Paypal the global ecommerce business that specialises in the transfer of money over the internet have announced that they are at last going to allow customers to make deposits at online casinos. This decision has come as a surprise to many within the online gaming industry and reverses a decision taken 2 years ago to [...]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Pokies in Victoria $611 per capita
Saturday, July 24th, 2010Figures released by the Victorian government have revealed that Victorians have spent $611 per person on pokies in the last year.
Overall, a total of $2.7 billion has been spent by Victorians in the last financial year according to an article published in the Sydney Morning Herald.
The figures which are published by the Victorian Commission for [...]
Security breach at PlayNow online casino
Friday, July 23rd, 2010A security breach at a newly launched online casino run by the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) saw the site taken off line after players found themselves able to access and gamble with funds from other players accounts.
The security breach happened last Thursday at PlayNow.com, the first government sanctioned online casino site in North America [...]
Burswood casino $350m upgrade
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010Perth’s Burswood casino looks set to get a $350m upgrade that will see it add an extra 300 online pokies and gaming tables to it’s casino floor.
According the Barry Felstead, Burswood’s CEO, the investment will take place over 3 years and will also see upgrades to the resorts accommodation and restaurants in what is a [...]
Numbers come in for 32 Red
Friday, July 16th, 201032 Red Plc, the casino and online pokies operator that is listed on the London Stock Exchange has released record revenue figures to the market. Despite difficult trading conditions caused by the global economic downturn, total revenue for the group is up 34% to £7.8m for the first 6 months of 2010 compared to the [...]
Aristocrat pokies challenge IGT
Thursday, July 15th, 2010Aristocrat, the Australian online pokies manufacturer have announced that they are to launch an appeal in the US District Court against International Game Technology (IGT) over the courts decision that IGT had not infringed any patent laws relating to Aristocrats progressive jackpot games.
Aristocrat filed a law suit against Reno based IGT back in May [...]
Loto-Québec to launch online gambling
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010Loto-Quebec have announced that they are to launch a fully regulated and authorised online gambling platform. The move sees the government run agency move into the online environment in what is likely to be the first step towards the regulation of it’s gaming market.
Established in 1969, Loto-Quebec is best know for running the States lottery [...]
ECJ and Sweden ruling
Monday, July 12th, 2010The European Court of Justice’s decision last week to rule in favour of the Swedish government in a case related to the Swedish online gambling market has dealt a further blow to the liberalisation of the European online gambling market.
The ECJ upheld the decision of the Swedish courts that only allows licensed Swedish online gaming [...]
iPhone Pokies - pokies app for iPhone launched
Saturday, July 10th, 2010It’s only been a couple of weeks since the global launch of the iPhone 4, Apple’s latest release of its award winning smart phone, and already online gambling companies have been quick to jump on the Apple band wagon. News reached us today that Probability, the gaming software company that is listed on the UK [...]
World Cup hits online gambling profits
Thursday, July 8th, 2010The recent run of poor financial results experienced by leading online gambling companies has been attributed to the huge popularity of the football World Cup. PartyGaming, one of the biggest online gambling operators, whose markets stretch from the UK to as far as Australia from their European base have seen their poker and casino activity [...]
