In a move that is probably now of merely academic interest to the online gambling industry, the losing bidder in the auctioning-off of the failed Atlantic Club Casino has said it intends to seek a re-hearing and review of its bid, which was a million dollars better than that submitted by the winners, Caesars Entertainment …
UK snooker’s most prestigious invitation tournament, The Masters, will be sponsored by online betting firm Dafabet for the first time this season, reports the publication World Snooker. The Dafabet Masters runs from January 12 to 19 at Alexandra Palace in London and features the world’s leading 16 players, including defending champion Mark Selby, World Champion …
New Year police raids on online gambling operators in the Sarawak province of Malaysia are probably the work of a new police chief on the scene…and he is determined to put an end to online gambling on his patch before the end of 2014. The Star newspaper reports that new district police chief ACP Mohd …
The city attorney’s office for Los Angeles has filed litigation against Figure 8 Technologies, a North Carolina developer of casino-style software games it supplies to local internet cafes, alleging that the company is providing illegal gambling services, and accusing it of unfair competition and false advertising. The Associated Press news agency reports that prosecutors claim …
Operators of internet cafes in the Quezon region of the Philippines have again emerged victorious in their long running tax dispute with the local government. The litigation has been ongoing for the past four years and is rooted in the government’s questionable 2010 decision to impose a heavier tax on PAGCOR operators than had originally …
Malaysian police in Miri in the Sarawak province of Malaysia have reported three more raids on illegal online gambling premises and the arrest of 48 individuals. Police officers from the Anti-Vice, Gambling and Gangsterism Division (D7) launched the raids on New Year’s Eve, the Borneo Post reports, seizing a total of 312 computers, 23 modems …
Scandinavian online gambling software developer Yggdrasil Gaming, whose majority stakeholder is the Cherry group, has expanded the availability of its new 5 reels, 3 rows and 10 pay-lines slot Jokerizer. Launched in November 2013, but available initially only at Cherry online casinos Spilleautomater.com and Cherrycasino.com, Jokerizer uses dynamic and colourful graphics, vivid sound effects, animations …
Eliot Jacobson, the trusted and respected owner of online casino auditing company Certified Fair Gambling, is starting 2014 by taking his career in a different direction and selling CFG to a computer and casino gaming math expert like himself. Explaining his move away from online gambling, Jacobson said Thursday that at present he is mostly …
In an interview with the “Squawk Box” program on CNBC this week Tom Ballance – chief operating officer and president of Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa and its new online gambling operations in New Jersey – said that growth has exceeded expectations….and the new form of gambling does not pose a competitive threat to the …
WMS Gaming has been assigned a patent (8,613,648) developed by Dion K. Aoki, Allon G. Englman and Joel R. Jaffe for a “…multi-game video poker machine and system with asymmetrically accessible customization features.” Now a wholly owned subsidiary of Scientific Games, WMS first filed its application in November 2, 2011; the award of the patent …
The gambling island of Macau off the Chinese mainland delivered another outstanding year of positive results for casino operators in 2013, with official numbers released Thursday showing that the industry earned 360.8 billion patacas (US$45 billion) in gambling revenue in 2013, 18.6 percent up on comparative numbers from 2012. The Reuters news agency reports that …
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Lorna Hood, has used her New Year message to sound a note of caution on the proliferation of gambling, warning that the perception of gambling as a “cool and normal” activity has grown and is dangerous, diluting appreciation of the pastime’s potential hazards such …
The parent of Pokerstars, the Isle of Man-based Rational Group, has spoken out against the owners of the Atlantic Club, which earlier this (December) month was sold on auction after going bust, and is to be stripped down and the assets distributed by new owners Caesars Entertainment and Tropicana Entertainment . Quoting from an end-of-the-year …
Reporter Matt Friedman of the publication Newark Star-Ledger has been doing some arithmetic on the cost of New Jersey’s attempt to legalise sports betting in defiance of the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) . Friedman claims that legal fees to law firms “that employ some of the biggest names in the legal …
Governor Tom Corbett’s plan to privatise the management of the Pennsylvania state lottery through a deal with British lottery company Camelot has been abandoned following fierce political, lottery employee and state official opposition, the Reuters news agency reported Monday. Over a year ago the state agreed a deal with Camelot Global Services LLC, a subsidiary …
The Nevada land gambling industry looks set to end 2013 on a high note following the publication of positive figures for the month of November. The Nevada Gaming Control Board reported Monday that revenues soared nearly 12 percent in November over the same month last year, with results buoyed by strong baccarat play and record …
According to a recent interview with the Irish Times, Boyle Sports owner John Boyle is eyeing the British retail betting market after acquiring Tom Flood Bookmakers late in 2013. Boyle appears to have set his company a five-year timeframe, within which he intends to penetrate the already competitive UK betting shop market. Boyle Sports now …
Despite the expected disruption and hiatus of the festive season, the number of New Jersey online gambling accounts continued to grow this week, albeit at a slightly slower pace. According to statistics provided by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, 16,285 accounts were opened this week at online gambling venues operated by the state’s …
Punters who enjoy movies about their passion have treats in store following the announcement that two new films with a gambling theme will soon be in preparation. Producers at Borsalino Films are lining up a star-studded cast that could include legendary actor Robert De Niro after acquiring the rights to Gary Green’s gambling memoir, which …
Among the latest batch of New York million dollar lottery winners, one story stands out as an example of extreme and unlikely good fortune….that of Long Island landscaper Marvin Rosales-Martinez (27) as told to the New York Daily News this week. Whilst raking leaves on a property over a year ago, he noticed a slip …
The British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has been attacked by the Daily Mail newspaper – known for its anti-gambling views – for alleged hypocrisy in accepting substantial political donations from the successful online gambling group bet365 founder, Peter Coates. Miliband has recently been active in developing political capital from his vociferous opposition to Fixed …
The trial of three South Korean entertainment industry celebrities charged with illegal betting on sports events came to a conclusion Friday with Seoul Central District Court Judge Shin Myung-hee handing down suspended sentences to the trio. Comedian Lee Soo-geun, singer Tak Jae-hoon and Tony An, a former member of the popular 1990s boy band HOT, …
State lottery officials in Delaware say they’re making progress on expanding internet gaming options launched in October this year, the local radio station WDDE FM reports after interviewing lottery chief Vernon Kirk. Kirk revealed that in the first three months of legalisation 3,800 people registered accounts for the service, which can be accessed through the …
In-play betting has come in for a lot of stick lately from political pundits, anti-gambling bodies and others who believe that it presents an increased danger of corruption in sports, but the pastime has become too lucrative and too popular with punters to be banned, an expert said this week. Jack Anderson, a law professor …