Attorneys representing the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) re-filed a motion Monday to intervene in the Franklin Circuit Court in Kentucky to prevent the state from seizing the rights to 141 Internet domain names, all of which are related to Internet gambling. This included both sites that did and did not service US …
With heightened interest in legalised US online gambling triggered by news of the Reid bill, US land and online media are currently speculating on how fast certain states could take advantage of a more enlightened approach to this popular pastime.
Online gaming provider, Bwin, has announced the launch of an online version of the popular social dice game, Farkle, to its skill game line.
Slot Entertainment SA’s, WinADay Casino.com announced the launch of a new instant-play Grecian themed video poker game titled Double Double Bonus Poker.
International software developer, Playtech, has announced the addition of its leading content to bet365’s Games Tab offering.
The much delayed introduction of a more open Danish online gambling market has been exacerbated by further complaints to the European Commission from local land casino operators and the local slot machine association, according to media reports surfacing over the weekend.
Spain’s second-largest newspaper, El Mundo reports that Austrian online gaming company Bwin is a frontrunner in a bid to purchase a 30 percent stake in Spain’s State Lottery. Other companies interested in the purchase of the stake include Spanish companies Codere, Cirsa and Recreativos Franco as well as Italy’s Lottomatica.
The latest development in the ongoing dispute between Britain’s horse-racing fraternity and bookmakers has seen the Levy Board, which comprise three members appointed by the Government, recommend that bookmakers pay a levy on foreign racing and that the “threshold” system, designed to benefit smaller betting shop operators, be abolished, reported the UK publication, The Guardian, …
Overseas fans of the British national lottery, and for that matter Brits who are overseas as expatriates, travelling or on business, will no longer be able to bet on their lucky numbers following new rules set for introduction next week.
In a further development to the four Utica, New York State residents charged in Oneida County Court last week for allegedly running an illegal internet sports gambling operation, State Police have made three more arrests connected to the 21-month investigation.
Golden Riviera Casino.com announced this week that Microgaming network’s Mega Moolah Progressive Jackpot of Euro 2,547,086.98 was won by a player identified only as “C.R.”
Online gambling website Bet-At-Home.com, a member of the Betclic-Everest group, has inked a sponsorship deal with German Toyota Handball Bundesliga (HBL) team Rhein-Neckar Löwen for the remainder of the 2010 season.
In a sequel to Thursday’s reports that a Lazio administrative court had overruled a Microgame objection to new Italian regulations allowing online poker cash and casino games, the network has confirmed that it will not appeal the finding.
It appears that the Australian territory of Victoria is tightening up on gambling companies that offer inducements to punters to bet, with charges laid against four companies and the possibility of more to follow.
Greece, a nation known in the past for its government’s hostility to online gambling and indeed any competition to entrenched local interests, became the scene this week for litigation between a land casino and an internet gambling site.
Online betting and gaming company, Centrebet International Limited has announced the promotion of Michael McRitchie to the position of Managing Director.
Selected Italian partners, SNAI.it and SNAIabilita.it are now live with free-to-play versions of leading Casino Table Games that include Pro Blackjack and Roulette Royale, announced skills games provider GameAccount Network this week.
Among the many companies currently reporting on commercial performance over the first nine months of 2010 is Betbull Holding SE, which this week published its results for the period to September 30.
The Silversands online gambling group, arguably one of the most highly advertised in the South African market, faces a location crisis following legal and political developments at home and abroad.
It’s an event much anticipated since the Quebec provincial government gave its imprimatur earlier this year for Loto Quebec to develop an online gambling site; the launch of Espacejeux.com this week was supported with millions of dollars in promos and plenty of publicity in the Canadian media.
Australia’s Federal Families Minister Jenny Macklin is concerned over the popularity of internet gambling, and revealed whilst addressing a problem gambling conference this week that the federal government planned to discuss the rapidly growing pastime at a gathering of state and territory ministers next year.
Playtech subsidiary Virtue Fusion Alderney, perhaps better known for its bingo products, has launched a new 5 reel slot on its network, which serves the likes of MeccaBingo, Ladbrokes, William Hill, Sky, Bet365, Crown Bingo, Virgin, Paddy Power and Boylesports.
Land gambling on the offshore island of Macau continued to generate impressive numbers during November 2010 according to the latest statistics from Macau’s Gaming and Inspection Coordination Bureau.
Dinesh Enoka Abeysuriya, a 29-year-old finance clerk for an Australian charity who embezzled A$1.53 million and gambled part of it away in online gambling casinos was sentenced in a Brisbane court this week.