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 [...]

July

10

William Hill Bows Out of Italy

William Hill has withdrawn from the gaming market in Italy after 18 months, writing off £1m and agreeing to sell its start-up joint venture. The move comes six months after the bookmaker was forced to write off £26m as it ditched an in-house betting software development programme. New CEO Ralph Topping is also planning to [...]

May

2

Greeting my gambling friends

Since you somehow made your way to this blog I can guess you enjoy gambling as much as I do.  I will be bringing you news and commentary on what is going on around the world in online (things like online bingo) and land-based casinos.  I will also keep an eye out for the best [...]