Gambling Industry News

Vegas revenue for February 2010 rise

February gaming revenue jumped 32.9 percent on the Las Vegas Strip according to the latest official statistics, lifting shares of MGM Mirage, Las ...

Realtime Gaming licensees face patent claims

Memories of the trials and tribulations of the Bodog group at the hands of First Technology LLC patent attorneys surfaced this week with reports that ...

Grand Prive licence suspended by K.G.C.

The Grand Prive online casino group's woes seem to keep mounting. Following a bitter two year war with disgruntled affiliates and an abrupt move over ...

Payback percentage research

The European Gambling and Betting Association, home to many of Europe's largest online gambling groups, reported this week on recent research into ...

Top marketing man recruited by Chartwell Tech

The Calgary-based online gambling software provider Chartwell Technology has announced the appointment of Andrew Pegler as Sales Director for its ...

Massachusetts gambling bill progresses

The latest attempt to introduce land casino gambling to Massachusetts - a law that includes bans on Internet gambling - has been approved by the House ...

iMEGA speaks out on U.S. sports betting

The chairman of the feisty Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association, Jo Brennan Jnr., has encouraged New Jersey politicians to legalise ...

Hopes dashed

Speculation and hopes that the latest Massachusetts legislative proposal aimed at introducing two land casinos would not outlaw online gaming in the ...

An unusual way to sever a business relationship

Details have emerged on last week's story regarding the software switch made by the much-criticised Grand Prive online casino group. Updates on the ...

Hawaiians head for the ninth island for gambling

Hawaiians with a yen to gamble refuse to be frustrated by island bans, reports the Financial Post in an interesting article over the weekend. Instead ...

Internet gambling not excluded in latest Massachusetts gambling bill

Thursday saw the introduction in the Massachusetts State House of the House Speaker's plan to bring two land casinos to Massachusetts. And ...

Is opposition to online gambling softening?

The publication Indian Country Today took an interesting look at attitudes in the US towards Internet gambling this week, commenting that tribal ...

GameAccount UK licence suspended

The UK Gambling Commission has commenced a review under section 116 of the Gambling Act 2005 and, under section 118 of the Act, has decided to suspend ...

Surprise software change for Grand Prive Group

After many years of using Microgaming Casinos software it appears that the much-criticised Grand Prive group of online casinos has switched to ...

Svenska Spel buys up responsible online gambling tool

Swedish state gambling monopoly Svenska Spel and ICU Intelligence have signed a contract enabling Svenska Spel to purchase all shares and assets in ...

Allegations that Taiwan cops were bribed by illegal casino operators

This week saw major police swoops on 32 locations in the Banciao District of Taipei City as prosecutors investigated a large-scale bribery case in ...

Italian breakthrough for Net Entertainment

The Swedish and Malta-based Online Gambling software provider Net Entertainment has landed another juicy contract for its CasinoModule product in the ...

Kerching casino now available on iPhone

Barcrest's Wagerworks-powered online casino subsidiary Kerching Casino has launched its iPhone mobile casino with the introduction of the popular ...

Chinese report on internet gambling blitz

The multi-ministry war being waged by the Chinese government on Internet gambling continues to hammer companies as well as individuals, according to a ...

What's in a name

Another highly desirable Online Gambling domain name is about to come onto the market next (April) month in the form of Slots.com.If you think it ...

Baptist chief rails against online gambling

The heat is rising over the apparently imminent launch of Congressman Barney Frank's bill seeking to legalise and regulate online gambling in the ...

Colorado catastrophy

Colorado casino gambler Louise Chavez thought she had hit the bigtime at the Fortune Valley Casino last week when the bells rang and lights flashed ...

Sharing wisdom

Former Ladbrokes Gibraltar IT chief and current online gambling portal webmaster Dave Sawyer believes in sharing his industry wisdom with fellow ...

Turkish ban does little to discourage online gambling

The weekend saw the publication in the Sunday Zaman publication of an interesting article on Internet gambling, and the fight which European betting ...