From May 24-26 this year, a wide variety of members of the online casino and gambling industry will set up base in the Dublin, Ireland. From online casino operators to regulators, software producers to casino vendors: anyone with their finger on the pulse of the online gambling industry will be in the Irish capital city.…
Last week, figures for Italy’s total online gaming revenue were published by the Italian gaming authority — the AMMS.
These published statistics revealed Italy’s total turnover for January and February of this year to be sizeable €11.6 billion. After the first two months of last year, revenue had reached €10.02 billion. Accordingly, the figures show…
Las Vegas is no longer be the official gambling capital of the world — that title currently belongs to Macau, China — but it is most certainly the gambling capital of the USA. Indeed, the world-famous city of sin is still home to many of the biggest casinos operating stateside: casinos which draw in millions…
In recent months, Bulgaria, the youngest member of the European Union, has begun to gain much notoriety within the European gambling industry.
Last month, for example, a number of European casino operators — both online and land-based — voiced their objections to Bulgarian plans to create a law which would ban all gambling advertising nationally.…
Since merging with William Hill in one of the largest online gambling deals ever, Playtech — the online casino software provider — has held a 29% share of William Hill Online: a subdivision of William Hill which both Playtech and William Hill run as a joint venture.
Recently, however, talks between Playtech and Ladbrokes have…
Undoubtedly, recent betting scandals — Pakistan’s cricket spot-betting scandal and the discovery of suspicious Australian Rugby League betting patterns last year, for example — have brought a number of sports a great deal of unwanted attention and bad publicity. Consequently, any sporting committee is eager to avoid any similar gambling controversy.
The International Olympic Committee…
William Hill, the UK gambling firm has experienced a marked increase in profits: an increase which can be attributed to the recent growth of the company’s online gambling operations, an increase in demand for bets placed during sports events, and the effective efforts of its retail division.
Specifically, the British bookmaker’s profits saw an increase…
eCOGRA, the independent online casino auditor, has recently announced plans which aim to increase security, and therefore enhance customer enjoyment and satisfaction, at all registered online casinos within the European Union.
Specifically, the plans include a 9 point initiative program which all EU online casinos will be required to meet with in order to be…
According to recent reports from a number of Entertainment news sites, Hollywood film star Bruce Willis has been cast in a lead role in an upcoming movie-adaptation of Beth Raymer’s memoir “Lay the Favourite” — an autobiography which documents the rise of online gambling in the late 1990s.
The film will be directed by…
According to reports published in British broadsheet newspaper the Daily Telegraph, Ladbrokes (LSE: LAD) — the renown UK online gambling company and bookmaker who are currently in negotiations with online gambling company 888 Holding (LSE: 888) regarding a possible £240 million takeover — is currently holding merger talks with the successful online gaming software company…
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