state. On the one hand he was confident that Florida’s large (19 million) population and fondness for a …
A press release from the Antigua government Wednesday reveals the next move by the Caribbean nation in its long-running World Trade Organisation fight over online gambling with the United States . The island government has a “WTO Remedies Implementation Committee” working on its response to America’s continuing intransigence, comprising a team of heavyweight specialists and …
Only two of Atlantic City’s land casino operators – Revel and Atlantic Club – have remained aloof from the excitement of online gambling licence applications in New Jersey, stimulating speculation on who they might partner with when they make their moves. That speculation was calmed this week when legal representative Lloyd Levenson said that neither …
The possibility of online sports betting in mainland China was raised this week in an interesting article published in the Macau Business Daily on efforts by a company titled 500.com Limited to launch an IPO in the United States in a bid to raise $150 million. The word is that 500.com has the tacit approval …
Cypriot police authorities blitzed two betting shops in the village of Avgorou suspected of operating online casinos earlier this week. The raids, initiated from a tip off resulted in the confiscation of eight computers, two printers, three CCTV cameras, lottery tickets and Euro 200 in cash.
Despite numerous media reports on the Gibraltar Government’s supposed leaning towards taking legal action against the British Government regarding the imminent application of a point-of-consumption tax, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo ruled out that prospect at a gaming industry briefing held in London earlier this week. The Gibraltar Times reports Picardo, while addressing a top-level gathering …
UK online betting and gaming operator Betfair has confirmed its partnership with Trump Plaza Associates LLC, in a press release issued this morning (Wednesday). As such Betfair will offer online gaming in New Jersey under an agreement with Trump Plaza who holds a New Jersey internet gambling permit. The company said it will follow up …
Online bookmaker BetVictor has launched a live casino offer utilising its own custom built studio and proprietary system. BetVictor’s entertaining spin on its forty plus live casino croupiers called ‘dealer-tainers’ enable players to speak to them via a chat window, replying with a verbal response through a video streaming link. “This is an exciting development …