January

5

Legal Online Gambling for the Czechs

As reported by iGamingBusiness: “The five biggest bookmakers in the Czech Republic could be about to receive permits from the Finance Ministry to offer online gambling following years of lobbying and promises to prevent minors from betting on their sites.
“According to a report from Radio Praha, one of the firms thought to be in contention [...]

December

9

Las Vegas Casinos Bailout?

With all the talk about government bailouts in this economic crisis I found an interesting story in the Las Vegas Sun.  It talks about the chances of the casinos getting any type of bailout.
The debate over the proposed federal bailout of Detroit’s Big Three automakers raises some intriguing comparisons with the industry behind our own [...]

October

1

Market down poker up

Despite all of the doom and gloom in the world financial markets it seems that when trouble comes to town the main players click onto poker. Some sites have reported increases in traffic of approaching 25% since the news of Lehman Brothers demise started to leak out of the financial market. As if this was [...]

September

1

Long-Term Deal Made for Development

Leading software developer, Chartwell Technology Inc, has announced that they have signed a five year contract deal with the online casino franchise Interwetten Gambling Ltd. This means that Chartwell will now be responsible for providing all of the online gambling software which carries the Interwetten logo, and is licensed to run only on Interwetten sites. [...]