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Argentina Police Arrest Hacker Who Targeted Online Gambling Sites, Processors
A 19-year-old man has been arrested in Argentina for allegedly hacking into online gambling sites and payment processors.
Dubbed "the superhacker", the teenager was making $50,000 (£31,500) a month, working from his bedroom in Buenos Aires, police told the Reuters.
Alderney Gets Another Black Eye: Suspends Sheriff Gaming License Following Raids
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission has finally suspended the license of Sheriff Gaming following a series of highly publicized raids in the Netherlands.
Curacao Fines Online Gambling Company for Operating Without a License
The Dutch Antilles island of Curacao has fined an online gambling operator $100,000 for failing to hold a gaming license.
The company, Global Stars, focuses primarily on the Dutch market where such activity is deemed illegal.
Jan Suyver, chairman of the Kansspelautoriteit, said that “companies offering online gambling now know they can be penalised because licences are yet to be granted, and consumers know that those who do so are not being supervised by the government.”
Delaware Rolls Out Online Gambling
The US state of Delaware rolled out its free online casino gaming platform Wednesday ahead of its planned October launch of real money online gambling.
"This first phase will allow us to really get the players acclimated to the virtual world in a legalized environment," said Tom Cook, Delaware's secretary of finance.
Online Gambling Accounts for More Than Half of Bitcoin Transactions
Bitcoin is becoming big business in the world of online gambling. Earlier in the month, Gambling911.com reported that one of its ad sponsors, SportsBettingOnline.com, had become the first online sportsbook that was not bitcoin exclusive to begin offering the anonymous digital currency.
Wynn Wants In: New Jersey Online Gambling
Las Vegas Casino mogul Steve Wynn wants a part of New Jersey’s developing online gambling industry, the Press of Atlantic City is reporting.
Arsenal FC Partners With Online Gambling Site Bodog
Following a successful 2013 pre-season tour to Indonesia, Vietnam and Japan Arsenal today welcomes Bodog as its Official Asian Betting Partner in a three year, multi-million pound deal.
Beyonce, Rihanna, Others to be Held Hostage by Online Gambling Trade Dispute
The tiny Caribbean island of Antigua is looking to be compensated by the US as part of its $3.4 billion World Trade Organization victory. The two nations have been immersed in a decade-long dispute over Internet gambling.
Tropicana Casino Teams Up with Jackpotjoy.com Creator for Online Gambling in NJ
ATLANTIC CITY — The Tropicana is the latest Atlantic City casino to line up an online partner to help it offer Internet gambling later this year.
The Trop has joined with Gamesys Limited, which runs the jackpotjoy.com website.
“Gamesys has a proven track record in the UK of providing excellent products and customer service and we look forward to launching Tropicana’s Internet gaming business with them,” said Tony Rodio, the Tropicana’s president.
888 to Bring its Online Gaming Brand to New Jersey
(Reuters) - London-listed 888 Holdings announced plans on Tuesday to launch online poker and casino games under its own brand in New Jersey this year when the state ends a ban on Internet gambling, entering a crowded field.
Internet betting was banned by Congress in 2006, dealing a blow to companies like 888 which had set up in the United States. However, tax-hungry states are now relaxing rules, creating opportunities for European players with years of expertise in the sector.
Lock Casino Adds Five Mobile Slots Games for iPhone, iPad
Lock Casino, one of the most successful online casinos, has unveiled a series of new products including 3D slots and mobile slots.
“The new interactive 3D slots will have movie-like graphics,” Senior Marketing Director Jay Park tells Gambling911.com.
As for the mobile casino platform, players can look forward to this new product offering very soon.
Devices supporting the new mobile online casino slots games include:
• iPhone 4S
• iPhone 5
• iPad 2nd, 3rd and 4th generation
What a Crock: Thousands of Affiliate Websites Taken Down by HostGator Outage
Online gambling affiliates and other websites were severely impacted by a massive outage at hosting companies HostGator, BlueHost and HostMonster.
All sites on these respective companies servers have effectively been taken offline.
Mashable.com reports that each of the hosting services are part of the Endurance International Group and that the outage appears to be related to server maintenance at the Provo, Utah, data center.
Facebook Passes $38 Initial IPO Offering Price
NEW YORK – (Associated Press) - Facebook's stock has passed its $38 IPO price for the first time since its rocky public debut last May, crossing a symbolic hurdle that has eluded it for more than a year.
Metro Play Casino Offers Much Needed Distraction After King George Birth
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Zynga Unveils Real Money Gambling Apps for Facebook
Zynga was in the process of unveiling its real money gambling apps during a conference in Barcelona, Spain.
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Dragon’s Tale Multiplayer Role-Playing Bitcoin Casino Finally Launches in Beta (Video)
The folks at eGenius have launched a new Bitcoin online casino called “Dragon’s Tale”, billed as the “first ever massively multiplayer role-playing online casino”.
This is a 3D platform featuring a collection of mini-games that will begin beta testing on July 12.
Trump Daughter Talks Online Gambling With Bloomberg: Initiative is Complicated
This week it was announced that Ultimate Gaming would begin offering real money online gambling to New Jersey residents through a partnership with the Trump Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal retains online gambling rights to the Trump name but the Donald himself may want to jump directly into the US-legalized Web gambling fray.
Stop Internet Gambling: Site Claims a Click of the Mouse, You Lose Your House (Video)
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has just launched a website that opposes legalization of online gambling in the US. StopInternetGambling.com, a crude site that contends online gambling will ruin society, went live Thursday.
From the StopInternetGambling.com website:
Casino Shares Get a Haircut: Boyd Gaming Down Nearly 9 Percent
Wall Street had its single worst day of the year today (June 20, 2013) with the Dow down 350 points at closing.
The gambling sector overall saw similar declines with Boyd Gaming down nearly 9 percent on the day closing at $10.84.
Las Vegas Sands fell 4.6 percent to close at $53.88.
Adelson Says Online Gambling ‘Fool’s Gold’: Wants New Federal Prohibition
One of the few casino giants opposed to legalized online gambling called the prospect of legalization “fool’s gold”.
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson, in an opinion piece on the Forbes.com website, says he “opposes the proliferation of online gambling”.
He writes:
Blackjack Casino Active User Account on Facebook Increases 5 Times in One Month
From April to May of this year, Facebook game Blackjack Casino grew its active user base fivefold. It now ranks as the number one pure play game on Facebook.
And soon you will be able to play on the go.
The iPad version is due for release in July, with iPhone and Android versions later this Summer.
Federal Online Gambling Bill Introduced in US by Congressman Peter King
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Republican congressman on Thursday introduced legislation to allow online gambling on a federal level, which he says will give consumers more uniformity than legalizing it on a state-by-state basis.
The move by Representative Peter King of New York follows industry lobbying for federal legislation to provide a larger, more liquid market across state lines, attracting more gamblers.
Top Gambling News: PokerAce Shuts Down, Zynga Lays Off 500 Plus Staff
These are the top gambling news stories here at Gambling911.com for the late evening and overnight hours of June 3 and June 4. Follow us on Twitter here.
*PokerAce Online Poker Room Shuts Down – PokerNews.com broke the story late Monday that the online poker site PokerAce will be closing its doors.
Bubble Group, Sheriff Gaming Online Casino Sites Under Investigation (UPDATED March 2014)
A probe by Dutch authorities into a massive drug trafficking, money laundering and illegal Internet gambling business has led to scrutiny of the Bubble Group’s Sheriff Gaming online casino operations.
Online Casinos, Poker site Shut Down, Funds Seized in Alleged Drug Case
Some are calling it the “Black Friday for the Online Casino Industry” as a number of Dutch-based web gaming sites were recently shut down. At least one poker site, AmsterdamPoker.com, was also taken down as part of the law enforcement operative.
Online Casinos Go Mobile: Real Time Casinos on One’s iPhone, iPad
Win Palace is one of a number of online casinos that have gone mobile effective shortly (June 1, 2013).
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Top Gambling Stories: May 30 (Afternoon)
These are the top gambling news stories as they happen at Gambling911.com for the afternoon period of May 30, 2013 into the AM hours. Follow us on Twitter here.
Indecisiveness, Exclusion Prevented Federal Online Gambling Bill From Passing
Former Nevada Congressman Jon Porter blamed the casino industry’s indecisiveness for the failure to pass federal legalization of online gambling over the past few years.
Porter, who is now a lobbyist for the industry, also said that gaming interests refused to recognize the importance of Tribal casino groups and state lotteries.
Bitcoin No Liberty Reserve: Shutdown to Affect Only One Online Casino
Anonymous payment solutions company, Liberty Reserve, has been shut down by federal authorities out of the Southern District of New York on Tuesday.
The indictment alleges Liberty Reserve, a company incorporated in Costa Rica, has for years operated as one of the world’s largest digital currencies. Law enforcement refers to the company as a “PayPal for criminals” that allegedly laundered money to the tune of $6 billion over the past 7 years.
Real Money Online Slots: Achilles, Hillbillies, Funky Monkey, Caesar’s Empire
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