Scant detail is yet available, but The Jerusalem Post reports that Israeli police in the city of Tiberias have conducted raids on six “illegal gambling facilities.”
Ladbrokes’ soon-to-depart chief executive Chris Bell estimates that football fans will wager around GBP 750 million on this year’s World Cup football in South Africa – a 50 percent increase on bets placed on the last World Cup epic.
Irish gambler eyes are smiling on Internet and telephone betting in the Emerald Isle, it appears from the latest survey published this week indicating that the sector is worth almost Euro 800 million annually.
New Jersey politicians are to discuss new legislation connected with the state’s bid to liberalise online sports betting on Monday 22 February in the state Senate.
The new Internal Market Commissioner for the European Commission, Michael Barnier, has online gambling regulation high on his list of priorities following a deadline set by European parliamentarians.
The Virgin Casino subsidiary of online gambling firm Virgin Games, has announced that it is launching six new games from three leading games producers in February.
The famous UK gambling group Ladbrokes has joined Victor Chandler in accessing the South Afrcian sports betting market.
CBC media reports from Canada that Ottawa researchers are using virtual reality to establish why slot machines are so addictive.
Slotland Casino online gambler SURFSIDESID picked a winning wave when he chose the genie themed progressive slot “Magic” to play on last week; the game delivered a $134 385 jackpot to the bemused but delighted punter.
B2B (Business to Business) activity appears to be the area of choice into which major online gambling groups are expanding, with Unibet the latest to announce its involvement. The company has kicked off its new service with a deal with Ålands Penningautomatförening (Paf), licensed by the Åland Provincial Government, for the provision of a full …
The San Francisco-based online social networking games specialist Zynga has big plans for Bangalore in India, where within the next three years Internet usage will top 81 million individuals, many of whom are into the online social networking scene.
The online and land bookmaker Betfred has ambitious plans for the immediate future that could see a bid to buy the Tote, and expanding further into the London betting shop sector with 25 shops employing up to 150 people.
Warnings by the European Commission as far back as 2006 that Finnish state gambling monopolies are in conflict with EU principles of free movement of goods and services appear to have gone unheeded by the Finns, judging by this week’s news that RAY and Veikkaus Oy have been given the green light to exclusively offer …
Gaming VC’s online casino subsidiary Casino Club.com has added seven new instant-play games derived from popular and well established Boss Media offerings to its inventory.
Imagine the scene: you think you have just won the biggest lottery prize yet in your country, changing forever the difficult life you and your family endure. It lasts for just long enough for you to take it all onboard….and then you are told that you were not the winner after all.
The Gibraltar-based online gambling group 888.com has announced the release of a slew of new games in five different gaming categories, embracing video slots, scratchcards, card, keno and Arcade offerings.
Virgin Games CEO Simon Burridge was in a bullish frame of mind this week, predicting double digit growth for the company’s online gambling interests in 2010, a hundred new games this year alone and a new platform two and a half years in the making – presumably in collaboration with cross-platform specialists Gaming Technology Solutions …
Reports emanating from Italy indicate that online bingo operators, licensed only last December as the country liberalised its bingo laws, may have to take a break whilst what has been described as “legal procedural defects” surrounding the licensing decree are sorted out.
The Internet scratchcard software developer Neogames continued its series of commercial deals this week with a significant agreement with the UK-based OK Magazine. The deal is a first for Neogames in that it involves a partnership arrangement through Neogames Partners.
Online gambling software provider RealTime Gaming has announced hat it will be releasing a new feature-rich slot branded Triton’s Treasure tomorrow (Wednesday).
A British couple from Cirencester in Gloucestershire have been presented to the media as the winners of Britain’s biggest yet lottery prize – GBP 56 million ($99 million), revealing that by re-investing part of an earlier lottery win in a random Quickpick selection of numbers they hit the bigtime and a sterling fortune.
The 32Red online casino group, which recently acquired Microgaming-powered but troubled online casinos Nedplay and Golden Lounge, revealed this week that it was a good deal in terms of cost.
Inspired Gaming Group has signed a five-year contract to supply European betting operator Fortuna Group with its suite of Virtual Sports products.
According to the Forbes magazine sportsmoney blog, online gambling group Bwin’s shirt sponsorship of the top Italian Serie-A football team AC Milan has been relinquished and re-issued to the Arabian airline Emirates.