The UK Gambling group Leisure and Gaming’s growing number of partners in the burgeoning Italian and Cypriot markets, especially the launch of real money online poker in Italy during the fourth quarter of 2008 has delivered better results than expected, the group revealed in a trading update this week.
The UK Gambling group Leisure and Gaming’s growing number of partners in the burgeoning Italian and Cypriot markets, especially the launch of real money online poker in Italy during the fourth quarter of 2008 has delivered better results than expected, the group revealed in a trading update this week.
The UK Gambling Commission, which initiates regular independent surveys of the British gambling market to keep its finger on the pulse, reports that the latest information to hand suggests that remote (online) gambling is up 1 percent on last year’s numbers.
Fresh from showcasing its extensive online gambling technology and games inventory at the ICE(i) expo last week, the Isle of Man-based provider Microgaming has launched three new slots as part of its February game releases.
Online gambling software developer Wagerworks wasted no time this week in following through on its ICE(i) games showcase with the launch of Megajackpots Cleopatra, a combination of a popular slot and the big win progressive jackpot concept.
The latest research report from media anaylsts comScore Inc show that online video viewing is a booming pastime, with interest soaring 34 percent in 2008, largely driven by a massive jump in the popularity of long-form online videos on sites such as Hulu, a NBC Universal and Fox Broadcasting Co. joint venture.
The Australian online gambling scene lit up last week as news emerged of a A$18.6 million hostile takeover attempt by Centrebet on International All Sports group. If successful the attempt would make Centrebet one of the largest corporate bookmakers in Australia.
Achieving wide Australian mainstream media coverage this week was a report that Chinese gambling mogul Dr. Stanley Ho is prominent among several Chinese businessmen who have made generous donations to Australian political parties.
Online gambling observers were surprised this week to note that Australian anti-online gambling activists have apparently just realised that online casinos and poker rooms offer free dollars in the form of incentive signup bonuses.
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.