After years of a somewhat strained relationship, it appeared this week that representatives of the Mohawk First Nation enclave of Kahnawake and the Canadian provincial government of Quebec have opened a hopefully positive dialogue on internet gambling.
The notification by the British government last week that it is again about to offer the Tote state betting organisation up for auction has triggered a slew of speculative media reports over the weekend.
The third quarter of 2010 has seen no let up in the stream of new games launched into an apparently voracious online gambling market by the industry’s leading software developers…and the economic crisis that has swept the world does not appear to have slowed the flow.
The coronation of movie star and comedienne Barbara Windsor as Jackpotjoy’s Queen of Bingo saw the online bingo operator release one of its most innovative games yet this week.
A case of life imitating art was reported this week in the Albuquerque Journal, which revealed that an experiment by the editor of the University of New Mexico’s student newspaper Daily Lobo using a popular $39.95 video game made by Electronic Arts had accurately predicted the outcome of a college football game.
The row over New York Lottery credit card subscribers being charged fees by Mastercard heated up again this week, with a lottery spokesperson describing the imposition of fees by Mastercard as ‘illegal’.
The investment publication Seeking Alpha carried a detailed article on the Greek gambling monopoly OPAP this week, delving into its history and the challenges of the Greek economy, tax and regulatory changes that will see the introduction of a more enlightened approach to online gambling.
Following the trend toward creepy horror movies, but trailing Vegas Technology’s earlier ‘Vampire Vixen’ offering, a new Wagerworks-developed online slot titled ‘Bitten’ is making its debut on a number of top online gambling sites this week.
All Slots Casino.com, a member of the Microgaming-powered Jackpot Factory group, is to launch a sports betting service in the near future, a company spokesman revealed this week.
Canadian e-cash processor Douglas Rennick (35) appeared to have escaped with a remarkably light sentence in a New York federal court this week, being handed a six month probation by U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein despite the offences for which he was convicted carrying potentially heavy prison sentences.
Reports from the Ukraine indicate that the draconian ban on gambling in that country may be reconsidered at a Cabinet meeting scheduled for next Monday.
The famous UK football club Tottenham Hotspur has signed a four year sponsorship agreement with the major internet sports betting company Sportingbet.com, which will see the gambling company become Spur’s official gaming partner with a brand presence at White Hart Lane stadium and within the club’s communications channels.
The at times acrimonious struggle by Britain’s horseracing community to gather in funds from the bookmaking industry took an unexpected turn this week with the launch of a new initiative titled ‘Racing United: Campaign for a Fair Levy’.
The new UK coalition government is to follow its predecessors in attempting once again to sell the Tote bookmaking organisation, reports the newspaper CityAM.
Live Odds and Scores.com reports that the latest Hitwise sports book rankings for the six months to August 2010 continue to be dominated by British online gambling group Betfair.
Justice Department officials have facilitated another anti-online gambling boost to federal coffers, according to reports from the Dow Jones news agency this week, which record that Arizona’s Goldwater Bank has agreed to forfeit $733,804 to resolve a federal accusation that the money was involved in illegal internet gambling.
WinADay Casino.com has launched a new proprietary internet slot with a magic genie theme branded Jackpot Jinni.
China’s determined enforcement of anti-online gambling laws should be strengthened by new guidelines developed for criminal law, based on police experiences in this year’s enforcement drive.
The online division of publicly listed William Hill plc reports that an English woman has won a gigantic jackpot of GBP420 948.21 on the William Hill Vegas.com exclusive slot machine Leprechaun’s Luck.
The MacauBusiness.com website reported this week that land casinos on the gambling island of Macau off the Chinese coast delivered gross gaming revenues in 2010 that have already overtaken the total for 2009.
Senior officials in the Chinese government speaking at a conference this week revealed the extent of the known illegal internet gambling business in China, informing delegates that the police had instigated 1 400 internet gambling prosecutions over the period January to August 2010 in a nationwide enforcement drive.
This week sees the launch of Real Time Gaming’s latest video slot, the 5 reel, 25 pay-line Goblin’s Treasure.
The Shanghai Daily newspaper reports that police in the Chinese city of Changzhou have arrested 17 members of an online gambling ring led by one Zeng Weiquan, seizing records and 40 million yuan in cash along with 35 computers.
Devilfish Gaming plc, a London-listed company bearing the nom-de-plume of international poker ace David ‘Devilfish’ Ulliot, has requested its stock exchange to suspend trading in its ordinary shares pending clarification of its financial position.