Alwyn Morris, CEO of Morris Mohawk Gaming Group in Kahnawake, which licenses the Bodog brands in North America, has retrieved the still valuable domains lost to a default judgement obtained by First Technology LLC two years ago.
Kudos to Simon Collins, a director of the online gambling company Cashcade, who this week did something constructive on perceptions of the industry in an op-ed article for The Independent newspaper in the UK.
In it’s first Quarter 1 2009 report on search marketing, specialist Clickthrough Marketing this week notes that against all the current economic odds, the major online betting companies are more than holding their own in a business sense.
Alex Czajkowski, CEO of eGaming 2.0’s new 3D online casino Buzzluck.com has developed an appealing promo for his players through a competition where the winner will be virtually copied to become part of the casino’s virtual 3D lobby.
The critical business element of converting online visitors into regular casino players is to get a boost at Slotland’s WinADay Internet gambling operation following an agreement with rich-media specialists EyeView.
Irish spread betting firm Worldspreads has sold its sports betting unit to its manager, Fergus Rice, after last month announcing its retreat from the sector, reports The Independent.ie newspaper in Ireland.
With the results of its two-year collaboration on addictive gambling with Harvard University due for publication in the near future, the Vienna-listed online gambling giant Bwin has released a statement on the project.
The U.S. state of Kentucky appears to be in financial trouble, judging by reports from local media, with extra funds having to be diverted to keep the Department of Public Advocacy running and reports that state prosecutors are having to take unpaid layoffs of up to three weeks, probably resulting in a growing backlog of …
Reports which first surfaced in the UK’s Sunday Telegraph newspaper this weekend indicate that most of the principal shareholders in Britain’s national lottery organiser Camelot are interested in selling their stakes in the company, which has operated the lottery since 1994 on a mandate from the British government. Camelot renewed its mandate for a further …
Hard pressed consumers in the United States have not given up completely on gambling, but they are turning increasingly to using penny slots for their entertainment.
Is Asia’s land gambling drought easing? A report from Bloombergs news service this week suggests that it may be. Macau’s casino revenue rose in the first three months of 2009, signaling recovery from a slowdown triggered by the global recession and visa controls imposed on mainland Chinese visitors.
According to reports in the UK newspaper, The Times two well established and substantial online gambling companies may currently be in discussions. Gibraltar-based Party Gaming plc and the Nasdaq listed GigaMedia group are named in the report, which notes that earlier this month Gigamedia flagged an interest in selling or merging.
The right hand did not appear to know what the left was doing this week at PRWeb-Vocus as news media struggled to get confirmation from the press release distribution company that it had been served a “cease and desist” order in respect of Internet gambling press material by the Washington State Gambling Commission.
Canadians in the province of Nova Scotia may be given the convenience of online sports betting later this year, judging by reports in the regional media.
Advocate organisations supporting freedom of speech and the Internet independence principles have made submissions to the Kentucky Supreme Court ahead of its hearing of an appeal against an appeal by the Kentucky state government.
The Isle of Man-based sports betting firm Sports Betting One on One, has launched a novel introductory offer for new traders, reports Intergame. New accounts will be offered 30 company shares through a scheme where the company has created a Share Trading Floor so players can trade their shares on the Sports Betting One on …
Specialist online writers in several media this week started to paint a somewhat rosier picture of the online gambling sector, with the senior Moneyweek journo Eoin Gleeson setting the tone.
The UK online and land sportsbetting firm Pagebet has placed its internet betting business into administration, reports The Northern Echo regional newspaper.
With more online gambling companies coming forward with news of a Washington state cease and desist order on industry press releases distributed by state-based PRWeb, it is becoming clear that earlier reports on the ban were accurate.
The British ID verification company 192Business is to provide its global ID verification services to online gambling group 888.com properties to beef up ID checks in player acquisition initiatives.
The “finders keepers, losers weepers” story of a Swindon housewife who cashed in a winning lotto ticket she found on the floor of a supermarket made many UK newspapers this week.
Unconfirmed reports earlier this week that Ferndale, WA-located PRWeb – a press release distribution site – had been ordered by the state of Washington to stop promoting online gambling through its press release service have proved difficult to substantiate.
In a statement Thursday the Interactive Media & Gaming Association (iMEGA) advised that the US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has notified its lawyers and those representing the US Department of Justice that the Court is set to consider iMEGA’s challenge to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA).
The Vienna-listed online gambling group Bwin experienced rising gross gaming revenues across its range of betting products during the financial year 2008, with ggr growing to Euro 420.9 million (FY 2007: Euro 353.5 million).