After failing by a long chalk to reach its reserve price in a Snapnames auction, the desirable online gambling domain Slots.com was eventually sold for $5.5 million this week, thanks to some astute behind-the-scenes moves by auctioneer firm Monicker.
Last week, we reported on the strange happenings surrounding two Rival-powered online casinos allegedly owned by First Gaming Partners Inc. SlotPower.com and Vanguard Casino.com suddenly stopped responding to their urls, instead re-directing to Manhattan Slots – an online casino owned by Club World Casinos and powered by a different software provider.
Gaining prominence on the internet gambling message boards over the past few days is an intriguing software switch which thus far appears to involve Microgaming-powered online casinos, and could have implications for US players.
Britain’s new Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition government has announced the appointment of the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP as Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport. Part of his responsibilities includes oversight of the UK Gambling Commission.
The Playshare-Casinoshare-Grand Mondial online casino group will be switching from Microgaming software to an as yet unidentified platform, according to an email notification received late last week by marketing affiliates.
Historical aircraft combat in the skies above a war torn Europe is the theme of the latest game from the studios of online gambling software provider Rival Gaming.
The offshore gambling industry will be bracing itself for another attempt to levy taxes on betting following a speech by Irish Taoiseach (first minister) Brian Cowan at the Irish Farm Centre on Thursday night.
Chinese punters continued to strongly support the national lotteries in the country during April, generating revenues that soared 23.1 percent to 14.1 billion yuan (US$2.1 billion), reports the Xinghua news agency.
Two major British internet gambling firms are keeping their options open on a newly liberalised French online gambling market, but in the meantime are showing respect for French law by refusing to accept action from gamblers in that country.
UK horseracing media company The Racing Post has partnered with one of Spain’s retail gambling giants, Victoria Apuestas, to launch a race card.
Good to its undertaking to investors in October last year the major online gambling group Sportingbet has transferred its entire issued ordinary share capital to the more senior London Stock Exchange, leaving the Alternative Index Market behind. The move takes effect from May 14th 2010. “We believe that the Official List is the most appropriate …
The optimism generated by February 2010’s double digit growth in Nevada gambling revenues waned this week as the March numbers were released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
One of the UK’s biggest land and online bookies, Ladbrokes, has posted a trading update that shows a sharp 6 percent fall in revenue in the first four months of the year, although operating profit has increased by 3 percent over the period.
The Real Time Gaming-powered internet casino operator Jackpot Capital.com, a property owned by the Cyprus-registered company Greavestrend Ltd since 2008, appears to be on the acquisition trail, with reports that it has taken over a number of RTG-powered brands.
One of gambling’s most vocal opponents in Canada, problem gambling specialist Jeff Derevensky of McGill University’s International Centre for Youth Gambling and High Risk Behaviours, had some positive things to say at the Global iGaming Summit & Expo in Montreal this week.
Malaysian football fans will be able to bet on their favourite international teams, although not on the World Cup, following a relaxation in the country’s strict anti-gambling laws this week.
Online gambling operator and software provider 888 Holdings has entered into an Italian joint venture agreement with the Italian subsidiary of Dutch television production house Endemol.
Rumours that the many online gambling operators based in the tax haven of Costa Rica are about to be taxed were given credibility this week by the respected UK publication The Economist.
Over the past few months Bodog has been engaged in a drive to add new online casino games, and this week the initiative continued with the launch of two more fresh offerings, Freaky Wild West and Casino Hold’Em.
More than 60 French members of parliament who requested the French Constitutional Council to rule on the country’s new online gambling laws received a rebuff this week when the Council acknowledged that it is not competent to assess whether the new laws are compliant with European Union law and requirements.
More than 60 French members of parliament who requested the French Constitutional Council to rule on the country’s new online gambling laws received a rebuff this week when the Council acknowledged that it is not competent to assess whether the new laws are compliant with European Union law and requirements.
Interactive television and online gambling company NetPlayTV’s move to the Channel Isle shores of Guernsey off the coast of France has created twenty new jobs, reports the BBC.
The House Ways and Means Committee has confirmed earlier unofficial reports that it is to hold a hearing on May 19 to discuss the tax benefits of legalising and regulating online gambling in the United States.
Earlier this week, we reported on the strange happenings surrounding two Rival-powered online casinos owned by First Gaming Partners Inc. SlotPower.com and Vanguard Casino.com suddenly stopped responding to their urls, instead re-directing to Manhattan Slots – an online casino owned by Club World Casinos and powered by a different software provider.