2011 January 17 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Profit: Operators of Moncton gambling facility have handed more than $12 million to government in last eight months A1 quentin casey for the telegraph-journal Business at New Brunswick’s lone casino is lower than hoped for, but the gambling site still pumped more than $12 million into government coffers over its first eight months of operation, the …

Jonathan Theodore earns his living as a tutor; his fellow PhD students do everything from cashier work to online poker.

Iowa’s gambling industry is beginning to creep back from the recession, which saw statewide casino revenues drop for the first time since 1993.

Scratch and instant win games specialist, NeoGames, announced a multi-year deal to supply Interwetten Group with its flash based, soft gaming platform. Over a hundred new games will be integrated on Interwetten.com under two separate tabs: Games and Scratch Cards and will comprise scratch cards, instant win, slots and branded games. “We are proud to […]

Realtime Gaming (RTG) has introduced its latest release, a 25 pay-line online slot with a mystery theme. It’s a Mystery features a Sherlock Holmes look-alike detective, a guilty looking butler and a Lord and Lady of the Manor who resemble Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlet from the board game Cluedo. The slot include elements such […]

With all the talk of online poker legislation in late 2010 it seems that a lot of people have forgotten that the only real hurdle to clear is the REPEAL of the UIGEA legislation that was passed in 2006, and went into full effect in June 2010.

la Française des Jeux (FDJ), the former French lottery monopoly, revealed an impressive 2010 result with regard to online sports-betting this week. The company reported that internet sports betting has more than doubled to Euro 91 million (2009 : Euro 43 Million) equating to an increase of 111.6 percent and further announced that its market […]

Lottomatica Group S.p.A.’s subsidiary GTECH has announced an agreement with a consortium of companies to supply lottery technology, equipment and software services to implement a new online lottery in Madagascar. The consortium includes Lotwin Investments LTD and subsidiary Reel Mada SA amongst others.  Through contractual agreements with Société d’Exploitation de Loterie, a quasi government-owned entity […]

The Singapore Government intends to implement additional draconian measures to deter residents from visiting casino resorts. This week, Vivian Balarishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports told Parliament a plan is in process to prevent casinos from publicising customers’ winnings on their websites, calling the practice “asymmetric and unfair publicity”.  “You will find that […]