According to CBC reports this week, Canadian First Nation leaders plan to set up a gambling commission to give them more control over the major revenues generated by tribal land casinos.
Online casino operator Virgin Games has announced the release on the groups Virgin Casino of a new 5 reel, 100 pay-line video slot themed on the fictional War of the Worlds.
Taking many industry observers by surprise this week is the announcement by the European online gambling group Unibet that its high profile CEO Petter Nylander has resigned, and will be replaced by CFO and deputy chief exec Henrik Tjärnström.
North Carolina’s ban on online sweepstake style gambling in internet cafes had a sequel this week as video gaming advocates appealed to state governor Bev Perdue to veto the new law, due to come into force on December 1st.
Playtech’s Virtue Fusion Alderney has launched Multi Balls, a new multiplayer game where players compete against each other for a share of a Community Jackpot, along with new slot and scratchcard games.
The UK land and online gambling group William Hill plc has issued a trading update covering the first half of 2010 up to June 29th.
The news that the British Columbian provincial government’s new online gambling website, Playnow.com, had crashed shortly after launch has been followed by startling revelations that private visitor information on the site may have leaked.
Online gambling software and games developer Cryptologic has announced the launch of a new gaming package, Instant Click, which has been initially licensed to Tain AB, a European provider of e-gaming technology infrastructure licensed in Malta.
Online gambling software and games developer Cryptologic has announced the launch of a new gaming package, Instant Click, which has been initially licensed to Tain AB, a European provider of e-gaming technology infrastructure licensed in Malta.
When retired farmer Stan Knapp went into an Edmonton, Canada drugstore last month to buy his usual Lotto Max lottery ticket he had no idea that he was walking into an accidental fortune…thanks to a store clerk’s error.
Proof that there is a super-abundance of demand in Canada for legal and government regulated gambling over the internet was dramatically afforded Friday, when the official Play Now.com website launched that day by the British Columbia provincial government’s BC Lottery Corporation crashed within the first day due to popular demand.
The police in Tokyo have reported taking down a cell phone gambling ring, and the related arrest of a website operator where 130 million yen in revenues were generated through mobile gambling.
The persistent rumours that online gambling group Betfair is to go public in the UK were given added momentum this week by a Sky News report that the IPO could come as soon as September 2010.
The persistent rumours that online gambling group Betfair is to go public in the UK were given added momentum this week by a Sky News report that the IPO could come as soon as September 2010.
A Microgaming-powered online gambling operation in the the Jackpot Factory Group, Royal Joker Casino.com has informed its players that effective July 21st 2010 its services will no longer be available.
Poland’s controversial proposed new gambling legislation has suffered a setback, raising negative comments from the European Commission to which it was submitted for approval earlier this year.
The PPA’s heads up earlier this week that Congressman Barney Frank’s bill to legalise online gambling in the US is due for another hearing has turned out to be right on the mark. The House Financial Services Committee chaired by Frank has confirmed that HR2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, will …
The PPA’s heads up earlier this week that Congressman Barney Frank’s bill to legalise online gambling in the US is due for another hearing has turned out to be right on the mark. The House Financial Services Committee chaired by Frank has confirmed that HR2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, will …
David Zerah has been appointed as the replacement for recently departed md of Dragonfish, Gabi Campos, a statement this week from parent group 888.com advises.
Online gambling software developer Cryptologic has reported in a trading update that it expects Q2 2010 total revenue to show a slight decline over Q1, and that total costs will be greater than expected.
The Gibraltar-based online betting and gaming firm 32Red has reported record revenues with total gross win of GBP7.8 million in the half-year to end-June (H1 2009: GBP5.8 million).
The police in Israel have been visiting internet service providers (ISPs) in the country this week, ordering the managements to block access to overseas gambling websites on grounds that the pastime is illegal in Israel, reports the newspaper Haaretz.
One of the best known corporate spokesmen in the industry, William Hill plc’s David Hood, has departed the group ‘by mutual agreement.’
The Canadian provincial government for British Columbia will announce a significant expansion of its online offering this week, regulating and legalising online casino games in a first for North America, the Vancouver Sun reports.