Further developments in the Federal case against a Wilkes-Barre Sports Bar owner, Patrick Patte Jr. who pleaded guilty last month to aiding and abetting the wire transmission of illegal gambling information have now come back to bite him a second time with the possible revocation of his pub license.
Latest numbers from the independent internet measurement and monitoring organisation ComscoreMedia show that online gambling sites saw another month of increased traffic propelled by online poker tournaments, sports betting and interest due to legislative debates on the subject.
Recent major public company listings and mergers involving internet gambling groups in Europe, along with the “slight” possibility of a more liberalised US internet gambling market, are cited as indicators that the industry is gaining in popularity, according to a lengthy article in the investment publication Interactive Investor this week.
The Carlos III University of Madrid has completed a first-time study on online gambler behaviour after analysing gambling patterns and perceptions among internet punters.
Media in the US state of New Jersey reported late Monday that S490, a bill legalising online gaming within the state, was among several to pass the state Senate only weeks after cruising through committee stage .
The on-again-off-again sale of the UK Tote has taken a new direction this week with the news that the UK Government is prepared to sell off parts of the operation instead of as a whole operation.
Microgaming’s live dealer offering, Quickfire, has been chosen by Leon Gaming, adding live dealer action that includes Roulette, BlackJack, Baccarat and Multi-player Baccarat to its OddsRing.com site.
Barely two weeks after passing through the committee stage, a New Jersey State legislative proposal, S-490, goes to the Senate floor today (Monday), with the potential to make the State the first in the USA to legalise online gambling.
The contentious issue of gambling companies subsidising the Irish horseracing industry came to the fore over the weekend as the Irish economic situation worsened and the prospect of EU bail-outs loomed closer.
Betfair’s Australian division, which is currently sponsoring the Ashes cricket series, has come out strongly in favour of criminal charges for corrupt sportsmen.
Newly launched City Tower Casino.com, developed and maintained by Playtech is regulated by the Government of Curaçao and owned by Unimaster Ltd.
Online casino operator, 32Red has signed a six figure deal with Northern Racing to sponsor the starting stalls at six racecourses in Britain reports Racing Today.
Amid independent reports from the key G2E Expo in Las Vegas this week that momentum appears to be building for the legalisation of US online gambling, the Las Vegas Sun newspaper carried an interesting interview over the weekend.
The mayor of La Linea, a city near online gambling licensing jurisdiction Gibraltar, reminded the Gibraltar Chronicle this week that The Rock may have the clients and the technology, but its communication links are through Spain….and La Linea expects to benefit from it.
Illegal online gambling operators were again the target of a series of six raids carried out this week by the Malaysian police.
The launch this week of Loto Quebec’s new internet gambling operation EspaceJeux revealed that online poker will be offered on a platform that the British Columbia Lottery Corporation will partner in at the beginning of 2011.
Two well known names in the online gambling technology sector, Canada’s bingo specialist Parlay Entertainment and UK mobile gambling provider Probability plc, have been raising cash through private placements this week.
Loto-Québec has progressed their plans to proceed online with the launch of their online gambling site, Espacejeux.com.
In a six year legal wrangle where Westdeutsche Lotterie GmbH & Co OHG (Westlotto) applied for an injunction against online gaming provider, bwin International Ltd., seeking to prevent the company from organizing, mediating and advertising sports betting, casino and lottery games in Germany, the country’s Federal Supreme Court passed judgement in favour of bwin.
In an attack on the British Columbia Provincial Government based on the failure of the online gambling site, Playnow.com which launched in July 2010 , an NDP opposition politician this week claimed to have documentary evidence that the failure was due to a rushed contract.
The anti-online gambling drive in Kansas City that started as a grand jury probe some time ago claimed its tenth victim this week when James J. Moretina became the tenth accused to enter a guilty plea.
Online gambling marketing affiliates are currently speculating on a surprise move by the UK online gambling group Ladbrokes which suggests that the UK online gambling group is no longer interested in China and Hong Kong business.
Online gambling games developer Vegas Technology provides a little levity in a troubled world with the release this week of its comical take on the low and sleazier end of the gambling market in the new 5 reel, 25 pay-line video slot “Funny Money”.
German internet gambling operator, Tipp24 AG has secured a notable legal victory against the German States Treaty in a case heard by the Administrative Courts in Halle this week.