2005 October 07 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

The speculation last week that British casino and bingo group Gala was about to purchase Coral Eurobet has been confirmed by a Reuters report that agreement has been reached at GBP 2.18 billion.

Players at the New Zealand owned but offshore online venue Kiwi Casino.com are getting to grips with a new multi-screen help facility that enables them to engage with several actions at once, it appears.

Even legal folk were scratching their heads a little this week as the already complex US legal position on Internet gambling took another puzzling twist thanks to a Superior Court judge who has upheld a recent decision to prosecute an alleged gambling site operator.

One of the Fortune Lounge group’s oldest and most popular online casinos, 7 Sultans has been given an extensive revamp, offering more player services.

InfoPowa has previously reported on the choice of Playtech as software provider for the online casino website owned by the English football club West Ham United, and following the recent launch we visited the very professional looking and easy to use site this week.

There was intense interest focused on the possibility of turnkey provider Playtech going after a London listing this week following speculation (see earlier InfoPowa reports) and an interesting article in the Israeli business press.