France’s budget minister, Eric Woerth, told a press conference Thursday that his proposed legislation to liberalise the traditionally monopolistic French gambling industry includes provisions for some online gambling, and will be presented to cabinet ministers at the end of March 2009 or the beginning of April.
The deepening recession in Britain and elswhere is resulting in valuable and qualified IT people coming on to the market as some companies tighten their belts, but online gambling group Betfair is doing the opposite, and using the opportunity to snap up top techies with an eye on future expansion.
Ukash, an online cash payment solutions provider that provides Internet-friendly vouchers for cash deposits, has partnered with Central Telecom to be available through Telecom’s prepaid card sold in locations across France.
Visitors to the Cryptologic stand at the ICE(i) show in January were taken on a virtual drive through a major upcoming branded game attraction from the software company, “Call of Duty.”
Visitors to the Cryptologic stand at the ICE(i) show in January were taken on a virtual drive through a major upcoming branded game attraction from the software company, “Call of Duty.”
Speculation is that last week’s threat by Cryptologic of a breach of contract suit against former CEO Javaid Aziz may have been the motivation for the latest development in the frosty relations between the two.
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.