PartyGaming, the online gaming company, has agreed to acquire most of the business of World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) for at least $15.3 million in its first US deal since it was forced to withdraw from the country three years ago.
Read More . . .Australian Federal Police are investigating the attacks, which effectively closed Sportingbet Australia - one of Australia's largest corporate bookmakers.
Read More . . .PARTYGAMING HAS said it will not change its lobbying focus in America despite increasing fears among European operators
Read More . . .The news will not have punters weeping in betting shops or sobbing on the racetrack: William Hill, the UK's largest bookmaker, said today it had suffered "a run of abominable results" that had sent profits from its sports betting division tumbling.
Read More . . .British sports leagues have asked the government to address concerns caused by the probable movement of most major online casinos and Internet sports books to Gibralter and other areas outside the UK.
Read More . . .William Hill confirmed today that it will move its online betting business offshore in a bid to save the bookmaker millions of pounds in tax.
Read More . . .888 Holdings Plc, the second-largest U.K. online gambling company, forecast sales growth in the industry of more than 20 percent next year as consumer confidence returns.
Read More . . .On Tuesday, Finance Minister Zúñiga announced that the Finance Ministry will introduce a bill in the Legislative Assembly to impose a special 2 percent tax on gambling revenues – online and offline – earned in Costa Rica.
Read More . . .American legal experts have echoed the recent predictions of Europe’s online gambling bosses that domestic land-based operators are likely to dominate the US internet gaming market once it opens up.
Read More . . .Within the next two weeks, the Costa Rica Finance Ministry will send a bill to the Legislative Assembly proposing a 2 percent tax on income earned by the gambling, gaming and betting industry.
Read More . . .The Russian Ministry of Sports and Tourism has officially excluded poker from the list of sports, Russian website Lenta.ru reports.
Read More . . .PartyGaming continues to move forward full force with its 2009 business plan to grow its online casino brand and focus on business to business deals in order to diversify its holdings.
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