Amid independent reports from the key G2E Expo in Las Vegas this week that momentum appears to be building for the legalisation of US online gambling, the Las Vegas Sun newspaper carried an interesting interview over the weekend.

The owner of the Klondike Sunset, a Western-themed land casino at the southern end of the Strip, appears to be unequivocally against legalisation, and not just for competitive reasons – he is concerned that the currently small percentage of problem gamblers could grow if gambling becomes instantly available in homes 24/7.

John Woodrum (72) has been in the business since 1961, and told the newspaper that internet gambling was a different proposition entirely to players travelling to a land casino to have a flutter.

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November 18 – The new Ladbrokes Casino welcome bonus has been upgraded as a 100% up to 200 welcome match bonus.

For the remainder of he month, the casino is offering some fantastic slots promotions.

Thunderstruck II free spins – 8th to 21st of November

Players who deposit and turn over at least 25 between the 8th – 21st of November will receive free spins. The more they turn over the the more free spins they earn.

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Mangas Gaming’s Dusseldorf-based online gambling operation Bet-At-Home has published numbers that will make investors happy, recording significant improvements in all key performance areas.

Third quarter financial results show that gross profit is up 57.1% to €16.78 million.

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This is how it’s supposed to happen. Before it became en vogue for the federal government to bail out companies by purchasing their debt, before it became popular for the feds to circumvent bankruptcy laws to negotiate the payment of assets and ensure that unions get more than their share, it happened like this. A Rhode Island slot parlor has emerged from bankruptcy protection and is now stronger.

In early 2009, the corporate owner of the Twin River slot parlor in Lincoln, Rhode Island entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. T

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Playtech PLC published its third quarter and year to date figures this week, turning in a strong performance through a traditionally quiet period of the year.

Operation and Financial highlights for the period ending 30 September 2010 included:

• Gross income for the quarter up 30% to €41.3 million (Q3/09: €31.9 million)
• Total revenues up 17% to €32.5 million (Q3/09: €27.7 million)
• For the nine months to 30 September 2010, gross income up 31% to €129.2 million (2009: €98.8 million) and total revenues up 25% to €105.4 million (2009: €84.4 million)
• Excluding impact of France closure: gross income vs Q2/10 was up 1%, total revenues down 2%
• On absolute basis, gross income down 7%, total revenues 12% below Q2/10

Looking across the products of the group, casino revenues are up 17% to €21.7 million (Q3/09: €18.5 million) and down 13% on Q2/10.

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Nova Scotia With British Columbia and other Canadian provinces moving towards regulated Internet gambling, other provinces are being forced to answer questions regarding their stance on the issue. Nova Scotia officials offered up their opinion last week.

Premier Darrell Dexter has considered the effects of online gambling in his territory, and he has decided against any regulations for the industry. Read the full post >>

Station Casinos Station Casinos is like many other land-based casino companies that are struggling in the current economy. Online gambling has also become a hindrance on land-based casinos, and that may be why Stations has decided to sue two online website operators.

Station has filed a lawsuit against S.L. Enterprises and Ryan Murphy, a UK resident. Read the full post >>

It would appear that it takes a substantial amount of publicity to wring a comment from the Malta online gambling regulator, the LGA.

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After seven years of operations, the e-cash processor ePassporte is closing shop “due to a lack of revenue and circumstances beyond our control.” A company statement advises that, effective immediately, the call centre, ePassporte’s sales and marketing team and risk management staff will no longer be available.

“A small group will remain to organize wallet requests and help disburse funds,” the statement continues. “On the ePassporte website, in the near future, wallet holders will be provided further information on what is needed to obtain your funds.

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Industry observers are speculating that Tipp24.com’s return to the German lottery brokerage market is rooted in indications that the market may be liberalised in the future following anti-monopolistic rulings by the European Court of Justice recently.

The Hamburg-based online gaming operator announced this week that it is preparing to re-enter the German lottery brokerage market after selling the remainder of its outstanding shares for over €9 million.

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