Secretary of State at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, Jeremy Hunt, will now have to intervene and determine the 50th Levy scheme, which will run from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012, after bookmakers and the horseracing industry failed to reach an agreement by the Sunday 31 October 2010’s midnight deadline.
A Canadian internet sports betting high roller had his day in court this week when he was arraigned on charges of defrauding the Bank of Montreal of CDM $ 600 000.
The biggest deals in football used to be multimillion dollar transfers to land the sport’s biggest stars. These days, arguably the most important signings for Europe’s top clubs are the corporate sponsors on the front of their uniforms, reports the Wall Street Journal.
The popular online gambling portal, Casinomeister.com, has published a cautionary note on the questionable treatment of players by white label operations powered by Rival software.
UK based online betting firms pay a gross profits tax of 15 percent which has prompted other operators including Ladbrokes and William Hill to move their operations offshore.
The U.K. Gambling commission’s latest quarterly Gambling Participation survey results are in, showing once again that remote (online) gambling by UK players has not increased since last year, and that most internet punters bet on the National Lottery.
Online gaming software provider, BetSoftGaming has announced the release of Gold Diggers, the fifteenth title in their Slots3™ library that includes House of Fun and Mr.Vegas.
Lottomatica Group S.p.A announced that its subsidiary, GTECH Global Services Corporation has signed a 12 year contract with France’s national lottery operator, La Francaise Des Jeux this week.
Internet gaming operator, Genting Casino has released three new slot games, branded and licenced by Marvel Comics.
Philippines based land and online gaming firm, Philweb Corp., has posted a 28 percent increase in nine month profit mainly attributed to robust gaming.
Online scratch card market specialist, NeoGames has announced the release of three new soft games to their offering.
Online scratch card market specialist, NeoGames has announced the release of three new soft games to their offering.
Perhaps predictably Betfair’s London IPO this month has turned out to be a runaway success. With prelisting orders passing expectations and the share price soaring this week on the first day of trading to reach a peak of over GBP15.
Sportsbook technology provider Offsidegaming has announced the signing of its first South American white label deal with Argentine operator Elygra Online SA.
Isle of Man online mahjong developer Mahjong Logic, Ltd., announced the completion of a licensing agreement with b2b i-gaming solution provider, EveryMatrix.
Gaming software provider, Net Entertainment “saw good development during Q3/2010 with a 21 percent growth in revenue (35 percent in local currency) which should be compared with the 14 percent market growth predicted by H2 Gaming Capital for the full year of 2010”, commented Johan Öhman, president and CEO.
With the US Congress mid-term elections looming both Republican and Democrat politicians have been jockeying for position this week, and in Nevada one of the hot topics has been the legalisation of online gambling.
SBG Global an online gambling operator based in Costa Rica has announced the availability of live dealer action powered by relative unknown Global Gaming Labs.
Leisure & Gaming (LNG) has been placed into administration with its principal asset, Betshop Group (Europe) Ltd (BSG) sold as a going concern to Honeymead Services for Euro 1 million.
French sports betting and gaming operator La Française des Jeux has appointed Claude Boivin (45) as the company’s new chief operating officer and chief information officer.
Live Dealer technology provider, Visionary iGaming, which launched in 2008 under the leadership of former VueTech exec Martin Reiner, has launched its own online casino.
The trend amongst Canadian provinces for provincial lottery organisations to launch online gambling services was disrupted this week by the announcement this week from The Atlantic Lottery Corporation that it will not be offering internet gambling to the residents of the five provinces that it serves, namely; Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and …
Founded by Justina Cruickshank, BlushBomb.co.uk is promoted as “not just for women” although the gambling site appears to favour the feminine demographic. According to research undertaken by Nielsen in 2009, 46 percent of online gamblers are women.
The partnership between e-gaming provider Celton Manx and Manx2.com, an airline specialising on short-haul flights, mainly to and around the Isle of Man, will see the sports betting and casino products provider’s brand showcased on all Manx2.com aircraft.