Online gamblers in South Africa could be fined R10-million or jailed for 10 years.
This was the ruling in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday when Judge Willie Hartzenberg dismissed an application by Casino Enterprises of Swaziland to have residents of Gauteng gamble online.
The casino had taken the Gauteng and the national gambling boards, as well [...]

Online casino and poker gaming group 888 is close to signing deals with some of Europe’s bigger mobile phone operators to offer their customers gambling over their handsets, a source close to the company said on Thursday. “Some of the European mobile operators are looking to incorporate 888 mobile into their offering,” the source told [...]

A new study by Munich-based research company MECN has shown that the Spanish online gambling market could grow to a 4.2 billion euro industry by the year 2010. It defined Spain as a key region for future growth, with overall gambling potential reaching 39 billion eur in 3 years.

LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE) - Progressive Gaming International Corporation® (NASDAQ: PGIC - the “Company”) a leading provider of technology products used in the gaming industry worldwide announced today that it has received approval for its Progressive Baccarat table game. Progressive Baccarat combines the excitement of Baccarat with the Company’s progressive technology.
Neil Crossan, Executive Vice President - [...]

Nov. 22, 2006
Bangkok police in Thailand arrested 11 people, including two foreigners, for operating an online casino over the Internet from a building right opposite the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) headquarters.
The group opened their office, HK & T (TV and Film) Production, on the Rasa Tower II Building’s 12th floor in Soi Phaholyothin 19 [...]

NEW YORK —  Prosecutors brought charges Wednesday against 27 people — including a Major League Baseball scout — in connection with a billion-dollar-a-year Internet sports gambling ring, the first such case since President Bush signed a ban on Internet gambling last month.
The charges were brought in connection with a site called Playwithal.com, run by professional power [...]

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - New Democratic leadership in the U.S. Congress could provide a chance to explore legalization of online gambling, the chief executive of casino operator MGM Mirage said on Wednesday.
A new U.S. law making it illegal for banks, credit card companies and online payment systems to process payments to online gambling companies “makes [...]

Wynn Resorts announced Wednesday of the further expansion of Wynn casino in Macau. This new expansion will add a second self-contained, fully integrated resort hotel with all related amenities including food and beverage, retail, entertainment and a casino to the existing property.

To dispel fears of market meltdown for online poker - the sad news of Tribeca Tables pullout from USA market was countered with the positive news of an immediate acquisition by Playtech - itself, not serving the USA poker market anymore.  Tribeca Tables Europe Limited and Playtech Limited are quite the leaders in the European [...]

Internet poker software company Tribeca Tables has decided to withdraw its poker room from the USA, Israel, and Hong Kong. Tribeca counts among its clients Doyle Brunson’s poker room and network of poker skin websites. Doyle’s Poker announced that it will not exit the USA market. Pamela Anderson’s poker room powered by Tribeca shuts down [...]