The British gambling group Stanleybet has revealed that it is legally challenging the closure of its two Greek outlets last year by Greek officials acting on a complaint from the OPAP Greek gambling monopoly.
The convicted sex offender who ironically won a $500 000 Alaskan lottery designed to raise funds for sexually abused victims last week himself became a victim when he was subjected to an unprovoked street assault, the Juneau Empire newspaper reports.
A Mississippi gambler from Biloxi who feels she has been cheated out of a million dollar win by the land venue IP Casino has taken the fight to the Supreme Court this week, protesting that the slot machine she was playing had reflected a million dollar jackpot win way in excess of the $8 000 …
Swedish fraudsters masquerading as tax officials are the latest threat to online gamblers in the Scandinavian country, several websites reported this week.
Taking many online gamblers by surprise this week was the news that the Cryptologic-powered Playboy Gaming.com operation is to shut down the operation.
The “midnight rule” political tactic, in which the last-minute legislative push-throughs of outgoing US administrations can be reversed by successors, became familiar to online gamblers last year when the Bush Administration rammed through the flawed and controversial regulations supporting the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
Antigua’s Finance Minister, Dr. Errol Cort must be racking up the airmiles on the Caribbean government’s continuing World Trade Organisation dispute over online gambling with the United States.
The Canadian online gambling software provider Chartwell Technology Inc. has announced the return to the ranks as Chief Executive Officer of Lee Richardson.
eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA) has extended its independent testing, standards and monitoring services to cover Internet bingo, sportsbetting and live gambling operations, positioning its influential Safe and Fair certification seal within reach of most online gambling operators.
The importance that the UK government places on containing the threat of problem gambling was again illustrated this week when Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe visited GamCare’s London HQ to view the range of telephone, online and face to face services the charity offers nationally, free, to problem gamblers.
Almost a year back, one lucky online casino player turned a 25 cent stake into a win of over $5 million, an achievement made possible by lots of luck, wagers and the use of big-win progressive jackpot online slots like Microgaming’s Mega Moolah and Cashalot.
Readers curious about Martin Belsham’s new job after departing Blue Square as CEO had their answer in the London business press this week.
New Media Age has expanded on the news that Google UK has relaxed its bidding policies on Adwords .
The Taiwan parliament approved a controversial bill to legalise land gambling on offshore islands by a 71-26 vote Monday. The government, led by President Ma Ying-jeou of China-friendly Nationalist Party or Kuomintang (KMT), pushed to end the ban on gambling for the Penghu Islands off Taiwan’s west coast, reports Earth Times.
Online gambling may be illegal in Turkey, but the parallel and very popular entertainment of Internet gaming is tempting Turkish officials to try and raise taxes from the pastime.
Lady Fortune has smiled on Tadeusz Krupa and his family over the past 13 months; the Colorado resident has won useful amounts in prize money on the Colorado Lottery’s Cash 5 game on no less than 21 different occasions, triggering suspicion from other lottery players that something may be wrong, and triggering an official investigation …
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that the Australian registered gaming clubs movement intends to attack online gambling operators by lobbying to have them observe some of the restrictions terrestrial pubs and clubs face such as bans on inducement and credit card betting.
The CardSpike issue, and in particular the ownership and/or management aspects of the troubled online poker site, remained prominent in message board discussions as the week progressed, with Casino City and GPWA chief Michael Corfman posting on the popular Casinomeister forum to detail his companies’ intentions.
Companies allegedly associated with online gambling software firm Rival Gaming are being sued for some Cdn$464 007.21 by T2 Marketing, a Canadian marketing consultancy located in Montreal.
The Anchorage Daily News reports what is arguably the ultimate in irony this weekend – the winner of a $500 000 state-wide lottery to benefit a nonprofit organisation that aids victims of sexual abuse is himself a convicted sex offender.
Atlantic City’s revenues continued to fall in December, according to the latest statistics from New Jersey, with the gambling centre’s 11 land casinos showing an accelerated decline over the previous year.
The animosity between Casino Affiliate Programs and the Gambling Portal Webmaster Association managements was much in evidence Friday following the video display of one principal management member’s home address as recorded on a public document in a video show published on YouTube by APCW, an associate of Casino City, which owns the GPWA.
The Nevada state Gaming Control Board issued its latest statistics for land casinos Friday, making for depressing weekend reading. Winnings dropped almost 15 percent in November – the eleventh consecutive month of declining business compared with similar periods in 2007, reports Associated Press.
Following the successful launch of its Ongame Internet poker product in the Italian market, Vienna-listed online gambling group Bwin became the first operator authorised by AAMS (the State Monopolies Autonomous Administration) to launch its real-money skill games this week.