The latest online gambling advertising judgement from the UK Advertising Standards Authority illustrates that more care will be necessary when it comes to advertising and promotions in the UK market place. This is particularly important as the new point-of-consumption secondary licensing and taxation amendments to British law loom on the 2014 horizon , compelling operators …
Marketing affiliates are reporting that it appears that Club World Group’s online casino Club UK may be heading for closure. The online gambling group has advised affiliates that effective this (August) month it will no longer accept new registrations for Club UK, although it will continue to service existing players. “If you are a new …
Majesco Entertainment, a US video game developer famous for products like Zumba Fitness, clearly sees possibilities in the emerging American online gambling market and is becoming increasingly noticeable in the industry through media initiatives, conference appearances and some interesting acquisitions. The company has taken over social casino game developer Orid Media and the Isle of …
The West Bromwich Albion Premier League football club in the UK has signed a sponsorship agreement with Asian-facing online gambling site TLC88.com, joining Sunderland in the online operator’s sponsorship portfolio. Formed 3 years ago, TLC88 provides sportsbetting, poker and casino online gambling to the Asian market, and describes itself as a “…First Cagayan-licensed, creative online …
Interesting things appear to be happening in Wyoming’s state lottery endeavours, according to a weekend report in South Dakota’s Aberdeen News. In an article on the increasing pressure of competition from neighbouring states for gambling revenues, the newspaper notes: “Wyoming law specifically prohibits scratch tickets and video lottery, which are two of the three game …
The Herald Sun newspaper reported over the weekend that online gambling is proving to be formidable competition for land pokie machines, reducing club revenues and the amount of tax paid to the state government in South Australia. The article quotes the latest Consumer and Business Services Department figures, which reportedly show South Australian punters lost …
The Chinese online gambling services of William Hill plc will be withdrawn from August 19 “for the forseeable future”, the betting group has advised marketing affiliates, citing the need to comply with national regulations. The notification reads: “We regret to inform you that William Hill has taken a decision to withdraw all of its online …
The UK betting group Betfred is planning a big return to the Australian market with its Northern Territory-licensed sports betting website, budgeting a reported GBP 10 million for marketing and advertising to support the new site for the 2013 – 2014 football season. The boost exceeds Betfred’s previous campaigns by two to three times and …
The high-profile enforcement raids on high stakes poker game organisers working from a New York art gallery earlier this year saw a sequel in a Manhattan federal court this week when two men pleaded guilty to illegally operating nosebleed New York City poker games with pots worth tens of thousands of dollars. On Friday Kirill …
The Asian-facing online sports betting operator SBOBet has followed its sponsorship agreement with Norwich City earlier this week with a similar deal involving Hull City FC, newly promoted to the English Premier League. Hull City commercial manager Linton Brown said that the agreement would better expose the Hull City brand to a global audience, particularly …
The British government published its long-awaited new online gambling taxation framework Friday, zeroing in on offshore companies wishing to access the UK market following its adoption of a point-of-consumption definition of online gambling. Offshore companies servicing Brit punters are likely to be hit with around GBP 300 million in taxes, observers noted. And non-compliance could …
The Vietnamese newspaper Thanh Nien News reports that lawmakers in the Asian country agreed in principle Wednesday with a government proposal to legalise gambling on international soccer matches, saying the legal framework for this should be strengthened to curb negative activity. Vietnamese citizens are currently allowed to gamble on local horse and greyhound races, but …
Talking to GamingWatch this week, geolocation company Locaid’s CEO Rip Gerber said that the technology his San Francisco-based company supplies is spoof proof and can locate the position of a punter to within 5 feet. The company has applied for online service provider licensing in Delaware, New Jersey and Nevada, all states that have embraced …
The police department in Plano City, Texas is better off to the tune of almost $5 million this week following receipt of a share of the spoils from a successful federal online sports betting bust of a Curacao-licensed gambling ring. The department assisted IRS and FBI investigators in breaking up the organisation in 2006, and …
Kelly Mathis, a Florida lawyer who has been listed as a key defendant in the widely publicised Allied Veterans of America online gambling bust earlier this year says that he wants to be tried in Jacksonville, where the crimes he is accused of committing allegedly occurred. The gambling bust resulted in the resignation of a …
US film producer and serial entrepreneur George Zaloom boosted his new GoPlay social gaming venture this week with a contribution to the Gamble of Social Casino Game Distribution discussion at the Casual Connect conference in San Francisco, recommending that both developers and publishers embrace new game platforms that enable them to easily expand their distribution …
The US casino game equipment and online games technology provider Bally Technologies has claimed a record breaking fourth quarter with EPS up 22 percent to 95 cents as sales climbed 8 percent to $264.4 million. During the quarter Bally acquired SHFL Entertainment (SHFL) for $1.3 billion, expanding its influence into Canada and S. Africa, and …
Dr. Sally Gainsbury, a high profile problem gambling researcher at the Centre for Gambling Education and Research at Southern Cross University in Australia, is heading a research team exploring the implications of social network gambling and its convergence with real-money gambling. Gainsbury claims there has been little research on the burgeoning field and its impact …
Aussie punters have a new weapon in online odds comparison at their disposal with the launch of Australia’s first dedicated bookmaker comparison website BestOdds.com.au. The new site processes 16 million odds fluctuations every day from every major bookmaker in Australia, showing users a price change in just 1-2 seconds. Built on advanced stock market technologies, …
Playtech has launched its latest Marvel slot, Wolverine and its proving popular with the punters. The game is linked to the Marvel Multi-Level Progressive that includes other Marvel branded slots such as X-Men, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Avengers, The Incredible Hulk and Fantastic Four. Wolverine stars in this 3D, graphic-rich offering as he battles …
Asian-facing SBOBET has signed another English football club sponsorship, this time the Hull City Tigers. The exclusive commercial agreement will see SBOBET become the club’s official Asian betting partner along similar lines to deals signed recently with Norwich City and Swansea City . “We are delighted to announce a new deal with SBOBET as the …
Don Mattrick, the newly appointed chief executive officer at social gaming firm Zynga, has announced sweeping changes to the company’s top management structure. Following a review of the company, Mattrick has initiated a flattening of the executive management structure that will see the abrupt departure of three top-line executives named as chief operating officer David …
A new decision by social gaming giant Zynga had the industry chattering Tuesday as news broke that the company is shuttering its branded version of the popular slot-bingo online game developed by Slingo after around eighteen months of operation under a Slingo licence. With immediate effect Zynga Slingo has stopped signing on new players, and …
The Italian regulator AAMS has added another 34 websites to its online gambling black list, bringing the total of ISP-banned internet venues to a staggering 4,513. Among the latest sites added sports betting operations are the most noticeable, with mirror websites for big names like Bwin, Betfair and Unibet included. Italian internet service providers have …