Our readers will remember the online gambling industry uproar caused when Aussie e-processing whiz kid Daniel Tzvetkoff’s Intabill companies went to the wall back in early 2009, owing online gambling operators up to A$100 million.
Attempts by French land-based gambling companies to sue their online equivalents for ‘illegal competition’ have suffered a setback in a Paris court.
Attempts by French land-based gambling companies to sue their online equivalents for ‘illegal competition’ have suffered a setback in a Paris court.
The Germany-based sportsbetting company Jaxx AG has released its full year 2009 results, posting a 15 percent improvement in revenues to Euro 114.5 million, and a positive fourth quarter EBITDA
Two former BetonSports online gambling executives have joined forces to take over the troubled BetonLine.com, a sportsbook using DGS and Parlay Entertainment software licensed in Panama that was recently rated as a mediocre 2.5 at the respected and independent Bookmakers Review site – “bookmakers with more blemishes than strengths and/or vulnerable to problems and adverse …
What does the Gibraltar-based online bookie Victor Chandler know that the South African industry does not? That’s the question South African betting firms were asked themselves this week after a news item appeared in Business Report announcing the start of online gambling operations in South Africa by the bookie on April 28th.
Canadian online gambling software provider Chartwell Technology has announced the release of its latest selection of new games including five slot titles and a pair of multi-player table games.
The Malta studios of live dealer online gambling provider Medialivecasino.com have been the subject of an extensive revamp with the aim giving to the player the authentic ambience of a real land casino, using as its inspiration two of the world’s most prestigious casinos: the historic Monte-Carlo and Venice establishments.
Calgary-based online gambling software provider Chartwell Technology Inc. has landed an order for a Flash-based, online casino platform from Casinos Austria International (CAI).
Harrah’s Entertainment is seeking suitability approval from Nevada gaming regulators for business partner 888, whose software its Interactive Division is using for three Internet gambling sites in the United Kingdom, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The top Vienna-listed European betting group Bwin Interactive was in bullish mood this week as it released its Q1 2010 numbers, posting a Euro 34.3 EBITDA and predicting a substantial increase in 2010 profit. Full-year 2009 earnings before interest, tax, debt and amortisation were confirmed at Euro 102.2 million.
One of the industry’s major online gambling groups, Sportingbet.com, has announced that it intends to move its shares to London’s main market. The company has announced the cancellation of trading of its shares on London’s Alternative Index Market pending its listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) next month.
The high profile Washington DC action taken in the past against lobbyist Jack Abramoff in attempts to reduce political corruption surfaced again this week as Republican politicians tried to marshall support against current proposals to legalise online gambling.
It took four months for an Israeli couple to realise they had won Israel’s biggest ever lottery prize and find the ticket, according to widespread reports in local and international media this week.
There are two cyber-gamblers out there who are probably still celebrating following major hits on internet jackpots recently.
Following player reports of slow-pays involving RTG-powered Cuba Club and Lucky Slots online casinos, it is perhaps not surprising that these casinos going offline for the last 48 hours and counting has triggered alarm.
Last month’s Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on four online gambling information portals, including a 1 gig/sec assault on Casinomeister.com, put the subject of robot armies and cyberinvasions of this nature back in the spotlight, but new solutions are evolving all the time.
More details are emerging about the Poker Players Alliance involvement in the Massachusetts political debate on the introduction of two land casinos. The debate has attracted the attention of the online gambling industry because an Internet gambling ban was buried among the many clauses.
888.com’s b2b subsidiary Dragonfish received a ringing endorsement this week from the top UK online bingo group Cashcade, which has extended its bingo platform agreement for a further two years.
South America apparently features in the plans of the Vienna-listed online gambling group Bwin, which is expanding outside of its traditional European markets and plans a presence in as many as four South American countries over the next two years.
Live dealer provider Evolution Gaming, which has offices in London, Malta and Stockholm and high tech Internet video-streaming studio facilities in Latvia, has become one of the first in its sector to achieve the high standards required for the eCOGRA Certified Live Dealer Seal.
Kentucky governor Steve Beshear’s latest attempt to squeeze money out of the offshore Internet gambling industry will have little upside for Kentucky taxpaying gamblers, according to a report in ABC News this week.
Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s legislative attempt to introduce land casinos to the state is to be debated today (Tuesday) and has already attracted some 216 suggested amendments from House representatives, reports the Boston Globe newspaper.
The April 16th House Financial Services Committee hearings on two bills authored by Barney Frank has been postponed indefinitely, according to a spokesman for Frank’s office.