Online gambling industry observers will be taking an interested look at the new Sunday Times Rich List, due for publication this weekend and detailing the richest folks in Britain. Pre-publication publicity suggests that the Coates family, which owns the popular bet365 internet gambling enterprise, will be among these super-successful people, and is close to becoming …
Answering an enquiry from New Jersey legislative budget chief David Rosen this week, the state treasurer reiterated his assessment that the legalisation of online gambling will generate $225 million in state taxes, and that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement is tasked with delivering and implementing online gambling regulations sometime between late May and …
Digital sports media group PERFORM has expanded its rights portfolio in a deal with media rights company MP&Silva. The rights package includes the Italian football league (Serie A), the French leagues and Cup (Ligue 1 and 2 and Coupe de la Ligue), Brazilian Serie A and Campeonato Paulista, MLS, Turkish Cup, the English Championship, League …
The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and State Rep. Kevin Cotter, R-Mount Pleasant are supporting House Bill 4531 which would effectively deny the Michigan Bureau of State Lottery and the Lottery Commission from allowing wagers to be placed through the internet reports Central Michigan Life. Readers will recall the Michigan State Lottery publishing a “Request for …
The owner of the now defunct Purple Lounge online operation, has launched a new online football based skill game following a successful beta trial. Media Corporation Plc’s latest venture is one of two games under the GoalMillions umbrella offering a GBP 1 million jackpot. Quick Fire requires players correctly pick the six quickest teams to …
Live dealer casino specialist Ezugi will provide Golden-Race.com with a full suite of live table games from poker to blackjack in a deal signed this week. Golden-Race will integrate Ezugi’s API, augmenting its virtual sports, poker and roulette offering as it looks towards expansion in the Eastern European and central Asian markets. Chief executive officer …
The Spanish regulatory authority Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) said it has analysed and studied the various arguments posed during the open consultation process with regard to the regulation of exchange betting and online casino games, deciding it is prudent to regulate the forms of play in an effort to strengthen its fight …
Online and land gambling group William Hill plc has published an interim management update on the group’s performance in the 13 weeks to April 2, 2013, reporting significant strategic progress and continued profit growth. Financial highlights in the period included: * Group net revenue up by 15 percent and operating profit up 8 percent on …
The UK land and online gambling group Paddy Power plc has again demonstrated an entertaining insouciance in its latest television advert – an hilarious presentation featuring the political eccentricity of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his dark plans to support the Sunderland football club and its new manager, the controversial Paolo Di Canio. …
The Belgian Gaming Commission has added another five online gambling companies to its blacklist of ‘illegal’ websites that Belgian ISPs are supposed to block. Two UK online poker company sites belonging to PKR are among those banned – PKR.com and its online casino equivalent PKRcasino.com. The Nordic Leisure subsidiary Redbet.com has also been blacklisted, along …
Yesterday’s announcement of two final bidders for the Greek gambling monopoly OPAP has triggered comment on the absence of the Playtech-Gauselmann consortium, which had indicated interest in the earlier stages. The Greek government has put its 33 percent stake in the Euro 2.2 billion monopoly up for sale as part of its privatisation drive to …
Six nationally recognised industry experts will address legal, regulatory and operational questions pertaining to online gambling at the 17th annual East Coast Gaming Congress and Hospitality Forum, taking place May 21-22 at the historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Lynn Levin Kaufman, Partner, Cooper Levenson, Attorneys at Law, a co-organiser and co-producer of the event, …
The new 38-year-old chief executive of the American Gaming Association, Geoff Freeman, appears to have come to the job with an open mind on internet gambling, telling the Associated Press news agency Thursday that he will seek consensus on the often controversial issue, which includes the question of support for federal or state-by-state legalisation. The …
Williams Interactive, the online gambling provider subsidiary of US gambling group WMS Industries, has launched a Belgian-licensed site for the company’s Jackpot Party online casino. JackpotParty.be is a new online casino exclusively featuring WMS Gaming content to residents of Belgium. The fully legal and regulated site was designed and developed by Williams Interactive group entities …
The UK online gambling software and games provider Openbet has secured associate membership of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) in a shrewd move that will create business networking opportunities in the emerging American online gambling market. Representing 52 lottery organisations, NASPL is dedicated to the assembly and dissemination of information …
The vocal Australian Green Party politician, Richard Di Natale, disclosed some interesting sports betting statistics Thursday in an op-ed article for The Age newspaper. He claims that in recent years the explosion in advertising for sports betting by wagering companies means that “…it’s become impossible to watch a game of footy without gambling odds and …
Jack Gold Casino announced Thursday the launch of four new slot games from the Microgaming Quickfire platform following a deal struck by parent company Locus Gaming. The agreement, which initially sees four new slots added to the portfolio, will in time give visitors to Jack Gold access to up to 400 games. Locus Gaming offers …
UK online gambling software provider Bede Gaming claimed Thursday that Bally Technology games are now live with its internet licensee IPS Limited, which is also the first operator in the world to host these games online. Betuk.com and pinkcasino.co.uk are the first two brands, operated by IPS (Intellectual Property and Software), that now feature 5 …
Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett is not the only state governor having problems with state lottery privatisation plans; this week New Jersey’s Chris Christie will be wrestling with a claim by six members of Congress who have asked federal Attorney General Eric Holder to scrutinise a contract New Jersey declared last week. Christie announced last week …
Frank Fahrenkopf’s replacement as head of the American Gaming Association, former US Travel Association exec Geoff Freeman, has been confirmed in his appointment by the board. Fahrenkopf has agreed to act as a consultant until the end of the year to assist in Freeman taking over his responsibilities at the trade association, which numbers most …
The major enforcement actions naming online sports betting operator Legendz Sports last week have resulted in the company closing its virtual doors, according to player reports Wednesday. Punters reported receiving email communications from Legendz advising: “Effective April 17 2013 you will no longer be able to bet with Legends Sports. “We are in the process …
Another US state has joined Florida, North Carolina and California in clamping down hard on illegal ‘sweepstakes’ style gambling in Internet cafes. Announcing the clampdown Wednesday, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty said search warrants had been executed by enforcement officials, who had visited a number of Internet cafes …
Australian sports betting companies represented by trade association the Australian Wagering Council spent around A$90 million last year on marketing to the Australian public, the Council has disclosed. Commenting on the numbers, the Sydney Morning Herald notes that this considerable investment in marketing does not include what is believed to be a substantial additional amount …
Greek privatisation agency, the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), reports receipt of two final binding bids for the acquisition of a 33 percent shareholding in the Hellenic Football Prognostics Organisation S.A. (OPAP). The two bidders were named as Emma Delta and Third Point. Emma Delta Ltd is a fund advised by Emma Delta Management …