Industry observers who had hoped to see legalised online gambling in the state of Delaware by the first quarter of 2013 will have to be patient until September this year due to other priorities on the Delaware agenda. That should come as no surprise to most, given that the state’s recent ‘request for proposals’ for …
The Danish regulator has issued the results of fourth quarter 2012 online gambling operations in the dedicated market, flagging an improvement over Q3 numbers, led by higher sports betting GGR. Sports betting in Q4-2012 reached DKK 355 million (Q3-2012: DKK 270 million) whilst online casino action contributed DKK 235 million in Q4-2012 (Q3-2012 DKK 215 …
There’s more competition in the UK in-play sports betting sector this week following the launch of the French gambling group Partouche‘s new Brit-targeted website. Powered by Sportnco, a B2B subsidiary of France Pari , the Malta-licensed site has a deal in place with TVCatchup which will facilitate live betting during the online TV-streaming service’s live …
Last year Pennsylvanian Representative Tina Davis sprang to online gambling prominence when she spearheaded a new bill seeking to legalise online gambling on an intrastate basis in the nation’s second-largest gambling market. Since then the state legislative machinery has been silent on the issue, but Davis is still pushing the measure forward, saying that with …
In just six days, on February 18, the Borgata land casino in Atlantic City will take a major step into e-gaming with the launch of its new E-Casino, offering wagering to guests at its 2000-room hotel premises via interactive television. The new offering lets guests with player’s cards set up electronic accounts and risk up …
According to reports on North Jersey.com, Nevada-based MGM Resorts International is making a bid with the New Jersey Casino Control Commission gaming authorities to re-acquire a land casino licence in the Garden State. The company’s previous licence was lost in 2010 when New Jersey regulators found Pansy Ho, one of the firm’s business partners in …
The UK Gambling Commission has published its latest gambling prevalence stats, noting the following ICM Research findings from the four quarterly surveys conducted in the year to December 2012. Gambling participation in the past four weeks * An average of 57 percent of respondents had participated in at least one form of gambling in the …
Today (Feb. 12) will see another important step forward in the British government’s plans to introduce a secondary licensing and taxation regime governing online gambling operators who wish to access the UK market. In a mid-morning session the Department of Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee will consider oral and written evidence from a variety …
Atlantic City‘s casinos began the new year the way they’ve spent most of the past six years: taking in less money from gamblers, the Associated Press news agency reports, quoting official figures from the state gambling authority. Compared with the same period in 2012, revenue at the city’s 12 casinos fell by 13.2 percent this …
State politicians in New Jersey are wasting no time in complying with their governor’s conditional veto on internet gambling legislation they passed last year, quickly moving this week to include Gov. Christie’s relatively minor amendments. Both Senate and Assembly leaders have confirmed that work on the returned bill is forging ahead, and that a new …
The state of Washington has long been considered one of the most overbearing and unfriendly places for the ordinary online punter, despite the fact that state politicians and governors have actively encouraged almost every other form of gambling possible. Since its imposition in 2006, the state’s draconian anti-online gambling laws have not only empowered it …
The US online and land gambling supplier, International Game Technology, has announced a partnership with internet gambling software developer and provider iSoftBet to provide content to the Italian i-gaming market. The agreement will see iSoftBet significantly boost its product offering to current and prospective customers in the region. “This agreement with iSoftBet provides us with …
The UK-based Ripon racecourse will not longer utilise Betfred-owned Totepool services for its fixed-odds betting service. Ripon, in partnership with technology provider Data Tote, has followed Chester and Bangor racecourses in forming alternative betting partnerships. James Hutchinson, managing director of Ripon said they were impressed with the Chester operation launched last year and taking ownership …
Online mahjong software provider Mahjong Logic has signed BetVictor as its newest licencee, as the company views growth and expansion in the Asian region. Mahjong Logic believes there is substantial potential for the online mahjong market as it cites some play-for-points websites have over a quarter of a million concurrent online mahjong players. Jonas Alm, …
Samer Raghep has been appointed marketing director for social gaming firm Plumbee. Raghep will lead the Plumbee marketing team in strategy, planning, customer acquisition, CRM, community management and PR according to Social Casino Intelligence (SCi). He joins the “Mirrorball Slots” social operator from a three-year stint at Facebook in various positions, prior to which he …
San Francisco city employees in two divisions have been accused by a whistle blower of internet gambling on company time, prompting and investigation by the City Attorney’s office, reports the San Francisco Examiner. The investigation will conclude soon, and its results will be published, a city spokesman told the newspaper, noting that there were allegations …
The very public, and increasingly distasteful, fight for seats on the International Game Technology board of directors took a further downward turn over the weekend when reports surfaced that IGT’s management has imposed internal blocks preventing employees from accessing challenger Jason Ader’s websites. The Las Vegas Review Journal revealed that CEO Patti Hart, whom Ader …
A new Canadian law – C-290 – which seeks to give individual provinces the right to decide whether to allow single-game sports betting appears to be bogged down in the Senate on its third and final reading into law after sailing without problems through the Commons. Earlier this week Canadian senators returned from a short …
Platinum SB, which our readers will recall was the target of a massive police raid and seizure in Toronto during the Super Bowl last week, resurfaced within hours with a new domain. One anonymous customer told the publication National Post: “Nothing has changed. Police are making a fool of themselves. This book will never be …
It appears that Nevada may be upping the ante in its bid to stay out in front in the licensing and regulation of US online gambling, spurred by the probability that New Jersey will soon join Delaware in legalising online gambling. Nevada already has an online poker legalisation law in place, along with a fully …
New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s conditional veto on the legalisation of online gambling continued to generate international ripples of interest through Friday and Saturday, with positive comments from analysts and associations, and soaring prices in the stock of publicly quoted online gambling companies in both Europe and the United States. The consensus appeared to be …
The dual threats of drugs and corruption in Aussie sports has prompted calls for the federal government to release its review of the nation’s online gambling laws, according to a Sydney Morning Herald article which appeared on Friday. The article claims that the most popular sports and clubs in Australia receive many millions of dollars …
According to figures released by Nevada Gambling Commission, Nevada Casinos have seen a 1.5 percent increase over 2011 in take from gamblers amounting to $10.8 billion. December was a particularly strong month recording a total win of around $943 million, up 10.2 percent compared to the same period last year, of which $39 million went …
A successor has been named following the departure of Ian Timmis as chief executive officer at London-based SG Gaming, a position he held for just four months. Phil Horne will assume the newly created role of Group Managing Director, UK leading the company’s British-based gaming businesses, which include the LBO, Pub, Arcade, Bingo and Interactive …