The mystery buyer of the Slots.com domain is a mystery no more – Calvin Ayre’s Bodog Brand.com company has announced that it was the purchaser.
OffsideBet.com – an emerging market-focused sports book operator- has signed a licensing deal with RM Royal Media to promote its Rummy product.
The police in Hong Kong have issued a strong pubic warning that they intend to be on the lookout for illegal gambling on the football World Cup, which kicks off in South Africa June 11.
July 1st promises to be a red letter day for Danish gambling as legislation comes into effect, for the first time legalising and licensing online gambling other than that through state monopoly Danske Spil.
Online gambling software provider Microgaming marks the start of the football World Cup championship in South Africa this (June) month with a new 5 reel, 30 pay-line video slot with a big game theme titled SOCCER SAFARI.
The news that US lottery operator Scientific Games Corporation has won a contract to provide Norway’s State-owned monopoly Norsk Tipping with a full gambling system for parimutuel and odds-based numbers games has triggered speculation that the agreement may also provide entree at some stage for Playtech, which signed a partnership agreement with the American giant …
Norwegian online players at UK gambling group Ladbrokes recently received a notification that government restrictions on internet gambling through the financial system was imminent, and that credit cards from Norway could not be accepted for online gambling by Norwegian banks.
The news that Irish lottery ticket sales declined significantly last (2009) year is perhaps an indication of the hard economic times punters have been experiencing.
With much talk of Canadian provincial governments entering the online gambling sector as operators or regulators, the subject has become a priority with several governments.
The weekend has seen a surge in mainstream reportage on internet gambling in newspapers across Australia; most of it related to the conclusions reached by the government’s Productivity Commission.
The Baltic state of Estonia, which recently commenced regulating and licensing online gambling operators has named its third licensee.
The GREaT Foundation problem gambling charity in Britain, which is funded by voluntary contributions from the gambling industry, has announced that its 2010 target of GBP 5 million has been achieved.
The New Jersey Attorney General’s office has confirmed a key arrest in an ongoing investigation into the Lucchese crime family interests in internet sports betting.
Police in Manila, Philippines have busted an illegal online gambling operation in which live dealers interacted with Internet players of casino games.
Virgin Casino launched the Wagerworks-developed online slot Noah’s Ark as the week closed. Based on a highly successful IGT land slot, which is a fave with players around the world, Noah’s Ark is a 30-payline game that has an innovative Split Symbols feature.
Online gambler ‘Arkry222’ is probably still celebrating his good fortune after hitting a $1.8 million slots jackpot win at Party Casino.com earlier this month.
Managers at government-owned media companies were rebuffed when they tried to lift a blanket ban on promoting or reporting on activities such as gambling, smoking or alcohol this week.
Despite permission to go online from state lawmakers, the Illinois Lottery has apparently not been able to achieve its full potential, and plans are now in hand to bring in the expertise of private sector management to boost performance in an increasingly competitive field.
In what has been described as its biggest single advertising push yet, British gambling group Ladbrokes is about to launch a GBP 5 million marketing campaign to capitalise on the World Cup football, which kicks off in South Africa June 11.
The Gibraltar-based online gambling group 888.com had disappointing news as the week ended, noting that it expected full-year profit to be significantly lower than market expectations.
The UK online media group Media Corporation plc has made a welcome return to profitability in the first half of its financial year, thanks principally to a significant 415 percent boost to revenues from its recently acquired online gambling subsidiary Purple Lounge.
There was bad news for Intralot investors this week as the world’s second-largest lottery systems provider reported a 31.5 percent drop in first-quarter 2010 net profit.
The Philippines internet group Philweb says it has plans to expand the success of its Pagcor e-Games Café online gambling product into Vietnam, Laos, Saipan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Nepal.
According to mandatory filings regarding its quarterly lobbying expenditure, the American Gaming Association, a trade group representing the interests of US land casino operators, invested a further $430 000 in government lobbying in the first quarter of 2010.