The New York Times has taken a positive look at Internet gambling in the United States in an interesting piece written by Eric Pfanner and titled “Is online gambling coming in from the cold?”
The Australian branch of online gambling group Betfair is championing the cause of Internet gambling Downunder, recommending to a government committee studying gambling reform that legalising and regulating Internet casino and poker gambling would be a good bet.
The global betting exchange company Betfair has signed up for 10 branded games from Dublin-based gambling software provider Cryptologic.
The Bellevue, Washington-based customer service technology provider nGenera has announced the completion of an agreement with online gambling group Betsson Malta Limited that doubles the gambling company’s capacity to handle customer queries without increasing staff.
Christine Papakyriakou (52), a Hamilton, Ontario woman who currently awaits criminal sentencing for embezzling Cdn 7 million from her former employer to pay gambling debts that may be as high as Cdn$ 10 million, is to sue two land casinos and the province for her troubles.
Bulgarian bookmakers have decided to stop taking bets on several games in the Bulgarian football championship amid fears that they could fixed, Bulgarian-language daily 24 Chassa and The Sofia Echo reported this weekend.
Industry observers will be disappointed if a columnist in the respected Poker News publication is correct this week – he has advised that Barney Frank’s latest challenge to the Unlawful INternet Gambling Enforcement Act, along with other proposals, has been delayed by “logistics” and will possibly not be introduced before the end of April as …
The BBC reports that Irish land and online bookie PaddyPower has suspended betting on all Irish League games, including those involving Linfield and Glentoran.
A Las Vegas casino resort developer is taking on major US banks in a multi-billion dollar legal suit against a decision to renege on $800 million in prearranged funding.
Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank, a consistent campaigner in Congress for legalised and regulated online gambling in the United States, appears to be warming up the media ahead of his next attack – widely believed to be imminent – on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
Gibraltar-based online casino and poker group 32Red plc has added 32Red Spreadbet, a platform for financial spread betting and contracts for difference, to its offering.
Joining the trend of online gambling corporates that seem to be successfully surviving the weak world economic conditions, Betting Promotions has announced a set of Q.1 2009 results that includes an impressive increase in net turnover after expenses of some 80 percent.
The land and online gambling group Leisure & Gaming plc has posted positive FY 2008 results that include gross profit up 70 percent, and operating profits back in the black.
The Scandinavian skill games developer and network pprovider Jadestone Networks is pleased with first quarter 2009 results just out, which show good progress for its DiceArena and GamArena networks, and a growing player base.
The latest quarterly newsletter from the player protection and standards organisation eCOGRA comes at a time when the subject of certification – for online gambling operations or affiliate programs – is a hot topic of conversation.
Many gamblers have commented on Internet message boards this year on the increasing “stinginess” of land casinos when it comes to “comps” – player incentives in the form of free meals, drinks, shows, hotel rooms and promos.
A police action in Ireland almost a year ago that saw the closure of a casino club in Clonmel, County Tipperary, culminated in a lost court case for the prosecution this week.
Tough times often bring about good deals, as the UK listed gambling group Rank plc found this week when it acquired a land casino in Coventry, England for GBP 650 000.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that online gambling group Betfair has suggested to the Australian Productivity Commission enquiring into gambling that strictly limited access to public records such as motor vehicle registries, births, deaths and marriages data and passport information could be an effective way for betting companies to verify ID on players.
In another public slanging match across several mainly affiliate-oriented message boards this week, an executive of the beleaguered Effective Media Group (EMG) claimed that a customer had not paid consulting fees due and had made off with the online casino, changing its name in the process!
Tex Rees, the Fair Gaming Advocate at the independent player protection and standards body eCOGRA, has released the organisation’s first quarter 2009 player disputes report.
Online bingo software developer Virtue Fusion Alderney, has been chosen by UK gambling group Talarius to provide bingo for its new Quick Silver Games.co.uk (formerly known as Cyberslotz) website.
The burgeoning Australian operations of online gambling group Betfair show no sign of slowing down, with a new horse racing sponsorship announced this week with the Strathalbyn Racing Club, which becomes the first regional South Australian race club to secure sponsorship with the betting group.
The European online e-cash processor Moneybookers has appointed Tero Pollanen as head of anti-fraud activities, one of a series of new hirings that has seen Moneybookers’ headcount double since the beginning of 2008.