Ten New Jersey insurance company employees are currently on Cloud 9 after hitting the biggest jackpot of them all – the $216 million Mega Millions lottery main prize drawn in Atlanta earlier this week.
This week saw the culmination of a criminal case against a Scots book-keeper who fed an Internet gambling obsession by stealing almost a million pounds sterling from his employers last year.
Interactive television gambling fans in the Baltic and Scandinavian regions are to benefit from a distribution deal signed this week by subscription television network Elion in Estonia and the UK interactive television games developer Two Way Media.
The Earn United Affiliate Program, owners of the formerly RTG-powered Play United Internet gambling venue, have announced a switch to Playtech software.
Visitors to Eurogrand.com, an online gambling brand in the William Hill Online stable, are soon to enjoy new video elements integrated into the website by specialist firm Eye View Digital.com, a provider of video and rich media solutions.
Rami Lerner is to replace the resigned non-executive director John Davy on the board of online gambling group Party Gaming, the company has announced.
The state of Utah’s outspoken Attorney General, Mark Shurtleff, was again in the news this week following his words of support in a local radio interview for Congressman Barney Frank’s efforts to regulate and licence online gambling.
There are indications that some European Union politicians are not averse to seeking “exceptions” to the core EU principle of “free movement of goods and services between member nations.”
There are indications that some European Union politicians are not averse to seeking “exceptions” to the core EU principle of “free movement of goods and services between member nations.”
Veteran British online gambling group Sportingbet.com has released a set of impressive second quarter results to complete a robust half year of operational success in a difficult market.
The Irish Times reported this week the astonishing news that online gamblers may have more difficulty securing a mortgage than other applicants. Michael Dowling, a spokesman for the Independent Mortgages Advisers Federation (IMAF), told The Irish Times that banks now regarded online betting very negatively.
Gaming Media Group has announced the appoinment as head of customer acquisition of Mary Griffin, former general manager of online and affiliate marketing at the Ladbrokes gambling group.
When the top lawman in the no-gambling state of Utah says he supports the attempts of Congressman Barney Frank to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act it’s going to raise eyebrows….and maybe drop a few jaws!
The Wall Street Journal examines the drive to expand [land] gambling in a number of US states desperate for new sources of revenue in the tough economic times in the United States.
It appears that US Department of Justice officials are uncomfortable with a move by the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) to highlight UIGEA disruptions of state lotteries in its litigation against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
Intriguing post of the week was spotted at the business magazine Forbes.com, where a poster using the nickname “Ronin” posted additional information to an article carried earlier by the publication on US Department of Justice confiscations of Bodog funds held by e-cash processors.
The attempt by Australian sportsbetting group Centrebet to pull off a hostile takeover of International All Sports has been abandoned after a privately owned Australian gambling company, Sportsbet, took a 12.34 percent stake in IAS to short circuit Centrebet’s bid for control.
Kudos to the Jackpot City online gambling group, which has donated GBP 10 000 to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust after running a series of bingo charity promotions.
White label internet marketing firm Bandgo Limited has teamed with Redbet Holding to launch a new Fantasy Sport portal branded BetnGo.com.
After weeks of whispers that a major development has been quietly taking place in the affiliate marketing world, an announcement this week introduced what looks likely to be a powerful new force in the affiliate program sector – Gambling Affiliate Programs.
A new Canadian-based online fantasy sports site, Fantrax.com has successfully completed a five month Beta testing phase and is now in full operation, managing director Richard Blais announced this week.
The business news agency Bloomberg has realised what many online gambling operators are starting to acknowledge – times may be tough, but there are great business opportunities for the industry being generated by the current economic crisis and its impact on the consumer.
Mention the names Andrew Black and Nigel Payne in any Internet gambling circle and they will be immediately recognised as highly respected executives who have had a tremendous influence in eminently successful groups Betfair and Sportingbet.
The Swedish Internet gambling software provider Net Entertainment has signed up another Nordic client in the form of Ålands Penningautomatförening (Paf). The operator is one of the biggest operators in the Black Sea region of Europe and has agreed to a four year association with NetEnt based on its popular CasinoModule online casino system.