Online Gambling News
Below is a list of the latest casino news.
Congressman Barney Franks's latest attack on the UIGEA - HR6870 Payments System Protection Act - has passed its mark-up stage in the House Financial Services Committee and is on its way to the House, after heated debate and a positive vote of 30 - 19 this week.
The House Financial Services Committee began the markup procedure Tuesday with arch...
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The Dublin based online gambling software provider Cryptologic has announced that it has joined a global fraud-fighting community operated by Ethoca Limited. Ethoca will work directly with WagerLogic, the CryptoLogic subsidiary that licenses the company's acclaimed Internet gaming software and services to many of th...
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The Remote Gaming Association, which counts many of Europe's top gaming firms amongst its members revealed this week that the European Union investigation into US discrimination against EU companies involved in Internet gambling is back on track, with an EU investigation team currently in Washington.
Congress and m...
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The Indian online lottery company Playwin, has launched a gaming card that it hopes will bring more players online. Branded MyPlaywin gaming cards, and supported by a similarly branded .com website, the cards are designed with user safety and transaction convenience front-of-mind, a company statement boasts.
Playwin claims a player base in excess of 300 000 and estimates that the card, together with other marketing measures should...
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The online and land UK gambling group Gala Coral has announced major management changes planned for the near future. Chief Operating Officer Dominic Harrison is promoted to chief executive officer with effect from October 1. He will replace Neil Goulden who moves out of the position after five years to become executive deputy chairman pending the departure withi...
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Online sportsbetting companies in New South Wales, Australia will be encouraged by the news this week that the successful Betfair case against the Western Australian government in March 2008 is contributing to a general freeing up of the promotional market in Australia.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that...
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The Barak Obama presidential campaign reacted quickly to reports Friday that Hunter Biden, son of Obama's vice-presidential running mate Senator Joe Biden, was associated with lobbying activities to legalise online gambling for client Russ De Leon, a shareholder i...
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The Manchester-based independent adrvertising agency BJL is to create a TV based advertising campaign for William Hill plc, a month after being named as a roster agency for the client.
It is understood that BJL won the project following a three way pitch, the first assignment since the agency was plac...
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Political and online gambling observers were debating the possible impact on the Democrat cause this week of the disclosure that Hunter Biden, son of Democrat Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden, is an active Washington lobbyist with an online gambling client.
Hunter Biden and his firm, Oldaker, Biden and Belair, have been engaged to lobby for the expansion of legalised online gamblin...
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This week's business report from the Nevada Gaming Control Board had some depressing news for land casino operators - slot wagering volumes, which deliver around two thirds of Nevada gaming revenues, are down.
The report reveals that slot players wagered $1.1 billion less on slots in July than the same month a year ago, with volumes on the Vegas Strip down by $500 mill...
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11 defendants accused of conspiracy to cheat a dozen tribal casinos across the country were indicted by a federal grand jury in San Diego, California this week according to federal government website postings.
Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Matthew Friedrich and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Karen P. Hewitt announced the unsealing of the indictment, naming: Bryan Arce; Don Man Duo...
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Congressman Barney Frank's latest legislative attempt to bring some precision and sense to the controversial Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act 2006 and its ambiguous regulations has been given a fast ride to a markup session by the House Committee on Financial Services, which Frank chairs.
His HR6870 Payment System Protection Act, which seeks to pin the federal authoriti...
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The Isle of Man based gambling software provider Wizard Gaming has been engaged in developmental activities for the past two years and this week launched its first licensee - Gold Rock Casino.com. Unfortunately for US gamblers, this operation is staying out of that market.
Wizard claims to have used a large development budget on a range of 21 new downlo...
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The Edmonton Sun carried an interesting article on Canadian online gambling this week, quoting extensively from the Lethbridge University academic Robert Williams, a name becoming synonymous with negative views on the subject.
The academician fears an onslaught of problem gambling in Canada as a result of the growing interest in Internet gaming, where he claims that accessibility and...
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The Bulgarian Football Union has signed a sponsorship agreement with the German-Malta online betting firm Bet-at-home.com covering qualification home matches to the FIFA World Cup 2010 and the friendly matches scheduled for the Bulgarian national team. The contract was brokered by sports agency Sportfive.
The sponsorship deal gives Bet-at-home.com a wide range set of advertising rights during the home matches of the A-team and the U...
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