• Online Gambling in Kentucky| Leave a Comment

    Even as the state of Kentucky fights to eliminate gambling by seizing the domain names of 141 online casinos, Kentucky track officials are saying increased gambling is probably the only way to save the state’s thoroughbred industry. Governor Steve Beshear has sought to use the courts to rid the horse racing tracks of competition, but even [...]

  • Online gambling legalised in Czech Republic| Leave a Comment

    After months of anticipation - it looks as if the new year will at last see legalised online gambling in the Czech Republic. Radio Praha reports that after years of lobbying and promises to prevent minors from betting on their websites, the country’s five biggest bookies will soon receive permits from the Finance Ministry to introduce [...]

  • Real Time Gaming Slots| Leave a Comment

    New online slots at Cherry Red Casino – The new online slots are, Three Stooges, Coyote Cash, and Rudolph’s Revenge. Coyote Cash is a game based on a cartoon coyote. The progressive jackpot is randomly triggered. Coyote symbols are substitutes, and bags of cash labeled “loot” are scatters. Other symbols are armored cars, cacti, cow [...]

  • Swedish Market Opening Up| Leave a Comment

    The National Gambling Consultation has issued a report calling on the Government to partially break up the Svenska Spel monopoly and allow foreign online operators into the Scandinavian nation for the first time. Svenska Spel is a State-owned gambling monopoly that has come under increasing pressure from the European Commission for violating European Union competition [...]

  • Eastern Europe Gambling| Leave a Comment

    The global gambling industry is now going east and focusing on the Balkan states and Eastern Europe for its further expansion. Especially the Balkan states are increasingly drawing a lot of interest. A market size of Euro 4.5 billion. According to the MECN (Media & Entertainment Consulting Network) survey, about 20%-30% of the operators surveyed [...]

  • New slots game from Online Vegas Casino| Leave a Comment

    US-friendly online casino ‘Online Vegas’ aiming to bring a new and exciting online casino experience to customers. The new Independence Day slot can be played anywhere from $.001 to $10 and is dominated by the red, white and blue colours of the US flag. The ultimate goal of this slot game is to obtain three [...]

  • Mainstreet Casino Group Received Full Certification| Leave a Comment

    The Mainstreet Online Casino Group has received full certification from leading online gambling guide and player advocate. The Mainstreet Casino Group currently operates four online casinos: Las Vegas USA Casino Vegas Casino Online Slots Plus Casino Sun Palace Casino All four online casinos run on the Real Time Gaming Casino platform and are licensed in [...]

  • Regulation of online poker| Leave a Comment

    The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) launched a new newspaper advertising campaign Tuesday aimed at underscoring the need for federal regulation of poker. The ad - which comes after recent stories on cheating scandals at Ultimate Bet and Absoluter Poker appeared in the Washington Post and 60 Minutes, will be placed in three influential Washington, D.C. newspapers – [...]

  • Pokerstars advertising on Yatinoo| Leave a Comment

    Yatinoo, Inc. – announced today that it has signed a joint venture agreement with an industry consulting firm, to display the PokerStars Banner on the Yatinoo site. The PokerStars banner is expected to be operational on the Yatinoo web site within 10 business days. About Pokerstars: PokerStars.com is the world’s largest online poker room with [...]

  • Taiwan Gambling Industry News| Leave a Comment

    President Ma Ying-jeou – has set up a panel for the gambling industry, undertaking the task of collecting and studying related information, so as to speed up the enactment of the legislation for the development of the gambling industry in Taiwan. The panel will contribute to the formation of a solid government policy for the [...]

  • Google and Yahoo walks free from gambling lawsuit| Leave a Comment

    Judge Richard Kramer from the San Francisco Supreme court declared Yahoo - Google and a number of other sites *immune from liability* when dismissing a lawsuit filed against these sites for displaying advertisements for online gambling. In 2004 - two California residents sued a conglomeration of websites for displaying gaming ads, after one of the plaintiffs allegedly [...]

  • Barack Obama strongly supports the internet| Leave a Comment

    President-elect Barack Obama and his advisers have established a website at change.gov listing the plans and goals for governing after Obama’s inauguration. Among the ideas featured on the website is a pledge to protect the internet from censorship and government interference. Detailing Obama’s goals and plans, the website says: *A key reason the internet has [...]

  • No Cheating at Online Casinos| Leave a Comment

    60 Minutes yesterday revealed a large scale cheating scandal that saw more than twenty million dollars unfairly taken from poker players by other poker players. You can watch the whole “60 Minutes” piece HERE The story never goes much into the world of online poker beyond Absolute Poker/Ultimate Bet and the one scandal. When it [...]