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Net Entertainment reports half year revenues up at $23.9 million

CasinoListings — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:01:50 -0400

Swedish online gambling software provider Net Entertainment AB has released its financial results for the first six months of 2010, showing a 27.6% year-on-year increase in revenues to $23.9 million.

Barney Frank talks up the advantages of US regulation to Jay Leno

CasinoListings — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:01:50 -0400

The author of a the HR2267 legislative proposal to legalise online gambling in the United States, Congressman Barney Frank, appeared as a guest on the widely distributed Jay Leno Show in the United States this week, putting out the word for a regulated online gaming industry instead of bans.

Entraction reports 22% first half year sales decline

CasinoListings — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:01:50 -0400

Internet gambling software developer Entraction Holding AB reported weak first half results this week, with net sales showing a 22.2% year-on-year decline to $23.971 million.

New Singapore casinos boost local economoy

CasinoListings — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:32:00 -0400

The decision by the Singapore government to allow carefully regulated and restricted land casino operations is already delivering fruits in the form of additional tourism and inflows of cash, reports eGlobal Travel News.

$4.1 million Mega Moolah Summertime progressive jackpot win

CasinoListings — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:50:05 -0400

The Casino Rewards online casino group reports that during the last 48 hours one of its players hit the Mega Moolah Summertime progressive slot for $4,170,128 at its Blackjack Ballroom operation.

British police arrest bookmaker in cricket betting scandal

CasinoListings — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:50:05 -0400

News of a cricket betting scandal involving the touring Pakistani team broke over the weekend and has topped most British, Australian and Pakistani headlines. British police detained bookie Mazhar Majeed, interviewed four players including captain Salman Butt, and confiscated cell phones for further examination.

UK punter wins £500,000 with two football accumulators in one week

CasinoListings — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:50:06 -0400

This weekend a Skybet online sports gambler in Hampshire, England will be breaking out the champagne and celebrating two remarkable five-fold accumulator bet wins within 24 hours of each other.

Alberta state gambling revenues approach income from oil and gas

CasinoListings — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:50:06 -0400

Residents in the Alberta province of Canada like to gamble, and to a lesser extent enjoy throwing back the odd alcoholic beverage, it appears from recent survey results published by the National Post newspaper this week.

Commerce Casino director reveals fear of offshore poker competition

CasinoListings — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:50:06 -0400

Tom Malkasian, a director of the Commerce Casino, has responded to the Poker Players Alliance's 'Players Before Profits' campaign in which the million strong action group urged US players to voice their disapproval of the Californian card room's opposition to federal legalisation of online poker.

Canadian net gambling revenues remain flat

CasinoListings — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:50:06 -0400

Net revenue from provincial government-run lotteries, video lottery terminals, casinos and slot machines not in casinos totalled Cdn$13.75-billion in 2009, essentially unchanged from the year before, Statistics Canada reported this week.