Online Casino

American authorities have been extremely busy since the U.S. senate passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in October 2006.

The Department of Justice and FBI, with the help of law enforcement both domestic and from foreign nations have targeted the most transparent of ...

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Time Magazine 'Person of the Year' Tila Tequila  has partnered with Playtech to launch an online casino and poker room.

Tila Tequila  gained popularity mainly through her MySpace page, which has brought over 54 million page views. In 2006 she was featured on the covers of Maxim and ...

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The Las Vegas Sands Corp is the No. 1 US casino company by market value and it plans to launch a UK focused casino Web site. Working with Cantor Gaming, The Sands expects to open its casino gambling website in Q2 2007.The site will feature the company's Venetian, Sands, Palazzo and Paiza ...

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Johannesburg based daily The Citizen report that Online Gaming Operators and end users may face fines of up to R10 million (aprox.US$1.4 million) and 10 years in prison following a landmark ruling in the Pretoria High Court. At present the court ruling was applicable only to “casino-style ...

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Lasseters Corporation Ltd announced that it has closed it's Brisbane customer service operation. Its client care will be handled at Alice Springs it's MIS Operations facility.

A source at the company said: "Redundancies have been offered effectively reducing our ...

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Staff at the Gibraltar branch of the PartyGaming operation were yesterday told that 80 roles out of some 332 currently in place will go following the US decision to ban online gaming 

The company has confirmed that they have identified 80 roles that will now be abolished although they ...

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Critics say laws that were meant to stop criminals abusing gaming sites are not working properly
 
ONLINE gaming sites have created a money-laundering “arms race” as criminals try to exploit internet casinos to hide stolen money, ministers have been told.

As representatives ...

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Ryanair said on Wednesday it had formed a gaming partnership with Internet bingo group Jackpotjoy.com, adding another new revenue stream as it seeks to boost cash flow from areas other than ticket sales.

Ryanair will allow passengers to play bingo on its website under the deal which ...

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PADDY Power is considering the launch of a new casino in Ireland as well as the introduction of gaming websites in Italy, Spain and Poland, the company revealed yesterday.

The move into continental Europe comes as European governments come under pressure to open their gambling ...

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LONDON  - Ritz Club, a gaming club at London's upmarket Ritz Hotel, said it had closed its online gaming site amid legal actions against the sector in Europe and the United States.

"In light of the current confusion and inconsistency in online gaming legislation worldwide, ...

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Frist may have right idea but wrong way to go about it.

The Internet gambling industry — headquartered almost entirely offshore — is an estimated $10 billion a year business. And it's one in which some members of Congress would like to shut down, at least to its American ...

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More than 2,000 Internet gambling Web sites allow anyone with an Internet connection to place bets around the clock.

"It's having a virtual casino in everyone's home, whether it's hosted by someone here or someone overseas," said David Robertson, spokesman with the ...

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The company will supply software for the operation of two online casinos.
Playtech Cyprus Ltd. (AIM:PTEC), controlled by Teddi Sagi, announced last week that signed a contract to provide software to ukbetting plc (AIM: UKB) , which focuses on sports betting and is considered to be one ...

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FORT WORTH, Texas - One day after federal officials announced indictments of operators of an offshore Internet gambling site, there were signs of how difficult it will be to prosecute the case.

A federal judge on Monday issued an order barring BetOnSports PLC from taking bets by ...

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Cryptologic's share price gained ten percent this week when it was announced that the company
had extended a contract with a top online casino. The company's largest
customer, which operates several online casino sites, agreed to extend
the contract until June ...

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