PartyPoker to introduce Rush Poker variant
Industry
PartyPoker is to follow PokerStars in introducing its own fast-paced poker variant, based on the currently inactive Full Tilt Poker’s highly successful Rush Poker.
Co-CEO of PartyPoker ...
Microgaming Bad Beat Jackpot pays out over €400,000
Winners
Players on the Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) have won more than €400,000 after the network’s Bad Beat Jackpot was hit last week.
According to the Isle of Man-based software ...
bwin hints at end to Real Madrid tie
Industry
The owner of bwin has hinted that the online sports betting brand’s shirt sponsorship of Real Madrid will not be renewed next year.
bwin has been the main sponsor of Real Madrid since ...
PartyPoker owner to enter social gaming space
Industry
PartyPoker and bwin owner bwin.party digital entertainment is to launch a social gaming division, putting it in direct competition with Facebook game developers such as Zynga.
The world’s ...
Online operators face further delays in Germany
Industry
Online brands such as Betfair, bwin and PokerStars could be facing a further three-month delay to their plans to launch regulated online gambling within Germany in 2012.
The breakaway ...
Full Tilt regulator to protect player funds
Featured
Full Tilt Poker’s former regulator will shortly be introducing new measures to provide better protection for player funds.
Former UK Gambling Commission chairman Peter Dean made the ...
BetClic ban set to hit Portuguese football
Industry
A ban on online betting website BetClic in Portugal could deprive the majority of its professional football clubs of valuable sponsorship revenues.
The civil court of Lisbon last week ...
Sportingbet turns off Spain after injunction
Industry
Sportingbet is now blocking Spanish customers after a local court injunction came into force today, it has confirmed to Casino Choice.
The closure order was issued by the Mercantile ...
Costa Bingo offers instant cash… or April Fools’!
Promotions
Costa Bingo is to celebrate April Fools’ Day this year by launching a free-to-enter instant game offering players the chance to win as much as £1,000 in cash.
On 1 April, the ...
888 appoints new boss
Industry
Online casino business 888.com has appointed Brian Mattingley as permanent CEO, following the revival in the business’ fortunes since he took the job on an interim basis last April.
The ...
Foxy Bingo increases welcome bonus to 300%
Promotions
Foxy Bingo has just increased its welcome bonus offer to 300% for all new players, giving newbies the chance to claim up to £300 extra on top of their first deposit.
New players joining ...
Betfair £23m non-payout upheld
Industry
Betfair is breathing a sigh of relief today after an independent adjudication body supported its decision not to pay out £23m won by punters after a software glitch.
Around 200 customers ...
William Hill CEO blasts Minister over pre-Budget promise
Industry
William Hill CEO Ralph Topping has accused government minister John Penrose of reneging on promises over gaming machine taxes in last week’s Budget, declaring that funding for UK ...
HSBC offshore arm denies anti-gambling purge
Industry
HSBC’s offshore banking arm in Jersey has denied it has implemented a policy against online gambling, despite closing at least two accounts belonging to industry executives in recent ...
Online poker complements land-based gaming, new study shows
Industry
New research has found that the availability of online poker has a complementary effect on land-based gaming revenues, flying in the face of findings of earlier less-detailed studies.
The ...
