Causing waves in Finland is the news this week that one of the charitable foundations that the Slot Machine Association (RAY) helped with cash contributed money to the presidential campaign of prime minister Matti Vanhanen.
With critical comment swirling around it over the revelations, RAY has assured the public that its donations regulations are to be [...]

Online scratchcard site Hopa.com reports that a regular French player on the site, LydieA has just hit a Euro 100 000 windfall on the scratchcard game SuperSlot 7.
The player had staked Euro 10 when she hit the biggest prize yet at the website, which launched in March this year.
Clearly delighted by her good fortune, the [...]

Webis Holdings has reported a 20 percent hike in annual revenues to GBP 140 million and a return to profit, thanks mainly to a sterling performance by online sportsbook subsidiary BetInternet.
The group posted a profit of GBP 452 000, a welcome reversal from a loss of GBP 347 000 in the previous year, and EBITDA [...]

A report released this week by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government in the United States reveals that state revenues from licensed and legal gambling enterprises declined by 2.8 percent in fiscal year 2009 compared with the same period last year. The decrease represents the largest decline in 30 years.
“For the First Time, a [...]

The huge choice of online Bingo sites to be found on the Internet can make choosing one to play a little daunting, especially if you’re new to Bingo and haven’t got an existing loyalty to an established land-based club such as Mecca or Gala Bingo that now offers online Bingo too. Using an independent review [...]

Planet Hollywood has agreed to pay a $750,000 fine to Nevada gaming regulators, admitting that resort officials were lax in policing illegal activity inside the Privé nightclub.
The Gaming Control Board has told the resort industry that properties need to control actions inside the nightclubs that traditionally lease space in casinos and are operated independently.
Planet Hollywood [...]

CryptoLogic Limited, a world leader in Internet casino and branded gaming software, has signed a multi-year agreement to provide at least 10 of its most popular online slot games to Sportingbet.com, one of the world’s largest online gaming companies. Sportingbet.com is a top online provider of sports betting, casino games and poker, doing business in [...]

Controversial industry reporter, Thomas Somach, has come under attack for linking Holocaust Museum killer, James von Brunn, to the online casino industry. Somach discovered that von Brunn’s hate-filled website contained a link to an online casino website and assumed him to be an affiliate of that company. Somach is a proprietor of the [...]

Widely viewed as a long shot in April, the recent step toward legalization of casino table games appears ready to launch Delaware into big-time gambling, including a strong push to expand it beyond horse-racing tracks.
Delaware needs to fill a nearly $800 million hole in next year’s budget. Sports betting promised some help. Table games, somewhat [...]

A sex-ified sextet of ladies in flapper-type, canary-yellow dresses and white go-go boots are spinning and stepping across The Orleans Showroom stage. Joining them, in what would be the first of many show-stopping moments over the next three or so hours, is a genuine legend in this forum: burlesque queen Viva La Fever. She gimme [...]