The US federal government has apparently resorted to its “no legal standing” and “no grounds for claims” defence in a New Jersey legal action to defeat the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, which prohibits sports betting in the state.
Legislative battles continued this week in Massachusetts as Governor Deval Patrick tried to defy the will of both House and Senate by refusing to approve slot parlours in conjunction with three land casinos.
Multi-million sterling investment will enhance customer experience across its retail, online and telebetting channels.
In a conference call Tuesday 888.com chief executive Gigi Levy outlined the potent partnerships his company has assembled in the burgeoning Italian online casino market, flagging agreements with Endemol, Bwin and more recently Microgame SpA.
The global online gambling group Sportingbet has announced that it has signed a three year partnership with Leeds United FC to commence at the start of the coming 2010/11 nPower Championship season.
The Chinese Ministry of Culture announced Saturday that the country’s first regulation specifically governing the marketing of Internet gaming and gambling will take effect Sunday, claiming that the laws are necessary to protect the nation’s children from ‘unwholesome content and Internet addiction’.
The controversial and long-running legislative argument about what land gambling expansion should take place in the state of Massachusetts moved a step closer to resolution on Saturday when the Massachusetts Legislature gave initial approval to a casino bill that would create the most sweeping expansion of gambling in the state in four decades.
The successful passage out of committee this week of Congressman Barney Frank’s proposal to legalise online gambling in the United States triggered a storm of mainstream media coverage that has undoubtedly focused attention on the pros and cons of internet gambling.
Gaming Laboratories International, an independent and international software testing agency, has hired a new development representative to work with suppliers and regulators in the Asia.
Vuetec, the Dublin-based live dealer provider, has announced that it is to undertake a serious revamp of its subsidiary website Dublin Bet.com.
Embattled online gambling group Leisure and Gaming has announced that it is to sell its Betshop subsidiary, which includes Betshop.com, Betshop.gr and Betshop Italia.com in addition to land retail betting shops in Italy and Cyprus.
GTechG2, the Lottomatica subsidiary that develops internet gambling software and includes Boss Media, Dynamite Idea, Finsoft and St Minver, is one of the star performers in the second quarter 2010 results just released by the parent group.
888.com’s Gibraltar-licensed bingo software provider Brigend Limited has reported the launch of another of its clients, branded Bingo Me Happy.com.
The Swedish online gambling group Betsson AB has reported a solid Q2/2010 set of results showcasing a 29 percent rise in revenues to $49.1 million. The latest numbers follow a Q1 rise in revenues of 17 percent.
Charges against a 71-year-old Wilkes-Barre bar owner in Pennsylvania of facilitating online sports betting are nearing finalisation following negotiations on a lesser felony.
The recent award of a French online gambling licence to Jeux365 has had a positive spin-off for white label sports book provider OddsMatrix, which had to be recognised as compliant with ARJEL requirements before the licence application was successful.
Internet gambling games and software developer Betsoft has announced a deal to provide a range of its 3D online casino games to Party Casino.com, a subsidiary of the giant Party Gaming plc group.
A former chief executive officer with the tobacco giant Imperial Tobacco, Gareth Davies, has been appointed as the new chairman of UK land and online bookie group William Hill plc.
The UK land and online gambling group Ladbrokes has made a bid for Aussie sports betting business, going up against Tabcorp and Tatts in seeking a Victoria state sports betting licence effective from 2012.
Despite a 10 percent rise in half-year 2010 revenues to GBP27.4 million, UK land and gambling group Rank plc reported a 23 percent decline in operating profit to GBP2.3 million this week.
The UK-based Sky Betting and Gaming subsidiary of BSkyB has reported positive annual financial results this week, with annual gross margins up 21 percent thanks to a strong performance from online gambling and mobile activities.
Vietnam has joined those countries taking a repressive line on the Internet, with the Ministry of Information and Communications halting the licensing of online games in general and those involving gambling in particular.
Vying with the passage out of Committee in the USA of Barney Frank’s bill to legalise online gambling, a merger agreement between online gambling giants Bwin Interactive and Party Gaming plc grabbed the headlines Thursday.
Wednesday’s delayed vote on Barney Frank’s HR2267 bill seeking to legalise online gambling in the United States proved to be worth the wait, with members of the House Financial Services Committee voting it forward by 41 to 22 in a bipartisan approach. The vote was taken after a number of amendments were accepted.