After months of work around the world, what is arguably the biggest surveyyet of online player attitudes and opinions is due to be presented at theInternational Casino Exhibition in London at a media conference scheduledfor the 23 January. The Global Online Gambler Report was devised by leadinggambling research teams at Nottingham Trent University supported by […]
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Law enforcement agencies confiscate 16 illegal gambling machines and severalthousand dollars from a business in Middle Valley. Police served a searchwarrant at the Putter Inn at 6937 Middle Valley Road last night. Deputiesfound video poker machines and active card games inside the facility.Approximately 50 patrons and all employees were interviewed before beingreleased. Officer Ron Rice […]
WHEN the ministerial association of Terrace, BC learned that a local bingopalace was asking city council to change a bylaw so it could bring slotmachines to their northern BC community, they knew they had to speak outagainst the proposal. Joel Ringma, the pastor of Terrace’s ChristianReformed Church, was delegated to speak at a public forum […]
Hundreds of slot machines were rolling last week in Broward County, wherecrowds thronged a new “racino” at the former Hollywood Greyhound Track,newly dubbed the Mardi Gras Racetrack and Gaming Center. At nearbyGulfstream Park, slots were introduced in mid-November and more than $77million has already flowed through its machines. Two more tracks plan toopen rooms for […]
Our report about the astounding amount of money put through poker machinesin the region alarmed many. ‘Scary’ was one word used by readers of thisnewspaper. Considering that Jupiters Casino, the largest gambling venue inNorth Queensland, isn’t included in the figures ‘scary’ might seem anunderstatement. As we reported on Friday, $66 million was put through theregion’s […]
Online Gambling Insider is proud to announce that it will continue to giveaway an Apple Ipod each monthly in association with Casino Rewards, aleading Micerogaming online casino and poker operator…During 2006, OnlineGambling Insider and the Casino Rewards Group gave away an Apple Ipod eachmonth. For the second month running, a UK player won the Ipod.Congratulations […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law December 30 thatwill close casinos and slot-machine halls across most of the country in afew years, forcing the establishments that have become a garish feature ofthe new Russian landscape into four legal gambling zones. The law alsooutlaws online gambling and online poker, and sets the minimum […]
The number of video gambling machines in Montana declined slightly between2004 and June 30, 2006, but gamblers were putting more money in the machinesthat remained. Statistics compiled by the Gambling Control Division of theDepartment of Justice show that the total number of establishments withvideo gambling statewide increased by just one between ’04 and the end […]
A recovery in the online gaming economy act is gaining traction, accordingto several reports. The passage of the Unlawful Internet GamblingEnforcement Act by the US left a swath of economic misery in its wake, butefforts by the major players in the industry to refocus their energies onEurope and Asia are starting to pay dividends. Both […]
Arthur James Welmas, who served as chairman of the Cabazon Band of MissionIndians when the small tribe won a case before the U.S. Supreme Court in1987 that laid the foundation for the Indian gambling movement, has died. Hewas 77. Mr. Welmas, who led the Riverside County tribe for a decade, died ofkidney failure and complications […]
Some months ago Online-Casinos.com/InfoPowa reported on development work byGaming Partners International on hi-tech gambling chips with embeddedalarm-triggering tracers. In a sequel to the story this week, GPI hasannounced that the final product will be launched next month – probably atthe London ICE show. The anti-theft measures incorporated into the chipsconsist of an RFID-based Electronic Chip […]
Sector leader PartyGaming said on Thursday it was in talks to buy part ofEmpire, which confirmed it was selling gaming assets to become an investmentcompany.“It’ll include Empire’s Noble Poker and Club Dice casino sites,” said oneindustry source, adding that the deal was expected to be completed by theend of this week. PartyGaming is leading the […]
Part two in a series of news reviews covering the online casino and gamblingsector. May – Las Vegas Sands win a casino licence to build the firstcasino in Singapore, costing three billion dollars. A bid from Coventry tooperate one of the super casinos in the U.K was thrown out by thegovernment, leaving the city’s officials […]
Online gambling firm Partygaming has confirmed it is in talks to buy thegaming assets of smaller rival Empire Online. Analysts said the deal couldbe worth about $40m (£20.4m), and would probably include Empire’s NoblePoker and Club Dice Casino websites. Shares in Partygaming rose 2.5% on thenews in mid-day trading in London. The company has been […]