Online Gambling Press

Fiery New Jersey state Senator Ray Lesniak has applauded the recent decision of the Democrat Senate Leader Harry Reid to oppose federal legislation of online gambling, correlating it with his issues with Harrah’s Entertainment and his preference for regulation and taxing at state level. The PolitickerNJ reports that Lesniak authored an email this week criticising Harrah’s and punting intra-state rather than federal legalisation. “Harrah’s, despite its huge campaign contributions to the Republican Governor’s Association and hiring of Governor Christie’s campaign manager Michael DuHaime, has run out of luck,” Lesniak declared. “Its effort to legalize Internet gaming at the federal level  [ Read More ]

GVC Holdings, an Isle of Man-domiciled internet gambling group which includes Casino Club, Betaland and Betboo in its portfolio, has released its H1,2010 figures for the half year, reporting that it is planning the launch of a new sportsbook in quarter 4, and will again be in court on 14 October as it pursues its intellectual property litigation against software provider Boss Media. Highlights in the company’s half yearly accounting (PDF file) include: Net Gaming Revenue up 8% to €28.1 million (H1/2009: €26 million) 10c per share dividend scheduled for late October Planning at an advanced stage for a new  [ Read More ]

In what has to be one of the week’s best quotes, Ralph Topping, the CEO of William Hill plc, observed that the upcoming launch of Betfair’s IPO would demand more transparency and generate considerable interest. “We hope the fact that they are floating will force them to be more open about who is laying bets on their website. I’m looking forward to seeing them lift the kimono,” Topping commented to The Daily Telegraph. He was responding to a report in the newspaper that the UK taxman is targeting high roller clients of Betfair, which has confirmed that it is about  [ Read More ]

Best Online Casinos USAPlayers FreeDowload CanadianPlayers FreeDowload EuroPlayers FreeDowload UKPlayers FreeDowload The new American Idol judges were revealed by Ryan Seacrest on Wednesday, and the chatter has already begun for the upcoming season. Among the questions to be answered, how will Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler affect the online gambling of the reality show. For the past several years, online sports books have been offering odds on who will win the American Idol competition. The odds each year were determined by oddsmakers, but Simon Cowell had just as much to do with those odds as anyone associated with the show.  [ Read More ]

Leading online casino UltimateBet.com awarded one fortunate poker player with over $218,000 in cash last week even though she saw her quad nines outranked by the four queens held by another competitor. An online poker player from Texas using the pseudonym ‘KAPPIT’ saw her misfortune on Tuesday evening set off the bad beat jackpot at UltimateBet.com meaning that the 60-year-old is now richer to the tune of $218,115. “I’ve been playing poker for 45 years, mostly live poker, and I hit a jackpot once in a land-based casino but this is the biggest prize I’ve ever got,” said the newly  [ Read More ]

There is a push to regulate online sports betting in India and it’s coming from an unlikely source: the United Kingdom. India gained their independence from the U.K. back in 1947, but the British crown still has a lot of influence in the country and they are trying to use that influence to legalize and regulate online gambling. On the heels of a major cricket scandal, where three Pakistani bowlers were caught accepting bribes for a match against England, the U.K. government sees a regulated sports betting industry as being safer than the current prohibition. All forms of online gambling  [ Read More ]

Defensively, the 49ers look solid, as they are led by linebacker Patrick Willis, who is arguably the best in the game, and looks to have another stellar year in front of him.  Singetary is a defensive coach, and the 49ers run the 3-4 base scheme, that allows linebackers, like Willis, to be very active in the both the pass and rush defense. On offense for the 49ers, quarterback Alex Smith looks at this year as his chance to turn some heads, and get things rolling for San Francisco out west.   Smith has improved throughout last season and on into the  [ Read More ]

The addition of tables for high stakes gamblers by Macau land casino operators is at least partly attributable to another impressive rise in revenues for the month of August, reports Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau. Gaming revenue rose 40% to 15.8 billion patacas ($2 billion) in August, with the six operators in the gambling enclave reporting soaring revenues up 63% from a year earlier to 117.9 billion patacas in the eight months to end-August. “A slight moderation in the growth momentum of Macau’s gross casino revenue would probably be a healthy thing at this point,” independent industry consultant Jonathan  [ Read More ]

Swaziland-based Pigg’s Peak Online Casino has ceased to operate in South Africa since Saturday, reports the Times of Swaziland. The cut-off was at midnight on Saturday, pending a court appeal judgement, Operations Director Lew Saul Koor said. The shutdown was on the advice of the casino’s lawyers after the Swaziland-licensed online casino lost a North Gauteng High Court challenge to the Gauteng Gambling Board, supported by the National Gambling Board, about where online gambling takes place – where the server is situated (Swaziland) or where the person is playing (South Africa). The SA authorities claim that the ruling also made  [ Read More ]