The major European online gambling operators are represented by the trade body better known as the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA). The regulation of online gambling will be discussed by the European Parliament on 27 June. Just before the scheduled meeting the EGBA released a wish list outlining the guidelines that the European Parliament must follow since this topic is such a bone of contention.

European Parliament Praised by Ligne

The European Parliament praised Sigrid Ligne, secretary of the EGBA since he reignited the debate on online gambling through his Green Paper consultation and a solution to curb problem gambling. She’s also happy that the Creutzmann report has been used as a yardstick by the European Parliament. Basically it confirms that national stand-alone solutions are not suitable for addressing cross-border aspects of online gambling and requested that the European Commission launch an investigation against protectionist regimes.

Ligne said that …

The United States of America is currently feeling the economic “pinch” hence the reason it’s in the process of legalizing online gambling. In this article we’re going to briefly explore the various benefits online gambling could offer the United States if it’s legalized and properly regulated.

Annual Revenue of Commercial Casinos

Before we list the various benefits online gambling could potentially offer the US economy, we’re going to indicate the revenues commercial (land-based) casinos yielded in 2011 and compare these figures against the potential revenues of online gambling.

Last year the annual revenue land casinos generated $35.64 billion in 22 states of which $7 billion was paid in taxes to state and local governments. On average every state yielded approximately $1.6 billion of which $360 million went to the tax man. Now, let’s have a look at these figures if online gambling is legalized in all 52 US states. In …

Cryptologic, also known as the Amaya Gaming Group said that it concluded a business venture with Ladbrokes and Everest Gaming. Vice President of Operations at Cryptologic, Ian Price said these agreements indicate the popularity of Cryptologic as a brand with punters, top-notch games and the value it adds to its licensees.

Cryptologic Gaming Software

Cryptologic extended its contract with Ladbrokes that will offer punters a suite of its most played branded casino games. Under the previous agreement two of the games have been licensed to Ladbrokes and an additional ten games are being added. Three of the new games that are already up-and-running on the Games portal at Ladbrokes are Batman, Cubis and Bejeweled. Over the course of the next 6 months the remaining six games will added.

Head of Casino&Games at Ladbrokes Richard Poole, had the following to say concerning Ladbrokes’ agreement with Cryptologic, “At Ladbrokes, we pride ourselves on delivering cutting edge …

Realtime Gaming (RTG) software provider to online casinos focuses mainly on adding slots machines to its portfolio and places little emphasis on other game releases. This is why we are surprised to learn that its latest game release is French Roulette which has been added to the Specialty Games Category. Unlike other software providers RTG lists online roulette variants under Specialty Games and not under Table Games. We were particularly impressed by the visuals and sophistication of French Roulette if compared to other online roulette variants.

French Roulette Features

This format of roulette is played in land-based casinos across France. It is quite similar to European Roulette, the only difference is the single zero on the wheel plus every single number has a uniform red background and depending on the wheel’s color not the red or black background. If you decide to try out French Roulette you must get used …

InterCasino is powered by Cryptologic software and licensed by the Lotteries and Gaming Authority of Malta. Players from Australia, Canada, Europe, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom are accepted.

Players who wager at online casinos like to know which games are the most played, their payout percentages and highest payouts. The UK’s number one online casino, InterCasino will now provide players with this information called Infographics.

Favoured Games Played by Men

InterCasino says, “Infographics are a really fun way of visually presenting data and have been growing in popularity over the past couple of years”. Using the appropriate visuals in its latest infographics list. InterCasino indicates the top three games according to gender. The Marvel branded slot game Hulk-Ultimate Revenge is very popular among men. Shortly on its heels is Single Player European Roulette indicating that men are serious online gamblers. In third position is the ever popular popular jackpot slots …

Staff from Pokies venues are going to discuss how to curb problem gambling and the treatment of problem gamblers. The idea is to put forward a self-exclusion option under a plan that would be initiated by federal MPs from the powerful clubs industry.

Clubs Australia Problem Gambling Initiative

All federal politicians will receive a policy paper titled “Part of the Solution” from Clubs Australia, it represents more than 6000 non-profit clubs. The paper requests that state governments form a close-knit relationship with the industry and a responsible-gambling training program must be developed by researchers. In order to help staff identify gambling addicts they must list the symptoms of a problem gambler.

”This would involve staff approaching patrons displaying the signs of problematic gambling and starting a respectful conversation to inquire about the patrons’ welfare and, where necessary, offering them assistance such as self-exclusions or referral to appropriate help services.”

Clubs Australia …

In this week’s newsletter Omni Casino said it released a new roulette variant titled Multi Wheel Roulette. The Omni Times says, “If you are a Roulette enthusiast, then you are going to love playing our new six wheel Roulette game!”

Omni Casino is powered by Playtech gaming software and licensed in the internet gambling jurisdiction of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

Multi Wheel Roulette

Wagers could be made on the layout and players can spin up to six roulette wheels simultaneously. If six wheels is not for you, you could always deactivate some of the wheels. Players who play premium series roulette variants at Omni Casino will find that Multi Wheel Roulette is quite similar. The Racetrack or Oval are some of the variants. To cover sections of the wheel multi chip call-bets could be made on Tier and Neigbour bets, Voisins du Zero, and Orphelines.

The special 3D “real life” feature …

This coming Friday the Spanish government will award licenses to online gambling operators for the first time. Gaming association Jdigital predicts that Spain’s online gambling market will yield as much as 800 million euros by 2014.

To date foreign players have dominated the online gaming scene, one of the main reasons why Codere Spain’s betting giant decided to enter the fray. So far the Spanish government has not set a limit on the amount of betting licenses it is going to issue. In total 59 companies have applied, some of them have not met the government’s criteria and will most probably be turned down.

Sportingbet and Bwin.party digital firms listed on London’s stock exchange have been active in Spain’s unregulated market, these two firms are expected to be the heavyweights, short on their heels are Ladbrokes, 888 and Betfair.

President of CEJ (a Spanish organization for bingo sites), Fernando Henar …

Virgin Casino concluded yet another agreement, this time round with internet gambling software developer Playtech. In future players can pick and choose from a superb selection of Playtech internet slots.

Playtech Agreement

Virgin Casino said that it established a seamless integration with Playtech by incorporating its casino games into its software platform. Playtech is regarded as the world’s largest publicly-traded online gaming software supplier. It offers innovative solutions to the industry’s leading online casinos such as Golden Palace, Casino Tropez and Omni Casino. Playtech won various accolades at this year’s 2012 eGaming Review B2B Awards Ceremony, of which the “Slots Provider of the Year”. Hence the reason this agreement coincides with Virgin Casino’s strategy by offering its customers top-notch gaming entertainment.

The CEO of Virgin Games, Simon Burridge said, “We believe it is imperative to offer both variety and choice so it is crucial to us that we offer a range of …

We all know that Asia’s gambling industry is thriving irrespective of the current recession that grips the global markets. Frank Fahrenkopf, president and chief executive of the American Gaming Association can’t agree more. He said, “There is a tremendous potential for growth in Asia as the demand for gaming here far exceeds current supply.”

“The gaming sector, like most other industries, is not recession- proof, but it is known that during harsh economic times, people tend to specially save up money in order to spend the weekend at casinos and escape from their daily lives.”

Asia the Gambling Giant

Let’s be honest when it comes to any form of gambling Asian punters don’t muck around! It stems mainly from a culture of gambling, rising middle class who have more cash to spend than ever before and a very large population. Fahrenkopf is one of the main speakers at this year’s Global …