Online Gambling News
Below is a list of the latest casino news.
UK company says it has a software answer to robot gamblers
A new start-up company in Cambridge, UK has developed software which it claims can protect online gamblers from fraud.
The software is a product of Featurespace, a company formed in 2005 by members of the engineering department at Cambridge University. The company specialises in developing technology that uses behavioural analysis to pr...
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Liverpool call centre closure could put 263 out of work
The Bootle Times in Liverpool reports that the proposed closure of betting company Ladbrokes call centre in Aintree (about 10.5 km north of Liverpool city centre) could put up to 263 employees out of work. Aintree is one of two Ladbrokes call centres in the UK, the other being in Harrow, Middlesex....
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Profit soars 75 percent over same time last year
The Vienna-listed online gambling group Bwin has posted an outstanding set of third quarter 2009 results, with profit rocketing 75 percent over the same period last year.
Despite the traditionally quiet nature of the quarter, Q3 EBITDA rose to Euro 16.8 (Q3 2008: Eur...
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Stocks rise as German bourse reacts to rumours that Bwin may acquire Gibraltar online gambling group
The perennial speculation that the Gibraltar-based Internet gambling...
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Lawmakers send a proposal for a Gambling Commission back to the drawing board
Plans to introduce a Gambling Commission on the island of Jersey off the French coast have been postponed pending the submission of further information on costs and methods, reports the BBC.
The formation of a Gambling Commission for the island, which is becoming active...
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More regulation on the way
According to the chief executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region, the local government intends to increase its commitment to Responsible Gambling on the gambling island.
Presenting his annual report to the Legislative Assembly yesterday (Wednesday), CEO Ho Hau Wah said that officials will cooperate with local academic institutions and civil groups in promoting the concept of "responsible gam...
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HR2267 gets more support
Congressman Barney Frank's HR 2267 proposal to legalise, regulate and license online gambling in the United States has attracted its 63rd co-sponsor.
On Monday New York ninth district Representative Anthony D. Weiner signed up for the bill, which has so far been on the House Financial Services Committee back-burner in deference to economic situation priori...
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Playtech powered online casino launches mobile operations
Playtech-powered Casino Tropez has announced its entry into the increasingly competitive iPhone mobile gambling sector with the launch iTropez.
The Casino Tropez iPhone and androi...
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The benefits of land-Internet cooperation explored
Party Gaming chief executive Jim Ryan reportedly used the new-found freedom to visit the United States occasioned by his company's settlement with the Department of Justice recently. Travelling to Las Vegas, he attended a high level meeting of land casino operators to discuss the benefits of cooperation...
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Business Development chief to head up Million-2-1 operations
Alex Stephens, the director of business development at IGT-UK has been appointed to the company's executive committee with responsibility for the Million-2-1 business following the departure earlier this year of Chris Sheffield.
Stephens has previous management experience as a business analyst and subsequently financial controller at Teradyne Diagnostic Solutions, and...
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Problem gambling executive has kind words for the industry
Geoffrey Godbold, the chief executive officer of the GREaT Foundation - successor to the Responsibility in Gambling Trust in the UK - has only kind words for the gambling industry's contribution in the fight against problem gambling.
Speaking at the annual general meeting of the Remote Gambling Association last week, G...
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US pull-out follows sale to an undisclosed buyer
Communications to marketing affiliates of Golden Casino.com have thrown further light on yesterday's reports that the operation is to refuse new US members effective December 1st .
The communication advises that the change in business model has been motivated by a change of ownership - the buyer is not dis...
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"Main Street is still feeling the heat of the economic downturn," says Fahrenkopf
When Frank Fahrenkopf, chief of the American Gaming Association, speaks at the annual Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, both the online and land branches of the gambling industry look for indicators on the health of the business and the direction it is taking.
This year was no exception as Fahrenkopf addressed delegates to the 2009 event.
He tol...
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New portal and revamped fave review site launched
Webmaster Dave Sawyer and his team at Bathrock Media have been busy with launches and re-launches this week as the online gambling information company upgrades its offerings.
Launching is a new portal branded Le...
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Skill games provider launches French network
Following rapid expansion in the recently liberalised Italian market, skill gaming developer GameAccount has formally launched its French network and submitted an application for a licence in that country, which is due to open up its market next year .
France is to become the second major European country after Italy to set up a new gaming environment in which licences are awarded and...
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