Plans by the Michigan state lottery to launch online tickets sales and games in early 2014 have been derailed by state lawmakers, who have blocked some $3.4 million in funding needed for the initiative. “Plans for an iLottery system have been suspended so that the Lottery may further evaluate the program,” lottery spokeswoman Andi Brancato …
Las Vegas Sands owner Sheldon Adelson’s attack on internet gambling last week continues to create ripples as industry figures react to some of his more questionable statements regarding online gambling and its impact on society. How far those ripples have extended is clear from a lengthy article published by ABC News at: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/online-poker-boycott-threatened-adelson-remarks/story?id=19473807&page=2#.Ucm2FGgaI3E in which …
Gibraltar-based free slots app developer, Trophy Slots, has launched new tournament functionality to its Facebook gaming product. The tournaments are the latest addition to the social casino application, and follow the introduction of the popular Trophy Slots league last month. One of the most popular free-to-play casino products on Facebook – the app has around …
In an uncertain regulatory environment Czech terrestrial gambling provider Casino Kartác Group has won its case against the Czech Republic’s Ministry of Finance in which it challenged the Government’s award of online fixed-odds betting licences to around five domestic providers but denied the casino group the opportunity to apply for licencing and offer other types …
Taipai-based GigaMedia Limited will launch a suite of new casino games which it says is the first step in new strategic growth plans targeting the high-growth social casino games market. The company’s FunTown online game operation has rolled out the proprietary suite of casino games in closed beta format to 200 Taiwanese Cyber-Cafe’s. Results of …
888casino has become the title sponsor of a new tournament on the Snooker circuit in a deal inked with Matchroom Sport this week. The Champion of Champions snooker tourney, which is scheduled to run from 19 to 24 November at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, will be televised live on ITV4. The format features 16 …
Net Entertainment says that its latest online slot, Fisticuffs, is sure to prove a real hit with players following its launch today. Set in the early 1900s, at a time when boxing was bare-fisted and for gentlemen, Fisticuffs features a pair of fighters on the reels ready for action. These two rivals create various types …
The Malaysian police have become widely known for their sustained efforts in Operation Dadu against illegal online poker enterprises which continually spring up in small shops and residences throughout the nation. This week police spokesman Asst Comm Abdul Aziz Salleh warned operators that the police remain committed to Op Dadu and will be keeping the …
Internet payments provider Optimal Payments plc (formally better known as Neteller) is partnering with gambling content and equipment supplier Bally Technologies to provide payments and related services to both Bally and its online gaming customers. Under the agreement, Bally will integrate Optimal Payment’s Netbanx payment platform into its solution for operators in the regulated US …
A statement posted on the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance’s State Gambling Commission (SGC) website, confirmed that the SGC agreed in a meeting held Monday to continue supplementing its online gambling blacklist. The 28 operators listed on the blacklist currently comprise: evobet.com, williamhill.com, playmillion.com, betsafe.com, intercasino.com, interpoker.com, simbagames.com, pokerstars.bg, pokerstars.com, titanbet.com, 770.com, partypoker.com, fulltiltpoker.com, winner.com, royalvegascasino.com, …
Global information services firm Experian said it has extended its international coverage for identity verification with the integration of comprehensive and reliable data from Denmark and the Netherlands to its global ID verification platform. Danish CPR information (personal tax numbers) has been added to the Prove-ID platform as well as name, address and DOB validation …
It appears that Rival Gaming has released its “Crazy Camel Cash” game to a broader audience. The game billed as a new release is thought to be the same game hosted exclusively by Black Diamond and Box 24 online casino’s when launched in 2010. The Egyptian-themed three reel, one-payline game features Magic Flying Carpets, Palm …
Douglas Corbin, an American implicated in Connecticut federal investigations against the Costa Rica-based online sports betting site 44Wager.com, pleaded guilty this week to offences under federal racketeering laws. Corbin also agreed to forfeit $100,000, and now awaits sentencing. The cases of other persons accused in the case remain in progress, with Richard Uva in particular …
In a move that it claims is due to excessive demand presumably overloading its systems, the main Bitcoin exchange, Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, has ‘temporarily’ suspended U.S. dollar withdrawals on its system for at least the next two weeks. The virtual currency exchange said in a statement this week that rising volumes of deposits and withdrawals …
New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s controversial plan to partly privatise the $2.8 billion state lottery despite opposition from political, retail outlet and trade union quarters went ahead Friday with the announcement that the 15 year deal with Northstar has been signed. Northstar NJ is a joint venture in which GTech and Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement …
Internet gambling games developer World Match has issued its third new slot this (June) month with the launch of Air Force HD, a rich-featured, multi-line game with a theme based on military aviation. The game includes an innovative sky-diving bonus feature in which punters have a choice involving 4 paratroopers and 5 targets to win …
Adding yet more controversy to the political debate swirling around gambling promotion and marketing in Australia, local online betting group and Paddy Power subsidiary Sportsbet has set Aussies talking with its latest rugby-related advertisement. The scale of the advert – painted on to a large field on the approaches to Melbourne airport for all arriving …
Tier one UK online gambling firm bet365 has reported profits up a third to GBP 148 million, The Guardian newspaper reports. The company, founded 13 years ago by the Coates family, handled substantially more wagers than competitors like Ladbrokes and William Hill, the newspaper notes. And that is despite a loss of GBP 31 million …
Geolocation technology provider GeoComply USA, Inc. was awarded a Nevada online poker Class II Nevada gaming licence Thursday, after successful hearings before the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission this month. “We’re very excited to receive our license in Nevada and have the ability to offer Nevada operators our accurate, user-friendly and secure …
Playtech’s disposal of its shareholding in Sportech plc, reducing its interest to less than 10 percent, has been followed by the resignation of Mor Weizer, CEO of Playtech, from the Sportech board of directors. Sportech chief exec Ian Penrose advised shareholders Thursday that Weizer would cease to be a Sportech director with immediate effect and …
Sports betting bill C-290 was in the Canadian spotlight again this week with gambling executives becoming increasingly impatient with an over year-long stall in the Canadian Senate despite the measure receiving overwhelming support in the House of Commons in March last year. The bill, which seeks to allow single game wagering has languished in the …
Skillz, an online skill games provider that allows punters to compete for cash, has raised $5.5 million in new capital in a round of financing led by Atlas Venture. Earlier this year the company raised almost $1.3 million. The publication BizJournal reports that the company was founded last April following more than a year of …
Las Vegas Sands land gambling mogul Sheldon Adelson, well-known for his opposition to legalised online gambling in the United States, apparently remains behind the times in his latest Forbes business magazine article. He uses the hopelessly inaccurate, timeworn but emotive cliché ‘click your mouse and lose your house’, and appeals to US lawmakers to declare …
A European Commission decision announced Wednesday approving the implementation of a 5.6 percent levy on online horse-betting stakes in France has the Remote Gambling Association and the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) concerned. The levy, initially proposed at 8 percent, will fund “the improvement of the equine species and the promotion of horse breeding” …