The state-owned Holland Casino group, which comprises 14 land casinos throughout the Netherlands, suffered further declines in 2013, generating total losses of Euro 22.3 million, reports the publication Dutch NL News. After years of debate and false starts, the Dutch government is moving toward regulated online gambling and licensing, hopefully by early 2015 (see previous …
Top Game, an online gambling software provider that has come in for a number of player criticisms in the past, has announced that it is about to add live dealer action to its range of products. The announcement notes that: “Live Dealer game options are the newest trend in online casino gambling, but few US …
The Brazilian government’s latest policy drafts on the use of the internet and how it should be regulated appears to favour a more restrictive approach when it comes to online gambling. Whilst current law does not sanction online gambling, betting companies have thus far managed to exploit a loophole that requires operators to hold licensing …
A Net Entertainment content supply deal with Sky Betting and Gaming signed earlier this year has come to fruition with the launch of new games on the Sky Vegas site. Björn Krantz, managing director at Net Entertainment Malta Ltd, said: “I am confident that our best in class online desktop and mobile portfolio games will …
Audited numbers from the Macau regulator show that in the first three months of 2014 the offshore gambling enclave generated revenues of MOP 102.5b (US $12.8 billion) – up 20 percent in comparison to the same period in 2013. Figures released by Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau show baccarat was the big money earner …
London’s Telegraph newspaper reports that SpringOwl investments, a US company operated by American activist investor Jason Ader, is to confirm its Bwin.Party board nominees today (Thursday). Ader secured a 6.1 percent interest in the European betting group earlier this year (see previous reports) and has been critical of the manner in which it is managed. …
Thomas Welch (48), a Naples, Florida man accused of multiple racketeering, extortion and money laundering-related charges, was the ring-leader in an illegal online sports betting enterprise that generated hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to reports in the publication News-Press this week. Welch has been arrested by Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents in a …
The March performance stats from the Delaware regulators show encouraging improvements and the best month yet for the state, one of three in the United States that has legalised and regulates online gambling. Poker revenues were up 12.3 percent compared with February 2014 at $84,391, whilst online casino gaming revenues rose 32,4 percent to $122,441. …
Marketing Week report News UK’s News Group Newspapers subsidiary Sun is delving into the possibility of launching its own-branded gambling service. News UK has reportedly applied for a range of “Sun Bets” trademarks, two of which carry the strapline “back yourself”. Sun Bet’s betting service would join a gambling portfolio that comprises Sun Bingo and …
Usage of social networking continues to soar, prompting the independent research company MECN to carry out a survey of how online gambling marketers are adapting to this exciting new communication channel. The study found that Twitter is experiencing massive increases in interest in the industry, indicating that marketing activity as well as player involvement is …
Sweden’s Värmland District Court has handed down sentencing to eight people involved in a major fraud case involving internet poker following a two-year investigation by Swedish authorities and the Swedish gaming authority Lotteriinspektionen. The criminals hacked into and gained private login information from several large gaming companies including state-sponsored gambling monopoly Svenska Spel between 2007 …
Optimal Payments Plc has extended its existing online gaming partnership with Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE) with the addition of payment services option NETELLER. Optimal Payments’ NETELLER service was re-launched to the broader U.S. market early last month . The re-launched NETELLER service and Net+ Card was re-branded with a new look and feel and offers …
Mr Green & Co, through its Green Gaming Group subsidiary, is exercising its option to acquire all shares in DSRPTV and Social Holdings Ltd. DSRPTV owns 21.1 percent of Garbo.com, a mobile gaming site targeted at the female demographic. The remaining 78.9 percent belongs to Derzhava Holding Limited, owned by Mr Green & Co chief …
Czech Deputy Finance Minister Ondrej Zavodsky revealed in an interview with Bloomberg this week that the Finance Ministry is in the process of drafting a bill that would boost tax revenue’s by permitting all gaming operators in the Czech Republic to offer online gaming. Separate tax rates will apply for different types of gaming to …
British online slots and table games supplier Realistic Games has unveiled two innovative new slot games. Mobile and desktop versions of the five-reel 6 Appeal and the three-reel Jackpot Cherries will be rolled out across a host of operators, and will also be available to all new clients, the company said Wednesday. 6 Appeal features …
Police in Jakarta, Indonesia have arrested three people for allegedly taking bets for Isle of Man online bookmaker sbobet.com, reportedly turning over billions of rupiah a month. Police spokesman Adj. Sr. Comr. Herry Heryawan told the Jakarta Globe that the ring had been active for the past three years, handling up to Rp 30 billion …
Reports last week that BetButler has taken on the Bodugi obligations to players in return for that company’s player-base (see previous reports) have been followed by disturbing and mounting forum and Twitter allegations that payments to players have been slow, and communications bad. Mediators attempting to aid players get their money have been equally frustrated …
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians in California has announced that its digital development company, San Manuel Digital, LLC, has hired i-gaming veteran Matthew Cullen as Chief Executive Officer. The San Manuel band is an important element in the debate on internet poker legalisation in California. Cullen can boast more than 20 years of …
One of the leading figures in a multi-million dollar New York online gambling business broken up by federal authorities last year, Phillip Gurian (52) has been sentenced in a federal court. U.S. District Court Judge Mae D’Agostino took into account time served and monies forfeited in handing down a sentence of three years of supervised …
RealTime Gaming’s Triple Twister online slot has delivered a major $249,875 windfall to an online punter identified only as “MrS” playing at the High Noon online casino. And according to statement issued by the casino, the same punter scored another major hit – this one for $168,960 – just days later and on the same …
Malta-based online casino operator Vera&John have temporarily suspended its recently announced Bitcoin payment solution on verajohn.com (see previous report). In consultation with the Maltese gaming authority LGA, the operator agreed to suspend the payment option until a regulatory framework is in place.
French operator Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) posted full year 2013 and Q1 2014 results that it said, despite unfavourable economic conditions, were in line with expectations. Key performance highlights for the Full Year 2013 period include: – Net income of Euro 854 million which was in line with objectives announced earlier in the year. – …
June – and the 2014 edition of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil – is just over the horizon, and the Freebets online betting service has launched a Brazil 2014 micro-site full of previews, stats and betting offers to exploit the once-every-four-years opportunity. The new site offers a comprehensive preview of the hotly-anticipated football showpiece …
A new “multi-channel” software solution from Playtech that enables players to use a single account for betting online, via mobile, interactive television and in physical betting shops has been debuted by the Coral gaming group in the UK. Dubbed “Coral Connect” the program is the first time online and retail systems have been totally unified, …