The major online gambling group Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment plc has released an interim management statement and Q1-2013 performance report that makes for rather gloomy reading, with declines in revenues and player numbers. Key performance indicators covered in the report include: * Clean EBITDA in the first quarter down 17 percent to Euro 180.2 million (2012: …
The online gambling software developer Betsoft Gaming has announced that it is to provide the Deuce Club Casino with its suite of 3D casino games, commencing with a batch of thirty slots and making monthly additions. Casino spokesman Alex Alfa said that the Betsoft games enhanced the casino’s existing suite of games, giving players a …
According to reports on the twoplustwo message board online punters with accounts at the Skrill payment processing facility need to take care following a slew of unauthorised, and in some cases successful, log-in scams. Apparently the attempted frauds started two weeks ago, with one poster reporting that $12,000 was removed from his account after its …
A controversial bill designed to allow group or “equity” wagering through Nevada bookies has been effectively snuffed out by the Nevada House of Assembly’s Judiciary Committee despite passing through the state Senate on a unanimous vote with just one abstention. Senate Bill 346 proposed that the Nevada Gaming Commission adopt rules to regulate “entity” bettors …
Market and Research’s recently released study “UK Online Gambling Intelligence Report” reveals that since 2007, online gambling advertising has increased by 1,386 percent. The report says this is indicative of the continuing competitiveness within the gambling sector, detailing that sports betting dominates online gambling promotion, accounting for 45 percent of all search impression volume. During …
Crazy Vegas Casino has given a sneak peak as to what Microgaming licencees will be presenting by way of new game releases next month. Dr. Watts Up is a 5-reel, 243 Ways-to-Win game combining a mix of comedy and science that sees Dr Watts and his saucy assistant entertain players with Scatters, Wilds, Multipliers, Free …
William Hill has agreed a new two-year extension as title sponsor of the Scottish Cup with the Scottish Football Association. A company statement said the seven-figure deal is an extension to the existing contract which although still has a year to run has proven to be so successful that the bookmaker has reaffirmed its support …
BetVictor has seemingly taken over the title sponsorship of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Matchplay event from Betfair. The nine-day event, which celebrates its 20th birthday this year, is scheduled to take place at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool from July 20 to 28, 2013. “These are very exciting times in the world of …
The South Australian government announced Monday that it will ban the advertising of live-odds betting on television and during sporting matches. SA Premier Jay Weatherill told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that audiences for events include thousands of children and they should not be bombarded with live-odds and sports betting material during matches. “It is of …
Dr. Daniel King, a researcher at the University of Adelaide in Australia told Australian Associated Press reporters Monday that the advent of digital and social gaming now calls for greater parental vigilance, because marketing is increasingly targeted on the young. King revealed the results of a survey he conducted among 1287 teenagers aged between 12-17, …
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported over the weekend on new research which has discovered that fewer Aussies are gambling, but that betting on sports events has grown by 15 percent. Researchers at the Southern Cross University in New South Wales, led by well-known problem gambling specialist Dr. Sally Gainsbury, studied gambling preferences going back to …
The news earlier this year that high profile Australian bookie Tom Waterhouse had secured a A$50 million sports betting agreement with the National Rugby League was apparently premature – the deal has been quietly abandoned. Shane Mattiske, an executive with the League broke the news during a television program this week, carefully avoiding giving any …
In what seems to be an acknowledgement of the writing on the wall that legal online gambling is gathering momentum in the United States, the credit card giant Visa appears to be making moves to prepare for the revolution. With Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware already legalised, around ten other states thinking about various forms …
This week’s frantic buying of Powerball lottery tickets across the United States came to an end Saturday when the draw produced a winner of the huge $590.5 million jackpot – the second largest in US history (the record is held by the $656 million Mega Millions jackpot in March 2012). Powerball officials disclosed that the …
Mississippi Representative Bobby Moak, a Democrat who has twice failed to achieve online gambling legalisation in his state, may be right, an op-ed article in the Clarion Ledger newspaper postulated over the weekend. “Mississippi’s Republican majority might be well-served to review the pass they’ve taken on a Democratic lawmaker’s initiatives in online gaming. That’s a …
The forward-looking Deadwood Mountain Grand land casino in South Dakota is putting together a free-to-play online gambling network to maintain a business presence in the harsh winter months, and serve as a foundation if legalised online gambling ever comes to the North Western state. Getting in on the ground floor this week was a rep …
California’s famous Stanford University has taken an ingenious approach to encouraging staff and faculty to get more exercise in the open air, combining the largely sedentary pastime of social online gambling with reward points for those who walk or cycle to work. According to the Stanford News Service, participants in the new “Walk N Talk” …