Online Gambling News
Below is a list of the latest casino news.
Greek and Cypriot police conduct raids in both countries after a year of investigations
A joint police action against electronic gambling in Greece and Cyprus has resulted in the arrest of a 44-year-old Athenian man and a continuing manhunt for a second accused, reports the Cyprus Mail newspaper.
“The operation constitutes a breakdown of a large electronic gambling network. The discovery of the case started from Cyprus and polic...
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Hong Kong company debuts with Jacks or Better software
Gee Logic Software Ltd has released Video Poker: Jacks or Better 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch.
A Gee Logic press release claims that the software features a proprietary RNG-based shuffle engine and full card animation, with future upgrades to include further graphic and user interface enhancements suitable for...
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Best Games becomes fourth licensee in 30 days
Fresh from a similar deal with Tain, white label Internet sportsbook provider OddsMatrix Limited has entered into an agreement with Best Games Holdings Limited for the provision of a fully managed sports book.
Best Games operates online...
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Software providers and online casino and poker operators continue to seek approval
The independent player protection and standards organisation eCOGRA has announced that Digitote, a provider of adv...
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Shares rise 5.6 percent
Irish online and offline bookmaker Paddy Power has confirmed its deal with the French gambling monopoly Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) which will smooth its path into the liberalised French gambling market early 2010.
The bookie firm also said it remains on track to meet market expectations for full-year profits, boosting its shares by 5....
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Spin3 launches Mega Moolah for mobile
Mobile gambling solutions provider Spin3, powered by Microgaming, has launched the largest-ever online jackpot progressive video slot<...
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Tops in gambling category and sixth overall
Sweden-based online casino Mr. Green.com is probably still celebrating this (Thursday) morning after being voted top gambling website in Sweden on making it through to the finals .
Internetworld's annual competition - now in its 13th year - looks at a wide range of Swedish Internet websites, and adjudged Mr. Green top in the gambling cat...
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Chartwell's VP sales and marketing on the move
Aideen Shortt, formerly the dynamic VP sales and marketing for Canadian online gambling software developer Chartwell Technology, has moved to Paddy Power subsidiary Airton Risk Management, a sporting risk business where she has been appointed an associate director....
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And a state gambling monopoly does not appear to be the solution
Renowned for its poker players, the Nordic country of Finland also appears to have more than its share of problem gamblers, which gives the lie to government claims that state monopolised gambling is safer than an open market.
According to local media reports, Finland's prevalence of problem gambling ra...
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Affiliate program issues a timely warning
The affiliate program Income Access issued a timely warning against the San Diego-based online gambling software group MahjongTime this week, citing 'payment concerns.'
The advisory sent out by Income Access to its clients reads:
"We are writing to inform you that the MahjongTime affiliate program will be closing at the end of November...
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Betfair and Ladbrokes challenge the monopolistic approach
Two major legal battles against the Dutch penchant for state monopolised gambling start this week in the European Court of Justice....
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$127 million deal gives Churchill Downs almost half of the online horse betting market
Kentucky's major horseracing group, Churchill Downs Inc., has signed a $127 million agreement to purchase the Burbank, California-based online betting site Youbet.com.
Along with its existing online betting site Twin Spires.com, the deal reportedly gives Churchill Downs almost half of the $14 billion horseracing market in the United States....
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But it's still a difficult quarter at a slow time in the seasonal cycle
Online gambling software developer Cryptologic experienced another tough third quarter this (2009) year, posting results which reflected a loss of $3.4 million as predicted in its earlier trading update .
Taking a positive view, the loss...
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Mobile and web games covered in new deal
The British mobile gaming and betting content provider Cellectivity Limited has entered into a supply agreement with Plus-Five, a subsidiary of AliQuantum Gaming Limited, for mobile and web games under its Bet2Go brand.
The deal will allow Bet2Go to offer users a range of...
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Geisha Wonders slot delivers Euro 264 667
CasperP of Copenhagen is one lucky Dane, having aced a Euro 264 667 jackpot on the Geisha Wonders slot at Bet24.com this week.
The online player hammered the online casino's jackpot on his first experience with the game, and is still so astonished at his good fortun...
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