There have been numerous reports about the crackdown on illicit internet gambling operations from Asian countries like Malaysia and the Philippines of late.

The Star Online of Malaysia reported that the chief assistant commissioner of CID, Zakaria Ahmad stated that 820 people have been arrested and 4,036 computers were confiscated during the course of nine months, this is a significant increase if compared to the 724 people arrested and 2,388 computers confiscated in 2010.

The perpetrators have been brought to book under the Common Gaming House Act 1953 and the Entertainment and Places of Entertainment Enactment 1997. More than half of the people that were taken into custody are repeat offenders. Fifty premises used in illegal internet gambling operations’ electricity is going to be cut off must still be investigated. Cyber cafes are under investigation as well in order to ensure that they are not used as vehicles for internet gambling …

An influential Republican leader in the Alabama Senate blundered away on Tuesday when he referred to blacks as “aborigines” ( the earliest population of a region) on recordings played during a federal gambling corruption trial.

Sen. Scott Beason of Gardendale said his racial slurs “were careless and unnecessary” and he wants to set things right. In the meantime the Democrats said he must resign as chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, even though the Republican Caucus said he must stay on board. Beason’s comment about gamblers in the predominantly black Greene County was recorded, whilst aiding the FBI investigate claims of lawmakers being bribed by gambling interests to pass a bill legalizing video poker games.

In one transcript, Beason with two other Republican legislators discussed economic development in Greene County and the customers at one of its largest employers, Greenetrack Casino in Eutaw. That’s y’all’s Indians,” one Republican said.  Beason …

With offices in London and Brussels the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) is one Europe’s principal and most reputable operators.

Members that form part of RGA are software giants like Microgaming and Playtech and internet casinos such as Virgin Games. RGA aims to promote a regulated and unbiased environment for responsible licensed egaing sites.

Many European countries so far established the necessary regulatory mechanisms whilst others are thinking of it. Not only do these mechanisms differ but some of them are not in compliance with the European Union’s (EU) provisions.

To introduce its latest publication RGA used EiG expo recently held in Milan as a launch pad, a guide titled “Online Gambling: Key objectives for a successful regulatory and tax framework”. The publication stipulates key areas that governments and regulators must keep in mind when establishing the necessary framework for the internet gambling private sector.

RGA chief executive Clive Hawkswood said …

Republican Representative Daniel Winslow made an amendment to a bill that aims to develop land based gambling in the state of Massachusetts. With 123 votes against 32 the bill was passed in the House. eGaming experts warned that there’s nothing to cheer about at this stage. It is only the first step hurdle that’s been removed in a tedious process.

The vote in the Massachusetts Senate is the next step; on the 26th of September legalization issues will be addressed. The internet poker amendment that if it is dropped by the Senate, will most probably not be included in conference, which seeks to weed-out any irregularities between the versions of the bills passed in the House and in the Senate. Afterward Governor Deval Patrick must then sign it into law.

The law dictates that the Massachusetts gaming commission must establish a committee to analyze and develop recommendations and model legislation …

The European Commission (EC) ruled in favor of Denmark’s internet gambling proposal by dismissing the complaints lodged against it. The Danish land casino and the Danish slot machine association initially filed the complaints.

The gist of the complaint was that they were paying gross gaming revenue taxes in excess of 45% and 71%, whilst licensed operators only pay 20%. They felt this breached State Aid rules. The EC dismissed the complaint and stated the following, “This is because the positive effects of the liberalization of the sector outweigh potential distortions of competition.”

The good news is that the Danish internet gambling proposal will be written into the law books as of the 1st of January, 2012. From this date the first licenses will become operational. Two different licenses could be used by internet casinos. The first type is for internet and offline sports betting such as fixed, pool, spread and …

Through a range of subsidiary organizations Spiral Solutions Limited supplies solutions for the internet gaming industry.

Spin3 is one of them it supplies mobile casino games from Microgaming. Spiral Solutions through Spin3 signed a business deal with Nexigames to launch Gioca Casino in the Italian internet gambling market operating under a license from the regulator AAMS. For its mobile operations within the next couple of months Nexigames will obtain a license for mobile operations. To expand into the mobile gambling arena Gioca Casino will forge a close-knit working relationship with Spin3.

Spiral Solutions provides top-of-the-range service to Nexigames, it aims to be a competitive brand to maximize the advantage of being one of the first AAMS-licensed operators within the regulated market in Italy. Matti Zinder, head of Spiral Solutions said it is imperative that internet casinos like Nexigames to perpetually improve its current brand equity and corner market share before …

A court case between Austrian authorities and Bet-at-home.com is currently taking place in Austria.

Bet-at-home.com is licensed by the government of Malta the group has numerous subsidiaries.

The Austrians stipulated that the Maltese internet gaming rules were ample enough to protect player interests. The Austrian authorities disagreed and accused the two of violating the country’s internet gambling laws. The Austrian court that presides over the case approached the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for their input to ascertain if it’s in compliance with European Union (EU) law. An interesting turn of events occurred when both parties claimed that the ECJ supported them.

The ECJ ignored this statement because of the disjointed regulatory system across the 27 nations in the EU and feel that in the best interest of its citizens the onus rests on members states to protect them and not the ECJ. The European Lotteries welcomed this. President of …

Microgaming the web’s leading gaming software provider in its latest press release said that its Flash platform QuickFire will provide mobile gaming content to Gibraltar based Victor Chandler, one of the globe’s premier internet casinos. What makes this piece of news so interesting is the fact that it’s QuickFire’s first venture into mobile gambling.

Victor Chandler will enhance its internet casino games content with Microgaming’s finest via the QuickFire flexible platform. Without the need for an intricate back-office system Victor Chandler will offer casino games to its players. Within the mobile casino gaming sector this business venture places QuickFire as

Victor Chandler’s exclusive software provider. Thanks to QuickFire, Victor Chandler mobile players will now have access to the very best mobile casino games Microgaming has to offer. As it stands Victor Chandler presently offers mobile sports betting application and Microgaming games will further enhance its application entirely.

Victor Chandler’s Chief …

The German State of Schleswig-Holstein was in two minds to pass internet gambling. Once its internet gambling draft received the thumbs up from the European Commission (EC) last month, a Schleswig-Holstein official said he hopes that the other German states would amalgamate to form a unified internet gambling treaty. Operators just caught wind that the Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein narrowly passed its internet gambling legislation.

Internet gambling verticals that would operate under this legislation are sports books, poker and all internet casino games excluding roulette, blackjack and baccarat. The 1st of January, 2012 this new law will take effect and from the 1st of March, 2012 the new licenses would be handed out. There is no limit on the number of licenses that can be issued. On all products the state will receive a 20% gross profits tax.

An internet casino that has invested heavily in the German internet gambling market is Betfair. …

It was reported the previous week that three European countries are busy making progress toward egaming regulation.

Greece was the country with the most noteworthy news. A date has been set in September by international money lenders that the Greek government must implement a plan on how it’s going to generate additional revenue streams. Internet gambling is one such measure and the generation of revenue for the government from the gambling monopoly OPAP.

According to the media a memorandum of understanding (MOU) will most probably be signed between OPAP and the government before the set deadline. It entails the awarding of new gaming licenses and extending OPAP’s sports betting monopoly to 2020, OPAP will pay the necessary license fees. The approximate value of these license fees total €950 million. We believe the government of Greece will not see any the funds before the 30th September deadline. A proper agreement that …