ONLINE GAMING
Comtrade Gaming and Genting Alderney have announced the launch of its Crockfords Live Casino.
Online Gaming Proposed in South Africa
A bill to legalize casino gambling on the internet has been introduced in South Africa. If approved, provincial licenses will be made available, but the process could take as...
Playtech Launches Tablet Interface
Playtech has launched a tablet offering with Gala Interactive based on Playtech’s Mobile Hub technology, allowing fully branded versions of operators’ mobile offerings.
Full Tilt, Leander Games Sign Content Deal
Rational Group’s Full Tilt Casino has signed an agreement with Leander Games which will bring Leander’s slot games to FullTiltPoker.com.
Report: PokerStars May Be in New Jersey in 2014
A report on CalvinAyre.com suggests that a new DOJ policy may allow PokerStars to resolve its outstanding federal legal issues. That could satisfy New Jersey regulators and allow the...
iGaming War Picks Up Steam
The war of words between the gaming industry and its largest company, Las Vegas Sands, heated up last week as the company circulated a letter issued by the FBI...
Virgin Online Casino NJ To Launch; Is Wynn Next?
New Jersey will have another online casino competing for revenue as Gamesys and the Virgin Group began taking real money bets in the state at virgincasino.com. Gamesys is partnered...
Bill Could Open Up New Jersey Online Gambling Market to the World
A bill introduced in the New Jersey legislature by Senator Ray Lesniak (l.) would Atlantic City-based online gambling sites to accept bets from other states and countries. Proponents hope...
ISPs Reject UK Blocking Request
The UK Gambling Commission wants a block on unlicensed overseas gambling sites, but the country’s major broadband providers have refused. Policing the internet is not their job, they say....
New Jersey Still Bullish on Online Gambling
Despite lower than predicted revenue numbers for the first weeks of online gambling in New Jersey, many officials are expecting to see the fledgling industry grow in 2014 as...
Macedonia To Block Foreign Sites
Macedonia is banning gambling on websites based outside the country and plans to block access to them. In their place the government is launching a state-run monopoly developed in...
Fixing Internet Gambling in the U.S.
An editorial column at Online Poker Report points to three areas that online gambling providers must fix if online poker is to thrive in the U.S.—the use of poker...
William Hill Changes Live Coverage of U.S. Horse Racing
British bookmaker William Hill has made a deal with Turf TV to broadcast the company’s U.S. horse race coverage in its 2,400 betting shops. The bookmaker had been using...
Poll: Mobile Platforms Preferred in UK Online Gambling
A poll by Mobile Gaming Company Probability finds that 70 percent of online gamblers in the UK use mobile devices and 87 percent would recommend the experience to friends.
Konami, GameAccount Seal Online Deal
Konami Gaming and GameAccount Network announced the finalization of a previous partnership to take Konami games online.
Microgaming to Develop ‘Terminator 2’ Online
Microgaming has acquired the rights develop an online slot game based on the 1991film Terminator 2 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
MD International in French Casinos
MD International has announced that it has installed its gaming products in six French casinos including its product pillar MD Poker.
Zynga Adds, Drops games from UK Facebook
Social game developer Zynga has launched a real-money online poker product on Facebook in the UK and has also announced it is dropping its popular YoVille game from Facebook...
Sheldon Adelson Drafts Federal Bill Outlawing Online Gambling
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson (l.) may not be in Congress, but that hasn’t stopped him from drafting a federal bill to outlaw internet gaming in the U.S. Adelson, CEO of...
PartyPoker Sponsorship Deal with Devils, 76ers a First in U.S.
PartyPoker, one of New Jersey’s new online gambling sites, has announced a sponsorship deal with the NHL’s New Jersey Devils and the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, two teams heavily supported...