Category Archives: Gaming News

The Department of Justice for a very long time has declared that facilitating for-money online poker violates U.S. law. For nearly as long, the companies that dealt poker to Americans on the Internet have claimed that their activities do no … Continue reading →

FBI ordered to seize accounts of Bittar, Lederer, Ferguson Following the Ponzi scheme allegations me last week by the New York District Attorney’s office against online poker operator Full Tilt, a Judge in New York has authorised the seizure of … Continue reading →

Full Tilt hearing runs into fifth day The Full Tilt Poker hearing in London has run in to a fifth day despite only being scheduled for three. Amaya Gaming Group launches new lottery in Kenya Expanding its presence in the … Continue reading →

Ireland looks to regulate online gambling in 2012 The Irish Government has begun work on new legislation to modernise the country’s laws on gambling which will regulate online gambling and prohibit fixed odds betting terminals, while also making no provisions … Continue reading →

DoJ brings more charges against Full Tilt The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has filed a motion to amend the forfeiture and civil money laundering complaint against Full Tilt Poker, alleging that the company … Continue reading →

Three bidders remain in Sazka tender process Insolvency ministrator Josef Cupka has confirmed that three bidders have submitted applications to acquire the assets of Czech lottery operator Sazka, with final binding offers to be submitted by the end of this … Continue reading →

William Hill targets mobile gambling firm Probability Following a number of changes to the Takeover Code which took effect this morning, mobile gambling specialist Probability plc has confirmed that it is in preliminary discussions with bookmaker William Hill over a … Continue reading →

AGCC decision leaves public in the dark over Full Tilt The Alderney Gambling Control Commission has once again caved in to the demands of licensee Full Tilt, agreeing to a request to hold the public hearing scheduled for Monday in … Continue reading →

Intralot wins 15-year monitoring licence in Victoria Australia’s Tatts Group said Wednesday that its association with gaming in Victoria will end completely from August 2012, after the state’s Coalition Government confirmed that it intends to award a new fifteen-year single … Continue reading →

BLOG: Sweden embraces change….at last! There is a long-awaited wind of change blowing through the Swedish halls of power. Four years of complete stasis has left one of the world’s most well-developed online gambling markets regulation-free and left many of … Continue reading →