With parliamentary business on Malta back on track after the summer recess, the proliferation of betting shops on the Mediterranean island has been high on the debate list this week.
In what appears to be a public riposte to attacks on its move offshore by UK racing bodies, William Hill’s CEO Ralph Topping this week expanded on the reasons behind the move, starting with the assertion that the online gambling business offers great opportunities but is intensely competitive.
The state of Delaware’s appeal of a ruling that its plan to allow betting on professional sports violates a federal ban will not be heard, a federal court ruled on Tuesday, reports the Reuters news agency.
True to its boasts at the recent industry showcase EiG in Copenhagen, online gambling software provider Playtech has released the first two of a long series of new Marvel themed slots in the form of “Iron Man” and “The Incredible Hulk”.
Internet gambling software developer Rival Gaming has followed its recent launch of the slots Spy Game and Moonlight Mystery with a new 20-liner branded ‘Fixer Upper’.
The Swedish online gambling software developer Play ‘n Go has capped a busy Casino 1.9 games release schedule with the launch of what it claims is the world’s first multi-player casino network.
Austrian online gambling group Bwin has secured a three-year extension to its sponsorship agreement with the top Spanish football club Real Madrid.
It appears that the Russian based online gambling software provider, Connective Games is trawling for partners to help achieve its ambitions in setting up an Asian facing i-gambling network, judging by press release material this week from its marketing outlet Game-On.
In only two short months the online gambling industry has seen an avalanche of new games of all types from a wide range of Internet gambling software providers.
Endemol UK, a leader in entertainment programming has announced it has signed an exclusive brand and software licence agreement with global online bingo licensor Virtue Fusion (Alderney).
Dragonfish, the quaintly named business-to-business division of online gambling group 888.com, has secured another major deal, this time with the South African land gambling group Tsogo Sun Gaming.
Online gambling software provider Cryptologic has announced the signing of a multi-year licensing deal with Virgin Games, part of the Virgin Group.
Inspiring reading this weekend included a piece in the Birmingham Post quoting from an Ernst and Young survey which found that online gambling remains one of the brighter spots in the e-commerce and gambling sectors.
8,26 million South Koreans went gambling last (2008) year, recording another annual increase in the number of local residents gambling at legal establishments in the Asian country, according to a report released this week by the National Tax Service.
Online gambling group Gaming VC Holdings S.A., has released its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2009.
The popular Vancouver Sun columnist David Baines renewed his call for online gambling regulation in Canada over the weekend, using the re-launch of the Bodog brand in the Canadian market as a peg on which to hang his appeal.
One lucky Brit punter is worth Euro 31.7 million more this week than he was last following a gigantic win in a German lottery using the numbers 3, 4, 23, 30, 43 and 44, as well as the bonus number of 6.
The spate of football sponsorship deals between online gambling firms and UK football teams appears to have prompted the UK Gambling Commission to issue an advisory note this week.
The ambience at EiG may have been optimistic and even buoyant regarding the future legalisation of online gambling in the United States but it is apparently not shared by all the experts.
A report released this week by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government in the United States reveals that state revenues from licensed and legal gambling enterprises declined by 2.8 percent in fiscal year 2009 compared with the same period last year. The decrease represents the largest decline in 30 years.
The new Assets Forfeiture and Financial Crimes section launched last month by the Maryland US Attorney’s office has again been in action against online processors accused of working for online gambling firms.
Mr Green.com, the Malta-based online casino founded by Betsson pioneers Fredrik Sidfalk and Henrik Bergquist, has launched a slew of new games from the diverse software providers who supply the multi-platform operation with games.
Swedish gaming solutions developer Play’n Go has released the latest version of its instant-play online casino software, Casino 1.9, which features three new slot games alongside four unique mini titles.
The number of US citizens thrown into jail for refusing to testify before a Grand Jury probe into online gambling rose to six on Wednesday, when two more men were incarcerated for refusing to give evidence, reports the Kansas City Star newspaper.