The GREaT Foundation, formerly known as the Responsibility in Gambling Trust, will be using January’s International Gaming Expo at Earls Court in London to promote and acknowledge the unique work undertaken by the gambling industry in helping to care for the small percentage of people in the UK who are classified as being ‘problem gamblers’.
Vienna-listed online gambling group Bwin is expanding its sports sponsorship efforts beyond football teams and into alpine skiiing.
The determination by US land gambling groups to defend their hard-won trademarks and brands was again evident this week in a federal court action brought by the Boyd Gaming Corp. of Las Vegas.
The recent letter written by UK Minister of Sport Gerry Sutcliffe to bookmakers suggesting a voluntary contribution to Sport England popped into the headlines this week, with the Remote Gaming Association suggesting that full consultation with both the offline and online industry may have been a better initial approach.
A UK academic who has presented some controversial online gambling studies in the past, Professor Mark Griffiths from Nottingham Trent University, has presented a report on responsible gambling research to the European Parliament in collaboration with British MEP Malcolm Harbour.
The nascent Gambling Affiliates Union has wasted little time in baring its teeth, announcing a boycott of the Grand Prive and Vegas Affiliates programs this week following an overwhelming vote in favour of the punitive move by the 200 affiliate marketers who comprise its membership.
Ariel Software’s Multi Asset Trading Platform for financial spread betting, foreign exchange and CFD trading are at the heart of the upgraded and revitalised Paddy Power Trader.com operation which launched this week, delivering an improved service to the Irish betting group’s online clients.
After months of being delayed in the House Financial Services Committee by more pressing economic issues, it looks as if the legalisation of online gambling in the United States is about to come back onstage.
Sportsbook white label provider OddsMatrix appears to be on something of a roll, this week announcing its fifth white label sportsbook deal, this one with Spanish market-facing PepeGames.com which will be furnished with a fully managed, turnkey, sports book product that will focus extensively on Spain and Spanish speaking territories.
UK gambling giant William Hill plc has announced the appointment of Neil Cooper as its new group finance director.
The Internet e-payments processor Moneybookers has launched a new prepaid card that will allow its users to access the funds in their Moneybookers eWallet directly at any ATM or point of sale displaying the MasterCard Acceptance Mark….anywhere in the world.
It appears that online gambling software developer Microgaming has come up with another technological first, a multi-player slot that combines two current trends among players – interactivity and community.
Online gambling portals are already reporting the imminent release of the December new games from online gambling software provider Microgaming. The releases include slots with a traditionally Christmas-time theme in the form of a major Scrooge slot; another themed on festive feasting, a trip to the bush for some tribal treasure hunting and a brand …
Reports over the weekend that a massive police action is in progress across Europe in an attempt to stamp out football cheating and corruption have been followed by news of nine more arrests in Italy and a crisis meeting called by FIFA.
The Malta subsidiary of Austrian online sportsbook operator Interwetten will be the new sponsor for the Honda MotoGP motorcycle racing team for the 2010 season.
December 1st 2009 is U-day; the implementation date of the regulations supporting the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act compelling US financial institutions to block financial transactions with imprecisely defined ‘illegal’ online gambling operators.
The successful weekend on the progressive jackpots has been followed by a productive Monday in which yet another major online jackpot has reportedly been hit.
Isle of Man based online gambling software developer Playtech plc has been approved as an Associate Member of the World Lottery Association, the global professional association for State lottery and gaming organisations.
Betfair, already litigating against Racing New South Wales over the imposition of a 1.5 percent levy on turnover, could find itself contemplating further levy problems following the passage last week of more legislation – this time in Western Australia.
The Dublin-based provider of online exchange and sportsbook software, Global Betting Exchange, has provided AsianLogic subsidiary Orient Capital Ventures Inc with its iBroker sportsbook software.
Visionary iGaming, the live dealer software provider started by an ex-VueTec executive and reportedly making good progress, has announced that it has signed Amsterdams Casino.com as a licensee.
The giant Italian lottery and gaming operator Gruppo Lottomatica has released its financial results for the first nine months of 2009 showing a solid 14 percent year-on-year increase in revenues to Euro 1.592 billion.
PhilWeb International Gaming Corp. has been formed by Philippines online gambling and Internet gaming interests to extend the reach of Philweb’s global gaming efforts.
Sunday saw another major progressives jackpot win, this time on an as yet unidentified Vegas Technologies-powered online casino. The win follows a major jackpot reported on Aztec Riches Saturday.