The owners of the world famous land gambling brands Casino de Monte Carlo and Casino de Monaco, La Société des Bains de Mer et du cercle des étrangers à Monaco, has won a branding case against Australian online casino company Around Pacific, resulting in an order that the domain name Casino-Monaco-Gold.com be transferred to the …
In May this year Texas authorities raided a Corpus Christi amusement centre, starting a chain of events that ended with the arrest on illegal gambling charges of 14 executives employed by the Dallas-based Aces Wired Inc and the confiscation of 90 ‘gambling machines’ known as 8-liners, and some $175 000 in cash.
The ICEi exhibition scheduled for January 27 -29th in London received a bright endorsement from player protection and standards body eCOGRA this week, when Tex Rees, the Fair Gaming Advocate at that organisation saluted the companies committed to attending as among the “…most mature, accountable and responsible gathering of e-gaming exhibitors in the industry’s brief …
In May this year, online gambling group Betfair’s top IT man, Rory Devine, handed in his notice, triggering an extensive search for a replacement which ended this week with the announcement that former Vodafone manager Tony McAlister is to replace him.
American horse racing fans were disappointed this week to find the following discontinuation of service notice on the Pinnacle Sports.com website:
Jadestone’s social gaming network DiceArena added another major company to its member list this week with the launch of Eurobet on the system.
This week’s $300 million “settlement” and Wire Act guilty plea by the co-founder of Party Gaming, Anurag Dikshit has resulted in a blizzard of high-visibility coverage for the industry in the world’s mainstream media, and much of it has been positive – highlighting the confusing and often discriminatory nature of US laws on Internet gambling …
US-based gambling software provider GameLogic has received a cash boost through a $3 million loan from speciality financing company Velocity.
US-based gambling software provider GameLogic has received a cash boost through a $3 million loan from speciality financing company Velocity.
Despite the continued vigorous attempts by conservative US politicians and the Department of Justice to curtail Internet gambling, online gamblers continue to pursue their pastime of choice, with the latest MediaMetrix comScore statistics showing an 11 percent increase in US visits to online gambling sites during November 2008.
The Swedish recommendations released earlier this week suggested some modification to the monopolistic structure which restricts gambling to the state owned Svenska Spel, but confined this to licensing sports betting products to private operators by 2011.
Online gambling software developer Microgaming has just released its December game releases, featuring three new slots to occupy players over the holiday season.
Canadian lottery scandals which included allegations of fraudulent behaviour by ticket sellers were in the media again this week as CBC reported that an investigation has found that Atlantic Lottery Corporation employees, lottery retailers and their families are not winning more than they should, although they are more likely to win big prizes than the …
Canadian lottery scandals which included allegations of fraudulent behaviour by ticket sellers were in the media again this week as CBC reported that an investigation has found that Atlantic Lottery Corporation employees, lottery retailers and their families are not winning more than they should, although they are more likely to win big prizes than the …
Although the tough economic times ahead will discourage casino and lottery gamblers, horseracing punters are unlikely to be put off by the economic decline, a study by IBISWorld research in Auistralia has found. Reporting on the study, the Sydney Morning Herald this week revealed that revenue from horse and sports betting is expected to grow …
Online gambling company Slotland.com has extended its proprietary gaming software with the launch of a new slot branded Gold Boom at subsidiary online casino WinADay. The launch follows the debut of new slot Heavenly Reels in October this (2008) year. Both offerings feature 3D graphics and no-download Flash technology.
The Remote Gaming Association, a body that represents the interests of most of Europe’s major Internet gambling companies, this week ramped up the pressure on US representatives at the World Trade Organisation, calling on the European Commission to take the “necessary next steps” to protect European Union interests from WTO-violating, retroactive and discriminatory enforcement by …
The Financial Times speculation earlier this week that Party Gaming co-founder Anurag Dikshit (37) had made a $300 million deal with the US Department of Justice was proved correct when the billionaire gambling IT whiz appeared in the Southern District of New York court Tuesday afternoon, pleading guilty to a single charge under the 1961 …
The Gibraltar-based Internet gambling group Party Gaming plc has responded to a Financial Times report that founder Anurag Dikshit may be appearing in a US court on a Wire Act guilty plea later today . In a statement, the company reiterated that it remains in negotiations with the US Justice Department aimed at wiping the …
It did not take long for Scandinavian and other online gambling companies to react to the publication of a Swedish commission report on loosening the stranglehold that the Svenska Spel state monopoly has on Swedish gambling. Criticism of the recommendations came almost immediately, aimed mainly at the suggestion that only sportsbetting should be liberated.
Anurag Dikshit, one of the four founders, and a 27 percent shareholder in the Gibraltar-based Internet gambling giant Party Gaming.com, is believed to have agreed to plead guilty to a charge relating to taking US wagers over the Internet pre-2006, according to reports in the Financial Times and TheTimesOnline. Dikshit has apparently agreed to pay …
Sweden’s state-owned Svenska Spel gambling monopoly may find itself at the centre of some dramatic policy changes if the authorities accept the recommendations of a public commission appointed to study and report back on the subject.
The major Vienna-listed online gambling group Bwin and the Division on Addictions at the Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School Teaching Affiliate, have signed an agreement for research collaboration for five years.
The Dublin-based Internet gambling software developer CryptoLogic Limited has inked a strategic partnership deal with Orbis Technology Limited, a provider of interactive gaming and betting solutions. The agreement makes CryptoLogic’s top performing games available to the gaming brands in Orbis’ portfolio of customers through Orbis’ Fixed Odds Games (FOG) platform.