The world’s largest listed online gambling operator, bwin.party digital entertainment, has announced that it intends to spend up to $50 million over the next two years to fund its expansion into the social games sector.
Read More . . .Spain is set to shake up internet gambling this week, helping it capture much-needed tax income as newly licensed firms slug it out to win over the country's growing crowd of online poker and sports betting fans.
Read More . . .Austerity comes in surprising forms. In Greece the authorities are seizing luxury yachts, in Italy it's supercars in glitzy ski resorts. Now, in Spain, it's the online gambling companies which are getting it in the neck.
Read More . . .The Atlantic Lottery Corporation has awarded contracts worth a total of approximately $93 million to four firms for the replacement of almost 5,900 obsolete video lottery terminals.
Read More . . .Paddy Power Aims to Dominate an Expected Explosion in Betting Games for Mobile Devices.
Read More . . .Online poker tournaments and in-play sports internet betting are a step closer, but micro-betting where punters can bet on events such as individual balls in a cricket over will be banned.
Read More . . .Australia may be on the brink of legalizing online poker according to a report in the Daily Telegraph which suggests the government has briefed the gambling industry that the move will happen in the next six to 12 months.
Read More . . .The key players threatening to kill-off the government's controversial poker machine laws have expressed alarm at new plans to ease the restriction on internet gambling during live sports games.
Read More . . .In order to qualify for the first round of Spain’s iGaming licensing, London-listed online sportsbook and gaming provider Sportingbet has reached an agreement with authorities that will see it pay €17.2 million in back taxes.
Read More . . .In Canada, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has announced that it is hoping to expand land-based casino gaming across the province and has invited private operators to get in touch and submit their ideas.
Read More . . .Betfair is taking on traditional bookmakers at their own game by launching a fixed-odds betting service in time for the Euro 2012 football tournament.
Read More . . .European online gambling firms are scrambling to make a back-tax payment being demanded by the cash-strapped Spanish government, which effectively raises the cost of market entry ahead of an expected new license round.
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