2005 June 03 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

With GIGSE on the doorstep, River City Group has announced an imaginative new entertainment in collaboration with Party Poker.com.

Details were sparse this week on an intriguing story carried by the Kentucky Courier-Journal, which reports that an American company has patented a way to make casino-style gambling available via satellite.

It seems that hardly a week goes by without Zone4Play announcing a new deal, mostly in supplying technology for the mobile gambling sector.

PartyGaming, the world’s biggest online poker company settled weeks of intense speculation Thursday by announcing plans to float on the London Stock Exchange in what is likely to be the City’s biggest new listing for four years.

The Malta licensing authorities have announced the appointment of Gianni Corradini as the first Italian to sit on the Remote Gaming Council, an online gaming advisory committee that has been set up by the Maltese government.

Swedish online gaming companies Boss Media and Svenska Spel have formalized their strategic partnership after several years of collaboration on a number of digital gaming projects.

Listings, takeovers and mergers are in the air this year it appears, with VIP Management, the Curacao-based sportsbook and casino operator now about to make its debut on the London Stock Exchange following a US $44.5 million reverse takeover by listed firm Leisure & Gaming.

Microgaming’s mobile technology partner, Spin3 received the good news this week that their flagship wireless casino system, GameWire has been short listed for the prestigious 2005 Mobile Entertainment (MEF) Innovation Award.

The latest set of new online casino games from Microgaming consists of an entertaining mix of powerful video slots, a Jacks or Better 50 Play Power Poker and an up-to-the-minute rendition of the popular casino table game War.