The US government is applying money laundering regulations to virtual currencies amid growing concern that new forms of cash bought on the Internet are being used to fund illicit activities, reports the Wall Street Journal. Last Monday the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network released its first “guidance” on the subject. The Journal says that …
Despite operating in a more liberal and competitive market, the former Danish state gambling monopoly Danske Spil has given a good account of itself in 2012, reporting profit of DK 1.8 billion – a 13.8 percent increase over the previous year. Most of the revenues generated came from the Lotteri Spil side of the business, …
In what is presumably a protective precursor to the country regulating and licensing online gambling to certain operators, the Colombian land gambling regulator Coljuegos has warned “illegal’ online operators to steer clear of the country, and urged locals to report any incidents of internet gambling they encounter. Issuing the warning and dire threats of punitive …
Probably carried along by outrage at the recent online gambling scandal in the state, and the consequent resignation of its lieutenant governor, the Florida House of Representatives has wasted no time in approving a new law which is substantially more specific and restrictive regarding internet cafe ‘sweepstakes’ style online gambling. Barely a week after the …
Cantor Gaming has announced the release of two new games to its Cantor Mobile Casino portfolio this week. “Slottery” and “Mobile Millions” are new casino games made available to patrons of Colusa Casino Resort (“Colusa”) in California. Colusa patrons can play both games on their mobile devices by downloading Cantor Gaming’s Cantor Mobile Casino™ application. …
London-based development studio Revolver Gaming has released “Cash Cow Farm”, a 45-line 5 x 5 reel feature-rich slot game themed on farm life with iconography covering fruit, vegetables and up-tempo livestock. Featuring bonus games Mooo-lah! which is triggered by herding three or more cows for a bonus milking game, and Pigchinko triggered by filling a …
SG Gaming, the recently formed division of Scientific Games Corporation, has extended its land-based relationship with Gala Coral into the online environment. The interactive element will enable the two groups to work towards providing players with multiple ways to access SG Gaming content across a range of channels. SG Gaming’s content will be deployed on …
German-based gambling firm Tipp24 SE intends relocating its registered office from Germany to the United Kingdom as part of its strategic realignment. Subject to approval from Tipp24 SE shareholders, the move will allow the company to develop its international business in the UK and North America from the future base in the UK, where the …
Reuters reports the imminent re-launch of social gaming giant Zynga’s online gaming website within the next week. The launch will allow users to play Zynga games for the first time without having to first sign-in to social network Facebook. The move follows an amendment to the special relationship previously held between Facebook and Zynga since …