Spin3, the leading wireless casino system provider powered by Microgaming,the world’s largest online gaming software provider, won the ‘Best GamblingCompany’ award at the first ever ME Awards, hosted by Mobile Entertainmentmagazine. Spin3 was declared the winner by a judging panel comprising over300 mobile content executives. The Mobile Entertainment award recognized thepioneering work Spin3 has done […]
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It appears as though the right to free access to online gambling services inEurope is destined to be decided by the courts, as increasing numbers ofEuropean states ignore the recent European Court of Justice directive whichstated that a Member State cannot invoke the need to restrict its citizens’access to betting services if at the same […]
BRITISH executives of online gambling companies could be arrested oncriminal charges in Germany if they set foot in the country. Officials fromthe interior ministries of the German states of Hesse and Bavaria told TheBusiness that executives of foreign companies who let German residents placesports bets online are committing “criminal” acts that could lead toprosecution in […]
“….the way in which some members of the Senate have decided to move[anti-online gambling measures] through reeks of political gamesmanship. Theissue of Internet gambling has not been given a hearing in the Senate, ithas not been debated, in fact, there isn’t even a bill introduced.”Following the failure of Senator Bill Frist’s attempt to attach ananti-online […]
Gambling money underpins parent advisory councils across B.C., but thesource of the much-needed cash poses an ethical dilemma for some parents.Unlike most PACs that happily pocket provincial grants funded by gambling,South Park Elementary does not. “Gaming can be problematic for some people,and is the message that we want to be sending to our kids that […]
A service called gamAid that provides instant online help to people withgambling problems has the green light to go live this month after asix-month trial. The service has already had more than 55,000 visits andprovided 1,000 one-to-one help session during the first four months of itstrial. With gamAid, online gamblers can find instant, real-time, one-to-oneaccess […]
Activision video gaming boss Robert Kotick spoke this week of the role in–game gambling could play in the future, describing it as the ‘HolyGrail’ of the games business. Kotick reckons the cross-over between gamingand ‘gambling’ could potentially be huge, and far more extensive than atpresent. Discussing the potential of wagering with regards to online games,he […]
Several European states have taken action against online gaming companies ina bid to protect their own gambling operations, but the tactic looks likelyto accelerate the demise of their own monopolies, says a report in Hemscottthis week. The report quotes a European Commission spokesman who said thebody is prepared to target more EU member states deemed […]
During the month of September, cable and television networks paradedprograms on the subject of online and offshore gaming. These programs airedjust in time to stir up more debate as lawmakers on Capitol Hill were poisedto vote on whether or not to attach an online gambling ban to the currentdefense bill. One network program on the […]
Senator Bill Frist attempted to attach the Internet Gambling Bill to aMilitary Defense Bill but received much unexpected opposition and sourcessay that attempt is now dead. Although the online gaming industry isbreathing another sigh of relief the fight is not over yet. Senator Frist,from Iowa, is looking to run for president in 2008 and he […]
Despite the recent spate of online gambling related arrests in America,incoming Sportingbet Plc CEO, Andrew McIver, has announced that the popularonline sports betting website will continue to market to U.S. based onlinegamblers. Clearly McIver has balls of titanium and does not intend onvacationing in the United States anytime soon! He has replaced Peter Dickswho was […]
The hot-button topics in Britain these days regarding the Americans aren’tonly about Iraq. It’s also about business. The CEOs of two British Internetgambling sites (both publicly listed) were arrested this summer when theywere changing planes on U.S. soil. More have been targeted and legislatorsare looking at other options to prevent Americans from betting online. Theact […]
The total net takings from gambling in the year 2004-2005 were $15.5billion, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This was up from$13.8 billion four years earlier. The preferred form of gambling is inpokies, with takings now reaching $8.7 billion, or $1 billion more than in2000-2001. Other major sources were off-course TAB takings ($2.1 billion),casino […]
Earlier this year, a study released shows that 600,000 young adults betweenthe ages of 14 to 22 have reported gambling on the Internet on a weeklybasis. The study, conducted by the Annenberg Foundation, also found the agegroup had the highest rate of gambling addictions. “I like gambling becauseof the high risk/high reward idea, but I […]