New Jersey-based gaming developer High 5 Games released two new online games this week. “The Prince of Lightening”, a 3×5 reel game is set in the future with the Prince of Lightening on a mission to keep his metropolis safe. The game offers super stacks and a “Capture Feature” that allows players the opportunity to …
Online mahjong software provider, Mahjong Logic Ltd has entered into a supply agreement with the soon-to-relaunch London land-based Hippodrome Casino. As Mahjong Logic’s newest licensee the Hippodrome Casino will be in a position to tap into a large percentage of Chinese and Asian players who know and love the game of mahjong. “We are excited …
The Sandstrom bill, introduced to the state legislature earlier this year by Rep. Stephen Sandstrom and aimed at preventing any acceptance of legalised online gambling in the state, has been signed into law this week by Governor Gary Herbert. Sandstrom’s move effectively preempts any attempt at legalising online gambling in the state, compelling legislators to …
The Danish and international mainstream media is having a field day with a Danske Spil boo-boo in which the national lottery sent an email to 300 people telling them they had won billions. The problem was – they hadn’t. Danske Spil ‘accidentally’ sent the emails congratulating them on being billionaire lottery winners, triggering dreams of …
According to the Irish Times in a report published Thursday, the founder and former chief exec of disgraced financial spreadbetting company Worldspreads Conor Foley has other irons in the gambling industry fire. The newspaper reports that Foley is the biggest shareholder (reportedly with 80 percent) in a recently established high-end bookmaking business based in Dublin …
The US Department of Justice may have backed away from its all-inclusive definition of gambling in terms of the Wire Act, but internet sports betting is definitely still a no-no, as two Missouri men found out this week when a federal grand jury in Springfield unsealed indictments against them and they were arrested in Joplin. …
Speaking to the newspaper USA Today on Thursday, American Gaming Association chief Frank Fahrenkopf said that 21 individual US states, along with Washington DC, are considering online lottery sales or other wagering such as internet poker. Illinois becomes the first state to go online with lottery ticket sales this Sunday New York and several other …
In Florida, commissoners in Palm Beach county have voted 5-2 for a plan aimed at blocking new Internet gambling cafes from opening by imposing a year-long moratorium on business licenses for such enterprises. Commissioners agreed in January to stop issuing new business tax receipts for the establishments while they considered a temporary ban. The moratorium, …
The latest contender to enter the increasingly crowded social gambling space is a new company titled Plumbee which has been founded by former EA Playfish execs with strong funding from the French venture capital house Idinvest Partners. Plumbee defines itself as a specialist social casino game studio, and the company launched its first offering on …
In Malta, the Ministry of Finance, the Economy and Investment announced this week that the winning bidder for the National Lottery of Malta concession is Maltco Lotteries Limited. In a bidding process, Maltco offered Euro 39,100,000 for the ten year concession, which will commence from 5th July 2012. Two bidders, Maltco Company Limited which has …
ABS-CBN News in the Philippines reports that a number of online gaming stations of state-run casino operator Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) are facing closure because they are operating in illegal locations. Francis Hernando, vice president of Pagcor’s Licensed Casino Development Department, said they may cancel the permits of several Pagcor e-Games cafés that …
LVS, the sports book software provider owned by French gambling giant La Française des Jeux, has announced that Nick Dutton, a former Ladbrokes IT exec, has been appointed into the new role of Programme Director. Dutton will have responsibility for overseeing and directing significant development and delivery programmes planned by LVS. LVS chief exec Simon …
Jackpot Party Casino has released its latest online slot, Gorilla Chief 2, which is an internet version of a popular land game developed by parent WMS. This 5 reel, 50 pay-line slot has a jungle and hidden treasure theme and features 10 re-triggering free spins, and access to a progressive jackpot. Preview the new game …
Australian gambling group Tabcorp Holdings Limited has announced that its offer of Tabcorp Subordinated Notes has been a success, raising A$ 250 million. A$200 million of the notes were allocated to institutional investors and brokers and a further A$50 million was raised from holders of Tabcorp ordinary shares and Tabcorp Bonds, and other investors. Tabcorp’s …
A private member’s bill launched by Canadian MP Joe Comartin seeking to allow single wager sports betting has passed its second reading in the Senate, having successfully survived the House of Commons. Ontario Senator Bob Runciman, who has championed the bill in the Senate, told the Vancouver Sun this week that he is confident that …
Kentucky judge Thomas Wingate, who earned some notoriety almost four years ago when he claimed jurisdiction and seized 141 internet gambling domains, has now issued a forfeiture order on 132 of those assets. Missing from the judge’s current hit list are Full Tilt Poker.com, PokerStars.com, Absolute Poker.com and UltimateBet.com, Doyles Room.com, True Poker.com, Bookmaker.com and …
A Texas-based online gambling information site, Slotmuscle.com, has developed what it claims is a unique and unusual concept to promote world peace (and get itself noticed, of course). The site is promoting a free-to-play 3 reel slot titled USA vs. the World, which is apparently designed to “…draw attention to the challenges that face the …
Last Friday online players at Big Casino.com, a Viaden-powered operation licensed on the Isle of Man, reported that the depositing facility on the website was inoperable, although all other services appeared to be working. Enquirers were assured by Support that the fault was a technical glitch that was being attended to. Two days on with …
British Chancellor George Osborne made it official in his budget speech this afternoon – online gambling is defined as taking place at the point of consumption, and offshore operators accessing the British market can expect secondary licensing and taxation. The Chancellor’s statement was hardly a surprise on a topic that has been widely debated and …
The European Gaming and Betting Association reports that the monopoly-minded signatories to the latest German Treaty on gambling have again been criticised by the European Commission and could face infringement proceedings. The Commission issued its opinion Tuesday against the German State Gambling Treaty, once again confirming that it believes the proposed Treaty is in breach …
Top Italian online gambling operator SNAI has extended its business relationship with provider and network specialist GameAccount with the aim of further developing the SNAI online business, taking it into the online casino and mobile sectors in the Italian market. The new five year agreement builds on a commercial relationship between the two companies that …
The Montreal-based Amaya Gaming Group, which is currently making a bid to take over veteran online gambling software provider Cryptologic has posted its Q4 and Full Year results, showing commendable increases in revenues, but a significant Cdn $ 1.92 million loss over the Full Year. Quarter 4 2011 revenues soared to Cdn $ 9.49 million …
The Alderney Gaming Control Commission has announced the award of its one hundredth online gambling licence to Relax Gaming Network Limited, a company developing and maintaining casino, bingo and poker software. Relax has been in the news recently with the upcoming launch on Unibet, Betsson and iGame of its new Fast Poker product Robin Le …
International Game Technology has launched its iCloud product in Estonia, bringing the internet and a land casino together in a technology move with decided benefits. The launch took place at the newly remodelled Reval Park Hotel and Casino in Tallinn, Estonia, with Meelis Pielberg, a director at Olympic Casino Eesti observing: “The effect that the …