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The only constant in the world of online casinos is that the money keeps going round – players make wagers and casinos dish out prizes. Besides this obvious little fact all other things are constantly subject to minor and major innovations and improvements. New Casino Games It has only been a week ago since we [...]

NetplayTV plc, an interactive television gambling group that is usually the bearer of acquisitive and good news for investors, has posted a £3.2 million loss in its half year results, due mainly to the one-off cost of restructuring the company to take advantage of the more liberalised television regime in the UK. The firm announced [...]

In only two short months the online gambling industry has seen an avalanche of new games of all types from a wide range of Internet gambling software providers. Following is a summary of all the latest game releases in one source. The Swedish company Play ‘n Go was among the most prolific in recent weeks, [...]

By ALEXANDRA BERZON, The Wall Street Journal Though he was a Las Vegas impresario and master of publicity ploys, Bob Stupak never saw some of his grandest visions come true, such as constructing a giant King Kong on the side of a tower, or building a casino in the shape of the sinking Titanic. Expensive efforts [...]

The holiday month of August – traditionally a busy time for Atlantic City gambling – does not appear to have provided relief for the hard-pressed New Jersey land casino industry. Latest official figures show a continued decline in revenues, with the month of August 2009 16% lower than August 2008 – that equates to a [...]

Online gambling group Betfair has followed its earlier sponsorship of Manchester United with a two year deal with the top Spanish side Barcelona FC. In terms of the agreement, Betfair becomes Barcelona’s official betting partner and will create sports betting content through FC Barcelona’s official club website. Betfair branding will also be visible across multiple [...]

Against most experts’ beliefs, the European Court of Justice has decided to support some individual countries in legally banning online betting competition. On Tuesday, the EU´s top court ruled that domestic restrictions on online gambling can be upheld by national governments. If the intent is to stop internet fraud and crime, the governments hereby have [...]

Launched late last year with massive publicity and plenty of commercial hype, the online banking operation Ivobank – owned by the Indonesian billionaire Sampoerna family – appeared to be going from strength to strength with a list of gilt-edged online gambling clients that included some of the top companies in the business. It came as [...]

The announcement by the Argentinian Presidential Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez recently that Argentina was about to switch to a more sensible regulatory strategy for online gambling has been followed by further information that the legislation has been approved. Generating urgency in the surprisingly fast process is the fact that the government has taken over the [...]

The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association has lost it’s New Jersey case against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia following a ruling by a panel of three judges. The appeal court upheld the UIGEA, rejecting a challenge from iMEGA that the federal prohibition was [...]