Poker Cards Over the past couple of years, the online gambling industry, which is comprised largely of online poker and online casino sites, has been concerned about how the rules of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act would affect business. Read the full post >>

The tiny Caribbean island nation of Antigua plans to take sanctions against the United States in its quest to have full compliance of a World Trade Organization decision on Internet gambling.  To date, the US government and local law enforcement continue to aggressively go after online gambling entities operating outside the States.  Antigua claimed that [...]

The end of June will see the demise of another online casino as FreeSpin Casino, an RTG-powered internet gambling website, closes its virtual doors at the end of this (June 2010) month. A company spokesman assured InfoPowa that all player accounts would be closed in a professional and orderly manner, with notifications of the closure [...]

Online gambling operator Virgin Games has inked a games supply deal with veteran online gambling software provider Microgaming, enabling the operator to further enhance the scope of its offering by providing Microgaming flash casino games to its customers, through the pioneering Quickfire software. Virgin Games spokesmen say the operator has established a direct integration with [...]

The bad news from Geneva, Switzerland this week is that the country’s highest court has ruled that poker is a game where chance, rather than skill, predominates. The ruling affects poker tournaments, will can now only be legally held in licensed Swiss casinos, reports Associated Press. Read the full post >>

Online gambling operators who have been anxiously watching the progress of the new French regulator ARJEL will be relieved to hear that it is confident it will “deliver first agreements to operators in the first two weeks of June,” meaning that French betting on the World Cup will be possible. RapidTV news reports that the [...]

The Swedish online gambling group Betsson has announced the acquisition of iPoker online poker operator Betfriends, an operation that boasts 4,000 active players, and also offers online casino and sports betting action to its customers. Read the full post >>

It’s been a huge week for Australian gambling, gaming, sports betting and censorship news. This is likely the biggest Australian casino and gambling news week in modern history. Let’s see… NRL Melbourne Storm sports betting scandal, Melbourne Gangland Killer Carl Williams dies and gets buried, Sin City Sydney Crime & Corruption Expo, Computer kiosk gambling [...]

Following the arrest in Las Vegas Friday of disgraced Australian payment processor, Daniel Tzvetkoff, it was revealed that he had a pregnant fiancée waiting for him back home.  She may need to wait another 75 years.  That’s the maximum sentence Tzvetkoff could receive if he is found guilty in the US of money laundering and [...]

Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s legislative attempt to introduce land casinos to the state is to be debated today (Tuesday) and has already attracted some 216 suggested amendments from House representatives, reports the Boston Globe newspaper. Among them are motions to strike out language buried in the bill which would criminalise online gambling – including [...]