Online Gambling News
Below is a list of the latest casino news.
Italian licensing authority decision unfair, says betting group
The blog at Right2Bet, the initiative aimed at generating a Citizens Initiative for legalised and open online gambling across Europe, reports that UK betting group Stanleybet is having to resort to litigation against Italian regulators who have allegedly unfairly denied the company a license.
The rejection of the Stan...
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Business program interviews two independent analysts
The CNBC television business program "Closing Bell" gave the online gambling legal issue in the US some air Thursday in a four minute insert coinciding with the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.
Analysts Andrew Parmentire of Height Analytics and David Katz from Oppenheimer's gaming division were interviewed on the program, with b...
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Reports from Malta indicate that the police are now involved
Online poker players impacted by the reportedly multi-million dollar failure of Jo Remme's Eurolinx, Linx Casino, Linx Media and Bet On Bet companies will be heartened to learn that Maltese regulatory officials at the Lotteries and Gaming Authority (L...
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New laws outlaw gambling outside land casinos
The beleaguered Polish government's attempts to take the heat off politicians by passing more restrictive gambling laws moved a step further Friday as Parliament passed laws that confine gambling to licensed land casinos and phase ou...
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National Assembly rejects proposal to increase gambling tax by 15 percent
Fears that the recently proposed 10 percent Bulgarian gambling tax would by further boosted to 15 percent faded in the National Assembly Friday as the Budget Commission rejected a motion by conservative politicians to raise the tax by another 5 percent.
The conservative party “Law, Order, Justice” (RZS) and members of the Blue Coalition had proposed that t...
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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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