Following three years of fighting by gambling proponents for a bill allowing Atlantic City Casinos to roll out online gambling from their terrestrial locations, Christ Christie, the governor of New Jersey vetoed the bill that was introduced by State Senator Ray Lesniak, on Thursday, 7th February. The Governor, however, vetoed the bill on condition that minor changes were made to it. A couple of weeks later, on Tuesday, 26th February, 2013, the State Legislature passed a revised bill with all … [Read more...]
32Red to Launch in Italian Gambling Market
September 19, 2012 by
British online gambling company, 32Red Plc. has confirmed that it intends moving ahead with its plans to enter the Italian gambling market. Gibraltar based 32Red operates several highly profitable online gambling sites which include leading Microgaming powered 32Red Casino and revealed that in the past two months its revenues had risen by 22% despite the strong competition from the Olympics action dominating the UK gambling market during that period. Ed Ware, the Chief Executive Officer of … [Read more...]
Launch of New Academic Gambling Study
June 15, 2012 by
A second phase of a national online survey examining the online gambling habits of Australian players has been launched by two leading Australian universities. The University of Sydney and the Southern Cross University have launched the survey in order to observe how Australian players use their smart phones, computers, smart TV’s and wireless devices in order to play online poker and casino games and bet on sports events. According to Professor Alex Blaszcynski from the University of … [Read more...]
Online Gambling Execs among Richest Britons
May 2, 2012 by
The Sunday Times releases a Rich List every year that features the 1,000 richest men and women in the United Kingdom. This year, several of the richest people featured by the Sunday Times include many who have made their fortune in the profitable online gambling industry. The 2012 Sunday Times Rich List includes ten entries from the online gambling industry. The father and daughter duo, Peter and Denise Coates, who are the founders of the Bet 365 gambling entity, are the only online … [Read more...]
Mazooma Selected as Bigpoint’s US Payment Partner
April 21, 2012 by
Mazooma, a leading Canadian internet payment processor has signed an agreement this week with Bigpoint, the worldwide provider of online games in terms of which Mazooma will enable Bigpoint’s US players to utilize Mazooma’s instant online bank transfer service in order to purchase virtual credits. It is hoped that this partnership will result in a strong U.S business for Mazooma if and when online gambling is legalized in the United States. Linus Menden, speaking on behalf of Bigpoint, … [Read more...]
Man Jailed for Online Gambling Fraud
April 16, 2012 by
In a first prosecution of its kind, a man was jailed a few days ago after being found guilty of using fraudulent identity cards, international passports and false utility bills to open numerous online accounts which resulted in him making almost $80,000 from online gambling. Andrei Osipau, aged 35, had stolen other people’s identities in order to open online betting accounts so as to take advantage of the numerous bonus bets that were offered by certain companies. Osipau’s action is known as … [Read more...]
Cyprus Police Raid Internet Gambling Premises
April 15, 2012 by
It has been reported that the local police in Cyprus raided two premises that they suspected of offering online gambling one night last week. Seven computer systems were confiscated by the police in their first raid and a further eight computer systems were seized by them during a second raid. The owners of both the premises were arrested on internet gambling charges. It would appear as if the police in Cyprus have increased their operations against online gambling this year as last month … [Read more...]
US States Rushing to Adopt Online Gambling Legislation
March 30, 2012 by
After the Department of Justice’s dramatic announcement last Christmas that it no longer considered online casino and poker gaming as part of the Wire Act of 1961, many states have started to consider online gambling as a reality for its population and as a means to bring in much needed revenue. According to the head of the American Gaming Association, Frank Fahrenkopf, no less than 21 states are considering online gaming options, such as the sale of lottery tickets online or the introduction … [Read more...]
