Influential online gambling trade associations like the Remote Gaming Association and the European Gaming and Betting Association have welcomed the release of the European Commission’s Green Paper on Online Gambling, but are worried about the apparent lack of commitment to enforce fundamental EU principles such as free movement of goods and services, and the trend …
Online gambling game developers NextGen Gaming has announced bet365 as its first partner in the launch of a number of Aristocrat’s famous and popular land-based slot titles.
The London-based player protection and standards body eCOGRA has undergone a change in ownership following a successful management buy-out (MBO) initiative led by chief executive Andrew Beveridge.
Canadian gaming developer Chartwell Technology Inc. and its subsidiary Chartwell Games has announced that it is the first provider to bring “Ultimate Texas Hold’em” to online casino.
Online gambling firm BetclicEverest’s subsidiary Bet-At-Home.com will be the title sponsor of the ATP German Open tennis championships for the next three years reports sportspromedia.com.
Gold prospecting in the land Downunder is the theme for the latest video slot from the Vegas Technology studios, a 5 reel 25 pay-line offering with a range of features that includes an achievable 100x gold-panning bonus, triggered by three or more Scatters, and Wild kangaroos.
This week Thursday will see the publication of the European Commission’s much anticipated Green Paper on Online Gambling and the start of a public consultation process that could influence profound regulatory changes across European internet gambling.
China Central Television exposed what it claimed was illegal online gambling activities on its “Topics in Focus” program last week, claiming that a player had revealed that Shanda Interactive subsidiary Bianfeng Group had facilitated online gambling for real money.
A new association l’Association Française du Jeu en Ligne (AFJEL), has been formed with a view to tackling amendments in the French online gambling regulatory arena.
Software developer Playtech has entered into a licensing agreement with Integra Gaming Ltd as the exclusive platform provider for Integra’s new online venture – Grand Duke Casino.
The Supreme Court of Gibraltar issued a court order sanctioning the merger between PartyGaming and bwin this week. The court order comes into full effect on 31 March 2011.
Sports betting and turnkey provider EveryMatrix have announced the acquisition of Norwegian gaming software developer Miles Ahead for an undisclosed consideration.
The publicly listed Austrian online gambling group Bwin Interactive has published its full year 2010 and Q4 2010 results, noting that its merger with Party Gaming plc has been influential in Q4.
The UK-based online and land gambling group Rank plc has received from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs GBP 74.8 million in overpaid VAT.
Online gambling operators in the French market have been almost universally critical of the excessively high tax rate, claiming that it is undermining the possibilities for successful business, and the subject will certainly be on the agenda of the mandatory review of the liberalisation laws which takes place later this year.
Online gambling software provider Cryptologic’s woes continued through 2010, the company’s latest full year and Q4 results show, with the annual net loss in 2010 lower but still significant at $20.4 million (FY 2009: $35.5 million), probably due to the severe cost cutting and restructuring measures adopted by the company during the year.
Visits to the beleaguered Atlantic City land casinos dropped 6.2 percent last year, adding to the ongoing battle for survival of the gambling centre, but the positive aspect was that spending per visitor increased slightly.
Contradictory court rulings in German courts last week only added to the general confusion on the legality in EU terms of the monopolistic States Treaty on Gaming.
A key element in Sweden’s busy gambling industry is the online sector, which accounts for 26 percent of all gambling in the wealthy Scandinavian country, according to new research by the Stockholm-based Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
Seven French internet service providers are questioning laws that require them to block Five Dimes.com, an internet gambling site operating from Costa Rica on servers hosted in that country by domestic provider ICE.
The determined efforts of the Cyprus government to prohibit online gambling despite being the home to many internet gambling companies has caused a new uproar among politicians, with some claiming that such a ban sets the scene for a monopoly by the Greek state company OPAP.
Week seven of the Nevada Legislature begins Monday with a marathon day that will include the first night-time floor meetings of the 2011 session as legislators rush to meet the deadline for individual bill introductions, reports Associated Press.
Speculation that a fresh government in Holland would bring a more progressive approach to the legalisation of online gambling appears to have been confirmed.
French television broadcaster TF1 has chosen to partner with French gambling group, Pari-Mutuel Urbaine (PMU) in the development of a site dedicated to French and International football.