The police in Charlotte, New York have released limited details on the arrest and indictment on internet sports betting and money laundering charges of three local men following a police raid on the Marina Restaurant and Bar in the city. The three arrested men have been named as Rochester residents Paul Borrelli (66) and Joseph …
Until now, the problem with online Live Dealer blackjack has been how to offer the game to an unlimited amount of players, says operator and developer Bodog, adding that its new blackjack game, Zone21, is changing that. “The purists won’t like it, but, then, they didn’t like anonymous poker either,” the company claims in a …
Things could be looking up for online gambling in Poland following the news that the government has drafted a more liberal amendment to the Gambling Act concerning internet and mobile gambling, making it a little easier for foreign operators to seek and obtain licensing and pay taxes. The new draft follows European Commission reservations regarding …
The South African online gambling technology provider Kiron Interactive has completed a deal with NV Chip Amusement, the operators of Belgium123.be in the Belgian licensed market, to provide online sports content through live video streaming. Steven Spartinos, co-CEO of Kiron, said the multi-year licensing deal has taken place at a propitious time, with the World …
The struggling European online gambling giant Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment is considering the sale of some or all of the company as part of a strategic review, two unidentified sources have told Bloomberg business news. The Gibraltar-based company has reportedly hired Deutsche Bank AG to assist in its deliberations, and a decision is anticipated within the …
In a deal which it describes as an historic first, Swedish online gambling software and games developer Net Entertainment has signed an agreement to supply its games to the major UK land and online gambling group William Hill plc for use in its land-based betting shops. Characterising the agreement as “a milestone” for his company, …
Eurobet Italy, a subsidiary of the Gala Coral online and land gambling group, has launched Evolution Gaming’s mobile version of its live dealer product. The company is restricting the roll-out to its mobile channel, although it has the option to extend the product to its desktop offering at some future point. The product includes roulette, …
Aided by the London-based design company Fitch, online and land gambling group Ladbrokes is using a shop in The Strand to trial concepts designed to make its High Street betting shops more punter-friendly and social places. The ideas include more use of digital display screens for broadcasts, data and social engagement activity such as Twitter, …
This week’s decision by the US Supreme Court to support lower court findings against New Jersey’s attempt to undermine the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act by implementing intrastate legislation on sports betting (see previous reports) is apparently not the end of the road for some politicians in the Garden State. NBC Sports reports …
Top Game, an Israeli online gambling development studio, has launched two new online slots, titled Dwarven Gold and Religions of Champions –Brasil! The 25 pay-line Dwarven Gold is inspired by Irish mythology and folklore and features magical dwarves Nibbles, Gibbles, Fillydook and Fenthwick on its reels. A Black Cat is the Wild symbol and the …
Ireland’s slow progress on the licensing, regulation and taxation of online gambling operators accessing Irish punters continues, but what seem to be interim measures until the requisite licensing and enforcement agency has been formed took shape this week. Local media reports noted that Michael Noonan, the finance minister, has pushed forward an amendment to the …
French professional football players will be a little more careful about placing bets on games following the news that the Ligue de Football Professionel (LFP) is investigating reports that up to 87 of the registered 1,600 players have placed bets…some of them on games in which they were playing. Under LFP and Fédérational Française de …
The Asian-facing Fun88 online gambling group has extended its shirt sponsorship deal with English Premier League newcomer Burnley FC to run through the 2014-2015 season. The gambling group previously sponsored the club in 2010 and 2012, and has clearly been persuaded to extend by the club’s good performance – it finished second in the Championship …
Swedish online gambling software provider Net Entertainment could make player wishes come true with the launch of its new video slot entitled The Wish Master this week. The all-action 5-reel, 20-line video slot game takes players on a magical adventure of hidden treasure and fortune and follows on from other successful and similarly themed Net …
Online and land gambling content and equipment supplier International Game Technology has announced the completion of a deal that will see its mobile and desktop games rolled out across online gambling websites owned by Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment. Bwin.Party has recently launched online poker and casino offerings in New Jersey under the license of Borgata Hotel …
Chinese television network CNTV reports that sales of sports lottery tickets are booming as a result of the World Cup football currently unfolding in Brazil. Statistics from China’s General Administration of Sport show that lottery sales related to the World Cup hit a new high by midday on June 21st… just 9 days into the …
Kansspelautoriteit, the Dutch Gaming Authority responsible for regulating the online gambling industry in the Netherlands once it is legalised next year, has again warned off illegal operators – its second threat to not only impose penalties, but exclude miscreants from future licensing opportunities (see previous reports). Chairman Jan Suyver says that the Authority will have …
New gambling laws, currently being drafted to update Cambodia’s antiquated gaming legislation, include a study of regulated and licensed internet and mobile sports betting for the nation’s football-mad punters, a spokesman confirmed this week. Finance and Economics Ministry spokesman Ros Phirun told local media that the implementation of such a scheme was still some way …
The Reno based five-property land casino group Peppermill Resorts went online with its intrastate Nevada internet poker product Monday, working in partnership with Ultimate Gaming. Nevada online poker players can make deposits at the Peppermill Resort Casino Spa in Reno, the Western Village Inn & Casino in Sparks, and three hotel-casinos in Wendover on Interstate …
Microgaming’s giant progressive network slot Mega Moolah made an online punter a happy man last week, delivering a Euro 2,384,388.87 jackpot. Jorge S hit the Mega Moolah jackpot last Wednesday at the Spin Palace online casino, and when he spoke to casino management reportedly had trouble believing that his financial status had taken such a …
Is the Canadian province of New Brunswick working toward its own interactive gambling system? Recent moves in the province, including the award of a $5 million research grant to a partnership of four Canadian entities, would suggest so. The entities are a Canadian GTech company, tech company T4G, the New Brunswick Community College and First …
Plaor, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of social media network CrowdGather, Inc. has received exclusive social casino rights for certain games licensed from developer Multicommerce Game Studio, making it the first social casino partner to be accepted. Plaor has licensed two video slot games from Multicommerce, the first of which – The Power of Zeus – …
Malta regulator, the Lotteries and Gaming Authority has given its approval to OTTO Malta to make its online lottery and scratchcard products available to other operators in business-to-business deals. The company has been operating on its PlayOTTO.com website for the past four years, with its flagship product the Euro 25 million Majestic Millions lottery, along …
There’ll be no sports betting in New Jersey despite its controversial law seeking to undermine the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, say the learned judges of the US Supreme Court. The rejection of the state’s appeal is the latest court defeat – and probably the last – following an almost four year battle …