The popular US gambling publication Las Vegas Review-Journal gave Gibraltar-based online gambling firm 888 Holdings a publicity boost over the weekend, pointing out its strong strategic positioning in the burgeoning American internet gambling market and its firm foothold in the three states that have so far legalised the pastime – Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey. …
Far-horizon planning by online gambling strategists may have to incorporate a significant Japanese dimension soon as politicians in that country move closer to legalising land gambling, and with it the possibility of online regulation at some future point. Reuters reports that moves to introduce a land casino legalisation bill are gathering momentum after more than …
Two more online gambling websites have been added to the Belgian Gaming Commission’s blacklist for ISP and bank sanctions: the Curacao-licensed Casino Midas.com, and Onextwo.com – a Malta licensed sportsbook. The new ‘unlicensed and illegal’ additions take the number of websites listed to 82. It is by no means certain that ISPs will follow through …
The U.S. Virgin Islands has used online gambling licensing legislation put on the books as far back as 2001 only sparingly, but that could be about to change following a decision by the 30th state legislature last week to approve changes to the existing Virgin Islands Internet Gaming and Internet Gambling Act. The local Virgin …
Portuguese punters may soon be able to enjoy a wider choice beyond the monopoly of Santa Case de Misericordia de Lisboa in legal online gambling….current media reports from the EU nation indicate that government has an appetite for reform, if only to generate additional revenues for its cash-strapped coffers. Earlier this week the government announced …
Setting up an illegal and presumably unlicensed online gambling operation in Malta, one of the largest online gambling regulatory jurisdictions in the business, is either audacious or just plain silly, as an operator discovered Friday when the police Economic Crimes Unit, assisted by the Criminal Investigations Department and Rapid Intervention Unit, pounced simultaneously on six …
After months of conjecture on whether New Jersey regulators will be ready to push the “go” button on internet gambling on November 26, the state Gaming Enforcement Division confirmed Friday that it’s prepared, and that licensed operators will be able to start up for invited guests only in a five day soft launch to test …
Making the Irish media headlines Thursday was the announcement that Premier Lotteries Ireland, a consortium comprising the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, parent of the British national lottery operator Camelot, and the Irish postal authority AnPost are the preferred bidders for a 20-year contract to operate the Irish National Lottery. Early media reports suggest that the …
The Unibet online gambling group has announced its first Australian sports sponsorship agreement, a 3-year shirt sponsorship deal with the Australian National Rugby League club, the Parramatta Eels. Unibet shares sponsorship honours with a local property developer in agreements totalling a million Australian dollars. The political climate in the Australian sports sector is particularly sensitive …
Casino Enterprises, which formerly operated the Piggs Peak land and online casino enterprises, has returned its gambling operator licence to the Swaziland government, saying that it has decided to cease involvement in Piggs Peak following legal decisions in neighbouring South Africa which crippled its online gambling business. A government agency will now take over the …
French betting group and sportsbook technology provider France Pari reported a positive Q3-2013 performance from both its business-to-consumer and business-to-business activities this week, advising that revenues rose 24 percent to Euro 3.25 million (Q3-2012: Euro 2.65 million). Gross gaming revenues reached Euro 600,000, with wagers placed up by over 20 percent. The company experienced a …
Arguing the positive aspects of legalised online wagering on the Atlantic Lottery before the Crown Corporations committee of the New Brunswick Legislature this week, Atlantic Lottery chief Brent Scrimshaw claimed that the lottery lost $64-million dollars to online gambling sites last year. Using the UK site Bet365 as an example, Scrimshaw said that it was …
The Washington political newspaper The Hill carried an op-ed article Thursday written by Chris Thom, chairman of Secure Trading, Inc and for eleven years the main man on risk matters at MasterCard. In the piece Thom says it’s past time for Congress to come up with a federal solution to online gambling, and that modern …
Online punters with a penchant for Net Entertainment slots will be looking forward to the November release of a new game currently nearing completion titled Twin Spin. The company claims that it has incorporated an innovative idea in the game, in that each spin starts with identical, adjacent twin reels that are linked together. During …
Canada’s Atlantic provinces, working through the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, will soon use the Internet to sell tickets for six games, including 6/49, Payday and Lotto Super 7, reports the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The web-based gaming system will be the first of its kind in Canada, the publication reports, noting that the Lottery has been studying …
UK’s biggest gambling group, William Hill plc, which recently expanded in both the United States and Australia on the back of excellent online and mobile gambling results has suffered a 28 percent decline in digital division profits despite a boost from mobile operations. The group posted growth in key areas, led largely by Sportsbook operations, …
The Dutch state land gambling monopoly Holland Casino Group has been put under direct supervision because its finances are in such poor shape, the Financieele Dagblad reported Thursday. DutchNews.nl expanded on the story, revealing that the monopoly is set to cut a further 150 jobs and reduce staff benefits and incentives in an attempt to …
Gambling revenue in China’s offshore casino hub of Macau rose 21.4 percent in September year-on-year, on robust spending by affluent gamblers, reports the Reuters news agency. And even a typhoon that hit southern China at the end of the month and disrupted travel could not reverse the upward trend, although it probably slowed things down …
The publication Gaming Asia reports that online gambling is appearing on the political agenda in Singapore and Thailand. Singapore Second Minister for Home Affairs, S. Iswaran, recently announced that the government is studying measures to regulate online gambling, whilst a proposal to reform Thailand’s gambling laws to accommodate modern and pervasive genres like internet gambling …
BetTech Gaming has broadened its South African partnership opportunities following the award of a National Manufacturers Licence in South Africa, and the addition to its expert staff of former Sportingbet trader Mike Shea. A company spokesman said that being granted a National Manufacturers Licence significantly broadens opportunities for domestic partnerships in the region because BetTech …
Brit parliamentarians and their staff appear to be keenly interested in online gambling, judging by figures released this week by monitors of internet traffic in the political centre. The Daily Mail obtained the statistics under the Freedom of Information Act, and noted that gambling websites receive 700,000 hits a year from computers in parliament, or …
The Swedish online gambling software developer Net Entertainment launched a new mini and mobile version of its popular Starburst slot Thursday, giving punters the option of a “play anywhere” game dubbed Starburst Mini. A company spokesman touted intense, quick-fire slot action, rich graphics and eye-catching animations as key selling points for the 5 reel, 10-bet …
Brit punters taking a flutter on the National Lottery – the biggest single source of online betting for years – will be paying double the price for a chance to win fame and fortune from today (Thursday). Lotto tickets have doubled in price to GBP 2 – the first increase in the price of a …
The mystery around the dropped charges against former Cantor Gaming exec Mike Colbert has been explained; accused of activities associated with Pinnacle Sports, he apparently entered a guilty plea on a single felony conspiracy in September, and will be sentenced early in December. Speculation ran wild earlier this week when word went out that charges …