Senator Ron Wyden has withdrawn his proposed legislation that sought to legalise and tax online gambling in the United States to help pay for healthcare reform, reports the Washington DC publication The Hill.
Online casino operator Virgin Games.com has announced the launch of its latest online slot, Bejeweled, commenting that the new addition is the first of many new offerings that Virgin Casino will be adding to its portfolio of games through the new integration partnership with gaming platform provider, Game Technology Solutions (GTS).
Online casino operator Virgin Games.com has announced the launch of its latest online slot, Bejeweled, commenting that the new addition is the first of many new offerings that Virgin Casino will be adding to its portfolio of games through the new integration partnership with gaming platform provider, Game Technology Solutions (GTS).
Slotland 3D online casino subsidiary WinADay.com has launched another unique, proprietary software-powered video poker game, bringing to nine the number of online offerings in its gaming suite.
VirWoX is using Neovia’s Neteller e-wallet to empower users of the Second Life virtual world to trade Linden dollars with real world currencies. Second Life users have exchanged more than 1.6 billion Linden dollars using VirWoX since its foundation in December 2007.
Webis Holdings has reported a 20 percent hike in annual revenues to GBP 140 million and a return to profit, thanks mainly to a sterling performance by online sportsbook subsidiary BetInternet.
Bloomberg business news is currently carrying an interesting feature on the potential of a liberated French gambling market for online gambling companies, opining that major online operators like Party Gaming, 888.com and William Hill could enjoy a boost next year when the French plan to open the market beyond its current monopolised status.
Europe-facing online payments company Moneybookers has been included in The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table, ranked at number six.
Yesterday’s revelations that donations from Finland’s Slot Machine Association (RAY) had found their way into political funding via the Finnish Youth Foundation continued to reverberate through both organisations today with heads rolling.
Blue Yonder Gaming Corporation, a start-up technology company, has announced that it has completed the initial release of its new server-based platform, GameEdge, designed to be the first-ever “out of the box” solution providing a fast track for gaming manufacturers and content developers interested in networked gaming.
The Tain group has announced top management changes following its recent sale of Expekt to the Mangas Gaming group, with Christer Fahlstedt taking on the responsibilities of CEO. Fahlstedt is also CEO chief executive of Athletico Nordic, the holding company that owned Expekt, Tain, Score 24 and iClear, and owns the Swedish football portal Svenska …
Gibraltar-based Party Gaming plc has announced the resignation ‘for personal reasons’ of one of its non-executive directors.
Online bingo and its side games introduced to keep players entertained is increasingly the scene for major wins in the UK, and this week Bet365 reported on the good fortune of a woman player using the handle ‘Efpraxia,’ who scooped a life-changing GBP 430 900 progressive slot jackpot on the popular site.
The UK Gambling Commission has released some interesting statistics estimating the remote (online) gambling market in that country to be worth GBP 896 million in 2008.
Online scratchcard site Hopa.com reports that a regular French player on the site, LydieA has just hit a Euro 100 000 windfall on the scratchcard game SuperSlot 7.
Party Casino.com’s latest product release sees the introduction of the new branded slot Tarzan and a fresh new approach to blackjack in the form of Multi-Hand Blackjack Pro.
Causing waves in Finland is the news this week that one of the charitable foundations that the Slot Machine Association (RAY) helped with cash contributed money to the presidential campaign of prime minister Matti Vanhanen.
The list of political co-sponsors for Congressman Barney Frank’s attempt to legalise and regulate online gambling in the United States, HR 2267, continues to grow, with four new names added this week.
A more focused application of the tax revenues hopefully generated by a US-legitimised online gambling industry of the future has been proposed by a Democrat politician in the latest developments on regulated online gambling in the United States.
One of the chief non-recession reasons for Macau’s slowdown as a major Asian gambling centre has been the Chinese government’s curbs on visas, seriously restricting the number of gamblers who could visit the gambling island off Hong Kong.
Comments by a respected journalist in Delaware’s News Journal are receiving wide publicity following the high profile dispute over sportsbetting that has seen the state clashing with the major US sports leagues recently.
The recent seizure warrant action taken against Maryland e-cash processors in the United States is now believed to be the work of a unit formed just over a month ago.
It’s been a lucky weekend for one player on RTG’s Aztec Millions progressive at an as yet unidentified online casino.
A National gambling ban in the Ukraine has seen resourceful operators taking advantage of a legal loophole by opening up as “Internet complexes” or “interactive clubs” and sending their operations offshore, reports The KYIV Post.