WEAK Q1-2012 NUMBERS FROM OPAP

Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the tough economic conditions, the Greek gambling monopoly OPAP turned in a weak set of Q1-2012 numbers this week, reporting: âEUR¢ Revenues down 5 ...

EVEREST GAMING FACING TOUGH TIMES

Disclosures in recent company financial reports show that the Everest Gaming online casino group, owned sixty percent by the Betclic Everest Group and 40 percent by the Asian company GigaMedia, may ...

RELIGIOUS GROUPS LOBBY AGAINST ONLINE GAMBLING IN THE U.S.

Last December's radical change of US Department of Justice policy on what constitutes online gambling in terms of the Wire Act appears to have created concerns in some religious and family ...

U.S. PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO POKER PLAYER PETITION

Remember all the enthusiasm around a petition for the legalisation of online poker aimed at the White House (see previous InfoPowa reports)? It would not be surprising if it has faded in your ...

ONLINE BINGO MOVES IN LAS VEGAS

Las Vegas land gambling operator Riviera Casino is working to take bingo virtual with Buffalo Studios, the software development company that powers the popular Facebook game Bingo Blitz. The project ...

JAPAN TAKES ACTION AGAINST SOCIAL GAME

The Japanese debate on the legality of the social game kompu gacha (see previous InfoPowa reports) has been decided, at least by Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency, which has declared the game ...

IS THE SOCIAL GAMING PHENOMENON SLOWING?

In a week where the IPO of social gaming giant Facebook sent investors into a buying frenzy, and new social gaming ventures proliferated, a US independent research organisation sounded a sobering ...

BARCREST ONLINE GAME LAUNCH WITH GAMEACCOUNT

Scientific Games Corporation subsidiary Barcrest will launch a selection of its most popular games online through the GameAccount Network platform in a deal announced this week. Barcrest's ...

MALTA RECOGNISES IMPORTANCE OF GAMING SECTOR

The Maltese Government's Finance Minister Tonio Fenech has unveiled a proposal for the setup of a responsible gambling fund which will be partly funded by gaming companies and scheduled for ...

RAMSGATE FC MOBILE BETTING FROM WORLDLINK

A Ramsgate Football Club white label mobile betting service was launched by UK-listed Worldlink Group (WLG) utilising services from Bet Butler , this week. The launch of the mobile application, on a ...