Social gaming may be the popular trend, but it doesn’t always deliver the goods, it appears from a Tech Crunch report this week.
The European-facing Eurosportsbet.co.uk online gambling site will soon have an Italian market sister in Eurosportbet.it, launching this (October) month. Both sites are betting subsidiaries of the Eurosport television network, a major media group.
Justice Department authorities in New York announced this week that 30 people have been indicted in a half-billion-dollar gambling operation allegedly based in the city and involved with organised crime, reports NY1 News.
With the high level of consumer concern over Internet identity theft, and the online gambler’s imperative for privacy protection, it is surprising that details of players at major online gambling sites can be obtained illegally, yet revelations this week suggest that this is not only possible, but routine.
A Nepalese store clerk resident near Dallas, Texas palmed a $1.1 million winning lottery ticket presented by a customer, cashed it and then absconded, clearly hoping to enjoy his ill-gotten gains elsewhere, a criminal indictment in the Lone Star state alleges.
The massive success of online gambling group Betfair has again been reflected in the latest business accolade for founders Andrew Black and Edward Wray, who earlier this month were again honoured at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards in London.
For most online gamblers, hitting a progressive jackpot just once is the experience of a lifetime, but there are on record numerous instances of particularly fortunate punters who have achieved multiple wins. The latest of these is ChontelB, an Australian gambler on the Microgaming-powered Royal Vegas Casino website who recently took home A$26 813 for …
Itai Pazner, chief operations officer at online gambling group 888.com has launched a new GBP 8.8 million jackpot game – an Internet gambling record – with a free GBP 24 chance of winning it for online players.
The Vegas Technology-powered veteran online casino group English Harbour has added four new slots to its gambling suite.
If you haven’t yet heard of Absolute Casino.com you probably will soon, according to the Alderney-based owners Advanced Games Lab, which powers the new operation with its proprietary software. AGL is itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guernsey firm HC Capital Limited.
The online gambling group Betfair, and trade body the Remote Gaming Association are among the supporters of Right2Bet.net, an initiative that is inviting punters across Europe to register their vote and fight for their right to bet freely by going online and signing a virtual ‘naked petition’ (http://www.thenakedpetition.com/), uploading their own content and sharing viral …
A week on from it’s launch earlier this (October) month, online and offline betting firm William Hill plc’s in-house television channel is proving to be a popular service to punters visiting the group’s 2 450 betting offices.
The first draft of the much anticipated review of Australian gambling by the government’s Productivity Commission was released this week, with some predictable conclusions…and some surprisingly practical suggestions regarding online gambling regulation.
The online gambling software developer Playtech plc has issued a trading update predicting that it expects to deliver a generally positive third quarter 2009, with a 12 percent rise in gross income to Euro 31.9 million.
Dragonfish, the independent B2B division of 888 Holdings plc, has launched its X-Factor branded Quickplay game for Bingo.
The decision by Party Gaming founder Anurag Dikshit to sell off his remaining shares in the company not only caused a 12 percent dip in the share price this week; it ignited speculation as to the 36-year-old technology guru’s motivation.
After months of slow business occasioned by the economic meltdown and political interference, Macau land casinos seem to be on an improvement curve, judging by the latest numbers from the Macau Inspection and Coordination Bureau.
Ivan Kostov, leader of the right-wing Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria political party in the eastern European nation, has called for a ban on gambling in Bulgaria, the regional news agency Focus reports.
Hard on the heels of this morning’s story that Party Gaming founder Anurag Dikshit is to sell all but 38.8 million of his remaining shares in the group comes the news that the 36-year-old software whizz plans to walk away entirely.
Ukash is continuing its relentless global expansion with a new deal this week that sees it access the North American market for the first time. The company recently signed an agreement with Russia’s Wallet One.
Anurag Dikshit, the Indian computer technology professional who helped found online gambling group Party Gaming plc and in the process made a huge fortune, is to sell all but 38.8 million of his remaining shares in the company.
Most of the major UK online gambling companies are members of the Remote Gaming Association trade body, which this week marked October 19th as Responsible Gambling Awareness Day with a practical initiative communicating the industry’s commitment to the prevention of problem gambling.
Online gambling software developer Microgaming is upping the scare stakes with the launch of four new scary-themed bingo side games in time for the Halloween period.
The New Zealand Racing Board is to install a new, state-of-the-art Australian-designed betting system called Typhoon to replace the TAB’s ageing Jetbet system by December 2010, chief exec Andrew Brown announced this week.