The EU was created to stimulate economic growth and trade between member states by creating a single market featuring efficiencies that are not available to countries with restrictive tariffs. But online gaming is a service that member states struggle to regulate. Often, the gambling laws of member states do not comply with the European Treaty, [...]

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled Friday that the Austrian gambling legislation that requires casino gambling operators to have a physical location in the country does not comply with European legislation. The ECJ seems to make clear to is member states that their laws that keep competition from casino gambling outside will not [...]

An American slot machine developer for land casinos has announced that they will launch an online gaming company focused on the UK market, in preparation for the opening of the market in other countries so they can do business there once things change. WMS Gaming is licensed to sell their gaming machines in more than [...]

The online casino industry in the U.S. has been very excited since the introduction of the Harry Reid bill which will remove online poker from the UIGEA causing some forms of online gambling to be legal in the U.S.. The excitement was short lived however, as only one week after introducing the bill its at [...]

The biggest and best online casino software developer in the world, Microgaming has announced they have concluded a new cooperation agreement with PhilWeb, the state-run online casino in the country, Vibrant Vegas. The site will launch this week through the e-Pagcor games (PEGS) network. PhilWeb is the first and largest publicly traded Internet company in [...]

Betfair had a very good last 12 months. The year of Betfair runs from April to April and Till the end of April 2011 Betfair had a very good financial year. The company announced  that revenues has increased by 8% and now if a staggering 368.6 million pounds. There were a few pointers that could [...]

In Canada, provinces are increasingly adjusting their betting laws to allow online casino gambling, Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec were the first three provinces to adopt expanded online casino gambling and now Saskatchewan is also looking at the potential of online gambling. Minister Ken Cheveldayoff said the government of the province will work with the [...]

It’s July and Microgaming has launched new online casino games for their connected internet casinos. The Argyle Open is one of those new games. It is a 5 reels, 40 win-line slot machine that brings you to golf course, for a professional golf game with bonuses, free spins and wilds. The icons from ´The Argyle Open´ slot [...]

Hugh Hefner, the world famous Playboy magazine founder has said he wants to move away from the Playboy adult entertainment market and open more casinos in London and Macau because of poor sales of the magazine. The 84-year-old Hefner wants to expand his empire and move from the adult entertainment, because he feels it is [...]