Savvy online players are unlikely to forget the case of Heroes Casino.com, an online operator that jerked an online gambler around for months with a variety of excuses on a $38 000 blackjack win before its software provider, Gale Winds, stepped in and paid the customer.
Ex-Party Gaming chief Mitch Garber, who was recently appointed CEO of the new Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment division remains bullish on the future of online gambling in the United States, opining that legalisation will take place, and that the market will be dominated by big, well known brands when it does.
In a promotional initiative that is being interpreted as a shrewd marketing move to build up a substantial player base, online bingo operator 888ladies.com has launched a free bingo offer which could see lucky bingo fans scooping cash prizes for no deposit.
Russian gambling operators who have been trying to find workarounds for the draconian anti-gambling measures introduced last month by the government are coming under increasing pressure to close shop, with extensive police raids in major cities now common.
The US east coast gambling centre of Atlantic City experienced another trying month in July, with the city’s 11 casinos taking $383 million, a 12.7 percent decline the same period last year.
The Delaware vs. National Football League and other profession sports leagues issue took on added urgency this week when lawyers for the leagues asked a federal appeals court for a quick decision on whether Delaware’s plan to allow betting on games should be halted before a trial scheduled for December 7th can be held.
The NFL’s blessing on scratchcard betting has led to another of its top teams clinching a lucrative deal with its state lottery.
Jens Schumann, joint founder and chairman of German online lottery operator Tipp24 AG is to leave the company for personal reasons at the end of September 2009, the company announced this week.
Seven Media Group Limited, a company owned by two US businessmen and registered in the British Virgin Isles, has acquired the popular online sportsbetting information and ratings site Bookmarkers Review.com for an undisclosed consideration.
Play United Casino.com, which recently switched software provider from RTG to Playtech issued an intriguing press release this week which gives an insight into new games ahead.
Swedish online gambling software provider Net Entertainment has cemented its longstanding business relationship with the French Mangas online gambling group through a multi-year agreement to supply CasinoModule services to group subsidiary Expekt.com, which now joins sister companies Bet-at-Home and BetClick in using the no-download software.
The specialist UK sports sponsorship company brandRapport has released some worrying numbers that suggest a decline in the budgets of top twenty football club sponsors.
The Irish News reports that spread betting firm Worldspreads has agreed to sell its Irish arm to the local management team.
The man widely recognised for implementing much of Betfair’s complex computer-based technology, former chief technical officer Rory Devine, has been appointed as the new UK chief technology officer (CTO) at Yell, the online directories firm.
All Slots online casino in the Jackpot Factory online gambling group has launched a new web application which allows webmasters and iGoogle users to add a new blackjack game, hosted by the casino, to their websites for instant and download-free play.
Online payment specialist Ukash continued its quest to make online shopping available to everybody, anywhere in the world, this week with a significant global deal with ePay, a division of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. – a provider of payment services and technology – to make its online cash vouchers available in Italy for the first time.
An agreement for the provision of an online casino which was finalised last year between online gambling software provider Net Entertainment and Internet gambling group Sportingbet plc is about to come to fruition.
For reasons unknown at present, a Danish website that described its function as “scientific sports betting predictions” is to change its branding this week.
The major European-focused online gambling group Unibet plc has released half year figures to end June 2009, showing a positive trend that it attributed largely to its live betting facilities.
Sky Vegas, Sky’s UK online casino, reports a major win by local player L.A. last Tuesday when he scooped GBP 1 547 415.18 from a GBP 2,25 stake.
The Malta-registered online scratchcard developer Neogames has signed an agreement with People’s Postcode Lottery for charities in the UK, Sweden and Holland to provide a fully managed, white label scratch card website.
In an interesting article over the weekend the Wall Street Journal explored the impact of recession on the US gambling industry, and what states are doing to combat the accompanying drop in tax returns.
The Chinese new media mobile lottery operator VODone Limited has claimed some startlingly fast business development in its instant Internet broadcasting of lottery results and mobile lottery business, “Constant Lottery”.
The CEO of one of Australia’s biggest betting outfits, Elmer Funk Kupper of Tabcorp, wants the territorial governments to reform regulation and tax measures to create more revenue for the racing industry and and make it easier for companies such as his to compete with online offerings.