Gambling news - page 1259

New slots from Wagerworks

2 Nov 2009

WagerWorks, the UK gambling software provider and games developer, has released a new video slot branded Super Hoot Loot.

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Malaysian Malaise

2 Nov 2009

NST.com reports from Kuala Lumpur that an illegal gambling centre, camouflaged as an Internet cafe at the Berjaya Times Square shopping complex, was raided by police Saturday.

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Tatts departing from South Africa

2 Nov 2009

Betting giant Tatts Group Ltd has a announced a deal with publicly listed Grand Parade Investments Ltd that will see it depart South Africa.

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Unibet feels the pain

2 Nov 2009

The European-facing Internet gambling group Unibet.com is the latest gambling company to feel the chill of big player wins on football results, announcing this week that its third quarter pre-tax profits sank 22 percent to GBP3.5 million (Q3 2008: GBP 4.5 million).

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Bad news from 32Red

2 Nov 2009

Investors in the Gibraltar-based online gambling group 32Red are in for a disappointment when the full year results are released, according to a profit warning from the group contained in a trading update this week.

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Northern Territory bookies like new gambling tax

2 Nov 2009

Internet bookie firms in the Australian state of Northern Territory have signalled their approval of a government tax change that makes them more competitive, according to reports in The Age newspaper this week.

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Polish purge on internet gambling?

31 Oct 2009

Wracked by recent political corruption claims, the Polish government is reported to be taking a populist approach in its latest proposals for new gambling regulations…and these may not be online gambling-friendly.

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Optimal folds its cards

31 Oct 2009

Back in 2007 the drive by US federal authorities to disrupt online gambling by attacking financial companies that processed gambling transactions netted close to $19.2 million in seizure orders impacting the Canadian-based Optimal Group Inc., more familiar to online gamblers as ‘FirePay’.

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Italian online casino order for NetEnt

31 Oct 2009

Swedish online gambling software provider Net Entertainment reports that it has signed up Microgame – arguably the largest remote gaming provider in Italy – for an online casino on the popular CasinoModule platform.

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Create your own personal online casino

30 Oct 2009

Gaming VC subsidiary Betboo is currently promoting what it boasts is a new online gambling idea due for launch on December 1st this year – a free service that allows online gamblers to create their own casino, sports book, bingo or poker room.

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Free bingo to boost Five´s online offering

30 Oct 2009

The PartyGaming-powered Five Bingo website, owned by UK television network Five, is using web-only television to best promotional effect with a free mid-morning bingo show on weekdays.

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Help find Britain´s sexiest online croupier

30 Oct 2009

Ladbrokescasino.com is currently involved in an innovative marketing initiative to discover ‘Britain’s Sexiest Croupier’, teaming up with the popular ‘lad mag’ publications Nuts and Loaded to achieve maximum coverage across a readership that numbers some 1.7 million.

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First Rival-powered casino gains RNG certification

29 Oct 2009

The Ruby Royal online casino has become the first operation using Rival gambling software to receive Technical Systems Testing (TST) certification.

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IT chief ringing the changes at Betfair

29 Oct 2009

Tony McAlister, who took up the reins as online gambling group Betfair’s chief technology officer ten months ago, was interviewed by technical media this week and gave his thoughts on the direction in which Betfair’s sophisticated IT must go.

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Aussies spend more on gambling than water and power

29 Oct 2009

The independent Australian company Commonwealth Securities Limited (CommSec) has released some startling figures on the gambling funds spent by Australians in relation to other essential living costs like water and electricity.

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Maryland feds seize more online gambling funds

29 Oct 2009

The Maryland-based federal task group pursuing cash processors suspected of facilitating online gambling transactions  has struck again, according to the Baltimore City Paper.

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Malta reaps the benefits of online gambling

29 Oct 2009

The finance minister for Malta, Tonio Fenech, recently revealed some interesting financial statistics on his nation’s tax benefit as an Internet gambling regulator and host.

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US Joint Commitee on Taxation confirms potential of legal online gambling

29 Oct 2009

Decriminalising many forms of Internet gambling in the United States would raise nearly $42 billion for the U.S. Treasury over the next decade, according to an analysis conducted by a non-partisan congressional scorekeeper, the Joint Committee on Taxation.

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An interesting emphasis

29 Oct 2009

The latest press material from the UK-based online gambling software provider Wagerworks – a subsidiary of American gambling equipment giant IGT – provokes speculation that the company is optimistic about the chances of a more liberal and progressive Internet gambling policy evolving in the United States.

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$2.8 mill jackpot won at Crystal Spin online casino

28 Oct 2009

WendellB, an online gambler playing the Crazy Jungle progressive slot at Top Game-powered Crystal Spin.com on October 21st, became one of a select band of online punters to successfully claim a million dollar plus windfall…and all on a $75 spin.

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Devilfish inks newsletter agreement

28 Oct 2009

SmartFOCUS, a multi-channel marketing software provider, has been chosen by b2b services supplier Devilfish Gaming to help deliver cost effective and targeted monthly newsletter campaigns.

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Vuetec Distance Gaming signs up Lucky Live Casino

28 Oct 2009

Live dealer action streamed from Dublin’s Fitzwilliam Card Club in Ireland is now being offered by the UK-based Lucky Live Casino.com following an agreement with VueTec’s Distance Gaming firm.

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Corporate who?

28 Oct 2009

The little known Corporate Whistleblower Center in the United States insists in rather extravagant language that it has ” dropped the hammer on Internet gambling” and that “the party is over” this week….without going into any substantiating detail other than a general desire to see the global industry shut down.

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888 to carry CTXM Freaky Online Slots

28 Oct 2009

Online gambling games developer CTXM’s new 3D slots from The Freaky Slots Family will receive additional exposure on the 888.com range of licensee websites in the near future.

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