Yet another incident of bank overblocking under the authority of the UIGEA surfaced this week in the publication “The Consumerist”, which reported that the US bank Chase chose to treat a credit card customer’s New York Lottery subscription payment as a cash advance, with the $10 fee and astronomical interest rate that goes along with …
The addition of tables for high stakes gamblers by Macau land casino operators is at least partly attributable to another impressive rise in revenues for the month of August, reports Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau.
The Telegraph newspaper ended the week with a study of the current state of play in the dispute over the size of the next horse racing levy, noting that government intervention may ultimately be necessary to bridge the chasm between what the horse racing industry wants – around £150 million – and what Brit bookmaking …
Casino Enterprises, the holding company for the Piggs Peak online casino, has been granted leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals in Bloemfontein, the judicial capital of South Africa.
Passoker.com, which claims to be a unique real-time gaming product, launched this week as Prize Passoker, initially offering players the chance to win tens of thousands of pounds worth of sporting memorabilia, as well as a rollover cash jackpot.
Swaziland-based Pigg’s Peak Online Casino has ceased to operate in South Africa since Saturday, reports the Times of Swaziland.
The Isle of Man-based online gambling software provider Microgaming.com has announced the launch of its highly anticipated flagship game, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at its online casino licensees.
The author of a the HR2267 legislative proposal to legalise online gambling in the United States, Congressman Barney Frank, appeared as a guest on the widely distributed Jay Leno Show in the United States this week, putting out the word for a regulated online gaming industry instead of bans.
Internet gambling software developer Entraction Holding AB reported weak first half results this week, with net sales showing a 22.2 percent year-on-year decline to $23.971 million.
Swedish online gambling software provider Net Entertainment AB has released its financial results for the first six months of 2010, showing a 27.6 percent year-on-year increase in revenues to $23.9 million.
The Greek government, perhaps motivated by the nation’s severe economic problems and the need to raise tax revenues, is pressing ahead with remarkable speed in its plans to specifically legalise and regulate online gambling.
Sports betting saw a notable increase in June, reports the independent search and social marketing agency Greenlight. It’s study ‘Gaming Sector Report – June 2010’, reveals that UK consumers, search-wise, increased from 18 percent in March to 23 percent in June.
The raging Caribbean hurricane Earl generated more excitement than Intertops.com bargained for over the weekend, blasting through Antigua and taking the island infrastructure temporarily down to such an extent that the online casino was briefly rendered unserviceable, according to staff members.
Russia’s draconian exile of gambling operations to four remote areas of the vast country is apparently not generating commercial enthusiasm from either operators or players, according to a report in the publication RT.
CentreBet International investors will be more than pleased with the Australian online gambling company’s latest full year results, which feature a remarkable 75 percent rise in after tax profits to $13.09 million.
888 Holdings, which earlier this month warned that its results may be disappointing has had to scrap its interim dividend after the distractions of the football World Cup in June-July this year, together with a traditionally slow seasonal decline and the general economic malaise, impacted profits.
The Casino Rewards online casino group reports that during the last 48 hours one of its players hit the Mega Moolah Summertime progressive slot for $4 170 128 at its Blackjack Ballroom.com operation.
News of a cricket betting scandal involving the touring Pakistani team broke over the weekend and has topped most British, Australian and Pakistani headlines. British police detained bookie Mazhar Majeed, interviewed four players including captain Salman Butt, and confiscated cell phones for further examination.
This weekend a Skybet online sports gambler in Hampshire, England will be breaking out the champagne and celebrating two remarkable five-fold accumulator bet wins within 24 hours of each other.
The statistical measurement firm com.Score’s July 2010 report on internet activity again illustrates the universal popularity and interest in online gambling, with gambling related websites among the highest gainers compared with the month of June 2010.
Net revenue from provincial government-run lotteries, video lottery terminals, casinos and slot machines not in casinos totalled Cdn$13.75-billion in 2009, essentially unchanged from the year before, Statistics Canada reported this week.
Residents in the Alberta province of Canada like to gamble, and to a lesser extent enjoy throwing back the odd alcoholic beverage, it appears from recent survey results published by the National Post newspaper this week.
The Gauteng Gambling Board’s claim that online gambling is illegal in South Africa following a judgment in the North Gauteng High Court last week continues to generate discussion and argument in the country.
The finance minister for the Prince Edward Island region in Canada says the government is considering joining the Atlantic Lottery Corporation’s initiative to bring online gambling to its residents.