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AMF Investigates Amaya In Possible Illegal Trading Transaction

AMF Investigates Amaya In Possible Illegal Trading Transaction

Phyllis F. December 16, 2014 12:24:16

Following Amaya Inc ‘s purchase of Pokerstars, its stock trading activities are being probed. Less than two weeks after Forbes copped David Baazov ‘The King of Online Gambling’, cops raided his Amaya Inc’s Pointe-Claire offices. Indeed the company has been under scrutiny by the Autorite de Marches Financiers of Quebec (AMF) when Amaya’s stock price […]

Microgaming Hosts End Of Year Festive Frenzy Tournament

Microgaming Hosts End Of Year Festive Frenzy Tournament

Phyllis F. December 16, 2014 11:56:21

Players can participate in the Festive Frenzy Tournament, worth EUR 125,000, with bonus gifts, free spins and wild wins galore. Microgaming has been wrapping up its busy year with its Festive Frenzy Tournament consisting of a multi-player platform. The prize pool, approved under EU gambling laws, amounting to EUR 125,000, is available to all players […]

Russia Purges Cities of Illegal Gambling After Passing Bill

Russia Purges Cities of Illegal Gambling After Passing Bill

Phyllis F. December 15, 2014 17:05:07

With implementation of new bill, online gambling websites are being censored and heavily fined. What do Kaliningrad, Krasnodar, Altay, Primorskiy Krai, Sochi and Crimea all have in common? Well, they are the only states in Russia where the Russian gambling laws allow them to practice betting. All others states have been banned from doing so. […]

Indian Tribe Bingo Launch Short-Lived as State Questions Legitimacy

Indian Tribe Bingo Launch Short-Lived as State Questions Legitimacy

Phyllis F. December 15, 2014 16:05:57

Federal officials file papers against the Iipay Nation on the grounds of Internet gambling breach The Iipay Nation was so overjoyed when they became the first Tribal government in America to launch an online bingo site through their Desert Rose Bingo enterprise a few weeks ago. Then what should have been a historic event and […]

The Birth of Fantasy Sports Spawns Billion Dollar Industry

The Birth of Fantasy Sports Spawns Billion Dollar Industry

Phyllis F. December 15, 2014 11:23:42

Americans are happy playing make-believe major league team owners loop-holing the US no-online betting law. For the past twenty years, America has been enthralled by fantasy sports. Adults, men and women alike, play the role of make-believe online owners of professional sports teams. It could be anything from basketball or baseball but football is the […]

In Bid to Build New Casino Genting Told To Pack Up and Leave

In Bid to Build New Casino Genting Told To Pack Up and Leave

Phyllis F. December 13, 2014 17:16:44

The $1.5 billion Sterling Forest casino plan by giant gaming operator Genting has raised hackles. Environmentalists and their consultants are in violent opposition of the Genting Americas’ site plan to build a $1.5 billion casino in Tuxedo, surrounded by Sterling Forest State Park. The separate hearings hosted by the Tuxedo Planning Board and Tuxedo Town […]

Novomatic Ordered To Pay Addictive Austrian Gambler Big Bucks

Novomatic Ordered To Pay Addictive Austrian Gambler Big Bucks

Phyllis F. December 13, 2014 14:53:20

Novomatic to make appeal after an Austrian court upheld the decision to award gambling addict EUR 440, 000. An Austrian gambler lost EUR 800, 000 over a four year period at land-based slot machines operated by Austrian gambling operator Novomatic. The man then hired a lawyer to help subtract him from his debts claiming that […]

CFO Takeover at Optimal Payments Plc Come 2015

CFO Takeover at Optimal Payments Plc Come 2015

Phyllis F. December 13, 2014 14:27:13

2015 will come with directorate changes for Optimal Payments with the departure of Keith Butcher as CFO, being replaced by Brian McArthur-Muscroft Optimal Payments plc, the Neteller subsidiary, that provides the land-based and mobile casino gambling worldwide with online and mobile payment processing services, has announced that Brian McArthur-Muscroft will succeed Keith Butcher, as CFO […]

The Very Best 2015 Online Sportsbooks Sites That You Need To Try

The Very Best 2015 Online Sportsbooks Sites That You Need To Try

Phyllis F. December 13, 2014 12:32:20

We have gone over what we know are the best 2015 online Sportsbooks based on 2014’s performance and present them to you. We will give you a preview into some of their upcoming events for 2015 as well. Read on to see who else got the privilege of being on our top 7 list. Millions […]