25 Oct 05 World Gaming Acquires Real Entertainment World Gaming announced they've entered into an agreement to acquire Real Entertainment, who's flagship brand is SportsBetting.com.
Real Entertainment/Sportsbetting.com has been a long time licensee of World Gaming.
24 Oct 05 Betfair Stays With Crypto To At Least June 2006 Software provider CryptoLogic announced that
Betfair (the biggest peer-to-peer betting exchange in the world), one of their poker software licensees, will continue using the poker platform until June 2006, with an option to extend until January 2007.
24 Oct 05 Calgarian Heading to World Poker Tour A rookie Calgarian is hoping to ride the river to a Las Vegas poker victory. Computer engineer Denny Amirault recently won a seat at a World Poker Tour (WPT) event Dec. 12 at the Bellagio Hotel. "I am very excited and very pumped," says Amirault, who's only been playing competitive poker for six months. The Calgary native is not the only online poker player to move from the confines of his home to the grand stage against such players as Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey and Phil Hellmuth.
22 Oct 05 Former Bill Jim Kelly Joins SportsInteraction Hall of Fame QB Jim Kelly joins the list of celebrity/athletes to sign a deal as a spokersperson for an online gaming operator.
Kahnawake-based Sports Interaction, an operation that has been dogged with poor customer service complaints in the past, has brought on the five-time Pro Bowler to use in ads, make personal appearances, etc.
21 Oct 05 Gambling, Porn in Workplace Breed Spyware Some security pros estimate that half of all spyware on corporate networks comes from employees going to pornographic and gambling Websites on company computers.
''I think a lot of companies are blissfully unaware of what their employees do on their networks,'' says Ken van Wyk, principal consultant for KRvW Associates, LLC and a columnist for eSecurityPlanet. ''If you take generic commercial America, a pretty good percentage of sites don't spend a lot of time and energy monitoring what their employees are doing. It's still seen as somewhat of a stigma. People are on an honor system. If you believe those statistics, apparently the honor system isn't working.''
21 Oct 05 And Some Good News After a run of bad news since August from PartyGaming, their third quarter results produced a positive reaction from the market.
Both revenues and player numbers rose strongly in the third quarter.
Revenues were up 32% (to $220m) compared to $166.1m last year and that total active player days had risen 53 per cent to 12.2m.
PartyGaming shares were up 9 per cent in early trading at 85p, although they were still substantially down on the high of over 170p in August.
20 Oct 05 Michael Jordan Talks Gambling on `60 Minutes` Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan admits being a competition junkie but says he is not addicted to gambling.
Jordan, 42, tells CBS` '60 Minutes' he has been embarrassed by his massive gambling losses, but he never let his gambling reach the point where it endangered his family life or career, the New York Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times reported Thursday.
20 Oct 05 Wilma Changes Dolphin Kick-Off The NFL has announced they've moved the matchup between the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs to Friday night (from Sunday), to avoid the wrath of Hurricane Wilma, expected to hit Florida on the weekend.
The game will kick-off at 7 p.m. It's the third time since the start of the 2004 season that the Dolphins have rescheduled a home game because of a looming hurricane.
20 Oct 05 Good Year for Casino Software Firm AngelCiti AngelCiti Entertainment Inc., the online casino software developer, posted unexpected results which showed the firm’s profits had soared in the third quarter of 2005. The company, owned by Worldwide Management, announced a 28.5 % leap in its figures and gross net win of $270,841 from a total of $6,994,216.
19 Oct 05 Bodog.com to Pay Allen Iverson's Fines Bodog.com offered today to cover any fines Allen Iverson receives for violating the NBA's dress code this
season. The online gaming and entertainment giant also plans to extend similar offers to all NBA players.
18 Oct 05 Asia Lays Bet On Casino Gambling This week Singapore agreed to build two casino resorts aimed at overseas visitors, ending a 40-year-old ban. With an estimated price tag of $3bn, the two resorts will feature hotels, restaurants, theme parks and other entertainment facilities. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore, a tightly run city-state of four million people, had to stay competitive in the Asian tourist market. Singapore wants to double the number of tourists it receives within 10 years - and sees casinos as the way to achieve this. Other countries in the region, including Thailand, Japan and Indonesia, are considering following suit.
18 Oct 05 Hurricanes Bring Sharp Drop in Louisiana Casino Revenue Two hurricanes sent casino revenue in Louisiana plummeting more than $30 million in September. Riverboat casinos, which brought in just under $126.2 million dollars in August, took in $29.9 million less in September, a 23.7 percent drop attributed to Hurricane Katrina, which hit Aug. 29, and Hurricane Rita, which hit Sept. 24, closing down casinos in the New Orleans and Lake Charles markets.
18 Oct 05 World Poker Tour Ships Today for Xbox, PS2, GBA 2K Sports began shipping today World Poker Tour for the PS2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance. World Poker Tour is not to be confused with World Series of Poker, a competing game that, like World Poker Tour, is based on a TV series.
18 Oct 05 Empire Down 10% From Estimates Since moving off the Party Gaming platform, so their players are no longer playing on the Party "skins", there has been a reduction in the rake generated by Empire Poker.
Empire is expecting their net profit for 2005 to be close to 10% lower than market estimates.
17 Oct 05 Leisure & Gaming Buys Stanley's Online Casino Business Leisure & Gaming PLC has announced the acquisition of Stanley Entertainment NV, the online casino business of Stanley Leisure PLC. Leisure & Gaming will gain further UK and European revenue streams and an extended customer base for its international business and it said the purchase also complements the VIP Group business, which Leisure & Gaming acquired in June 2005.
17 Oct 05 Harrah's, AOL Sign Deal for Online World Series Harrah's Entertainment has signed an agreement with America Online to create a cyberspace home for the World Series of Poker that will include free-play poker rooms, event updates and other content in an effort to widen the tournament's audience. The relationship between Harrah's and AOL will also allow 12 poker fans, age 21 or older, to win a free seat at the $10,000 buy-in No limit Texas Hold'em world championship event at either the 2006 or 2007 World Series of Poker.
16 Oct 05 Handheld Gambling Approved in Nevada Nevada is the first U.S. state to approve the use of wireless, handheld gambling devices at its hotel-casinos. Under the law, the devices can be used only in public areas of casinos that have 100 or more slot machines and that offer at least one other gambling game.
16 Oct 05 Playtech Online Casino Software Provider Could Float Recent murmurs within the online casino industry seem to indicate that Playtech could float on the London Stock Exchange in the near future but so far Playtech is keeping a tight lip on their financial plans for the future. Playtech, the online casino giant, is estimated to be worth approximately $900 million.
14 Oct 05 Golden Tiger in Sponsorship Deal with Premier League Football Club Premier League football club Aston Villa has signed a sponsorship rights agreement with online gaming company, GTcasino, also known as Golden Tiger Casino and Poker in the Casino Rewards group. As part of its associate sponsor package, GTcasino have become Villa’s official casino and poker room partner, offering fans the chance to play and win through a variety of communication channels available to the club.
14 Oct 05 Arrest In Murder Of Gaming Executive The Puerto Rican police have arrested a 22-year old male in the case of the murder of Adam Anhang. Anhang, a Canadian entreprenuer, was the CEO CasinoWebCam, a live casino platform used by several online casino companies.
He was also heavily involved in real estate development in Puerto Rico.
At the time of his murder, he was involved in divorce proceedings. The suspect has a connection to his wife, as he was an employee at a bar owned by her.
Local press are reporting they expect more arrests in the case.
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