Online Casino and Gambling News: 2009

Betsson to launch mobile sports betting service

Betsson A.B., the Swedish listed online gambling operator, has partnered with UK mobile gambling technology provider Mfuse to launch a mobile sports betting service in the first half of 2009.

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Pennsylvania judge rules Texas Hold'em is a game of skill

Apparently last Friday Pennsylvania Judge Thomas A. James Jr. of Columbia County ruled that poker's most popular game, Texas Hold’em, is a contest where skill predominates, therefore removing it from the definition of illegal gambling in the state.

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2008 Nevada hotels income only one third of 2007 levels

The news from Nevada continues to paint a bleak picture as the economic recession impacts visitor and hotel occupation rates in the gambling state.

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iMEGA challenge to UIGEA laws now set for April

The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) has announced that its legal team has been asked by the US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals to provide notice of their availability in April 2009 for oral arguments in their challenge to a Federal law targeting the Internet gambling industry.

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Cryptologic issues guidance for the year ahead

Cynics might say that Cryptologic's latest public update on its growth strategy was to some extent spurred by the recent challenge from ex-CEO Javaid Aziz that management's strategy needed some revision. Whatever the motivation, the company went public with its intentions this week, predicting net income of $9 - $10 million in 2009.

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Brisbane International tennis tournament ejects suspected "in-play" gambler

In a reprise of a similar incident last year, when European gamblers using laptops and mobiles were ejected from a major tennis match, an alleged mobile better was removed from a Brisbane International tennis tournament match last week.

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Mississippi woman takes jackpot fight to Supreme Court

A Mississippi gambler from Biloxi who feels she has been cheated out of a million dollar win by the land venue IP Casino has taken the fight to the Supreme Court this week, protesting that the slot machine she was playing had reflected a million dollar jackpot win way in excess of the $8000 maximum win the casino claims is posted on the equipment.

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Playboy casino and poker to close, barely 2 years after opening

Taking many online gamblers by surprise this week was the news that the Cryptologic-powered Playboy Gaming operation is to shut down. Curiously, the company was not displaying any notification on its websites when InfoPowa went to press, although service representatives and a Cryptologic spokesman have confirmed the reports.

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Massive support for Presidential poker suggestion

A website set up by incoming US President Barack Obama's team to garner suggestions from US voters on priority items that deserve presidential attention has proved to be a useful vehicle for promoting legalised poker in the United States, reports CardPlayer magazine this week.

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US "midnight rule" act reintroduced by Democrats

The "midnight rule" political tactic, in which the last-minute legislative push-throughs of outgoing US administrations can be reversed by successors, became familiar to online gamblers last year when the Bush Administration rammed through the flawed and controversial regulations supporting the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

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