September 16, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- The Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative has launched a new advertising campaign designed to spur the U.S. Congress to action with the goal to fully legalizing and regulating online gambling in the United States. There are currently three bills in Congress addressing the issue, two in the House…
September 16, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- Austrian-based online betting company bwin Interactive Entertainment AG has confirmed that it will acquire Italian Internet gaming firm Gioco Digitale, which has been the subject of industry speculation for weeks. The €50 Million cash (and 2.3 million share) acquisition will empower bwin to become “the leader in continental europe's…
September 15, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- It’s getting to be pretty routine, unfortunately, but authorities acting at the federal level have seized even more private bank accounts in the U.S. The grounds? The accounts are somehow related to online gambling, which U.S. law (sort of) forbids by way of its Wire Act and UIGEA laws.…
September 15, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- iMEGA is gearing up for another round against the U.S. state of Kentucky and its anti-poker governor Steve Beshear over the legality of that state’s decision last year to seize 141 online poker domain names, most of them of international ownership and operation. Though the state appeals court originally…
15 September 2009: For immediate release -- Despite being billed ‘a fish’ by other players, it was Sammy George who won series 2 of the PokerHeaven.com European Cash Game after joining the table late in the day. He managed to outplay some of the most respected players in the game, and reverse the pain of…
September 14, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- Last week, when an EU court ruled that it’s more or less legal for European countries to censor online gaming companies from operating within their borders, there was a whiff of panic from some of the continent’s larger online gaming operators. A lot of that discussion was centered around…
LONDON, Sep 09 (MARKET WIRE) -- Leading full service mobile gambling solutions provider Spin3* (www.spin3.com), powered by Microgaming (www.microgaming.com), the world's largest online gaming software provider, has today announced that Nedplay (www.nedplay.com), the popular online casino, is launching a mobile casino using its GameWire(TM) suite of interactive, real money casino games. Nedplay will offer Spin3's…
September 11, 2009 (CAP Newswire) – Harrah’s Entertainment, the U.S land-based casino giant, will use 888 software when it expands its online gaming activities into Europe, it was reported today. “888 said its Dragonfish unit would support the British launch and roll-out of World Series of Poker (WSOP) and Caesars Casino brands, both owned by…
September 11, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- So now that an EU court has ruled that it’s essentially legal for countries to block online gaming companies from operating within their borders, what are the effects on the global online gaming industry? According to TimesofMalta.com writer Ivan Camilleri, the ruling is a big “setback to [the] gaming…
September 11, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- Online gaming software provider CryptoLogic Limited, which specializes in branded online betting games and Internet casino software, has signed a three-year agreement to license its full suite of downloadable Internet casino games to Betsafe.com, a prominent online gaming operator that boasts a customer base of more than 250,000 players…
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