The state of New Jersey’s appeal against the negative ruling of Judge Michael Shipp on its attempt to launch intrastate sports betting despite the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act is to go ahead sooner than expected. The PASPA is a federal law that restricts sports betting to just four US states, and New Jersey …
California Senator Rod Wright’s SB190 attempt to introduce sports betting controlled by existing licensed gambling entities in the state is scheduled for a hearing by the California state Senate Governmental Organisation Committee on April 23. The latest version of the bill can be viewed here: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB190 SB190 authorises the owner or operator of a gambling …
The stand-off between the state of Oklahoma and the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes over online gambling has been settled, with the tribes agreeing to take down an internet gaming site. The site has been operation for several months, with tribal authorities arguing that it was permissible. State officials had earlier warned the tribes that their …
The Spanish government has gone some way to clarifying the confusing issue of taxation on online gamblers, and whether they are allowed to claim relief for losses incurred whilst gambling over the internet. The short answer is that they are not. The finance ministry’s latest communique advises that online gambling losses cannot be set off …
The influential credit-rating agency Moody’s decided Friday that for now there is no need to change Atlantic City‘s credit rating from the current Baa1. New Jersey’s legalisation of online gambling is expected to help stabilise Atlantic City’s property tax base, but it could also further dampen tourist visits to casinos as gamblers place bets from …
The financially troubled betting firm Intrade, which served as a predictions platform for elections and non-sports-related events before coming short amid allegations of financial irregularities and suspicious multi-million dollar payments to deceased founder John Delaney now faces liquidation, according to a report Friday in the New York Times and Bloomberg business news. A month ago …
WGS Technology Software, an online gambling software developer previously known as Vegas Technology, released its latest slot to licensees this week – a five reeler titled Hot Roller. The girls are Wild in this game, doubling prizes when the symbol surfaces during a win. Dice are the Scatters, with three triggering the Roller Bonus and …
Bitcoin, a virtual currency used in some online casinos and other e-commerce industries, recently saw demand soar due to the Cyprus banking crisis , but the positive news appears to have attracted the unwanted attention of entities at present unknown that have launched a major Distributed Denial of Services attack on the website. The publication …
Betdaq, the online betting exchange recently acquired by the Ladbrokes gambling group, has come out with all guns firing in a confrontational new marketing push spearheaded by some heavy metal publicity stunts and aimed squarely at rival Betfair. The company has hired two military tanks, which it has painted white with purple slogans carrying competitive …
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 …