POWERBALL, June 29 /PRNewswire/ — The Powerball jackpot continues to grow. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 369,087 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.1 million in prizes in America’s favorite Game.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $40 [...]

PartyGaming was once again the subject of intense speculation today after it emerged the company had tapped the bond markets for up to $500 Million to finance possible sports betting acquisitions.
It is thought Party is looking towards a European-focused but ex-UK sports betting operation in order to diversify its interests away from it mainly US-focused [...]

MEGA MILLIONS, June 28 /PRNewswire/ — Mega Millions is on a hot streak. For the third time this month, the game has produced another jackpot winner! One ticket in the Tuesday, June 27, 2006 drawing matched all six numbers to win the estimated $23 million jackpot. The winning ticket was purchased in Genoa, Ohio.
The jackpot [...]

SuperLOTTO Plus® jackpot higher than Mega Millions and Powerball.
SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 28, 2006–California Lottery officials announced today that the SuperLOTTO Plus® jackpot has rolled to a whopping $90 million for Wednesday night’s draw, making it the largest in the nation.
The $90 million SuperLOTTO Plus jackpot has climbed even higher than the current jackpots of the [...]

by Kevin Alavy
LONDON - Online is proving a particularly popular platform for the UK youth market, three times more so than mobile, which is scoring poorly as a way of following World Cup 2006 action, writes Kevin Alavy, senior analyst at Initiative Futures.
Initiative’s Real Youth panel monitoring the media and consumer behaviour of 16- to [...]

eCOGRA, the independent standards authority for the online gambling industry Closes in on 2006 Target of 100 Accredited Online Gambling Sites.
NEW YORK, June 27 /CNW/ - eCOGRA, (www.ecogra.org) the standards body of the online gambling industry has taken a step closer to its 2006 target of accrediting [...]

More than 100 people have been arrested in Hong Kong for illegal gambling on football since the 2006 FIFA World Cup kicked off.
Police said betting slips worth more than 50 million dollars (6.4 million US) had been seized in about 50 operations since the opening of the World Cup in Germany on June 9.
In the [...]

Stanley Leisure, the UK’s largest casino operator, has opened merger talks with London Clubs International that could lead to the creation of a gaming industry heavyweight worth nearly £700m.
The deal is being orchestrated by Genting, the Malaysian conglomerate, which is a major shareholder in both companies. The talks began within the past two weeks.
Stanley Leisure [...]

GIBRALTAR, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — PartyGaming Plc, operators of PartyPoker.com, The World’s Largest Poker Room(TM), today announces the launch of its new backgammon product, PartyGammon.com. Known as "the game of kings" and requiring skills of timing and calculation, backgammon is one of the world’s most popular games and one of its oldest, with variants dating [...]

HOUSTON, June 26, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc. today announced that the New York State Lottery has approved a license to operate 750 video gaming machines at Tioga Downs Raceway. The June 28, 2006 opening of the new 19,000 square foot gaming facility represents the final step of Tioga Downs. Earlier this [...]