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William Hill Checks Out Its Games

NMi contracted to ensure compliance with UK Gambling Commission requirements One of Britain's biggest online and land gambling providers, William Hill plc, has engaged compliance testing firm NMi to ensure that its games meet the standards required by the UK Gambling Commission under the new p.o.c. laws. Shane Kelly, head of QA and testing for William Hill said: "We appointed NMi based on the high level of professionalism and the in-depth compliance knowledge that they were able to demonstrate. We

By Casinomeister Dec 5, 2014

Yahoo Confirms Shut Down Of New Online Poker Offering

Company to drop its Yahoo Poker, Yahoo Pool and Yahoo Bingo services for Web and mobile devices on December 31 Following only weeks of operation (see previous InfoPowa report), and heavy marketing investment, Yahoo has made the remarkable decision to drop its Yahoo Poker, Yahoo Pool and Yahoo Bingo services for Web and mobile devices with effect from December 31 2014. The business publication Forbes reported Monday that security issues played a part in the decision, made despite significant advertising

By Casinomeister Dec 5, 2014

7stars Snags Gala Contract

Impressive performance with the Coral interactive brands leads to expanded contract The performance of London marketing agency The7Stars in promoting the Coral interactive brands so impressed Gala Coral that its involvement has been expanded to embrace Gala Interactive. Following a competitive pitch, Gala Coral group has appointed the agency as its media planning and buying representative for Gala Interactive brands – Coral Interactive, Gala Bingo and Gala Casino. The7Stars team will work with Gala Coral interactive teams to optimise media

By Casinomeister Nov 28, 2014

Adelson Is The Last To Claim The Moral High Ground

Strong personal attack launched by acclaimed legal expert The Washington Times carried a strongly worded attack on anti-online gambling crusader and land casino magnate Sheldon Adelson over the weekend, suggesting that his opposition is more anti-competition than morally based. The man firing the op-ed broadside is top legal eagle, author and lecturer Bruce Fein (67), a Harvard Law School graduate and widely experienced legal expert with considerable previous involvement in government and corporate law whose impressive c.v. can be viewed

By Casinomeister Nov 28, 2014

Adelson Lobbyists In Last-minute Push

But ten more organisations announce their opposition to the Restoration of the American Wire Act bills The Washington Post reports that Sheldon Adelson is encountering some serious opposition to his attempts to ban most forms of internet gambling through the Restoration of the American Wire Act bills, possibly triggered by his lobbyists' intense last-minute attempts to get the bill through the House Judiciary Committee before the current season ends. The committee has since taken the RAWA off its agenda, but

By Casinomeister Nov 28, 2014

Anti-online Gambling Lawmaker Appointed To Head Key House Committee

The Republican Representative from Utah, Jason Chaffetz, is now chairman of the influential House Oversight Committee Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican from Utah who is now notorious in the industry for introducing to the House the Restoration of the American Wire Act proposal seeking to ban most forms of internet gambling, has been appointed chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee. Chaffetz, who has served vociferously on the committee for the last four years, takes over from Rep. Darrell Issa,

By Casinomeister Nov 28, 2014

Arctic Bear For Plaor Social Casino

Multislot's second Facebook slot title will launch on Plaor's Mega Fame social casino app Isle of Man developer Multislot has announced that its second Facebook slot product, Arctic Bear, has been ordered by Plaor for use on its Mega Fame social casino Facebook app. Integration will take place early in 2015. Arctic Bear is the second Multislot game to launch with Plaor, following the success of Lucky Luau, which went live in September on Mega Fame and has proved very

By Casinomeister Nov 28, 2014

Asa Sanctions Health Lottery Ad

Deemed to encourage or condone gambling behaviour that could lead to harm The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an advert for the Health Lottery. The ad, which appeared on the Demand 5 video-on-demand service, promoted an online direct debit offer for the Health Lottery whereby consumers could have their first two weeks play "free", as a refund from the advertiser, if they signed up online and paid for their tickets monthly. A voice-over during the ad said, "That's

By Casinomeister Nov 28, 2014

Asia Pacific Poker Tour Concludes

Good turnout in Auckland with 225 runners The Asia Pacific Poker Tour came to a close in Auckland over the weekend as Australian ace Minh Nguyen bested a field of 224 other entrants to claim NZ$111,600 following a two-way chop with Thomas Ward. The duo faced a tough final table led by Nguyen with a very significant chip lead, and he continued to pose a real threat to every player at the table with his aggressive tactics. These paid off,

By Casinomeister Nov 28, 2014

Atlantic City Profits Up In Third Quarter

Internet revenues and the absence of losses from failed land casinos see a 7.2 percent rise The absence of losses from failed land casinos, along with the new revenues from online gambling launched a year ago, have helped Atlantic City gambling venues to achieve a 7.2 percent rise to $147.5 million in gross operating profit in the third quarter ended September 2014. Associated Press reports that the numbers include comparisons with four casinos that incurred substantial losses and have since

By Casinomeister Nov 28, 2014

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