Antigua's American-born legal counsel in World Trade Organisation (WTO) matters, Mark Mendel, says the United States may have opened itself up to a new challenge when it shut down certain offshore Internet gambling sites last Friday.
Read More . . .A television company has pulled out of a Full Tilt Poker-backed poker tournament after prize money failed to arrive, raising questions over the finances of the group embroiled in a US crackdown on internet gambling.
Read More . . .The United States violated global trade law by shutting down Internet gambling sites based in Antigua and elsewhere and prosecuting their owners, according to Antigua and Barbuda officials considering action in the World Trade Organization.
Read More . . .Britain's biggest bookmaker William Hill said it had confidence in its full-year forecasts after demand for its online gambling sites boosted first-quarter operating profit, sending shares higher.
Read More . . .Incline village, nev. — It's no secret Nevada's gaming industry has struggled since the advent of the Great Recession in 2008, particularly on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe.
Read More . . .Few games of chance have been quite as exciting for gaming company operators as dicing with the interpretation of American gambling laws.
Read More . . .Betfair has lost its third senior executive this month after Tim Phillips, director of European and public affairs.
Read More . . .Ladbrokes has terminated potential merger discussions with 888 four months after it began talks with the Gibraltar-licenced operator, it announced in a statement this morning, however no official reason was given by the bookmaker.
Read More . . .888 posted a record quarter for Q1 2011 growing its revenue 6% compared to the previous three months, its outgoing chief executive announced to the market this morning while admitting a Ladbrokes merger was “still alive�.
Read More . . .The amount of money bet online on sports in France dropped 26.5% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2011.
Read More . . .Gigi Levy, chief executive of 888 Holdings for almost five years, has announced he is to step down to “pursue other interests� but will remain on the board.
Read More . . .Bwin.Party co-CEO Norbert Teufelberger has slammed yesterday’s proposal by the German Lander to introduce a restrictive licensing regime for sports betting from 2012, saying it “is just as likely to fail as the outgoing monopoly model in Germany�.
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