Jacksonville attorney Kelly Mathis, who was convicted last year as a key defendant in the $300 million Allied Veterans internet café gambling prosecution has been sentenced to 6 years in prison by a Seminole County Judge in Florida. Mathis has lodged notice of intention to appeal, and will remain free on bond. He contends that …
It looks as though internet gambling in New Jersey is starting to ramp up significantly, with January revenues coming in at $9.46 million – a 28 percent rise over December, the first full month that state residents and visitors could gamble online. On the land side, Atlantic City casinos took another knock, with revenues down …
The Administrative Court of Wiesbaden has made an interim ruling ordering the Hesse Ministry of Interior and Sport to finalise the 20 German sports betting licence awards within three months. In May 2013, Hessian officials reportedly invited just 10 of the 149 applicants to participate in preliminary proceedings . In legal action led by BetVictor, …
Française des Jeux (FDJ) will accelerate its digital presence in an expansion to its existing relationship with social networking site Facebook. FDJ said the success of its “My Million” launch campaign on Facebook which reached 13.4 million French citizens in less than 24 hours had prompted it to strengthen its collaboration with Facebook. “These promising …
B2B gaming software developer GameAccount Network plc has entered into a partnership with Foxwoods Resort Casino for the launch of what it terms the “first ever Simulated Gaming online casino experience in the United States.” Under the terms of the deal, GameAccount Network will provide global users the ability to experience Foxwoods Resort Casino from …
Athens prosecutor Ioannis Sevis is reportedly investigating the sale of the Greek State’s 33 percent stake in OPAP which was bought by the Czech-led private equity consortium Emma Delta for Euro 652 million in August last year . According to a Financial Times report, the investigation was launched just weeks after Emma Delta completed its …
Dedsert Ltd-owned sportsbook BetBright has been named as the new sponsor of the Kempton Park Chase, formerly known as The Racing Post Chase. Now-named The BetBright Chase, the event is a prominent handicap feature on the National Hunt calendar and will run on Saturday 22 February. BetBright said it will additionally be sponsoring two other …
Amaya Gaming Group has completed the previously announced sale of its WagerLogic Malta Holdings Ltd subsidiary to Goldstar Acquisition co Inc. for $70 million, less a closing working capital adjustment of $7.5 million. The deal was satisfied through a cash consideration of $52.5 million and a vendor take-back of a promissory note of $10 million, …
Both mainstream and industry media are currently carrying reports of a hack on the Las Vegas Sands websites owned by land gambling billionaire Sheldon Adelson. Although Adelson is best known in the online gambling industry for his vehemently anti-internet gambling views and actions, it is understood that the assaults on his websites are motivated by …
Rumours at the recent ICE show in London that a contractual dispute was causing bad blood between online gambling software provider BetSoft and white label supplier EveryMatrix resulted in at least one anxious operator calling a meeting with executive representatives of both companies last Thursday, who allegedly gave an assurance that gaming services would not …
The Lithuanian Government has submitted a draft gambling law to the European Commission designed to clarify current Gambling Law IX-325 by addressing which entities are permitted to provide services in the market and through what channels. The draft law covers licencing requirements, advertising restrictions, remote gambling conditions and licencing procedures, commercial poker, betting and totalizators, …
Credentials management company Jumio will provide its Netverify customer solution to Rank Group’s Mecca and Grosvenor Casino sites. The integration of the solution will negate the need to provide email or faxed ID documents, but will rather enable customers to scan their passport or driving licence via their device camera. Commenting on the deal, Rank …
Clarion Gaming reports a 7 percent increase in attendance at ICE 2014 which was held in London last week. Initial figures indicate a total of 23 891 gaming industry professionals attending ICE, widely hailed as one of the most important calendar events in the industry. Kate Chambers, Portfolio Director for ICE paid tribute to the …
The US Virgin Islands has been talking about seriously diversifying into offering online gambling licensing and regulatory services for the past yea and raised the issue again this week. Attorney General Vincent Frazer says the government’s intention is to offer legal and regulated online gambling along the same lines as New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware, …
Illinois Rep. Lou Lang, an assistant majority leader in the state House, says there’s a good chance this year that gambling expansion proposals that include online gambling legalisation, five new land casinos and slot machines at racetracks and airports could again be launched in 2014 despite previous failures over the past two years. Earlier attempts …
Supported by press material, the Sheldon Adelson-funded Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling is currently running a scare television campaign targeted on persuading Americans and their political representatives that online gambling will destroy lives and homes while helping mobsters and terrorists to launder money if it is allowed to flourish. Reporting on the advert, The National …
Endemol Nederland and TMG Landelijke Media (TMG) have entered into an online gaming joint venture for the Dutch Market in anticipation of amendments to regulatory and legislative requirements expected in 2015. The J.V. will start with the immediate development of new online bingo concepts, of which the introduction and operation will be supported through the …
UK game developer Core Gaming will develop a suite of table games for Sky Betting and Gaming subsidiary Sky Bet. The first game release under the partnership is an HTML5 developed roulette game for the Sky Vegas website. The game, which has also been optimised for tablet devices, features simulated ball drops and a fully …
The Belgian Gaming Commission (BGC) has added a further six domains to its list of 86 blacklisted online gaming websites. New inductees comprise interwetten.com, racebets.com which is owned by RaceBets International Gaming and claims one of its shareholders to be German Racing, gratorama.com owned by Donateu International Ltd, 10bet.com owned by 10bet Limited and allsport365.com …
Coljuegos, the Columbian Gaming Regulator has relaunched its stalled pari-mutuel betting software tender, saying it expects its sportsbook operation to be launched in time for the 2014 Brazilian World Cup. Following a warning to unlicenced online gambling operators from ColJeugos in March last year, limited pari mutuel sportsbetting had been given the green light in …
The Israeli taxman and police investigators are collaborating in a major prosecution against 14 Israelis resident in Haifa and central Israel, whom officials originally indicted in 2013 for money laundering and illegal gambling activities associated with online sports betting website Donbet. The Times of Israel reported over the weekend that the illegal gambling website’s owners …
A long-running and complicated case that started when an Austrian punter lost a million Euros on the virtual roulette tables of an internet casino entered a new phase this month when the Austrian Supreme Court referred the case to the European Court of Justice for an opinion. The publication derStandard reports that the player initially …
Canada’s Atlantic Lottery Corporation lost millions before dropping the ill-fated online Geosweep lottery game last year and the UK relaunch does not appear to be faring much better. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports that only a handful of the 59.2 million squares available have been sold by GeoLotto UK, which has announced that this latest …
Lottery players in Minnesota like a little extra spice in their action, and the lottery has obliged by launching a new online scratchcard that offers the chance to win up to $777 for a dollar ticket. Appropriately branded Spicy, the new game displays an online tic-tac-toe-like game board and the player uses a computer mouse …