Playtech-powered Totesport Casino reports a major win on its Queen of the Pyramids progressive, where a Scots player collected almost GBP125 000 jackpot from a 25p stake.
Online gambling games developer CTXM has been active again this week, announcing its intention release two new 3D slots in its Freaky series at EiG in Copenhagen, and putting demos up on Youtube.
The online gambling software developer Microgaming rounds off a busy summer this week with the addition of three new feature-rich themed video slots to its large and diverse portfolio, along with a brand new instalment in its popular Level-Up Video Poker series.
The already competitive UK and French online sportsbetting, casino and poker sector sees a new arrival this month in the form of ChanceRoom.com, a GTech G2-powered Internet gambling operation that has been launched in French and English language versions.
Marvel comics super heroes are becoming increasingly familiar in the online gambling industry following deals with the Marvel franchisers that have seen popular characters depicted in slot games, but the $4 billion acquisition of the firm by the Disney organisation in August raises some interesting questions regarding these licensing contracts.
The South African media are reporting the extraordinary story of a five-month-old lottery ticket that has changed the life of a local technician and his family in a major way.
The land casino industry in Macau raked in over 10.6 billion patacas (US$1.34 billion) in August this year, the highest monthly gaming revenue ever recorded in the city, local broadcaster TDM reported on Tuesday, raising hopes that this may herald a sign of recovery after a period of negative growth.
The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association has lost it’s New Jersey case against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia following a ruling by a panel of three judges.
Further details are now available on the recent Millionaire’s Club progressive jackpot. The big win took place at the Cryptologic-powered SkyVegas.com online casino, and involved a win of GBP 1 547 415.
Online gambling group 888.com has taken further steps to enhance the safety and security of its players by being granted the independent TRUSTe seal, the company announced this week.
Calvin Ayre, the high profile and often controversial founder of the Bodog online gambling group (and brand), has surprised the iGaming industry by returning as keynote speaker at the 2009 Budapest Affiliate Conference, running from September 10th-13th this year.
The operator of the online bingo site Bingo.com, Bingo.com Limited, has released its unaudited financial results for Q2 2009 showing a twelfth consecutive losing quarter, attributed to rising marketing costs.
Senator Robert Menendez’s S 1597 Internet Poker and Games of Skill Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act has been acknowledged by the National Council on Problem Gambling for its provisions on funding problem gambling bodies.
With 2009 entering its last quarter, reports are surfacing that some US banks are already starting to gear up for the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act regulations on December 1st.
Speculation and rumour of a new start for a failed e-cash executive that have swirled around Australian financial circles recently were given form in an article by eCommerce Report.com.au this week.
Last week’s surprise ruling in favour of the major US sports leagues opposed to Delaware’s sportsbetting plans has been followed by extensive publicity expanding on the judgement.
Sources who predicted massive changes in the management of the provincial lottery Ontario Lottery nd Gaming Corporation over the weekend were spot-on, it appears.
Lottery systems provider Interlot reported dismal H1 2009 results this week, recording a 30 percent fall in net profit, which management attributed to a weaker sports betting business and high start-up costs.
Utah’s strong stand against gambling came to the fore over the weekend with reports from the Salt Lake Tribune that police had arrested 50 employees and gamblers in a swoop on an Internet cafe.
The Irish Examiner carried an alarming article at the weekend, reporting that the number of people attending Gamblers Anonymous (GA) meetings around the country has doubled and in some places trebled over the past six months as people can no longer afford their betting habits.
Carrying out a study of recent Distributed Denial of Service attacks on Australian betting sites this month, the Herald Sun newspaper revealed that at least four sites had been targeted.
The return to work from the summer recess of the Malta Parliament will see a renewed drive to complete debates on a new set of gambling regulations aimed at regulating video lottery terminals and other gambling arcades that have mushroomed around the island, reports the Malta Independent newspaper.
The British online and land gambling group Gala Coral is reportedly trying to reduce its GBP 2.7 billion debt pile in order to boost internet operations, reports the Mail on Sunday.
Yesterday’s report on two tickets winning the biggest Mega Millions jackpot in two-and-a-half-years of $333 million has been followed by a little more detail from the Lottery Post.