Despite a healthy increase in registered customers, Betclic Everest subsidiary Bet-At-Home has released lacklustre results for its full 2011 fiscal year which have been attributed to the introduction of Austrian gaming taxes and betting duties. Key Group performance indicators include: – Gross profit amounting to Euro 72.81 million (2010: Euro 66.15 million), an increase of …
In an interesting new development, a web tool launched by UK online betting exchange Betfair will show punters, who are browsing on competitors websites, Betfair’s own odds. Betfair Everywhere is a Google Chrome add-on using keyword technology that will overlay Betfair’s odds on other selected sports content websites. The add-on not only allows customers to …
Start-up sportsbook operator Betflag SPA has chosen Prima Networks Limited, powered by Microgaming, in a casino software deal signed this week. Betflag was launched into the Italian market by the Tarricone Holding Group, utilising Microgaming’s QuickFire casino software. Loraine Schoevers, director of Prima Networks Limited, said: “This deal is an exciting partnership for us as …
Calvin Ayre, the founder of the Bodog Brand, announced Tuesday on his website that the company has speeded up closure of the Bodog service provider office in Costa Rica saying quote: “A Costa Rican based business process outsourcing company (BPO) providing services to the Bodog Brand has expedited its closure after fears it will be …
Betfair’s third quarter results released Tuesday received a welcome boost from the Australian Open tennis tournament, where mainly online punters placed some GBP50 million in bets. The world’s largest betting exchange posted an 11 percent rise in third quarter revenue, beating market expectations, with strong demand for betting on the Australian Open tennis and to …
The success of other Asian nations such as Singapore in the controlled introduction of strictly regulated gambling may have persuaded the Vietnamese government to reconsider its previously negative position on sports betting. On Monday the Finance Ministry said it plans to legalise the pastime under rigorous regulatory requirements, reports he Wall Street Journal. Hanoi’s Finance …
New Jersey came back into focus this week when a state Senate committee advanced a new online gambling legalisation bill introduced by diehard legislator Senator Ray Lesniak. The committee progressed the measure despite opposition from the horse racing industry that included the threat of legal action. Lesniak, a Democrat, was joined in his latest attempt …
Online gambling was the subject of further committee discussions last Friday when Parliament’s trade and industry committee sat through yet another public hearing on the pros and cons of legalising and regulating the pastime. Business Day reports that members of the committee discussed potential problem areas such as the prevention of money laundering, underage gambling …
Police in Jakarta claimed over the weekend that they had busted an online gambling ring operating a site quaintly named Kakakdewa.com, arresting six men involved in its operation but still hunting for the owner, a businessman identified only as RH. Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto told local media reporters: “We have deployed a team to …
Figures for Q4-2011 on internet gambling lobbying expenditure show that an estimated $3.7 million was invested in lobbying by major companies and interested parties, up on the $3.61 million spent in the preceding quarter. The numbers do not include direct political contributions to bodies like PACs (political action committees), where recent reports have it that …
Online players and industry observers have often expressed astonishment at the extraordinary lengths to which American federal enforcement agencies as disparate as the Department of Justice and the supposedly terrorism-focused Department of Homeland Security seem prepared to go to stamp out online gambling, despite a clear demand for the pastime and so many more urgent …
The third release in Microgaming’s Power Spins series, a 5-reel, 9-payline video slot titled Nuclear 9s has debuted. Preceded by Atomic 8s and Sonic 7s – the same iconography of the classic bells, cherries and bars is used in Nuclear 9s but set on a backdrop of a fluorescent green. Glowing green nuclear-type material serves …
Ålands Penningautomatförening (or PAF as it is more widely known), the Finnish online gambling operator, has added live dealer action to its product line, enlisting the specialist services of provider Evolution Gaming to do so. PAF will initially offer three dedicated live dealer tables, with one Live Roulette and two Live Blackjack tables video-streamed from …
With all the media attention – and not a little misguided speculation that the Bodog domain seizure included the shutdown of similarly branded but different sites – it made sense this week for the Canadian franchise holder of the Bodog brand to explain what was going on to its players. Canadian Bodog operations are managed …
Live dealer gambling technology provider Kenilworth Systems Corp. has inked a joint venture agreement with South African payment technology company Phortner Limited to develop financial transaction software for use in online gambling. Kenilworth’s subsidiary, KenSysCo Gaming Inc., and Phortner will collaborate on a new product titled WagerPort, making use of both KenSysCo and Phortner patents. …
World Match has released “Hi-Low 3 Cards”, a game with the simple dynamic of choosing one of three cards and guessing whether the next card will be higher or lower. Features in this graphically-classic styled game include Switch which allows players to replace all cards with new ones at the click of a mouse and …
Fortuna Entertainment Group N.V. has announced growth in all its main markets with the release of its financial results for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2011. The Central European fixed-odds betting company operates in the Polish, Czech Republic and Slovakian markets and recently launched its fortuna.pl sportsbetting website into the Polish market . Key …
Viaden Gaming has released its latest online casino software version 2.9 which features integration with Playtech’s gaming platform, upgraded referral analytics reports, a new online payment system and the addition of new games. The integration of Viaden online games with Playtech’s gaming platform will allow Playtech operators the opportunity to integrate with Viaden Gaming’s turnkey …
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) have signed a partnership with Canadian racetrack Sudbury Downs that will see the expansion of WEG’s online wagering platform HorsePlayer Interactive (HPI) through the entire northern Ontario region. HPI customers in the northern Ontario districts of Sudbury, Algoma, Cochrane, Timiskaming, Nipissing, Manitoulin and Parry Sound will have access to online, telephone …
It’s been a long slog for Canada’s New Democratic Party MP Joe Comartin, but he is still making progress with his private members bill C-290, which seeks to legalise single-game sports bets in Canada. Friday saw another threshold crossed when the bill successfully passed its third parliamentary reading in the House of Commons, clearing the …
Olympic organisers will meet land and online betting industry representatives this month to finalise measures to prevent illegal gambling at London 2012, reports the Reuters news agency. Among the anti-corruption measures being planned is a drop-in zone in the Olympic Village to offer advice to athletes during the Games. British online betting company Betfair, which …
Insideireland.ie reports that land and online bookmaker Boylesports has announced a radical restructure of its business that will see it focusing mainly on Internet gambling operations in the future. John Boyle, founder and group CEO said he plans to separate his group’s 176 retail outlets in Ireland from its online operations, creating a new division …
In a week in which his positive views on internet poker at a major conference have been widely reported, Zynga chief Mark Pincus again hit the headlines Thursday with a statement to AllThingsD on a new social gaming platform, later taken up by the LA Times newspaper. The announcement of the new platform was immediately …
In Utah, a bill introduced to the House of Assembly which seeks to forbid any legalisation of online gambling passed through the state Senate Thursday on a positive vote of 25 to 2. However, because the bill was amended to exempt Internet Service Providers from criminal action, it must now return to the House before …