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New social casino from Parx

The largest casino operator in Pennsylvania, America, Parx Casino, has launch a new social casino, in partnership with technology firm, JOINGO. The Play4Fun application will be powered by JOINGO’s Mobile Loyalty Platform, and will be available on Parx Casino. It is to serve as a vehicle for mobile free-play gaming from the Play4Fun platform by… Read more »

Poker star asks for leniency

A leading poker player has called for leniency to be given when poker tournament directors hand out punishments. Daniel Negreanu expressed his unhappiness with punishments on his blog last week. Mr Negreanou, who is known as Kid Poker, wrote about how a player in a €1,000 Estrellas Poker Tour tournament stood slightly up from his… Read more »

Casino advocate calls for Japan to legalise gambling

A Japanese advocate of legalising casinos has called for Japanese politicians to allow local gamblers to be allowed in, following reports in Japan that Japanese nationals will be banned from casinos. The rumours have been fuelled by reports that the health ministry want to ban civilians from gambling, because of their fears of addiction, according… Read more »

Paddy Power success driven by Sportsbook

The Irish bookmaker, Paddy Power, has said that its Sportsbook operation is behind its recent success. Indeed, the bookmaker reported a year-on-year jump in revenue in the six month through to June 30, 2014. The company’s net revenue for the first half was €396.5 million. This is 4% higher than the €380.6 million that the… Read more »

Londoner creates his own lottery

A Londoner has created a free online lottery that has given away more than £25,000 in three years, reports the London Evening Standard. Chris Holbrook says his site is “raising two fingers at the gambling industry”. Mr Holbrook, from Finsbury Park, London, was a web developer, when he heard a BBC Radio 4 report about… Read more »

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Playtech announces record revenue

Playtech, the online gaming software giant, announced last week that it’s revenue had broken its previous record. The record revenue was recorded for the six month to June 30, 2014. The company released an interim report that showed the firm’s total revenue was €212.4 million in the first half of the year – this represents an… Read more »

Latvia blacklists Sky Bet

Several notable gambling websites have been blacklisted by the Latvian authorities, including Sky Bet. This latest move follows the previous announcement earlier in August that the Latvian Lotteries and Gambling Supervision Inspection (IAUI) would be adding several domains to a blacklist. The sites which are named on the list will no longer be able to… Read more »

Addiction to Twitter and gambling are similar

The overuse of using social media and gambling addiction has much in common, according to a leading doctor at a notable health care facility in America. The research was undertaken at the University of Missouri, where 600 people were surveyed who had Twitter accounts. Dr. Scott Bea, a psychologist in Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Behavioural Health,… Read more »

Revel Casino to be reimbursed

Revel casino is to be reimbursed nearly $21,000 after an armoured car company lost it. A search for the missing money failed to recover it. The police said that an internal investigation by GardaWorld found no wrongdoing, and that the bag of money had been accidently left on the truck roof. The company picked up… Read more »

Unibet strikes distribution deal with Odobo

The online gaming operator Unibet has struck a distribution deal with the games developer and content marketplace company, Odobo. As part of the deal, Unibet customers in regulated markets will now have access to the games available through Odobo. The contract between the two firms will cover Odobo’s Play game discovery channel, the company’s HTML5… Read more »