The relatively new kid on the Internet gambling software provider block, Top Gaming, has launched its latest online casino for an unidentified licensee under the brand Gold Vegas Casino.com.
The Washington-based Competitive Enterprise Institute has released a position paper arguing that online gambling is legal in the US despite public misconceptions, and that the Internet gaming industry has been unjustifiably black-balled by US politicians who use fear as a means for furthering anti-online gambling moves.
Requestabet.com has become the latest online gambling advertiser to fall victim to the UK Advertising Standards Authority’s stringent requirements, and has been ordered to withdraw an advertisement comparing online gambling to investments such as the stock market and banking.
One of Australia’s most vociferous opponents of online gambling, Senator Nick Xenophon has withdrawn his support from Aussie government moves to censor the Internet and says he will oppose any legislation that seeks to do so.
The Gigamedia subsidiary Everest Gaming, which owns Everest Poker and the Everest online casino, has been successful in obtaining an online gambling licence from the Malta jurisdiction, a white-listed authority in terms of UK advertising.
Internet gambling on Fantasy Sports, one of the notorious carve-outs in national US anti-online gambling legislation, is under the microscope in Maryland, where Delegate John Olszewski Jr., D-Baltimore County, presented a bill this week to a House committee to exempt fantasy sports from state gambling prohibitions.
Richard Wiseman, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer of Royal Dutch Shell has confirmed that IT staff have commenced blocking undesirable websites accessed by employees whilst at work.
One of Britain’s larger online and land gambling groups, Rank plc, has published its results for the full year to 31 December 2008, showing a bottom line loss of GBP 4.9 million (2007 FY: profit of GBP 311.75)
Since its unveiling at the last ICE(i) expo in London last month, Wagerworks’ new online gambing offering, Battleship: Search and Destroy, has been eagerly anticipated on player message boards. The waiting ended this week as the game was released to Wagerworks licensees.
A St. Albans online bingo fan hit a major jackpot this week whilst taking a few relaxing moments out of his working day to play a little Internet bingo at Ladbrokes.
The Swedish skill games provider Jadestone Networks has announced a long-term game service partnership with Italian online games firm Fueps, which is jointly owned by RCS and Digital Bros, the biggest Italian player in the domestic distribution of videogames and one of the leading distributors in Europe.
US legislators considering Congressman Barney Frank’s renewed assault on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act may be given pause for thought by a new analysis of the potential taxability of online gambling in the United States just published by top international accounting group PricewaterhouseCoopers.
A new entry into the live dealer sector, LiveDealers24 has picked Visionary iGaming as its live turnkey casino provider. Visionary iGaming is managed by experienced live dealer execs who were formerly with VueTec.
Taking a leaf from the book of US President Barak Obama, the man currently pulling the strings at CAP/AMI/EMG, Warren Jolly, issued an apologetic communique mid-week on the furore centred on his companies and past activities.
A new independent survey of 1 065 children age 9-17 across Canada has revealed that too many of them still engage in risky Internet behaviour – especially on social networking sites.
Barriere Interactive Gaming operating chief Jonathan Stock has told the London gaming publication Electricpig that the company’s new Le Croupier 3D online casino could be making a debut on Microsoft’s XBox 360 or Sony Playstation home game facilities as well as carrying on business on the Internet.
The burgeoning Swedish online gambling network Entraction has shrugged off worldwide economic woes to deliver a strong set of Q4 and Full Year 2008 results this week.
Some 100 students at an exclusive Chinese school have been expelled on allegations of running up gambling debts of over GBP 100 000 (1 million yuan) in an illegal gambling ring, reports the UK newspaper The Telegraph this week.
The dispute between online gambling software provider Cryptologic and its erstwhile CEO Javaid Aziz made it into the pages of the venerable UK business newspaper The Financial Times this week.
A stunning 9 – 0 defeat in a match between UK football clubs Weymouth vs. Rushden and Diamonds has triggered a Football Association investigation into possibly unusual betting patterns after bookies took a GBP 1 million beating as fans allegedly bet against their own club.
The attempted hostile takeover bid launched by Australian online sports betting group Centrebet International Limited against fellow Aussie firm International All Sports seems to have hit an obstacle that may require it to reassess its cash bid following a Takeover Panel ruling this week.
ESI Entertainment Systems Inc. has announced that Citadel Commerce, a wholly owned subsidiary, is now processing Instant Internet banking transactions for PartyGaming plc, an online gambling group active mainly in the European market.
Betbull Holding SE has announced its withdrawal from the exchange betting business in a press release carried by deraktionaer.de this week.
Sigrid Ligné, the Secretary General of the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has launched a newsletter for members and interested parties in the belief that open communication will provide all stakeholders with a better understanding of the realities of the market.