The UK mainstream media were widely commenting on complaints that online lottery tickets purchased from some countries are being branded “illegal” and not paid out by the UK National Lottery operator Camelot.
Online gambling operators who make the mistake of initiating promotional and advertising moves before the French government is ready for them are in for a rude awakening, it appears from a report on Goal.com which surfaced this week.
Betting in Italy increased in July 2009 to push the value of bets up 12.25 percent in the first seven months of the year, reports the Reuters news agency, citing record-breaking lottery game numbers as an important contributory cause which has attracted new gamblers.
US real estate and media mogul (he is the publisher of the New York Daily News newspaper) Mortimer Zuckerman has suggested that online sportsbetting may help to save traditional newspapers in danger of failing as the result of the preference for television and Internet sources of today’s news followers.
The official Aston Villa football club website announced this week that the UK club has entered into a two year partnership agreement with online sportsbetting firm 188Bet.
The top professional sports leagues and the NCAA are clearly unhappy with Judge Gregory Sleet’s recent decision not to grant an injunction against Delaware’s implementation of legislation allowing sportsbetting lottery activity in the state.
A spokesman for Ladbrokes, which has challenged the Danish state gambling monopoly in the past, has indicated that the UK betting giant may be prepared to submit to regulation if the Scandinavian nation opens up its online gambling market.
The e-cash processor Neovia Financial plc issued a first-half 2009 trading update as the week closed, reporting the following highlights:
For the first time in over eight years, German online lottery firm Tipp24 AG has posted negative half-year earnings following the implementation of the monopolistic State Treaty On Gambling in Germany.
Eleven US individuals are named in a new anti-online sportsbetting indictment filed in New York this week by federal authorities.
The state of Delaware’s stand in approving sportsbetting legislation despite threats from the major US sports leagues appears to have triggered its first reaction.
A Canadian resident, Douglas Rennick (34), has been indicted in the United States on fraud and related charges for processing some $350 million for Internet gambling firms, the Agence France Presse news agency reports.
Casino Rewards group casinos Golden Tiger Casino and Casino Action report that the progressive slot Treasure Nile was the place to be this week, with players hitting two significant jackpots on the game.
The e-cash processing company Neteller, owned by Neovia Financial plc, appears to be widening the scope of its financial relationship with gamblers.
Online bingo operator 888 Ladies.com has augmented its selection of over 17 fruit machines, video slots, scratch cards and table instant games with a number of new offerings, increasing the choices of bingo players looking for more diversity on the site.
Thailand’s Council of State has given its imprimatur for the Finance Ministry to action its long-delayed plans for a national online lottery, the Bangkok Post reports this week.
The attempt by the U.S. national pro sports leagues and the NCAA to dislocate the state of Delaware’s decision to allow lottery sportsbetting will be heard in a federal court on December 7th this year.
Betfair’s sparkling results released yesterday (Wednesday) have sparked further media speculation that the UK online gambling firm may be looking to go public.
Figures released by Poland’s Ministry of Finance this week show that Polish citizens spent the equivalent of over $5 billion on gambling in 2008, significantly up on 2007’s figure of $3.8 billion.
Ladbrokes has announced that it is to follow William Hill plc offshore to a kinder tax regime in Gibraltar, confirming speculation that it would use the publication of its H1 2009 results to make the announcement. CEO Chris Bell said the company expected to save in excess of GBP 7 million a year from the …
Gaming Business Media, the independent publishing company headed by John Sullivan, has announced its purchase of the two times award-winning International Casino Review together with sister titles Coinslot International and Betting Business. All three publications were acquired from Amusement Trades Ltd, a subsidiary of Clarion Events.
Speculation that Betfair may use the release of its latest numbers to announce a departure from Britain to a more tax-lenient jurisdiction like Malta was halted today (Wednesday) when CEO David Yu said that the group has no plans to move at the the moment.
Better Casino.com and its poker site have closed their virtual doors, leaving only the intriguing website notification: “Due to contractual circumstances which are beyond our control, the online casino has been closed.
The US National Football League’s permission for its teams to negotiate scratchcard lottery betting deals with individual state lotteries saw another agreement signed this week, with the Washington Seahawks following the lead of other top teams such as the Dallas Cowboys, the New England Patriots, Washington Redskins, Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints and the New …