Intralot Interactive To Debut New Line Of Products
Mobile-first line of products covers lottery, sports betting, instant games and iGaming platform INTRALOT Interactive is gearing up for the release of its patent pending Mobile Lottery Solution, the Sports Mobile betting management system, the new Instants Mobile Games library of gaming content and the latest version of its i-Gaming platform next week at ICE Totally Gaming. The Mobile Lottery product line is an independent end-to-end solution for making the Lottery experience native on mobile devices of all operating systems,
Irish Gambling Magnate Sells Off Shares In Payment Processor
Dermot Desmond sells 25 percent of Optimal Payments for a reported GBP 146 million Former Betdaq owner and Irish gambling entrepreneur Dermot Desmond (63) has sold off his IIU Nominees company's 25 percent holding in online payments processor Optimal Payments for GBP 146 million, adding to his reported wealth as Ireland's seventh richest businessman of Euro 1.4 billion. Press material from Optimal reveals that IIU Nominees Limited successfully sold 40,186,032 Ordinary Shares in the processor and no longer has a
Irish Online Betting Tax Likely This Year
The slow-grinding wheels of politics and bureaucracy have delayed implementation With opposition members of parliament become increasingly critical of the delays in its implementation, it looks as if the Irish tax on online betting may at last be activated in 2014. The Irish newspaper The Independent reports this week that the Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013 has continued to grind its way through the Dail with long debates in recent weeks, but that implementation is now in sight. Giving a potted
Isildur1 On High Stakes Online Poker Heater – Again
After a slow start to the year, Swedish pro is hitting his stride again Viktor "Isildur1" Blom may have had a slow start to 2014, dropping over half a million dollars, but he's now making up for lost time and enjoying a great run on Full Tilt Poker's high stakes virtual tables. The High Stakes Data Base reports that Ben "Bttech86" Tollerene is at the head of the current year's winner's leaderboard on $610,908 in 1,765 hands over 27 sessions,
Isoftbet And Twentieth Century Fox Tie Up
Popular television drama translated to online gaming realm A new branded casino game based on the popular television drama "24" is set to be unveiled following a deal between iSoftBet and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products. The game incorporates the exploits of heroic Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer and features the series' distinctive audio effects and visual elements. "This unique partnership with iSoftBet has resulted in an action-packed game recognizable to fans around the world featuring the twists and
Italian Pro Wins First 2014 Aussie Millions Poker Event
Mustapha Kanit takes hom $196,000 after a two-way chop Italian poker pro Mustapha Kanit showed the Aussies how it's done this week when he took down the first event in this year's Aussie Millions - the A$1,000 buy-in NLHE tournament - in Melbourne. The event attracted a huge entry list of 1,302 players, among them many top aces, and was eventually whittled down to a final table that saw Kanit facing David Lim, Daryl Hussy, Orjan Skommo, Lukas Byrns, Otto
Ivey Poker Launches Premium Poker Training Site
Subscription-based site works for all levels of play A new poker training website launched by poker pro Phil Ivey and Ivey Poker has gone live. The website dubbed Ivey League features video strategy and poker skill training sessions from top poker professionals including Ivey himself. Ivey League stemmed from Ivey's acquisition of poker training website Leggo Poker early last year which has subsequently been rebranded and revamped. The site still offers Leggo Poker videos along with the addition of new
Latest Anti-gambling Drive Stats From China Released (update)
National and local police start work early in 2014 In an update on China's continuing anti-illegal gambling drive, the Ministry of Public Security released new statistics for the first three weeks of 2014 on Saturday, disclosing that 1,527 gambling cases have been investigated and 5,300 suspects detained. The Xinhua news agency reports that the cases were uncovered in the provinces of Anhui, Hubei, Liaoning, Fujian and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Despite a more than year-long enforcement drive, fly-by-night gambling venues
Massachusetts State Lottery Wants Online Gambling
Lottery seeks authority to experiment with online gaming Massachusetts State Lottery officials asked lawmakers Tuesday to pass legislation enabling the agency to experiment with online gaming operations, the Boston newspaper Sentinel & Enterprise reports. A bill filed by Democratic Party Senator Jennifer Flanagan, has the support of state lottery officials and seeks to permit the Lottery to conduct an online lottery. "We are not proposing to offer these games to our players with an actual cash transaction, nor are we
Merge Excluding Players From New Jersey And Delaware?
Forum reports indicate a growing number of players are being told they no longer have access The reasons have not been fully explained, and the motivation is not yet clear, but according to a growing number of player posts on leading poker forums like twoplustwo, it appears that the Merge poker network is excluding both new sign ups and existing players who come from the states of New Jersey and Delaware. Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware are the three US