Edward Wray, the respected founder of the Betfair online gambling empire, spoke his mind on the American legal situation in an interview with the UK publication Real Business this week, commenting that he was not a fan of prohibition as an alternative to regulation.
Global Interactive Gaming Ltd. has signed up the UK betting group Sportingbet for another three years of its real time betting software, extending the deal to the end of 2011.
Police in Malaysia continued their anti-online gambling drive last week with a raid on an Internet Café in the Jalan Air Itam area.
Industry message boards were buzzing over the weekend as the increasingly bitter competitive differences between Casino Affiliate Programs and the Gambling Webmasters Portal Association spilled over into violence at a London conference hotel.
The UK Internet gambling provider Evolution has signed its fourth major live dealer gambling agreement in recent times, this one with the major Gibraltar-based online gambling group 888.com.
The affiliate world turned out in force for this year’s Casino Affiliate Programs Awards, made by the affiliate marketing directory for the online gambling industry to acknowledge good work by affiliate marketers.
Canadian online gambling software provider Chartwell Technology has announced audited financial results for the year ended October 31, 2008, turning in a solid tenth anniversary year performance that included:
Dutch online gamblers are spending up to Euro 450 million a year on their pastime, according to a survey just completed by the research company Motivaction.
Marc Lesnick’s Ticonderoga Ventures company, which organises and runs the Casino Affiliate Convention get-togethers around the world, has apparently been quick to react to the ethics questions highlighted by the CAP-CardSpike furore in recent weeks….the subject of affiliate ethics will be debated at the next CAC event in Amsterdam at the end of March 2009.
The Australian gambling group Tabcorp’s latest financial results reveal a massive negative hit to the company’s bottom line – the result of a dud cheque for A$11.5 million from a high-rolling gambler at one of the company’s casinos.
Canadian online gambling software provider Chartwell Technology has inked key movie brand licensing agreements with Paramount Digital Entertainment International.
January 30th is L-day for the giant European online betting group Bwin – it marks the start of the group’s innovative and technologically advanced live betting interface which has been designed to give customers an intensified live experience.
The Dutch Justice Minister, Hirsch Ballin was in the news again this week with more threats designed to warn off online gambling companies that may be a threat to the state’s monopolistic stranglehold on betting in Holland.
The UK-based online betting exchange Betfair Group Ltd. has completed its acquisition of the US-based TV Games Network from Macrovision for $50 million in cash.
UK online banking service Ivobank has announced that its services are now available to customers who play at any of the Webline, Iconic, Eurolinx and Golden Lounge casino brands, on the Microgaming platform.
Despite the almost universally gloomy media reports on the global economy, the general attitude of exhibitors in the interactive section at Clarion’s International Casino Exhibition in London this week was upbeat, confident and full of energy.
Slotland.com 3D online casino subsidiary WinADay.com has announced the launch of its latest new game, Slot-O-Matic.
Online gambling software provider Microgaming’s unique player-customisable video slot Myslot, launched early December 2008, is proving a big favourite with the players according to an independent study.
Isle of Man-based online gambling software provider Microgaming used the ICE(i) exhibition this week to announce that the top European bookmaker Interwetten has gone live with its online casino games and system.
Online gambling marketing affiliates were surprised this week to receive notifications from the Rival Internet gambling company, believed to be owned by Canadian residents, that it intends to exit the Canadian market within the next few days – effective February 1st 2009.
Football pools operator Sportech has announced in a trading update that it expects full-year results to be in line with management expectations, following a robust period of trading during the second half of 2008. The firm’s 2008 annual results are due for release in March 2009.
Parlay Entertainment is making all of its popular side games available in the embedded mini-game format, which allows players to play mini-games within their bingo game window, the company announced this week.
The Spanish Ministry of the Interior, Comisión Nacional del Juego is to provide an update on the future of online gambling in the region at a conference titled Online Gambling in Spain – A Regulatory Update.
Saviour Balzan, the outspoken editor of the Malta Today newspaper, survived a long-running legal debate with the local law this week, getting a minimal Euro 7 000 slap on the wrist for publishing a land casino advertorial back in 2005.