Among the many new products scheduled for launch at the upcoming ICE(i) show in London is Players2Players Limited’s Live Sportsbook Platform.
UK Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe has published a consultation document that could be the first step in turning a voluntary contribution to problem gambling charity R.I.G.T. (Responsibility in Gambling Trust) into a mandatory donation.
Dublin-based online gambling software provider Cryptologic sees in the new year this week with the release of three new games featuring the legendary Marvel Super Hero, Spider-Man, a new adventure slot game called Dragon Sword, and an enhanced version of Atlantic City Blackjack, one of the company’s most popular casino games.
It was not all sweetness and light over the festive season at online gambling software provider Cryptologic, it seems. A disagreement over corporate decisions with a shareholder and previous CEO, Javaid Aziz took place over the period, eventually leading to the company rejecting a demand from Aziz for a seat on the board of directors.
The Xinhua news agency reports that Macau gaming revenues reached record levels – mainly before the recession hit – of US$13.7 billion over the whole of 2008. The statistics indicate a year-on-year increase of 31 percent to a record 108 billion patacas (US$13.7 billion).
Anti-gambling activists in Australia are calling for pre-paid smart cards to be introduced into gaming venues to reduce problem gambling, reports the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Under the plan, users would nominate a monthly cap on the amount of money they would be prepared to lose.
The annual wrangle over “voluntary” contributions by major British gambling groups to the Responsibility in Gambling Trust entered a critical phase as the new year started, with Culture Secretary, Andy Burnham, reportedly losing patience with the gambling industry after the emergence of a GBP 1.2 million shortfall in donations for 2008-09.
The UK based games developer Electracade Ltd., which recently became a subsidiary of Orbis Holdings Ltd. has wasted no time building alliances, joining forces with Innovative Gaming, Inc to launch and co-distribute the online version of a new casino table game, branded Quick Seven.
The London-listed online gambling group Party Gaming plc has launched litigation against investment company Livermore Investments Group Ltd. over the 2006 purchase of Livermore’s Internet gambling business, reports the Bloomberg business news agency.
With the industry’s largest expo opening its doors later this (January) month, ICE(i) exhibitors have been advising the market what to expect from their participation.
The Malta Independent Online newspaper published an article on the Bodog empire and its founder Calvin Ayre over the weekend, interesting not so much for its news content as for the details of a complex web of payment businesses introduced to the Mediterranean island to facilitate online gambling payments.
William Hill Bingo is to focus attention on its offering by sponsoring ITV’s popular UK daytime show “The Real Deal” in 2009. The online gaming site recently completed a similar campaign as programme sponsors for the games on Spin Star last November.
The UK publication TimesOnline published a long but fascinating look at the tough times ahead at http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article5439507.ece this weekend.
The weekend reportage of WFSB TV in the United States featured a tragic but at the same time uplifting story of a $10 million lottery gift from the grave.
The tough times for Macau continue to cause executive stress in the Asian offshore gambling mecca, with the news that casino revenues fell for the third month, declining 5.8 percent from a year ago to 7.65 billion patacas.
Online gambling software developer Playtech plc has announced that it has completed the transaction with William Hill plc, as previously announced on 20 October, 2008 Avigur Zmora, who steered the William Hill transaction through its completion process will step down from his role as a director of the company with immediate effect, although he is …
UK interactive television gambling group NetPlay TV plc has hit the ground running in 2009 with the acquisitions of Venturygames.co.uk, and Toucanwin.com, the mobile gambling and skill gaming businesses of Info-download Limited, a subsidiary of Zed Worldwide, S.A (‘Zed’), a developer of entertainment and community products and services for mobile and the internet. Zed currently …
The continuing furore over online casino operator group Grand Prive axing it’s US affiliates but keeping their players could have a solution in store, according to a progress report this week from the head of the Casino Affiliate Program.com community, Lou Fabiano.
First it was the governor of Kentucky leaving his Attorney General out of the loop in organising the Great Online Gambling Domain Hi-jacking through outsourced lawyers; this week it’s Alabama’s governor doing his own thing in forming a gambling task force despite legal objections from his attorney general.
According to MacUpdate, software provider Gammonsoft’s latest version of its Absolute Backgammon product has all the bells and whistles, including voice control and a choice of skins.
The unprecedented negative impacts of the economy dominate the 2009 edition of the Top 21 Trends in Gaming, an annual list compiled by Spectrum Gaming.com, an independent research and professional services firm in the United States.
RMRoyal Media has launched a new no-download Rummy network under the name RummyRoyal.net.
The $300 million “settlement” and Wire Act guilty plea by Party Gaming co-founder Anurag Dikshit earlier this (December) month was discussed in an interesting article in the The Times over the holiday weekend, which suggested that his unilateral and independent move to clean the slate with the US Department of Justice may not have gone …