The extraordinary attempt by the state of Minnesotas’s Alcohol & Gambling Enforcement Division to require ISPs and telecomms companies to block online gambling sites operating outside the states continued to dominate the headlines as the week ended, overshadowing even Barney Frank’s new bill attacking the UIGEA, which is scheduled for introduction next week.
Online bingo site Crown Bingo has reported its biggest ever pay out of GBP 240 561 to lucky member Glen Johnson of Bristol in England.
Vancouver, Canada-based online games developer BaddaMedia Inc. has signed an agreement to provide Gaming Technology Solutions plc with original games content.
Asia-facing online and land gambling group AsianLogic Limited has reported a 49 percent fall in adjusted pretax profit for 2008, following a significant increase in operational expenses and bad debt provisions.
The expanded online gambling services offered by UK Internet and land gambling group William Hill plc delivered an impressive rise in revenue of 50 percent, the company revealed this week in releasing its Q1 2009 numbers.
Neovia plc’s full year results to December 31 2008 were published this week, and will do little to cheer investors.
Online e-cash processor Neovia plc (formerly Neteller) has releasing trading results for the first quarter of 2009, and the numbers are disappointing.
The British government’s minister for sports, Gerry Sutcliffe, is having a busy week with gambling interests front and centre. He is not only working on an anti-corruption task force to combat sports bet cheating but is now embroiled in arguments that offshore Internet gambling sites that advertise in the UK should be coughing up more …
The Club World online gambling group announced the launch of its latest new property, Lucky Red Casino.com this week. Offering full player facilities and over 120 games powered by RealTime Gaming, the well executed website includes a new interactive lobby experience.
The recent string of suspicious betting pattern alarms in British and international sporting events has again focused attention on the British government’s determination to stamp out cheating and corruption in sports across the gambling board.
Tote Tasmania has announced that May 30th 2009 will be the launch date for its new sports betting business, Betasport, which will offer users a larger variety of prop bets and will target both Austrailian and international markets.
Yesterday’s online gambling banning notification from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Alcohol and Gaming Division has made mainstream media headlines throughout the world, and has predictably fired up almost immediate opposition from civil rights and Internet freedom groups.
Online gambling licensing jurisdiction and hub, the Isle of Man, embarked on a consultative process this week before assembling guidelines for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Countering of Terrorist Financing, required in terms of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering — Online Gambling) (No. 2) Code 2008, which came into operation on 18th December 2008.
Online sportsbetting group Betbull Holding SE reported on its full year 2008 performance this week, delivering a 21.1 percent increase in NGR to Euro 16.094 million, but a loss for the twelve months of Euro 4.3 million.
In a move reminiscent of recent Australian attempts to censor the Internet at ISP level, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (AGED) today announced that it has served written notice to 11 national and regional telephone and Internet service providers (ISPs) instructing them to prohibit access of all Minnesota-based …
iGaming software provider WagerWorks has announced the release of Dungeons & Dragons: Fortress of Fortunes, which was previewed earlier this year at the i-ICE show .
Swedish online gambling group Betsson has delivered an encouraging Q.1 2009 start to its financial year, showcasing strong revenues, cash and profits.
After months of haggling with the Portuguese government over its discriminatory tax practices on lottery winnings, the European Commission has referred the issue to the European Court of Justice for a judicial ruling.
Making headlines across the USA and online media this morning is a story from the Reuters news agency confirming that Congressman Barney Frank’s next attempt to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act will take place early May.
Online gambling operations using the ID verification services of GB Group and operating in the German market, will have improved ID verification capability following a deal between GB and the German identity management solutions firm, Schufa, reputed to be the country’s largest credit reference agency.
The legalisation of online gambling in France moves up a gear next (May 2009) month with the commencement of a series of seminars at which the politicians responsible for the draft regulations will be available for discussion.
The PartyGaming white label Internet casino operated on behalf of UK television network ITV is to close on May 3rd, according to communications sent to players last week.
The Talarius group-owned online gambling subsidiary Quicksilver Games.com is to receive over 70 new quality games from Internet gambling software provider Wagerworks.
A British criminal court is currently hearing a case against an illegal Chinese immigrant, Guang Hui Cao (30), who stands accused of the brutal murder last year of two Chinese students thought to have been involved in Internet gambling, although no sites or companies have been specified.