The partnership commences next (July) month, allying the club with arguably the UK’s largest operator of casinos.

The Genting Casinos logo will feature on the club shirts under the agreement, garnering wide television and general media publicity for the gambling group.

Aston Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner said: “We believe this will be a good and positive partnership for the club and it reflects our continued growth.

“The fact that Genting has strong local connections in addition to its international dimension makes this a good relationship for the club and we anticipate that it will work well as we embark on a new chapter for Aston Villa.”

Genting executive deputy chairman Peter Brooks added: “The Premier League is the pre-eminent football league with a vast international following we have been associated with Birmingham since the 1970s and look forward to strengthening our relationship with this great city.”

Betclic Turf is the company’s new online horse race betting offering which has launched on a new technological platform provided by Groupe Carrus .

José Covès , a well-known horse racing journalist, has been engaged as Betclic Turf’s celebrity spokesman and ambassador and will contribute to the website’s content.

The company will embark on an online and offline media campaign (including radio, TV and the equestrian press fraternity) to create high visibility of the new product in the French market as quickly as possible.

Nicolas Beraud , President of BetClic Everest Group, said “Now, with this attractive and innovative offering we aim to become the leading private operator in the French market in the horse race betting segment.”

The product accessible via betclic.fr/turf/ is offering a welcome bonus of 200% maxed at €50.

In related news: ARJEL , the French online gaming regulatory body, appears to be at war with itself.

In an action against Betclic for allegedly breaching French regulations, ARJEL plans to appeal a decision made by its own independent Sanctions Committee. T

Read the full post >>

Read the full post >>

The Leroidesanimaux colt had been a turf/synthetics horse in all his previous races and made history with his victory. Read the full post >>

The New Straits Times reports that 13 of those arrested were employees of the busted gambling ring, which used internet cafes as a front for internet gambling activities.

The new offering joins an inventory of unique proprietary games developed by the company under its former production system that includes bingo variants like Family Fortunes Team Bingo and Monopoly Snap!

Read the full post >>

Commenting on Neilson’s departure, Charles Cohen , Chief Executive Officer of Probability plc, said:

“Adam has left the company after five turbo charged years as CTO, and we are all sorry to see him go. His legacy to Probability is a fantastic team and a strong, stable platform that an ambitious company like ours needs. H

Read the full post >>

Titles embraced by the agreement include: Three Pandas, Super Happy Fortune Cat, Double Bungah, Stretch Limo, Heart of Africa, Dragon’s Spell, Beach Comber, Radar Riches and Queen of Legends.

Betlow managing director, Justin Chamberlain said the company was excited at the prospect of adding such high-profile titles to the Betlow portfolio of online games and was already in negotiations to supply several major operators.

“The popularity of the land-based versions of these titles coupled with a real appetite among the online community for fresh, innovative slot games will help make this new relationship a great success,” said Chamberlain.

“In our opinion Lightning Box are second to none in terms of their creative and mathematical capability – their excellent relationships with the world’s largest slots providers backs that opinion up.”

Lightning Box Games has supplied exclusive content to the world’s top providers for several years since its formation in 2004.

Managing director Peter Causely said: Betlow is an incredibly flexible, knowledgeable and quick-moving company in the online market place and a good fit to take advantage of all the new and swiftly developing trends from the land-based market and repackaging them for online play.“

Jan Rehola of the department for the state supervision of lotteries at the Czech Ministry of Finance says that the enforceability of the law and the right to close down illegal sites are still moot points in the country and that a powerful lobby has created a reluctance to intervene in Internet freedom.

Radek Ležatka , press spokeswoman at the Ministry of Finance confirms that the Czech Police, when approached, decline to take action, saying that no criminal activity is being committed.

Five firms are currently licensed in the Czech Republic but may only offer fixed-odds-betting reports Czech Position.com.

Read the full post >>

Betsafe intends to offer both Android and iPhone mobile gambling to its smartphone players to fulfil rising demand for these services, and expects to launch its offering by Q3,2011.

“We are very happy that we’ll soon be offering top class mobile services to our customers,” said Henrik Persson, CEO of Betsafe.”

Mobenga CEO Christian Rajter added: “We expect to work a lot around the brand and on innovation and look forward to helping Betsafe expand their business.”

Once operational, Betsafe will join a growing list of top gambling companies using the Mobenga technology for mobile betting services, including Stan James, Bwin, Expekt, Unibet and Paddy Power.