Online Gambling Press

Casino Tropez Mobile has been named Top Mobile Gaming Platform at the prestigious 2007 Gambling Online Magazine Awards, held recently in London. This coveted award was presented to the online casino after hundreds of thousands of avid Gambling Online Magazine readers and website visitors voted. Considered to be the original independent online gaming magazine, these prestigious awards are only presented to the best online casinos and poker rooms, with the number of votes substantially increasing each year. The Gambling Online Magazine is currently Europe's biggest and most read lifestyle and entertainment magazine for the Online Gambling market.

The Godfather of online gaming, Intercasino’s Ryan Hartley has been recognised for the excellence of his popular online casino in the Gaming Online Magazine Awards. Ryan Hartley has earned a reputation as being the ‘Godfather’ of online gaming. He has held the position of manager for the world’s oldest and most reliable online casino,Intercasino, since it was founded in 1996. Within the brave world of gambling, this can almost seem like a lifetime.

Bookmaker William Hill posted full-year profits in line with analysts expectations on Wednesday as high-stake gaming machines in its shops helped combat a near 20% drop in Internet profits. The London-based bookmaker said soccer results had broadly evened themselves over the year although cancellations due to last summer's floods, hit horse-race betting. A 15% rise in profits from its 8,400 highly profitable Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) drove a 9% increase in gross win (gain on customers betting) in its betting shops.

The New Jersey state Casino Control Commission on Wednesday hit the Borgata in Atlantic City with the largest fine it has ever levied for underage gambling: $105,000. The Borgata also was fined an additional $75,000 for allowing six underage patrons to drink in a casino bar, and a security manager there was fined $1,000 for not immediately reporting them to state gambling regulators. All told, the commission handed out $231,000 in fines to three casinos for letting underage patrons gamble or drink on their premises. Joe Corbo, general counsel for the Borgata, said these two cases represent the first time  [ Read More ]

Three new variations of poker have been added to the exciting range of side games offered by popular online poker room Titan Poker. Poker fanatics can now also enjoy Jacks or Better, Pai Gow Poker and Tequila Poker. This brings the grand total of casino-type games available at Titan Poker to 12. The new side games complement Titan Poker's popular ring game and tournament action, and are expected to be warmly welcomed by players. Through the new casino games, members are given even more options to fulfill their enjoyment of this popular sport and discover variations that are growing in  [ Read More ]

Casino Rewards/Rewards Affiliates, home of the Best Affiliate Manager in the online casino industry, as recognized at prestigious black tie event at the Olympia Conference Centre in London last month. Best Affiliate Manager 2008, Renée Máté praised for her unrivalled support and dedication to members and in-depth knowledge of the online gaming industry. The role of affiliate manager is an important and personal link between individual affiliates and online casino revenue, and ultimately the key to their earning potential. Votes for the CAP Awards are uninfluenced by outside sources, posted purely by CAP members and people in the industry, lending  [ Read More ]

For the third consecutive year, CryptoLogic Inc. has captured Gambling Online Magazine's Top Casino Software Award for world-class software. The award, based on the votes of thousands of readers, players and website visitors, is widely recognized as the industry's top honour. CryptoLogic was recognized for its innovative gaming software, revolutionary gaming concepts and spectacular graphics delivered through its wholly-owned subsidiary, WagerLogic Limited.

Conservative Party treasurer Michael Spencer has evidently invested £1.7 million in mobile gaming and online bingo games software firm Probability. The purchase grants the Tory leader a 15.8% stake in the company. Spencer was quoted as saying, “I am confident that Probability can be a major player in one of the most exciting growth areas in the gaming arena over the next decade.” This is not the first time that Spencer has invested in the

Bulgaria's three-way ruling coalition is to allow online gambling through introducing some amendments in the law they recently agreed at the two-day closed debates held in the resort town of Hisarya. The structural plan of the country's state lottery will also be changed to result in expanding the distribution network. More companies will now be allowed to sell tickets instead of just the existing stations. The amendments aim at increasing

888 Holdings Plc, the U.K.'s second- largest online gaming company, said fourth-quarter sales rose 55 percent after more gamblers bet on casino games and poker. Sales climbed to $62.8 million from $40.5 million a year earlier, the Gibraltar-based company said today in a statement. This year's first quarter “started strongly,'' according to 888, the owner of the Casino On Net and Pacific Poker brands. Last year was the company's first full year without any business in the U.S. after a 2006 law barred foreign betting Web sites, cutting 888 off from its main market. To keep sales rising, the company  [ Read More ]