French online gambling regulator de l’Autorité de Régulation des Jeux En ligne (ARJEL) has officially licensed a further two poker rooms winga.fr and mypok.fr.
Gaming firm, Betsson has announced that it has established a software development company in India in line with its B2B strategy for distant markets.
The attempt by the State of Kentucky to seize international domains belonging to online gambling companies has been delayed for a further 30 days while the vexed question of legal standing is considered by the court.
The government of Cyprus, which had hoped to introduce a ban on internet gambling on the Mediterranean island before 2010 ended, has had to push back its plans by three months following delays in the bureaucratic machinery of the European Commission and its feedback from member states and the EU executive.
The vociferous Democratic Rally Party (DISY) deputy Ionas Nicolaou had some harsh words for Malta and the United Kingdom this week, accusing the two countries of purposely trying to derail Cyprus’ attempt to ban online gambling.
Delivering an interesting perspective on the impact of internet gambling on the industry as a whole this week was a report from Spectrum Gaming consultancy which identified 21 major trends in the casino industry for 2011.
The successful Italian mobile operator Buongiorno is to extend its offering following an online casino deal with gambling software developer Playtech plc.
Remote gambling software developer Wagerworks has launched a new online slot themed on a famous television show series and already popular in land gambling casino slot machines manufactured by IGT.
The police in Cyprus have upped the anti-online gambling pressure in a pre-festive season blitz that has included raids on two online gambling centres on the Mediterranean island.
Ray Lesniak, the feisty New Jersey state senator who has been shaking up the world of US online gambling legalisation, took public issue with sports betting discriminatory laws in an op-ed article for the Asbury Park Press this weekend.
The bad news for Gibraltar-domiciled online gambling operators over the weekend was that the government intends lifting their tax rate from 1 percent to 10 percent from next year.
The current row over suspicious betting patterns surrounding the issuing of a red card to Motherwell Football Club’s Steve Jennings resurfaced over the weekend with UK Media reporting that Blue Square.com is justifying its report to the authorities after being criticised in the media and has advised the Scottish Premier League that there is extra …
Frequent speculation in the M&A sector this year was that Ladbrokes would make a bid for online gambling group 888 and this is apparently about to occur with the UK publication – The Telegraph reporting over the weekend that the former is making a GBP 240 million takeover attempt but the betting firm may not …
The UK Gambling Commission has published its industry statistics for 2009/10.
With possible intrastate online gambling legalisation bills under consideration in New Jersey, California and Florida, there was speculation in West Virginia this week that the growing competitive pressure that could develop may cause a rethink on the state’s present antipathy to internet gambling.
Senator Ray Lesniak’s S490 bill seeking to legalise intrastate online gambling will go before the Budget Appropriations Committees in the New Jersey legislature on Thursday this week to formalise minor changes in the financial provisions before the bill goes to the Assembly floor and a hopefully positive vote.
Although the privatisation sale of the Greek state gambling monopoly OPAP has been on the cards for some time, the parlous state of the Greek economy may provide more momentum to get the deal done and the cash into state coffers.
Internet gambling operators who chose Cyprus as a convenient and tax-efficient base may have to reassess their position following developments this week in which the local constabulary announced that it had handed over information on internet gaming companies to the Inland Revenue Department.
The creators of BlackJack eXtreme, the concept of playing blackjack on the poker table, have added the MySpace social network to their list of distribution and playing channels, which already includes Facebook.
The often fractious relationship between the British bookie industry and the horseracing fraternity again surfaced this week amid reports that many racing supporters are unhappy that the Tote has been placed back on the ‘for sale’ block by the British government.
Norman Steinberg, described by the St. Louis press as a “key player” in the historic prosecution of the erstwhile BetonSports online gambling group some years ago came home to the US briefly this week to plead guilty to conspiracy in the illegal online gambling affair.
Recently re-domiciled on the Isle of Man and listed on London’s AIM market, internet gambling group GVC Holdings plc released a trading update for the period 1 October 2010 to 15 December this week, including within it an update on the group’s long-running litigation against Boss Media.
Party Gaming plc, one of the industry’s strongest companies, released its pre-close trading update Friday, reporting a strong performance in casino mitigated by a softer seasonal performance in poker and bingo
Bettors were provided with a toll-free number and two website addresses through which wagers were placed using account numbers and passwords, reports the Kansas City Star. A Costa Rican company managed the phone number and the web server.