Several US media reports indicate that an amendment to Congressman Barney Frank’s proposal to legalise and regulate internet gambling in the US may have the effect of softening opposition from the traditionally opposed National Football League.
The American Gaming Association spent $360 000 – an increase over the $326 000 it spent last year in the same period – in Q2/2010 lobbying, mandatory disclosure filings have revealed.
The giant social networking website Facebook has underlined the importance it places on social gaming by creating a management post titled ‘Head of Games Partnerships’.
The Canadian province of Ontario is to join Quebec, British Columbia and the Atlantic Provinces in offering internet gambling according to a statement Tuesday by the provincial minister of finance, Dwight Duncan.
The independent player protection and standards body eCOGRA has released its latest report on remote gambling disputes handled by the organisation’s Fair Gaming Advocate, showing remarkably low levels of player disputes at online gambling sites (www.ecogra.org/Stats) bearing the eCOGRA Safe and Fair seal of accreditation.
A New York-based company is apparently gambling that its college grades wagering venture will not fall afoul of US anti-online gambling laws.
The German online lottery firm Tipp24 AG has had to reset its annual financial forecast following a massive Euro 11.7 million win at subsidiary MyLotto24 three months ago.
The 27-year-old UK man who has become notorious as the ‘lottery loser’ by blowing through a GBP 9.7 million lotto win in eight years, has told friends that he plans to recoup his fortunes by investing in a friend’s online gambling site.
The Caribbean Casino and Gaming Corp. has been pumping out press releases on its live dealer casino venture powered by Kenilworth Systems for some time now, but a statement this week suggests that the action will be fully operational by August 21st with casino and sports betting offered.
The Philippines government notification that it is valuing it´s online and land gambling state asset PAGCORP for a possible sale has triggered what appears to be intense interest from the vice chairman of food and beverage group San Miguel, according to Agence France Presse reports this week.
Online gambling software provider Microgaming has launched the much-anticipated new flagship branded video slot, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. This slot game is the first to utilise the Ise of Man-based software company´s new Cinematic Spins technology, allowing gamers to see clips from the films with every spin.
A new study from Comscore on the internet behaviour of women could be of interest to online gambling marketers.
Around 200 Scandinavian players thought their gambling ship had come in last week when online casino Mr Green dished out the dosh in unprecedented amounts following a software glitch.
The Reno Gazette-Journal commented over the weekend on federal attempts to legalise online gambling in the United States, noting that three Nevada representatives in the House of Assembly support Congressman Barney Frank’s HR2267…but that the support of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will be critical.
The Atlantic City Weekly carried the interesting news this week that land gambling operators in the state of New Jersey are interacting with as yet unidentified online gambling software providers in anticipation of a legalised online gambling market.
Scientific Games Corp., an American listed company with which Playtech embarked on an online joint venture in January this year has announced another internet gambling industry deal.
For both moral and practical reasons, most online gambling operators are vigilant in excluding youthful or problem gamblers, yet determined young punters keep trying to gain access, often resorting to underhand methods to do so, but then crying foul when exposed.
Win2Day, the internet gambling division of Casinos Austria, has acquired the respected 3D video gaming software provider Rabcat for an undisclosed consideration.
An alleged 50 year ban on a claimed World War 2 Unidentified Flying Object report by a bomber pilot has claimed the newspaper “quaint stories” sections of the UK newspapers this week and resulted in bookies slightly cutting their odds on the possible presence of alien nations.
Party Gaming chief executive Jim Ryan addressed a number of questions on operational issues facing Party Gaming during his post-results press conference Friday, and one of these concerned the disruption of the Party Gaming – Danske Spil agreement to partner going into a newly liberalised Danish gambling market.
Speaking to journalists in a post-financial results conference Friday, Party Gaming CEO Jim Ryan addressed the question of obstacles to his company’s re-entry to the US market, assuming that market is legalised.
Party Gaming plc, a Gibraltar licensed online gambling group listed on the London stock exchange, has released its first half 2010 numbers for the period ended June 30.
The Weather Lottery’s online gambling venture FCBetz.com involving UK football clubs signed its fourth licensee this week in Championship football club Leicester City FC.
Everest Gaming has announced the release of two new online video slots.