The UK online and land betting group Paddy Power reported in a trading update this week that it is on track for good 2010 full year results that will likely show a 30 percent rise in earnings.
The operator of the Piggs Peak online casino in Swaziland, Casino Enterprises, has reacted to yesterday’s judicial ruling that in the online environment gambling takes place at the physical interaction point.
The founder of Casino Affiliate Programs and a top affiliate marketer, Lou Fabiano (47) has died in a Florida Intensive Care Unit only days before his birthday.
A player in the Atlantic Lottery Lotto Max missed out on a Cdn$30 million win last week by declining to purchase an incorrectly issued ticket in a convenience store.
Our readers will recall the trials and tribulations of a Casinomeister player with a little-known online casino bearing the unlikely title of ‘Heroes Casino.’ In a long running fight last year over a $38 000 blackjack win, one spurious excuse after another was offered as the casino jerked the player around before its licence was …
Raha-Automaattiyhdistys (RAY), the Finnish state-owned gambling monopoly which will be moving into the online gambling sector this year is to use the Svenska Spel-developed responsible gambling tool PlayScan, says the company’s gaming operations executive Janne Perakyla.
WinADayCasino.com had its second major jackpot winner of the northern summer when GlennP hit a $96 466 jackpot playing the new Leprechaun Luck slot machine last week.
The proposed tax deal between the Tasmanian government and the Australian operations of online gambling giant Betfair appears to have run into trouble, with Green Party politicians protesting that the special arrangements will syphon funds away from essential services.
The online scratch card specialist NeoGames has added a further two multi-lingual and localised games to its inventory, and has begun releasing the new offerings to its licensees and white label clients.
The prolonged national issue of whether the South African government is to regulate and licence online gambling or not, took an unexpected turn this week when the provincial Gauteng Gambling Board made a point of warning the media that the pastime is currently illegal.
Students from the National University of Singapore are using the pull of gambling to showcase their conservation of the environment information campaign, devising casino-inspired concepts such as roulette and slot jackpots to raise awareness on climate change.
The identity of ‘The Stig’ – a disguised expert driver on BBC TV’s widely televised motor show Top Gear – has long been the subject of speculation and wagering among car fans, and this week there were indications that endurance racing driver Ben Collins is the mystery man.
The Chester, UK based online identity verification specialist GB Group has announced that it has been chosen to partner a major Asian-targeted online sportsbook, 12Bet.com.
Litigation filed by addicted online gamer Craig Smallwood against US game publisher NCSoft may at first glance appear irrelevant to online gambling, but carries implications for industry companies should it be successful.
Since acquiring online gambling company Purple-Lounge.com in October this year, owner Media Corporation claims that player acquisition has surged, reaching the 100 000 benchmark this (August 2010) month. When it took over the Microgaming-powered operation last year the registered player list comprised 77 475 players.
The on again – off again initiatives by the Costa Rica government to regulate and tax online gambling operators based in the country appear to be hardening into action, with the Finance Ministry of recently elected president Laura Chinchilla (51) unveiling its draft plans, revised after protests by local operators.
The UK and Australian-based Betfair online gambling group has been given an opportunity to expand into the Pacific Ring market following an offer from Manila, Philippines-based Diversified Financial Network Inc.(DFNN), reports the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Unionjackpots.com, an online gambling site licensed by the UK Gambling Commission and owned by Unionjackpots.com Limited of Solihull in England, has launched in play-for-free mode.
Friday the 13th turned out to be a lucky day for an anonymous Londoner playing Microgaming’s Mega Moolah Isis progressive slot at the Ladbrokes online casino last week.
A UK Internet Service Provider is now offering a broadband package just for gamers, which prioritises their traffic for maximum accessibility and speed.
Earlier this week the premier of Canadian provinces Newfoundland and Labrador, Danny Williams, personally rejected the idea of the province joining others in regulating online gambling, but this has not deterred Nova Scotia politicians, who remain interested in a scheme that is supported by British Columbia, Quebec and possibly Ontario.
PlayNow.com, the province of British Columbia’s first venture into regulated online gambling is back online after a month fixing a technical glitch, and losses estimated at around Cdn5 million.
Online sports betting company Tipp3.at, which is a subsidiary of the Casinos Austria group, has signed an agreement to extend its sponsorship of the Austrian Bundesliga domestic football league for a further three seasons.
In accordance with stock market rules following the proposed merger of Party Gaming and Bwin, Party Gaming issued a press release to the London Stock Exchange Thursday providing detail on Bwin’s performance in the first half of 2010.