Internet gambling operators who chose Cyprus as a convenient and tax-efficient base may have to reassess their position following developments this week in which the local constabulary announced that it had handed over information on internet gaming companies to the Inland Revenue Department.
The creators of BlackJack eXtreme, the concept of playing blackjack on the poker table, have added the MySpace social network to their list of distribution and playing channels, which already includes Facebook.
The often fractious relationship between the British bookie industry and the horseracing fraternity again surfaced this week amid reports that many racing supporters are unhappy that the Tote has been placed back on the ‘for sale’ block by the British government.
Norman Steinberg, described by the St. Louis press as a “key player” in the historic prosecution of the erstwhile BetonSports online gambling group some years ago came home to the US briefly this week to plead guilty to conspiracy in the illegal online gambling affair.
Recently re-domiciled on the Isle of Man and listed on London’s AIM market, internet gambling group GVC Holdings plc released a trading update for the period 1 October 2010 to 15 December this week, including within it an update on the group’s long-running litigation against Boss Media.
Party Gaming plc, one of the industry’s strongest companies, released its pre-close trading update Friday, reporting a strong performance in casino mitigated by a softer seasonal performance in poker and bingo
Bettors were provided with a toll-free number and two website addresses through which wagers were placed using account numbers and passwords, reports the Kansas City Star. A Costa Rican company managed the phone number and the web server.
our readers will recall the case two years ago of Anurag Dikshit (39), one of the founders of online gambling giant, Party Gaming plc.
High profile corruption in sports is in the news at the moment, with suspected irregular betting activity around a red card issued to Motherwell midfielder Steve Jennings.
Over a year ago the government of the Ukraine followed Russia’s draconian example and banished gambling, passing the Law On Prohibition of Gambling Business in Ukraine in June 2009.
US President Barak Obama met with tribal leaders from across the nation at the White House Thursday to discuss a variety of First Nation issues, amoing them internet gambling, reports the San Diego Union Tribune. The pow-wow was the second held by the present administration.
A ruling was handed down by the Paris Court of First Instance in a trademark infringement case this week between French former state-regulated monopoly, Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) and online gambling operator, Unibet and the jurisdiction of Antigua.
The chief of the Pennsylvania Lottery voiced a decidedly protectionist protest this week against efforts by Nevada Senator Harry Reid to pass federal law legalising online gambling.
Media in Seattle picked up on a Part Time Poker story this week regarding the extension of the tough Washington State ban on internet poker beyond the state’s borders, thanks to geo-locating technology.
Online gambling companies and the European Commission have been wrestling with the 16 states of Germany for years in attempts to liberalise the nation’s market in line with more progressive countries in Europe. The problem is that the states, all signatories to a treaty keeping competition out, have no intention of relinquishing their lucrative monopoly …
Executives from some of the online gambling industry’s most influential and successful companies based on the Isle of Man gathered at an e-gaming summit hosted by top international professional business services provider KPMG last month.
S490, a bill seeking to legalise intrastate online gambling in the state of new Jersey, may have been temporarily delayed by small tax tweaks, but author Senator Ray Lesniak is determined to maintain its fast progress through the political system.
A 21-month New York State investigation into illegal online gambling has resulted in two more arrests in the Utica region.
Subsequent to the decision taken by the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to merge the Birmingham-based UK Gambling Commission and the National Lottery Commission , a position for a Chair of the proposed UK Gambling & National Lottery Commission is being sought and advertised in leading UK national publications.
eGaming Service provider, Spiral Solutions Ltd. has partnered with Virtuadz, a social games marketing agency, to launch a new, free-to-play online games portal, La Ruée vers L’or, for the French market.
An e-mail promotion run by Profitable Play Ltd t/a Jackpotjoy and headlined “Find out why we’re Britain’s best value night in!” was found to be misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority.
Microgaming’s new Quickfire Flash casino product has attracted three more licensees in the shape of Stan James, Tain and Roulette69.
With the recent French and Danish tax furores probably still resonating with their members, three prominent gambling trade associations joined together this week to appeal for a common sense approach to taxation in the drafting of online gambling regulatory legislation in Spain.
Online bookmaker Betfred.com has launched an extensive six-figure TV advertising campaign with a view towards growing its mobile betting into a core revenue stream, reports NMA.co.uk.