A court in Guangzhou district, in China’s Guangdong province, has started hearing the country’s largest illegal online gambling case, involving 484 billion yuan ($78.79 billion) in wagers, reports the Xinhua news service. The ring mainly attracted betting on international football matches via offshore gambling websites, but was also involved in illegal casino activity. Nineteen defendants …
The New Jersey online gambling market grew 9 percent in February, albeit at a slower rate than the preceding month, and with a 10 percent drop in poker revenues, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement announced Wednesday. The market is now in its third month of operation, with a quarter of a million online …
888Casino has issued a written brief to creative agencies for the development of a “high-visibility activation campaign” for UK and US consumers across TV, print and outdoor media. The 888 Holdings brand will accept pitches from three selected agencies in early April, 2014. Campaign Live report the company will offer agency fees of up to …
International Game Technology has declared a cash dividend of $0.11 per share on its common stock, a 38 percent increase over the same quarter last year and its 44th consecutive quarterly dividend payout The dividend is payable on April 4, 2014 to shareholders of record on March 21, 2014.
The Belgian Gambling Commission has added another five domains to its blacklist. Latest inductees comprise skill7.com, gametwist.be, gametwist.com, scratch-mania.com, nl.scratch-mania.com, fr.scratch-mania.com and de.scratch-mania.com
Gala Coral Group’s online gaming arm Coral Interactive has acquired UK-based Cool Games Ltd. for an undisclosed consideration. Cool Games Ltd is an independent multi channel games developer that was founded in 2004 by Andrew Todd who previously spent time at Barcrest as a games designer. Cool Games carry a portfolio of around three hundred …
The Coalition for Consumer and Online Protection, an action body set up to oppose Sheldon Adelson’s Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, fired another broadside Tuesday with an op-ed in the influential political newspaper The Hill written by former FBI agent, politician and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Michael Oxley. Oxley stressed that banning …
The commission appointed by the Delaware legislature to investigate ways to make the state’s land casino industry more competitive in the face of mounting activity in neighbouring Pennsylvania and Maryland met Tuesday and agreed on recommendations to be given to state lawmakers. The recommendations could cost state coffers up to $20 million a year in …
The legalisation of online gambling in Massachusetts should be put on hold until the state’s land casino licensing process has been completed, the chair of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, Stephen Crosby, suggested at a meeting of the body Tuesday to discuss the impact of internet gambling on other gambling activities being considered. Despite practical experiences …
Bet Butler has seemingly acquired Bodugi Technology’s Bodugi.com database. Bodugi.com customers were advised via various forums that they can expect an email from Bet Butler which would confirm the acquisition, provide details of their new account and provide assurance that Bet Butler would honor their outstanding balances subject to their terms and conditions. Our readers …
Long-term William Hill employee Robert Sadler has been appointed Head of Bingo at the bookmaker. Sadler, who joined William Hill in 2002, has held a variety of positions within the company that include Mobile Gaming Operations Manager, Table Gaming Operations Manager, Live Casino and Skills Manager, Gaming operations manager, Bingo Operations Manager, Internet Customer Services …
A lucky 50-year-old Finnish Casumo.com customer hit the big one on Net Entertainment’s popular pooled jackpot slot “Arabian Nights” bagging a life changing Euro 3.3 million. “It’s a pleasure to announce yet another life-changing Jackpot Arabian Nights and we extend our congratulations to both the winner and Casumo. This is the second significant sum paid …
Bitcoin wallet Coinbase has entered into a partnership with casual games developer Big Fish who will provide its online customer with a new method to buy games and in-app purchases with bitcoin. All Big Fish online games can now be bought directly from Big Fish with bitcoin, while several of the company’s free-to-play online games …
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) said it salutes today’s European Parliament (EP) vote supporting a single set of rules through the European Union (EU). Adopted by an overwhelming majority, the updated rules for the first time subject all gambling services to EU-wide rules for the prevention of money laundering while bringing greater legal …
The UK Football Association (FA) is reportedly considering a blanket ban on players and club staff betting on football matches following an admission by Newcastle United Football Club player Dan Gosling to a FA misconduct charge earlier this week. Restrictions are already in force concerning English football club betting, however a complete ban is under …
Yggdrasil Gaming has signed its fourth operator in three months, the latest being Panda Media-owned operator videoslots.com Under the terms of the latest deal, Videoslots.com with take on a full suite of 25 Yggdrasil games as well as its expanding roadmap of new offerings. Yggdrasil has recently signed content deals with Mr Green, LeoVegas and …
The commission set up by the state of Delaware to recommend how the state can become more competitive in its gambling industry has struggled to reach consensus, leading to a delay in the submission of its recommendations. The commission’s report to the legislature was due at the end of January this year but the inability …
The Hamburg-based research group Ystats has been attracting attention with its new survey “Europe Online Gaming Market 2014” which, although more general than specific to gambling, still makes for interesting reading. Ystats has concluded that European internet users – and especially those in West and Central Europe – spend significantly more time playing online games …
Judging by the frequent Advertising Standards Authority decisions on unacceptable advertising that go against online gambling firms, more needs to be done to educate marketers on what is appropriate… and more importantly what is not. In an attempt to address this issue, the ASA is to host a seminar alongside the help notes on gambling …
Betfair Group Plc made several announcements of changes to its Board today (Monday). Peter Rigby has been appointed as a non-executive director and member of the Remuneration Committee effective April 1, 2014. Rigby was chief executive officer of FTSE 250 Informa plc until the end of 2013. He joined Informa in 1983 and served as …
Social gaming firm Plumbee has introduced player tournaments to its Mirrorball Slots app on Facebook. A new lobby within the app allows players to play head-to-head tournaments after choosing one of four stakes and a final battle titled “Battle Royale” sees the top two players compete against each other for virtual cash prizes. A separate …
Singapore Pools, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Tote Board, has posted a request for expressions of interest (EOI) in terms of the replacement of its current sports betting system. The company currently offers Singapore Sweep, 4-D, horse race betting and Formula One and football match sports betting to its customers. Singapore Pools envisages the …
Scientific Games Corporation subsidiary Williams Interactive will add a full portfolio of its interactive games to Ladbrokes.com, integrated through the Williams Interactive Remote Game Server, following a multi-year agreement announced today (Monday). The portfolio is expected to go live on mobile and PC platforms on Ladbrokes.com by the middle of 2014. Many of the titles …
Sports and betting data provider Betradar has released a new virtual sports betting product, “Virtual Dog Racing”, which will debut on Ghanaian online bookmaker SafariBet. This new multi-platform product follows the successful release of its “Virtual Horse Classics” and coincides with the launch of Betradar’s new Remote Gaming Server. “Virtual Dog Racing” is available as …