The online division of William Hill plc has launched a new online Spanish Bingo product.
Making the headlines late Friday was a Justice Department press release advising that David Carruthers, the middle aged formed CEO of the now defunct BetOnSports online gambling empire, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison on charges related to the activities of the once-mighty BoS in accepting sports bets online from US punters.
The belated news emerged this week that a Greek player on the Playtech-powered Bet365 online gambling site had the best Christmas ever, thanks to a Euro 450 000 jackpot hit on the Gold Rally progressive.
The RTG-powered online casino and Cake Poker Network powered online poker operations at DoylesCasino.com and DoylesRoom.com have a new leader going into 2010 following the appointment of global marketing manager Will Griffiths as president of the company.
Following a problem gambling class action involving 120 000 players and initiated in 2001, Loto-Quebec has agreed to a multi-million Canadian dollar settlement, reports the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Betfair, one of the world’s biggest online betting communities, has announced the launch of the first betting application for TVs running the Yahoo! TV Widget Engine in a prescient move that has identified the importance of this emerging interactive platform.
The former French gambling monopoly Pari Mutuel Urbain has made a further move to safeguard its market positioning in anticipation of market liberalisation by signing a four-year sponsorship deal with the French football federation Federation Francaise De Football (FFF).
The much anticipated report of the British government’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport on Internet gambling was released this week and will give online gambling operators interested in the UK market plenty to chew on.
RM Royal Media Ltd., which claims to be the world’s largest online Rummy software provider, and Microgame S.p.A., a major service provider for online public games in Italy, have signed an agreement to integrate Rummy games into the People’s Network, the biggest online player community in Italy managed by Microgame. The agreement calls for the …
Euro Partners has launched Titanbet.com, a new online sportsbook platform related to the well established Titan Poker online gambling website, and the first and thus far only sports betting platform developed by Internet gambling software developer, Playtech.
After months of press releases and hype, the partnership between land gambling company Caribbean Casino and Gaming Corporation and Kenilworth Systems appears to be coming to fruition, with the first successful test of live dealer roulette action streamed over the Internet from the Sousa Grand Casino in the Dominican Republic.
It’s taken almost a year, with some interesting and even evasive verbal gymnastics from a number of involved persons, but the truth is finally out: Casino Affiliate Programs is a financial beneficiary – the numbers are not disclosed – of affiliate conferences organised by iGaming Business in the wake of the early 2009 ownership meltdown …
Ladbrokes Bingo is celebrating being crowned “WhichBingo UK Site of the Year 2009” after fighting off intense competition for the prestigious title.
According to reports this week in the Estonian Free Press, the Olympic online gambling group will be among the first to benefit from new online gambling regulations in the Baltic nation.
The UK gambling group Sportech has disclosed that it could soon be extending the reach of its football pools through a deal with the tabloid newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror, which counts the popular Daily Mirror newspaper in its stable. The deal will be centred on traditional coupons and the Spot the Ball competition.
The Indian publication Tech2 estimates that the Internet gambling market in that country could be worth up to $5 billion in revenues as the market and Internet penetration grows.
Boxing is the theme for the latest new i-slot from online gambling software provider Rival Gaming, which launched the 20-line game, branded Heavyweight Gold, this week.
Only days after an adverse Court decision forced it to close its inaugural venture into land gambling through a betting shop in Stockholm , the Swedish online gambling group Betsson has been able to re-open the facility.
Just three weeks after its last six-figure progressive jackpot winner, WinADay.com’s progressive jackpot was hit again on Old Year’s Eve when Aussie online player Brenda D. won $109 962 playing the Gold Boom slot machine at the 3D casino.
The Betting Channel – a new dedicated multi-sports betting television service – has launched with support from Satellite Information Services Ltd, outside broadcast production providers for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
The Betting Channel – a new dedicated multi-sports betting television service – has launched with support from Satellite Information Services Ltd, outside broadcast production providers for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Online gambling software provider Tain reports that its Kiev-based development team has launched its first downloadable casino together with a completely revamped web-based version of the firm’s casino product. The company claims that it has signed six new licensees over the past six months alone. Both new casinos see Tain making a radical change in …
For online gambling, along with many other industries, 2009 has been a tough slog, demanding tight management and innovative thinking to survive and prosper, but one company that has bucked the slow trend is the affiliate marketing program Income Access, which this week reported a remarkable 47 percent increase in business.
Online, mobile and idTV game content provider Wagerworks has kicked off 2010 with a big, 5 reel 40 pay-line video slot that explores the treasures of ancient Troy and brings a popular IGT land-based video slot to the online gambling scene.