Betting on NFL …. Customer Service
When it comes to betting on the NFL football online, customer service becomes key, especially in this competitive environment.
England See 40 Percent Rise in Online Gambling Activity Past Year
The Brits love to gamble and this is evident in the dramatic increase in online gambling activity over the past year with a rise of 40 percent.
A study conducted by the Nielsen Group reveals that an additional 3.2 million people logged onto Internet gambling websites during the last year compared to 2.2 million who accessed social media websites such as Facebook and its rivals.
Online poker sites were among the most successful, with PartyPoker registering an additional 870,000 visitors last year, up 174 percent.
Bet365 Is Killing It
BetRankings.com placed Bet365.com as the number two most trafficked sports betting site in Europe. Oddschecker.com this week said they were numero uno. No matter which way you cut it, Bet365.com is faring mighty well in the world of online bookmakers, better than both Ladbrokes and William Hill, the number one and two biggest UK bookie firms, respectively.
Online Sportsbooks Betfair, Bet365, William Hill Remain On Top World Rankings
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Republican gambling executives endorse Harry Reid
Three Las Vegas Strip casino executives are among a group of Republicans backing Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid in his bid for a fifth term.
Betsson Loses Battle With Sweden: Fights Over Svenska Spel Monopoly
The Swedish online gambling firm Betsson has lost a legal battle with the government of Sweden related to its monopoly Svenska Spel.
PokerStars.It Italian Online Poker Site Debuts At Number 7
The online poker monitoring website PokerScout.com has released its latest numbers and the inclusion of PokerStars.It Italian card room in the number 7 position of top worldwide rooms in terms of “real cash” players. The site claimed to have 70248 playing at press time Monday night, which would be pretty amazing if true. That would be more than PartyPoker’s overall traffic worldwide. Party is currently the number three largest online poker network.
Asian Online Gambling Site 12Bet 7th to Get Licensed in Isle of Man This Year
Full Tilt Poker French Card Room Debuts Below Top 20
With PokerScout.com now counting the French online poker rooms separate from their main entities, Full Tilt Poker, which just obtained a license to operate in France, has debuted at number 22 and averaged a rather paltry 350 “real cash” players over the past week. That’s worse than Bodog Poker’s 610. Of course Full Tilt Poker continues to enjoy more than three times the number of players than its closest rival (outside of number one PokerStars) PartyPoker when it comes to “real cash” players overall.
Victory Poker Where Are You? Early Numbers Show Promise for Cake
Victory Poker was supposed to be migrating to the Cake Online Poker network on Wednesday September 1, 2010. As of Wednesday evening, the VictoryPoker.com URL led us to a dead page. By late night Wednesday, the Victory Poker migration appeared to be complete. A message suggested that Victory Poker players could download the new client at 9 pm EST.
Online Poker in the US: PokerStars, Full Tilt Won’t Be Able to Sell Assets
Online Poker Traffic Rises 1.3 Percent
With summer vacations ending, online poker traffic has managed to climb 1.3 percent during the final week of August 2010 according to PokerScout.com, which monitors “real cash” traffic. The site points out, however, that online poker traffic overall is still down 4 percent over last year at this time. It will be interesting to see what if any effect a massive hurricane forecast to ride along the U.S. East Coast has on playing trends this week.
888.com Dire New Business Plan
888.com is set to implement drastic cost cutting measures as a way of getting back to profitability and stem further losses.
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Australia Asia Pacific Gambling News (August 31, 2010)
Australian and Asia Pacific gambling, gaming, casino and political news remains all the rage. Aussie James Packer with his Crown, Burswood and City of Dreams Macau remains king of the castle, but what is news is that another couple of Australian politicians have jumped on the anti gambling - anti pokie bandwagon, but it's pretty much a case of a very small but vocal minority.
Google Games Could Benefit From Online Poker Law: Pays $100 Mil to Zynga
