Move To Tighten Philippines Online Gambling Regulations
HB4540 proposes tighter monitoring, particularly on the under-aged Policeman turned Philippines lawmaker Rep. Samuel Pagdilao is concerned about the dangers to young people that he feels online gambling represents, and this week launched House bill 4540 in an attempt to tighten regulation. The Philippine Star reports that the bill seeks to more closely monitor Internet gambling and protect minors in the region. HB4540 carries punitive measures, providing for imprisonment from five years to 10 years or a fine ranging from
Mr Green Branded Game From Net Entertainment
The Marvellous Mr Green Net Entertainment has provided Mr Green online casino with its own exclusively branded game which appears to be a skinned version of its popular Subtopia slot. The Marvellous Mr Green is a 20-payline video slot featuring Wilds, a Random Multiplier and Free Spins with a Multiplier Meter. A random multiplier during the base game multiplies bet line wins by 1, 2, 3 or 5 during any spin, excluding Scatter wins. Free spins are triggered by 3
New Chairman At Neteller Parent Group
Optimal Payments appoints Dennis Jones as non-executive chairman Online payment processor Optimal Payments, parent group of Neteller and Netbanx, has appointed Dennis Jones as its new non-executive chairman, alongside two new directors following the resignation of non-executives John Bateson and Jonathan Comerford, the latter having served as interim chairman since November last year. The new directors are Ian Jenks and Andrew Dark. Jenks has worked as an investor and chief executive of a number of businesses in the communications and
New Data Streaming Service For Northern Ireland Football League
Trackchamp is a joint venture between Bwin.Party and Chyronhego The Northern Ireland Football League has signed a long-term contract with Trackchamp, a joint venture between Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment and Chyronhego, making the streaming and data company the NIFL's official partner. Trackchamp produces real-time streaming video with graphics and will collect performance data for every Danske Bank Premiership game from the start of next season. Such data will include player speed and distance covered, ball speed, the percentage of possession of
New Jersey Sports Betting Bill Awaits The Governor's Pleasure (update)
Sen. Lesniak pushes governor after state legislature overwhelmingly supports sports bill New Jersey governor Chris Christie is again the man on which the Garden State's sports betting legalisation hopes ride following the overwhelmingly strong positive vote for legalisation in both the state House and the Senate earlier this month. It's a long-running story for New Jersey, which has been trying unsuccessfully to persuade a series of US courts to allow it to by-pass the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection
New Online Bingo Offering At Betway
Online casino operator deploys TV adverts in launch of new offering Online casino operator Betway has deployed the latest episode in its ongoing television advertising series Betway Stories campaign to push the launch of a new bingo offering, according to a report in the marketing publication Drum. The latest chapter tells the story of Lucy, a young hairdresser who regularly has to decline invites from her older clients to join them at bingo on the excuse that she's "too young"
New U.s. Move By Anti-online Gambling Politicians
Senators push US Attorney General to support restoration of the Wire Act Three US Senators associated with Sheldon Adelson's bid to get online gambling federally banned in the United States have made the latest move in the campaign against internet gambling… a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to support the Graham-Chaffetz federal bills seeking a restoration of the Wire Act as a vehicle to ban most forms of internet gambling across the United States. The Washington
Nyx To Distribute H5g Titles Via Ogs
Game content supply deal will bring more land titles online Gaming solution provider NYX Interactive will distribute games developer High 5 Games' (H5G) slot titles via its OGS platform following an agreement signed this week. NYX OGS customers will have access to a content library of around 80 games currently available through H5G's remote gaming server VAULT. "We are very pleased to be able to offer our OGS customers access to the market leading content that has been created by
Online Sports Betting Operator Had Ties With Organised Crime
77-year-old owner of BetEagle admits links with Genovese family Two Springfield, New Jersey men busted recently by enforcement officials, have pleaded guilty on a racketeering conspiracy charge related to illegal online sportsbetting, and have admitted associations with the Genovese crime family. Federal prosecutors said this week that 77-year-old Joseph Graziano and 44-year-old Dominick J. Barone each pleaded guilty in a federal court Tuesday to racketeering conspiracy. Overseeing the business was 80-year-old Joseph Lascala, a member of the Genovese crime family,
Pokerstars Beijing Millions A Record Setter
Inaugural event attracts 2,732 entries, making it the largest live poker tourney ever held outside the USA Forget WSOP Europe and the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour Goliath… the record for the biggest entry field for a live poker tournament held outside the United States now belongs to The Pokerstars Beijing Millions, which last week registered 2,732 entrants in its first outing. That compares favourably with the 2,570 contestants who played in the 2013 Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour Goliath,