Massachusetts state senator Jennifer L. Flanagan has moved forward the state’s plans to expand lottery gambling activities online by filing legislation seeking the state Legislature’s approval for the initiative, announced some months ago by state treasurer Steven Grossman. Grossman said this week that if the legislation is approved, the state Lottery Commission, which he oversees …
The online gambling-pro action group IMEGA has issued a statement commenting on yesterday’s news that the US Department of Justice has decided to throw in its lot with the national sports leagues fighting New Jersey’s law legalising intrastate sports betting. The group’s chief, Joe Brennan, opines in the statement that the involvement of the US …
New Jersey governor Chris Christie has become adept at keeping everyone guessing regarding his intentions on the intrastate legalisation of online gambling, approved strongly by both the state Assembly and Senate last year. Despite vetoing an earlier and overwhelmingly backed bill from the legislature two years back , he has since made more encouraging and …
The coup scored by UK lottery operator Camelot in securing the management contract for the Pennsylvanian State Lottery could entail more red tape than was first envisioned, according to reports out of the state this week. Five Republican politicians, led by Senate President Joe Scarnati and Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi have voiced concerns in a …
Mississippi Representative Bobby Moak is not a man to give up easily, it appears. Undaunted by his failure to push through an intrastate online gambling legalisation bill last year , he has presented HB254 “The Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming Act of 2013” to the state legislature. There are few differences apparent in the new offering, …
The state of New Jersey’s year-old law allowing sports betting and defying the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act faces a powerful new opponent this week as the US Department of Justice files its intention to join litigation launched by the national sports bodies opposing the New Jersey move. In a filing Tuesday, federal …
The trade association for most of the major land gambling groups in Nevada, the American Gaming Association, has updated its advertising guidelines for member companies, acknowledging the importance of social and digital marketing and urging caution against ads that may be construed as targeting the under aged, and those that suggest that success and popularity …
Italian operators will be hoping that the pundits are right when they say that the advent of online slots action in the dedicated Italian market should provide a much needed fillip to a declining market. 2012 was not a good one for the Italian online gambling industry, with AAMS numbers showing a meagre 1.9 percent …
Live dealer gambling provider Evolution Gaming has started the new year with a notable achievement; the Riga-based company has signed up its one hundredth live dealer casino client, arguably making it the biggest supplier in a niche sector that is attracting increasing interest from online operators. Evolution says the last year has been one of …
Los Angeles-based CAMS LLC (Central Account Management Systems) has wasted little time since its announcement earlier this month that it was to supply a range of compliance, identification and geo-location services to Fertitta Interactive’s Nevada licensed Ultimate Gaming company. Mid-January Ultimate announced that it had engaged CAMS, which qualified for a Nevada online poker supplier’s …
The Malta-licensed online casino VeraJohn.com has augmented its online gambling offering by adding live dealer action supplied through Bodog Gaming. Press material from Bodog Gaming reveals that the new live dealer service features baccarat, sic-bo and Dragon Tiger and sits alongside VeraJohn’s existing range of table games and slots. Will Hu, managing director for Bodog …
Goal Betting, owned by digital sports media firm PERFORM, has named UK bookmaker Coral as its newest online betting partner. Coral will offer Goal.com customers both online and mobile betting options on an array of events that include in-play.
Malaysian police detained thirty-five men following a raid on eleven alleged online gambling premises on Sunday. Gambling materials worth an estimated RM 260 000 were seized along with 130 computers said Seberang Perai Selatan OCPD Supt Shafien Mamat. Twelve caretakers on the premises were also arrested.
The Dutch gambling authority Kansspelautoriteit will hold a “meet and greet” with online gambling providers next week to discuss the regulation of the Dutch internet gambling market. The authority emphasised that the get together scheduled for January 28 is not intended to define policy or initiate any agreements but to exchange information and ideas on …
According to automatenmarkt.de, the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Interior has granted a further four sports betting licenses and one other online casino license despite the intention of political parties SPD, Greens and SSW planning on lifting the State’s existing gambling law and rejoining the German State Treaty on Gambling during its first State Parliamentary session for …
Net Entertainment’s “Mega Fortune” slot paid out a whopping Euro 17 861 813 million to a “middle aged” Finnish punter playing at Åland-based gaming firm Paf.com this past weekend. The existing online slot win world record of Euro 11.7 million published in the Guinness Book of World Records was smashed and exceeded by Euro 6 …
In a letter written to the Greek President, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) has set out potential legal action that may be commenced should the Government not amend its proposed non-EU and Greek law compliant gambling regime. The letter is the latest in industry dialogue with the Greek Government …
Malta-based software developer Iforium Limited has announced the appointment of Phil Parry as its new chief executive officer succeeding company founder Craig Osborne who will assume the role of chief technical officer. Parry joins the company from live sports data provider EnetPulse as head of business development, prior to which he served as marketing manager …
Canadian gaming provider Amaya Gaming Group has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. for the sale of a 20 000 unit private placement offering of debentures and warrants. At a cost per unit of $1 000, the company expects to raise gross proceeds of $20 000 000 …
Playtech will deliver a customised solution to Spanish players through its licensees following a live dealer broadcast deal with Casino Gran Madrid. Playtech is now able to license its Live Gaming product to the market through its partnership with Spain’s largest terrestrial casino in accordance with newly introduced regulations in which the DGOJ specifies that …
Dumarca Holding’s Vera&John online casino has augmented its offering to include a live dealer casino solution from Bodog Gaming. Live Dealer Baccarat, Sic Bo, Roulette and Dragon Tiger will compliment the online casino’s existing RNG games as it expands in to additional regions. Originally targeting the Scandinavian market, Vera John’s director Johan Königslehner said the …
World Match‘s latest multi-line slot release “Gentleman Thief” tasks the player to elude Police and the City Museum’s state of the art security system with a priceless diamond in sight. The game includes social networking features allowing players to share pictures, links and comments without leaving the game and showcases a new control toolbar, faster …
U.S. game researchers Todd Eilers and Frank Fantini’s latest quarterly study on the most popular land slots may give online slot developers some ideas on what appeals to the gambling public. An article on the survey in the publication Las Vegas Inc reported that Eilers and Fantini discovered that IGT’s Wheel of Fortune led the …
A new study by Playnomics reports that in Q4-2012 Anchorage, Alaska had the highest average revenue per paying social gaming user in the United States, along with the highest monetisation rate. The research firm collects anonymous information from publishers and developers around the globe, and for the current study, it sampled 30 million players of …