The formerly Playtech-powered online bingo services at UK gambling group Betfred are currently being switched to the burgeoning Virtue Fusion Alderney bingo facilities.
The Moscow Times reports that Moscow police may be getting a little ahead of themselves in starting to shut down gambling premises in the Russian city in preparation for the introduction of new gambling legislation scheduled to come into force on July 1st.
Britain’s society horseracing event of the year – Royal Ascot – is currently running, and giving massive publicity returns to its new five year, million sterling sponsor Betfair, according to reports in the UK media.
It’s one of those quirky stories that appeals widely to the international media and has therefore achieved enormous editorial coverage over the past two days – a study by University of British Columbia researchers into gambling addiction that has used gambling lab rats to test its conclusions.
Canadian online bingo software developer Parlay Entertainment has announced the completion of a deal with the Entraction network announced earlier this year to provide a Bingo network.
The Online gambling software developer and provider Playtech plc received a resounding thumbs up from the respected Deutsche Bank business analysts this week, earning the accolade “best play on medium term growth in the online gaming sector” which will no doubt make it an attractive proposition for investors.
The Irish online gambling group Paddy Power has increased the range and intensity of its ID and age verification measures designed to exclude the underaged and fraudsters from its Internet facilities, signing up the Scots specialised software developer NetIDme for the task.
GTECH’s G2 division has appointed two experienced i-gaming executives to help it further develop its casino and bingo products: Dominic Mansour who is appointed G2’s new Head of Casino & Games, and Alison Digges who has taken up the position of Head of Bingo for the group.
Steve Baldwin, writing for WebProNews this week conducted an interesting financial exercise to assess the cost to major US search engines of the ban on Internet gambling paid search ads.
Gambling on tennis is at the centre of a Times newspaper report from London this week, which claimed that only a week before the start of the world famous Wimbledon Tennis Championships, men’s tennis is embroiled in fresh gambling revelations.
New Zealanders are gambling about NZ$40 million a week on overseas websites – around twice what they spend on the state lottery – according to a survey by the Racing Board, reports the New Zealand Herald newspaper.
The online payment company Ukash has signed a deal with MasterCard to facilitate the launch of its pioneering MasterCard rePower service in Europe – part of a strategic initiative to allow consumers to load cash onto their MasterCard and Maestro prepaid cards at Point-of-Sale (POS) locations.
Prevention of Crime Branch police in the ancient Indian city of Ahmedabad, the largest urban centre in the state of Gujarat, have arrested two men facilitating sportsbetting over the Internet through unidentified websites.
Hollywood mega-star Leonardo DiCaprio has been signed to play the lead in a drama movie with a plot that revolves around Internet gambling, the entertainment media is reporting this week.
Microgaming, the Isle of Man based Internet gambling software developer and supplier has announced that its new stand-alone Bingo product will be showcased on its exhibit stand at the Bingo Summit in London on 16-17 June.
The Xinhua News Agency reports that Chinese police have busted six serial gambling cases involving a total of some 50 billion yuan (about US$ 7 billion), and have launched a global hunt for seven principals involved in the cases.
Online gambling software provider Cryptologic has followed up on its games supply deal with Sportingbet last week with a new agreement, this time to provide quality games to the major Internet gambling group Paddy Power.com.
Sporting its new GTECH divisional identity, G2, the Boss Media online gambling software provider has big plans for the Bingo Summit, which starts in London this week.
The successful bidder in the ongoing Cashcade sale negotiations could determine who will lead the online bingo industry into what increasingly looks like a bright future for the game.
Congressman Barney Frank’s proposal to regulate and licence non-sportsbetting Internet gambling in the United States, his HR 2267 Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act introduced on May 6, signed another four co-sponsors Friday, bringing to 30 the number of politicians indicating their support so far.
The Australian newspaper Courier-Mail this week reports new developments in the financially troubled Intabill payment processor debacle including the news that the man behind Intabill, the 25-year-old entrepreneur Daniel Tzvetkoff and his partner Sam Sciacca (38) are being sued for A$52 million by the Aruba registered online gambling company Kolyma Corporation AVV – owner of …
The story of a Canadian slot player who was twice declared a million dollar winner by a faulty machine when he had actually won lesser amounts was finally put to bed in Toronto this week when the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. paid the $1 000 and $4 000 that the unidentified player had really …
Canadian online gambling software provider Chartwell Technology has posted Quarter 2 2009 results for the three months ended April 30 2009, showing sharply declining revenues due to increased competition, tough economic times and the loss of two licensees.
A Roanoke, Virginia Internet cafe operator had all the answers for local police who arrived at his business this week with a search warrant following an undercover operation that claimed he was offering illegal internet gambling.