The giant Italian lottery and gaming giant and parent company of GTech, Lottomatica has signed a multi-year software licensing agreement with the UK skill games network and provider GameAccount.
The Baltic nation of Estonia, long respected for its computer technology capabilities, will soon be open for business in an online gambling operational sense as well following final approval of a new regulatory regime due to start licensing suitable operators early in 2010.
Veteran online gambling software developer and provider Cryptologic has produced improved second quarterly results that include casino revenue up 21 percent, and branded game revenue up 70 percent over Q1 2009.
Chartwell Technology, the Calgary, Canada-based online gambling software developer and provider, has announced the appointment of UK-based Dan Phillips as VP Operations of Chartwell Games (International) Ltd., its wholly owned subsidiary.
Six people charged with computer-based fraudulent card playing in a South African land casino have appeared in court, reports IOL.co.za. Three of the six are alleged to be dealer employees of the casino.
Online gambling executives and industry observers alike are asking whether a specific clause contained in two legislative proposals aimed at legalising Internet poker and gambling in the USA are signalling a protectionist intent on the part of future US regulators.
Vincent Vella (28), a former administrative clerk at a Malta gaming company, appeared before a Malta magistrate this week, charged with fraud involving Euros 198 000, which allegedly took place over a two year period.
The sweeping and highly contentious actions of the Ukrainian and Russian governments in banishing gambling to remote regions will almost certainly be discussed in some depth at the next EELEX iGaming two day conference and expo, scheduled for Kiev between September 10 and 11, 2009.
UK gambling group Ladbrokes is to ramp up eCRM (customer relationship management) activity in its Internet operations in the second half of 2009 in an attempt to boost revenues per player, reports Market Direct.
Straight Statistics.org reports that it has been successful in lodging a complaint against online gambling group Betfair with the UK Advertising Standards Authority.
Some months back, an Austrian home owner came up with the ingenious and successful idea of selling her house by lottery when it did not move on the conventional market.
The frenetic action on the Italian Superenalotto is set to continue this week after Tuesday’s draw failed to produce a winner, boosting the jackpot to an all time high of Euros 131 million.
U.S. National Football League owners in May this year approved a rule that allows its pro teams to partner with local lotteries on scratchcard betting activities.
A New York Circuit Court judge has ruled in favour of a media company which contested the need for official enforcement warrants and documents to be sealed in a case that involved the seizure of $40 million from cash processing companies and banks.
The gambling woes largely brought on by the global economic recession continued to plague Nevada through the month of June, according to the latest statistics released by the Gaming Control Board.
Online bingo site Bingo Day.com is extending its business into the Spanish and Italian markets with the launch this week of Flash versions in those languages.
According to a report in the HR Magazine.co.uk, online gambling group Betfair has saved GBP 1.65 million in attrition costs by ditching recruitment agencies, and hiring direct.
The Bulgrian news agency BGNES reports that government officials are becoming increasingly concerned over the outflow of cash from the country as a result of its residents playing at foreign online gambling sites.
Bad news for online gambling software provider Wizard Gaming this week is that one of its few remaining clients is to switch to RealTime Gaming software.
Top online gambling software developer Microgaming has released its latest monthly tranche of four new video slot titles for August, adding to an expansive licensee games inventory.
The Bloomberg business news service had encouraging news for online bingo operators this week, reporting that giant, publicly listed gambling companies William Hill, PartyGaming and 888 Holdings expect sales from Internet bingo to increase in Europe.
Savvy online players are unlikely to forget the case of Heroes Casino.com, an online operator that jerked an online gambler around for months with a variety of excuses on a $38 000 blackjack win before its software provider, Gale Winds, stepped in and paid the customer.
Ex-Party Gaming chief Mitch Garber, who was recently appointed CEO of the new Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment division remains bullish on the future of online gambling in the United States, opining that legalisation will take place, and that the market will be dominated by big, well known brands when it does.
In a promotional initiative that is being interpreted as a shrewd marketing move to build up a substantial player base, online bingo operator 888ladies.com has launched a free bingo offer which could see lucky bingo fans scooping cash prizes for no deposit.