The once seemingly almost moribund UK online and land gambling group Rank plc has staged a remarkable comeback this year, seeing its stock soar 40 percent year to date, outperforming the FTSE All Share Index by 30 percent.
The Malta-based online live dealer casino provider Medialivecasino.com, fresh from its studio revamp, is targeting Eastern Erupean nations in its bid to expand its client base.
Amid reports that betting on local cricket through a major Indian media house website is taking place, the newspaper The Times of India this week ran an informal poll on the legalisation of gambling.
The failed 28-year-old Australian e-processing operator Daniel Tzvetkoff, recently arrested at a Las Vegas conference on several serious charges under a sealed New York indictment, has been released on bail.
A new study by the Research and Markets company titled “Focus on China and Macau” has been released, covering the Asian gambling and betting industry and including e-gaming, gaming, casino, lottery, video lottery terminals and the welfare and sports betting sectors.
Malta-based online gaming operator Unibet Group has released its unaudited financial results for 2009 showing an impressive 67 percent year-on-year increase in profits after tax to GBP 26.8 million.
Earnings of PhilWeb Corp. more than doubled in the first quarter of 2010 on the back of strong revenues from its gaming operations, the Philippines company reported this week.
Online gambling software provider CTXM has launched two new online slots branded World-Cup Soccer Spins and Battleground Spins.
The new UK Internet Service Provider Tibboh is creating a stir with its initiative aimed at introducing a system to categorise around three billion web addresses, including poker rooms, online casinos and social networking sites with a view to imposing age limits similar to those used by the British Board of Film Classification.
Adam Probolsky, the owner and chief executive of the respected Probolsky Opinion Research company, has written in support of the legalisation of online gambling in the Orange County Register.
According to The Prague Post, international online gambling operators with an eye on the Czech market could soon find themselves facing local advertising obstacles.
Online gambling group Bet365.com received a major boost this week with the news that it has been included at number 3 in a list of 100 UK firms with the fastest growing profits.
It was mixed signals from the online betting group Leisure and Gaming plc this week as the company reported a fall in first quarter gross profits but an impressive 67 percent year-on-year growth in full-year 2009 operating profit.
The attractions of a newly liberated French online gambling market, estimated to be worth Euros 1.4 billion on sportsbetting alone by 2011, have triggered keen interest among operators in obtaining French licensing. Initial reports indicate that up 100 licenses may be granted.
A collaborative deal signed in January this year between game show producer Amuso, Bonnier Gaming’s Cashball bingo company and the NYX Interactive software provider came to fruition as operations kicked off this week.
The Rank plc subsidiary Grosvenor Casinos – the largest land-based casino operator in the UK – is getting into the online live dealer action at Gcasino.com, widening its offering to land and online players.
Microgaming-powered online casinos are starting to promote and whip up interest in a long-anticipated new version of the popular Thunderstruck slot, apparently due for release next (May) month.
Scratchcard software provider PAF has extended its scratchcard agreement with Swedish charter airline TUIfly Nordic by a year.
In another example of a US politician deploying modern technology in support of his objectives, New Jersey Senator Raymond Lesniak has launched a Facebook page and is inviting players to show their support for his legislative proposal to legalise New Jersey online gambling by signing up.
The Brit land and online gambling company Ladbrokes is looking forward to a major windfall of GBP 80 million (around $123 million) following a settlement with UK tax authorities, it announced this week.
After months of speculation, the new movie featuring the life and times of infamous US lobbyist Jack Abramoff seems to be gaining momentum, with the release this week of a trailer for the production on Youtube.
Casino employees troubled by breaches of gambling rules by their employers have a new facility for reporting to the UK Gambling Commission in strictest confidence.
Watch out for the full launch in the near future of Ubecha.com, a new Ireland-based sports betting site whose owners plan to be in full operation by the football World Cup starting in June 2010.
Las Vegas has a new heart-in-mouth, adrenalin-pumping attraction following the launch this week of what the owners brag is the world’s tallest SkyJump attraction located 855 feet above the Strip.