Germany’s convincing defeat of the England football team at the World Cup in South Africa over the weekend was good news for UK bookies, who could have faced pay-outs of up to GBP 50 million had England won, widespread media reports indicate.
Hong Kong police have told Agence France Presse that further police raids have disrupted another online sports gambling ring over the weekend.
An attempt to launch a prosecution against Australian sports clubs in sponsorship deals with online gambling companies has not been successful, with federal police declining to get involved, reports The Age newspaper.
Writing in the US horseracing publication Bloodlines last week, the CEO of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Alex Waldrop, revealed that the organisation’s lobbyists have secured the introduction of important federal legislation to protect its $1.3 billion market for advance deposit wagering.
In a move that has surprised many Internet observers, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has approved the creation of a new ‘xxx’ suffix for use by Internet pornography sites.
The French gambling regulator ARJEL has released its second list of new licensees, which features two of the online gambling industry’s major operators, Party Gaming and Pokerstars.
A Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia contractor has filed a High Court claim against a private limited company and a newspaper, alleging that they induced him to gamble.
The fickle finger of fate worked rather well for an Ohio store clerk this week, landing her a totally unexpected $250 000 windfall.
Live dealer technology provider CWC Gaming has added internet casino and poker site GR88.com to its list of clients.
Virgin Casino has become one of several Wagerworks licensees launching a new 5 reel, 40 pay-line video slot this week, branded White Orchid.
The state of North Carolina has acted on the vexed issue of Internet sweepstake parlours and the uncertain gambling laws impacted by these offerings.
The UK interactive television and AIM-listed gambling group NetPlayTV took a step back this week, issuing a profit warning following a “much lower than anticipated” take-up on its new BingoStars TV project.
The Chinese government has continued its heightened assault on internet gambling with the announcement that more websites have been blocked on government orders.
Online gambling companies using the .net advertising strategy will be heartened by a New Zealand court’s ruling that such advertising is not an inducement to gamble, and that live poker tournaments are a form of competition and therefore not illegal in a gambling sense.
The Australian government’s Productivity Commission recommendations are unlikely to be well received by the gambling groups Tatts and Tabcorp, which have exclusive retail wagering licences in some Australian states (provinces).
It appears from statements made by the Australian federal government’s Community Minister, Jenny Macklin, that the federal government will not support any moves to liberalise online gambling laws in the country.
Israeli police launched a successful drive against an online gambling ring this week, reports the newspaper Haaretz, arresting 28 individuals following visits to 40 premises across the country.
Tonio Fenech, Malta’s minister of finance has explained why the island government has been creating EU waves by opposing a common definition of “online gambling”, which has caused delays and some disruption of attempts to agree on what constitutes internet gambling throughout the trade bloc.
Online gambling software provider RealTime Gaming has launched its latest video slot, a 5 reel 25 pay-line game in the Real Series with an undersea theme titled Ocean Dreams.
Malaysian police continue to clamp down hard on illegal internet gambling, with reports from the Bernama news agency indicating further action over the past 48 hours.
Intralot Holdings International Limited has acquired a 33 percent stake in Russian betting firm Kelicom, gaining entrée to a ‘strategic stake’ in Russian sports betting operation Favorit Bookmakers Office and its extensive gambler database.
Justice caught up with a 21-year-old UK hacker this week as Alistair Peckover was sentenced to almost two years of jail time after being convicted of perpetrating sophisticated and lucrative online frauds. The prosecution revealed that Peckover systematically defrauded legitimate online businesses and unsuspecting members of the public with his self-taught computer skills, amassing ill-gained …
Attempts to legalise intrastate online gambling in the state of New Jersey entered a new phase this week as Democratic Party lawmakers called for a gaming summit to reconcile competing proposals to put sports and Internet betting to a public vote in a referendum this fall.
The Kahnawake Gaming Commission and the Financial Services Regulatory Commission for Antigua and Barbuda, two sovereign online gambling licensing jurisdictions, have jointly announced a new working relationship.