Malaysian police continue to clamp down hard on illegal internet gambling, with reports from the Bernama news agency indicating further action over the past 48 hours. In Selangor, police spokesman Chief ACP Omar Mamah of the CID revealed that police raiding parties have busted a major illegal internet football betting syndicate, believed to have recently taken wagers worth RM15.1 million, with the arrest of 23 suspects, including nine Indonesian women, in 13 separate raids. Gambling was carried out via the internet, supported by telephone and agent activity in various premises, including restaurants. Initial investigations also revealed that there were bookies [ Read More ]
Archive for June, 2010
FetchTV viewers in the UK will be able to bet on sporting events as they unfold on television following a deal between online gambling group Betfair TV and IP Vision, parent company of Fetch. The deal will see a live betting application and odds information provided by Betfair and signifies the first time that interactive betting will be available via a Freeview set top box, IP Vision claimed in a statement this week. Eddie Abrams CEO IP Vision said: “The connectivity of our SmartBox has been at the forefront of signing this deal with Betfair. As applications for connected TV’s [ Read More ]
UB and PokerPlayersUnite.org join forces to support Crystal King on her road to recovery, and poker players can help Crystal and her young family with a small outlay of $10. UB.com and PokerPlayersUnite.org is teaming up for a second time in as many months to deliver another amazing ‘Second Sundays’ online fundraiser, this time to support the Crystal King Benefit Foundation ("CKBF"). The July 11th $10 buy-in event at UB.com is scheduled for 14:45 ET, and will be hosted by Amazing Race contestant and Team UB Pro Tiffany Michelle. UB will match 100% of the prize pool, with all proceeds [ Read More ]
The Isle of Man-based internet gambling software provider and games developer Microgaming has announced a partnership deal to provide internet games content for PhilWeb’s new online casino venture, Vibrant Vegas, which launches this week through the Pagcor e-Games (PEGS) café network. Manila-based PhilWeb is the first and largest listed internet company in the Philippines by market capitalisation, and the dominant technology-based gaming firm. The company recently released excellent first quarter results for 2010 which showed a 52% growth in net income. Its latest venture in bringing the Vibrant Vegas online casino to market is a vital part of its ambitious [ Read More ]
Police raids on cyberbookies have raked in more confiscated cash and arrests in Hong Kong, with police revealing that over HK$113 million (US$14.4 million) in World Cup bets were seized and 64 people arrested in raids in Hong Kong and southern China. Police in Shenzhen and Hong Kong cooperated in raids against cyber bookmakers operating with websites registered overseas to try to evade detection, police spokesmen revealed. Last Friday night, police also raided a flat being used by illegal bookmakers during the opening match between South Africa and Mexico and seized betting slips totaling HK$16 million (US$2 million). Police said [ Read More ]
Intralot Holdings International Limited has acquired a 33% stake in Russian betting firm Kelicom, gaining entre to a ‘strategic stake’ in Russian sports betting operation Favorit Bookmakers Office and its extensive gambler database. Kelicom holds a 74.9% stake in Favorit, and Intralot has agreed an option that could see it increase its share in the parent firm to 100%, thus gaining control of the sports betting operation. Constantinos Antonopoulos, the CEO at Intralot, said this week: “Through this acquisition our already established presence in Russia will become even stronger “Intralot is now moving ahead and entering the emerging and highly [ Read More ]
Canadian software provider Chartwell Technology Incorporated has announced that the Australian internet gambling group Centrebet International Limited has become the latest firm to select its Chartwell Games Platform (CGP) to power a Flash-based online casino. Founded in 1992, Centrebet has grown into a major online gaming and wagering provider and has over 60,000 active customers across its core markets of Australia, Greece and Scandinavia. The plan is to launch a Flash-based online casino this summer using the CGP and featuring the Calgary-based software provider’s full complement of proprietary games in addition to third-party supplier content. “Our success in attracting such [ Read More ]
Betfair Arcade members have a wider range of gaming options to look forward to following the launch this week of six new exclusive casino games. The result of two years of development by Openbet, the new releases include European Blackjack, Vegas Blackjack, European Roulette, Money Wheel, Pontoon and Baccarat. Players will be able to immerse themselves into a realistic casino environment, thanks to the use of the latest CGI graphics and cutting edge no download software technology, interacting with 3D dealers in a truly innovative package of casino games. Sam Hobcraft, Head of Games Product at Betfair, said: “We are [ Read More ]
As the 41st World Series of Poker thunders into its third week, the more recognisable top pro names remain largely absent from the winner lists, although not for want of trying, with a slew of top players in the business appearing on a diverse range of event entries. Internet high stakes phenom Tom Dwan, racing to claim his first bracelet and hoping to scoop some reportedly big side bets in doing so, has so far not managed to achieve his goal as the halfway mark is passed. Most recent action on the tables has been as follows: In event 28 [ Read More ]
British players continue to do well in World Series of Poker, with Steve Jelinek claiming a fifth gold bracelet for the Brits in event 41 of the 41st WSOP. Event 41 was a $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better competition entered Day 3 Thursday afternoon with15 players left from the initial entry field of 847, and by late that night after 12 hours of action only four players remained when level 29 started. Leading the field was Jelinek on 2,500,000 and John Gottlieb on 1,511,500, and that’s the way the heads up panned out after 12 hours of [ Read More ]
