The giant British online gambling group Betfair stands to gain substantially – both in revenues and investor confidence – from the decision by the state of Illinois to permit online betting on its horseraces.
One of the top UK online bingo companies, Tombola, has announced that from November this year they will be the new sponsor of the popular television soapie Emmerdale.
The Gibraltar-based online gambling group Party Gaming plc has posted posiive third quarter 2009 results, boosted by the acquisition of Cashcade, with the following highlights:
Online gambling group Sportingbet, which relocated to Jersey in the Channel Islands last year, has nevertheless volunteered to pay a levy to British horseracing’s Levy Board.
China’s online video gaming industry regulator, the General Administration of Press and Publication, has effectively banned all foreign participation in the vast Chinese market, a target of considerable potential for many ambitious Internet gambling operators.
The Russian based software provider, Connective Games LLC has successfully passed its Random Number Generator testing by Technical Systems Testing for its poker and software network.
Another EiG prediction came to fruition this week when the giant global gaming software giant Sega entered the online casino and poker sector in partnership with Playtech plc.
The Leisure and Gaming plc offline and online gambling group has posted another positive quarter, heartening investors after some difficult times.
The Leisure and Gaming plc offline and online gambling group has posted another positive quarter, heartening investors after some difficult times.
Online gambling software developer Cryptologic has signed a multi-year agreement to license a suite of at least 10 quality online betting games to Rank Interactive, a division of the major UK gambling group Rank Group plc.
Mr Green.com, the online casino started by two of the Betsson founders, has received an unexpected accolade from the Scandinavian Interactive Media Event (SIME) business awards committee in its selection for the ‘Rising Stars of the North’ awards this year.
Mr Green.com, the online casino started by two of the Betsson founders, has received an unexpected accolade from the Scandinavian Interactive Media Event (SIME) business awards committee in its selection for the ‘Rising Stars of the North’ awards this year.
The notorious legislative carve-outs for US online horseracing have made possible another gambling tax bonanza, this time for the state of Illinois.
The major trade organisation for European-facing online gambling groups, the European Gaming and Betting Association, is critical of new restrictions enshrined in amendments to a draft law on liberalising the French gambling industry.
The major trade organisation for European-facing online gambling groups, the European Gaming and Betting Association, is critical of new restrictions enshrined in amendments to a draft law on liberalising the French gambling industry.
A report by the Sports Business Group at Deloittes has revealed that horseracing is the UK’s second most popular sport after football and generated expenditure of GBP 3.4 billion last year, triggering calls by racing officials for bigger rewards.
Beneficial Holdings Inc., a Nicaraguan-based gaming company that has pushed out an extraordinary number of press releases on its land activities this year, has announced progress in finding a white label online casino provider, narrowing its search down to two companies.
Server based gaming specialist Inspired Gaming Group has completed a deal with Genting UK to supply its Multi-Win Roulette product to 10 casinos.
Online cash voucher provider Ukash and Payzone are leading the way in the UK prepaid market with a major new deal enabling the provision of prepaid card reloading services for MasterCard rePower at over 18 000 Payzone outlets across the UK, extending more convenience to cardholders in the UK.
Patrick Partouche, the astute French businessman who heads an offline and online casino empire, defended Internet gambling in an interview on the radio station Europe 1 last week, emphasising the precautions taken against underage and problem gamblers by online gambling operators.
The Microgaming-powered and eCOGRA-accredited tier one online gambling operations of Purple Lounge Limited have been acquired by Justin Drummond’s London-based Media Corporation for GBP 465 000.
The UK media has characterised as “selling off the family silver” the British government’s announcement that it is to sell state assets to help balance the books.
One of the more interesting articles published on Internet gambling over the weekend appeared on Sunday in the Malta publication Malta Today.
The boom days that saw global gambling operators rushing to open lavish establishments in Macau may be gone following news that the Chinese government and existing licensees are considering restrictions on further expansion.