Ladbroke’s chief executive officer, Chris Bell, who recently announced his impending departure from the UK gambling group, has warned that Britain must take a more enlightened approach to the regulation and taxation of the bookmaking industry or risk damaging the nation’s 8 600 betting shops.
The new Mahjong Logics software, recently approved and licensed by the Isle of Man regulator has already racked up its first sale.
The instant Flash online casino WinADay has launched its fourth video poker came, an Aces and Faces variant that offers higher payouts for four-of-a-kind Aces and face cards than for number cards, and includes a bonus round where players can double the payout of a winning spin.
The instant Flash online casino WinADay has launched its fourth video poker came, an Aces and Faces variant that offers higher payouts for four-of-a-kind Aces and face cards than for number cards, and includes a bonus round where players can double the payout of a winning spin.
The US Department of Justice is sticking it inquisitive nose into a $126.8 million agreement by the Kentucky horseracing giant Churchill Downs to buy Internet gambling firm Youbet.com….but it’s more about anti-trust precautions than the legality of online horserace betting.
The online payment facility Moneybookers has released an end-of year 2009 trading statement revealing that it has achieved several milestones including a dramatic surge in customers and eCommerce volume.
A decision this week by the EU Advocate General that EU law holds primacy over national legislation has been applauded by the European Gaming and Betting Association, a trade association that has most of Europe’s major online gambling companies among its membership.
PartyGaming plc founder Anurag Dikshit sold his remaining stake in the ownership of the PartyGaming.com online-gambling group this week, a company he helped start in 1997. The sale had an immediate impact of the stock, which tanked 7 percent in London trading.
The Isle of Man Government used the IGE-ICEi expo in London today (Tuesday) to announce changes to its online gambling regulations which make it possible for an e-Gaming company to base its non-gambling related activities and operations in the Isle of Man without needing an OGRA gambling licence.
Online bingo provider Virtue Fusion Alderney, has announced that it has renewed its agreement with William Hill plc, one of the best-known names in the gambling industry.
Online gambling software developer Playtech plc has unveiled an impressive set of Q4 numbers in its trading update this week, revealing that:
The resignation of David Barber, former head of Alabama Governor Bob Riley’s anti-gambling task force, on disclosures of gambling activity in neighbouring Mississippi may have had sinister undertones, according to a report from Associated Press updating the story.
Playtech’s second ICEi announcement concerns the tier one UK online casino operator Virgin Games, which has signed up with Playtech’s soft gaming solutions developer, Gaming Technology Solutions Limited, [acquired in December 2009 – see previous report], for that company’s flexible EdGE software platform, and will also deliver a new selection of game products, adding variety …
Hot on the heels of their joint announcement of extensive commercial collaboration, Scientific Games Corporation and Playtech plc have revealed that when today’s (Tuesday) three day IGE-ICEi show open at Earl’s Court in London, they will present together for the first time.
The UK group Betex Group plc has announced that its Chinese operation has signed an exclusive 5-year contract with Nanjing Welfare Lottery Management Centre to launch and operate a new retail lottery concept across Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province.
The Isle of Man-based online gambling software provider Microgaming has launched another three new bingo side games, designed to provide bingo players with diverse outer-screen action to complement the main bingo gaming activity.
Dragonfish, the B2B division of 888 Holdings plc, has inked and agreement with the Greek operator Lex Online Entertainment Limited, a subsidiary of Centric Multimedia SA, for the provision of online casino and poker.
Online gambling software provider Cryptologic has announced a new agreement to supply the Scandinavian online casino operator Bet24 with at least 10 new games. Bet24 is owned by the Modern Times Group AB (MTG), a major international entertainment broadcasting corporate with the second largest geographical broadcast footprint in Europe.
Rumours that the Kahnawake Gaming Commission has been making moves to up its game regarding player disputes and policing licensees appear to be confirmed by a release out today (Monday) indicating that the independent London-based player protection and standards non-profit, eCOGRA, has been commissioned to handle compliance testing.
The online gambling industry is replete with examples of how integrity-challenged rogues repeatedly underestimate the investigative capabilities of online gamblers, ultimately finding out to their cost that these are considerable.
The start of a major furore over privacy was signalled over the weekend when the Daily Mail reported that the confidential records of millions of British gamblers who bet with top bookmaker Ladbrokes had been offered for sale to The Mail on Sunday newspaper.
The whispers of the past few weeks that online gambling giant Betfair is planning a public listing gained momentum over the weekend on the news that the company has engaged with two investment banks to advise it on a possible GBP 1.5 billion stock-market flotation.
The impressive October – November flow of new games from online gambling software providers continued unabated through December, and has gathered momentum on the run-up to the industry’s big IGE-ICEi show which starts next week.
The many interested parties keeping a watching brief on the state of Kentucky’s ludicrous attempt to seize the international domain names of online gambling companies will have to wait a little longer; the state Supreme Court verdict – expected this week – failed to materialise.