Tens of millions of dollars are bet online on sports in Vietnam every day officials claimed at a recent conference on cyber security, reports the Thanh Nien news service. Tran Van Hoa, deputy head of the Ministry of Public Security’s High-Tech Crime Fighting Department, revealed that online betting operations are organised in multiple stages with …
Despite protests from online gambling licensing jurisdictions like Malta and Gibraltar on the British government’s draft law notification to the European Commission on changes to its internet gambling laws, the mandatory ‘stand still’ period, including an add-on occasioned by the complaints, has now ended. The UK government wants to impose a secondary licensing and point-of-consumption …
There’s nothing like a scandal to spur lawmakers into faster action that the usual laborious political process, a fact that has been well illustrated in Florida following a massive internet cafe ‘sweepstakes’ gambling fraud involving dozens of arrests and the resignation of the lieutenant governor . Florida legislators reacted with impressive speed to the scandal …
It’s taken some time to get organised – the appropriate laws were passed back in 2010 – but the Romanian government has finally appointed a regulator to oversee nationally licensed online gambling operations in the Eastern European country. The tough laws that the National Gambling Office will regulate and enforce in cooperation with the national …
Industry speculation was running rife Thursday as news broke that the Dutch Holland Casino has withdrawn its Request for Proposals on internet gambling only weeks after publication and without giving any reasons. The RFP invited online gambling vendors to submit proposals for online gambling services and was first published in February this year The initiative …
The Shoshone Nation tribe in Nevada has extended its technology agreement with the GEObet Network in order to launch real-money online casino gambling on the internet…but U.S. players will for now be excluded until the legal position of the pastime is resolved. Announcing the decision to go live globally with the project Shoshone chief William …
Betradar launched its new sports betting content product this week, branded Live Sports Centre. The offering adds further interactivity to sports betting websites, providing in-depth and graphically enhanced live content on various sports. Erik Lorenz, Sportradar’s managing director for sales. said Live Sports Centre provides a fully customisable solution for multiple media platforms, with high …
Online gambling software developer World Match has added a new table game to its inventory which it characterises as ‘the perfect synthesis of roulette and slot machine dynamics’. Titled Golden Flash, the new game offers players a highly interactive gaming experience in what it claims is a revolutionary and unique format. World Match holds the …
Live dealer action provider HoGaming reports that it has been approved as an online Live Casino Provider in Italy by regulator Amministrazione Autonoma Monopoli di Stato (AAMS). The approval enables HoGaming to give Italian operators the opportunity to supply their players with an individually-branded suite of live dealer games. From HoGaming’s point of view, it’s …
The CEO of British land and online gambling group Coral, Andy Hornby, is likely to feature in a reportedly “eviscerating” parliamentary commission report into the failure of the HBOS bank being released today, reports the publication This Is Money. Hornby was chief executive of the lender until it was rescued by LloydsTSB in September 2008, …
The tribal news service Pechanga.net has become the latest organiser of conferences that will focus on the impact and opportunities of legalised online gambling for tribal gambling entities. The company is sponsoring “Indian Country Online: The 2013 Congress” which will take place June 3-4 at Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California, with internet gambling …
The tale of woe that is Atlantic City continued last year, with land casinos suffering a collective fall of 27 percent in profits during 2012, underlining yet again the urgency of finding a solution to the steady decline in the seaside gambling haven’s fortunes. Associated Press reported Wednesday that the city’s land casinos collectively posted …
Online Channel 888.com kicks off our review with its aptly timed Halloween title: A Nightmare on Elm St. The game, featuring 30-paylines, two jackpots, a four-step bonus round and clips from the well-known movie, should satisfy Freddy Kruger fans as he makes special appearances throughout the game. Australian gaming firm Ainsworth released an online version …
Brand Republic reports the end of Blue Square Bet’s six-year sponsorship of the Football Conference following completion of the acquisition of specific assets of Blue Square by Betfair at a cost of GBP 5 million. The Football League and the Football Conference find themselves without a headline sponsor for the 2013/14 season from the end …
GSN Digital, the interactive division of GSN, has augmented its GSN multigame portal on Facebook with the addition of Deal or No Deal Slots. The new virtual slots game is based on the popular television game show, Deal or No Deal, which was created by production company Endemol. Deal or No Deal Slots is a …
The state of New Mexico, home to the Navajo and Pueblo tribal nations, could be the next battleground for online gambling legalisation reports the publication ABQ Journal. Governor Susana Martinez appears to be using new gambling compacts with the tribes as leverage to ensure that internet gambling does not gain a foothold in the south-western …
The game developers at Net Entertainment have quirky imaginations judging by EggOMatic – the latest video slot to be previewed by company here: Due for release third week in May, EggOMatic is a 5-reel, 3-row 20-line video slot with Wild substitutions, Free Spins and prize eggs. Through its Spreading Wild Egg, Free Spins Egg, Coin …
SG Gaming, a division of Scientific Games Corporation, has inked a deal with Intralot Italia providing for the introduction of SG Gaming content onto the Intralot Italia iGaming platform. SG Gaming entered the Italian interactive gaming sector through its collaboration with GameAccount Network in 2012 and has since rolled out content for Eurobet Italia . …
Malta gambling regulator Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) may be slow to protect online poker players, but it apparently can move quickly when it comes to land casino infringements. A Times of Malta newspaper report Tuesday revealed that the regulator has suspended the Casino di Venezia licence, putting 67 jobs at risk. The LGA justifies …
The latest study of online gambling prospects by the respected research organisation H2 Gambling Capital shows that regulated real-money online gambling, excluding lottery and skill-based games, already generates almost $30 billion in gross win globally, with the UK and Europe accounting for 54 percent of the market. The study, titled Opportunities for Game Developers in …
Whilst a growing number of US states are moving toward the legalisation of online gambling in one form or another, Kansas will probably not be among them any time soon. According to an Associated Prtess news agency report Tuesday, the Kansas Senate has added a proposal to ban online gambling to a bill aimed at …
The San Francisco-based internet social gaming giant Zynga embarks on its first real-money online gambling venture in the UK today (3 April 2013), according to the company blog Zynga is starting out with two gambling brands, ZyngaPlusPoker and ZyngaPlusCasino, hosting more than 160 games. The enterprise is a partnership between Zynga and European internet gambling …
The Philadelphia-based land casino supplier KGM positioned itself strongly for developments in the legalisation of online gambling in the United States this week with an interactive games content letter of intent to license game content and interactive technology from Spin Games LLC. The letter of intent provides for a definitive agreement for the licensing of …
Police detained 35 men during raids on 11 Internet gambling premises around Seberang Perai Selatan, in Malaysia Tuesday Police spokesman Superintendent Shafien Mamat said the raids were carried out from 3pm to 9pm, and that 12 employees of the premises, aged between 20 and 40, were also arrested. “We seized gambling materials worth about RM260,000, …