As the industry chews over the latest limits proposed by the Australian Government on live-odds during TV sports, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has come out saying the industry cannot afford to lose the estimated A$40 million per annum ad spend from betting companies as the debate over a total advertising ban continues. Federal Parliament gambling …
Australian marketing publication mUmBRELLA reports the redundancy of Sportingbet’s Group Marketing and Sales position under the leadership of Director Richard Howarth following the group’s acquisition by William Hill. Sportingbet Group Australia chief executive officer Michael Sullivan said Howarth had been an “invaluable member” of the Group during which time he and his team faced and …
The Dutch Gaming Authority has reached agreement with social network Facebook in a bid to end unlicenced gambling operators advertising their services to Dutch users. The Kansspelautoriteit said Facebook has agreed to comply with Dutch Law which states that the promotion of illegal gambling is not permissable and that it will block advertisers reported to …
Hard on the heels of the news that Australian broadcasting networks have accepted a government ultimatum to restrain the display of betting odds during televised sports events , the major betting group Tabcorp has come out in support of tighter controls. Tabcorp claims it has a 44 percent market share in the Australian betting market. …
Betting on the ponies over the Internet could soon be legal again in Illinois after lawmakers resuscitated a law that expired six months ago permitting the pastime. The Illinois House voted 90-18 Sunday to renew electronic wagering through the end of 2013; the bill – SB1884 – now moves to the Senate, where insiders expect …
The controversy over television displays of betting odds during sports event coverage in Australia appears to have been settled by a networks agreement following pressure from the federal government. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that television networks have agreed to implement the government’s proposed new restrictions after Prime Minister Julia Gillard threatened to legislate a …
Eight foreign nationals – mostly Malaysians – will shortly be on their way home as deportees following a police raid Friday on a Manila, Philippines condominium which broke up an online gambling ring. The eight men were detained and handed over to the Bureau of Immigration after they were arrested by agents of the National …
The Dutch may be moving toward online gambling legalisation but they’re not there yet, a fact attested to by raids Friday in which seven online casinos were taken off-line and three men detained to assist police in their enquiries into allegations of illegal online gambling. The publication Casino.nl reported that, following information from the Dutch …
Continent 8 Technologies has appointed Bruce Craig as a senior network analyst based at the company’s headquarters on the Isle of Man. Craig is a highly qualified network engineer with 13 years’ experience within the telecommunications sector, and joins the Continent 8 Global Network Operation Team supporting the company’s worldwide hosting and connectivity services. John …
Five months ago a restrictive, time limited law permitting online horse race betting in Illinois was allowed to expire, effectively halting any further development until now. This week an initiative to breathe new life into the legislation commenced with its introduction to a state House committee Thursday. The bill quickly passed and is now on …
France’s online gambling regulatory chief, Jean-Francois Vilotte, briefed the French newspaper Les Echos on the state of French online gambling this week, noting that sports betting – mainly on football – now generates 60 percent of the wagering action in France. Online sports betting revenue – generated mainly through football wagering – soared 20 percent …
San Francisco-based WatchandWager.com, a subsidiary of the Webis group of sports betting, pool wagering and Californian harness racing operations, has signed a direct co-mingling contract with Pari Mutuel Urbain for wagering on French horseracing. The PMU is owned by the French Racing Association and operates online and offline pari-mutuel wagering on all French and international …
Six Grand Slam tennis singles wins and an Olympic gold medal make the German tennis legend Boris Becker (45) an influential star attraction for the online sports betting company YouWin.com, which this week signed up the tennis ace and sometime poker fan as its brand ambassador. The five-year agreement will place Becker at the centre …
The launch this week of Guts.com, a new multi-software online casino licensed in Malta and Curacao, is an illustration of how important it is to experienced players to have confidence in a casino manager; players flocked to the casino on hearing that Ben Clemes was involved. Clemes carved out a very positive management reputation for …
Internet gaming systems and content developer GameAccount has strengthened its North American team with the hire of 46-year-old Julius Patta as regional president. Patta, who was formerly chief technical officer for the Aristocrat gambling supply company, will primarily be responsible for developing a comprehensive support infrastructure for GameAccount’s partners and customers. “With an extensive background …
The latest online slot from games developer Genesis, titled Spacebotz, is now available as part of the Quickfire games inventory at ComeOn! online casino. The theme for the new game is set in the not-too-distant future, when the Space Botz arrive on Earth intent on stealing its riches. In response, the governments of the world …
Skrill, one of Europe’s largest online payment processors, has inked a new partnership with Russian payments service Yandex.Money in a collaborative move that will enable the company to expand coverage of the Russian payments market while allowing Yandex.Money to be integrated as a payment option for Skrill’s 140,000 merchants worldwide, offering a local payment solution …
The possibility that horseracing insiders could manipulate betting exchange wagering to make money at the expense of other punters was raised at the weekend by the Irish Examiner newspaper, which reported on the findings of a recent British Horseracing Authority (BHA) inquiry into allegations of race fixing involving Irish, English, and American horses. The newspaper …
The partly state-owned Greek gambling monopoly OPAP has hardly enhanced its attraction as a privatisation acquisition with the release of its Q1-2013 numbers Thursday, posting a net profit of Euro 38.9 million – the lowest since Q4-2013, according to the Reuters news agency. Sales during the quarter plunged 18 percent, below analyst forecasts, although the …
Police in the Guangdong provincial capital in China have detained 157 suspects and seized computers, credit cards and 132 million yuan ($21.29 million) in bank accounts following an extensive, year-long investigation into illegal football gambling activity in the Pearl River delta region, reports the China Daily newspaper. A police spokesman claimed: “This is the largest …
Jawfish Games, a social gaming company, has launched a new real-time, multiplayer tournament service that will work across all platforms, the publication TNW reports. Using the facility, gamers and punters can compete against friends and strangers on iOS, Android, and the Web. The service will launch with two of the company’s top games: Jawfish Poker …
There’s a new Punto Banco game online following the release Thursday of a secret agent-themed offering from online gambling software developer Bet On Soft. The theme transports players to the glamorous and stylish world of a suave secret agent, codenamed Beech, as he plays the popular card game Punto Banco. With a host of beautiful …
The Swedish online gambling software provider Net Entertainment has launched its much-anticipated new online slot, Egg-O-Matic, announced earlier this year as a forthcoming attraction (see previous rep0ort). The new 5-reel, 20 pay-line offering is set against a backdrop of an automated chicken coop where eggs are created by a metallic EggOMatic machine. These prize eggs …
Metro Play, which recently assimilated content from Play’nGo and Everymatrix has now taken games from Microgaming’s Quickfire on board as well. Alderney-licensed Metro Play describes itself as the “ultimate urban mobile gaming destination”, and is owned by DMG Media, a sister brand to the UK’s leading urban media brand and widely read morning newspaper, Metro. …