It seems that there is no uniformity in the advice provided by the attorney-generals of the European Court of Justice, regarding online casino gambling companies and their compatibility with EU law. Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi has recently given his opinion regarding online gambling, he said that Member States are not obliged to allow foreign gambling companies to [...]

The bill to legalize poker did not get a public hearing before the deadline of Friday for the bill to advance to the house, which means that legalized gambling in the state is no longer possible this year. Opponents of the casino gambling bill said that the proposal would open the door to gambling in a State [...]

The CEO of Ladbrokes, Richard Glynn and other senior members of the online casino industry were assisted by British icon Barbara Windsor and the Italian cookbook author and poker fanatic Antonio Carluccio at the first launch of ‘Raising the Stakes’, a new fundraising initiative. With the ‘Raising the Stakes’ initiative, the online gambling industry seeks to earn [...]

The Unlawfull Internet Gambling Enforcement Act or UIGEA, will be implemented as of June 1 this year, the legislation bans online transactions related to illegal gambling. Barney Frank is the biggest opponent of the anti-gambling laws, and has submitted a bill to overturn the UIGEA. The Barney Frank bill has since its introduction collected many [...]

Rank Group, provider of online bingo and operator of casinos and bingo halls in the United Kingdom and Belgium, has indicated that they have a 14% increase in profits and that the momentum continued in 2011 despite higher gaming taxes and a smoking ban in Spain. The gambling group reported a 2% increase in sales during the [...]

The owners of a airport are planning on building a casino resort in South Korea with the value of 3 billion US dollars what is about 1,8 billion pounds. The plan is to attract  a lot of rich travellers that come from China and other Asian countries. This will give a great boost to the economy of South [...]

A 29-year-old store clerk in Missouri in the U.S. with only $ 28.96 in his bank account, doesnt have to to work for the rest of his life, after he announced that he won the Powerball lottery. The man wins the amazing sum of $ 258,000,000. The lucky winner Chris Shaw says he intends to [...]

MGM China, the Macau Casino from MGM Resorts International and businesswoman Pansy Ho, received $190 million from four major investors for the IPO of the casino in China which is worth $1.5 billion. Details of the IPO are not here yet, but two sources with direct involvement in the IPO have given some information, on [...]

When you win a big jackpot or get lucky on a online slotmachine you can win millions. These million could ofcourse change your life. After some research the holiday behaviour doesn’t change that much. After winning millions in the Dutch Lotto jackpot 83% the winners went on a destination they already have been. A familiar [...]

A new report in the leading medical journal The Lancet indicates that online casinos bring new temptations for problem gamblers, but that the Internet should offer them a treatment for their addiction. The report which was published last Wednesday in The Lancet says that researchers are increasingly making progress in recognizing and understanding of problem gambling, [...]