The year-long industry dispute between some affiliate marketers and the Grand Prive Affiliate Program moved a further step closer to a hopefully mutually satisfactory conclusion this week as the extended 31st December deadline for submission of claims to third party auditor eCOGRA passed.
As 2010 dawns, land gambling operators in Australia continue to attack the government’s Productivity Commission recommendation that online gambling be legalised in the country.
The on again, off again, long running Thai government project to take the national lottery online was making local headlines in media like the Bangkok Post and The Nation again this week as Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced yet another review of the delay-plagued project.
The Chinese government used an announcement of Internet pornography prosecution statistics this week as a further opportunity to caution that online pornography, gambling and “…other sites deemed harmful to society” remained its primary targets in the “purification of the Internet.”
The UK database marketing group CDMS has adopted the branding of Transactis, a pioneer in the marketing discipline that it acquired less than a year ago….and among its impressive clients is online gambling giant Betfair.
Online gambling group Leisure and Gaming plc has announced that its non-executive chairman, Philip Parker, has resigned as he advised he would do earlier this year and has now left the company.
Online gambling group Leisure and Gaming plc has announced that its non-executive chairman, Philip Parker, has resigned as he advised he would do earlier this year and has now left the company.
Joseph W. LaForte, a New York resident already serving a prison term on unrelated charges, admitted mid-week that he helped run an illegal offshore sportsbetting ring that operated in several states, including New Jersey.
The Italian business media are reporting an unsuccessful attempt to acquire control of the major Italian online sportsbetting firm Sindacato Nazionale Agenzie Ippiche SpA (SNAI) by private equity firms Bridgepoint and Axa Private Equity, who reportedly offered Euro 600 million.
Six days after a Powerball lottery draw in Australia, a thirty-something single mother has claimed the mother of all Christmas presents – a Powerball lottery win worth A$12 million.
The respected and long-established online sportsbetting firm Bookmaker.com has announced its acquisition of two well known sportsbetting brands, Las Palmas and Bet Canadian for an undisclosed consideration.
Farming-related applications are the most popular games on Chinese social networks, and the genre is booming on western sites like Facebook with offerings like Farmville, Farm Town and Country Story released by developers such as Zynga and Playfish.
The WinADay.com 3D online casino has launched a new slot machine dedicated to fans of mall shopping and branded Reel De Luxe. The new game is a 5 reel, 25 pay-line slot machine with two special bonus features and a bonus game.
The French investment house Louis Dreyfus is preparing to buy a stake in Mangas Gaming, a 50-50, Paris-based Internet betting joint venture between Bains de Mer de Monaco and the holding company of French TV producer Stephane Courbit.
Some superstitious South African gamblers intent on winning millions on the country’s national lottery have apparently been indulging in a little ‘chemical’ assistance that gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “what have you been smoking?”
Some superstitious South African gamblers intent on winning millions on the country’s national lottery have apparently been indulging in a little ‘chemical’ assistance that gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “what have you been smoking?”
In Sweden an unidentified online gambling company has voluntarily paid back 4.9 million kronor (around $673 000) stolen by a gambling addict from her employer and wagered at its website.
The Jerusalem Post reports that police and prosecution officials have filed indictments in the Petah Tikva District Court against five suspects on charges of money laundering, facilitating illegal gambling, white collar theft, fraud, and tax embezzlement, alleging that between 2000 and 2002, they ran a network of almost 100 gambling computer programs situated in Internet …
Online gambling software developer Playtech and its associate Euro Partners has announced the launch of TV Games. This new format is initially available at the online venues Europa Casino, Titan Casino and Casino Tropez, and offers players a fresh and interactive gaming experience.
An as yet unidentified online player enjoyed a very merry Christmas this year thanks to the Playtech progressive slot Wall Street Fever, which coughed up a very nice $220 335 jackpot on Christmas Day.
The draconian government bans that shut down thousands of casinos and gambling parlours in Russia earlier this year spawned an exodus to the Internet, but also to lands both more climate and state-friendly…like Latin America.
British bookies who offered odds on a white Christmas in London on December 25th heaved a sigh of relief as Christmas Day passed without it happening, despite icy temperatires and heavy snowfalls elsewhere in the British Isles.
British bookies who offered odds on a white Christmas in London on December 25th heaved a sigh of relief as Christmas Day passed without it happening, despite icy temperatires and heavy snowfalls elsewhere in the British Isles.
The online bingo information portal BingoPort.co.uk reports that a new online bingo site launched in July 2009 has made remarkable progress, overtaking well established sites like Foxy Bingo and even Wink Bingo (a major site recently sold to 888.com for almost GBP60 million)