After protracted legal fight and ten years of dispute, Loto Quebec has reached an out-of-court settlement with 120 000 plaintiffs in a class action involving exclusion of problem gamblers.
The UK interactive television gambling company, NetPlay TV has announced that it is to take control of the current Challenge Jackpot database from Virgin Media Television for a fixed cash payment of GBP 1.82 million.
European sports fans, and especially football followers, are in for a television treat from April 3rd, when the Sky television network is set to launch Europe’s first 3D television channel.
The latest UK budget announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling this week holds no unpleasant surprises for the gambling industry, although other soft targets like the tobacco and alcohol industries were as usual hit with increased duties.
The French state gambling monoply Francaise des Jeux has announced its acquisition of LVS, a software provider and supplier to the French giant. The sale comes only months after FdesJ commissioned an online fixed odds sports betting platform from the software firm.
Washington, the state that has the dubious reputation for the most draconian anti-online gambling laws in America, has struck at an online gambling site allegedly taking NASCAR betting.
The CardPlayer magazine interview with Frank Fahrenkopf, chief executive of the American Gaming Association, has been followed by a position statement from the trade association, which represents major land gambling operators.
Washington Democrat Representative Jim McDermott has introduced an updated version of the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2010, a bill that would ensure that applicable taxes and fees are collected from a regulated Internet gambling industry in order to raise much-needed revenue for federal and state budgets.
A new independent survey on Internet gambling in Canada and the United States, conducted by Ipsos Reid, shows that respondents were less clear on the legality issue than before. In 2007, 41 percent of Americans and 28 percent of Canadians said they knew online gambling was illegal. In 2010, that dropped to 37 percent of …
The sports betting website 188Bet.com has signed a deal with dedicated sports betting TV service The Betting Channel to sponsor segments of the channel’s output.
The predominently football pools betting group Sportech plc has unveiled a disappointing set of numbers that show the group’s nlne casino poker and bingo operations have been underperforming, affecting overall operating profit, which fell by 14 percent to GBP 19.5 million over the year 2009. EBITDA dropped by 12 percent to GBP 14.7 million.
Bingo Hollywood, powered by Globalcom-Dragonfish is set to launch next week but the management are no April Fools, with both experience and the backing of a network that famously includes Wink Bingo, Foxy Bingo and the more recently launched Cheeky Bingo. It will be a stand alone website.
The South African government’s long-running flirtation with online gambling legalisation was once again front and centre in the country this week as yet another round of public hearings took place, this time before the government’s Gambling Review Commission in the coastal city of Durban.
Despite rumours of processing payment hassles, the Rival Gaming software people are still pumping out new online casinos that welcome US players – an increasingly dangerous practice in view of the imminent advent of the UIGEA regulations on June 1st.
Middlesex-based Global Draw Limited, a subsidiary of the Scientific Games group which recently partnered with Playtech plc in Internet and other gambling ventures, was in hot water with the Business Software Alliance this week….and it proved to be an expensive encounter.
Malaysia is a country well known for the strict enforcement of anti-gambling laws, but there may be a change to allow for World Cup football betting this year, reports the Bangkok Post.
Online gambling has attracted more unwelcome Australian media attention in a week that has already seen 888.com come under investigation for its promotional activities.
Full details are not yet available but there has been a report of a major hit on the Microgaming Major Millions progressive slot this week.
The legal tussle between the state of Kentucky and trade associations iMEGA and IGC has taken a new and positive turn as an online gambling domain owner has stepped up to the plate in order to give the plaintiffs legal standing.
Online gambling games and software developer Wagerworks reports that it has been commissioned to provide additional games for the giant UK Internet gambling group Betfair’s arcade operation.
888.com’s year end results for 2009 were published this week, showing an 18 percent decline in EBITDA, and a welcome boost to overall revenues thanks to b2b division Dragonfish.
The French online gambling group Mangas Gaming, which is jointly owned by Financière Lov and SBM, has made some important changes to its top management structure.
The UK position of offshore online gambling operators wishing to advertise and promote their products to British players moved into the spotlight this week with the news that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has launched a consultation on the introduction of new licence requirements for overseas online gambling firms.
The Washington Business Journal reports that entrepreneur Jeremy Levine is convinced he’s found a loophole that allows online betting on sporting events in the United States….and he’s using March Madness to see if he’s right.