Mark Blandford, founder of online sports book Sportingbet and one of online gaming’s pioneers, has stepped down as a director of the company. The news comes after a turbulent six months in the company’s history which saw it exit the US following the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) in October and the disposal of its US-facing Sportsbook.com business for a nominal sum.

By PETER SANDERS
WALL STREET JOURNAL
January 31, 2007; Page B1
On Sunday, a 28-year-old Hollywood assistant named Seth plans to enjoy the Super Bowl in the same way millions of other football fans will: He’ll bet on it.
How, exactly, will he wager that $100 burning a hole in his pocket? One thing he knows for sure is [...]

Manchester - home of the Manchester United football team - will host the UK’s first Las Vegas-style supercasino, it was announced today.
The Casino Advisory Panel’s shock decision is a blow to Blackpool and the Millennium Dome, which were considered front-runners to win the licence.
Up to 1,250 unlimited jackpot gaming machines will be housed on a [...]

The Sunday Times in the UK said that British bookmaker Ladbrokes has formed a joint venture with Megainfo, a Hong Kong-based technology company.
The report said that the objective was to develop products for the Chinese betting market. Ladbrokes has apparently invested about £320,000 for a 49 percent stake in the business, which is to be [...]

Macau’s casino gaming revenue rose by 22 per cent in 2006, taking $6.95 billion, surpassing the Las Vegas strip as the world’s biggest casino market.
Macau attracted 22 million [...]

Online casino and sportsbetting giant Bodog.com is to offer players in the US some welcome respite from the recent problems plaguing online gambling deposits.
Bodog.com has taken the lead in many new developments in the online gambling industry, and the introduction of NuCharge, an advanced and secure method to make deposits, is no exception.
Through NuCharge, an [...]

Apparently, online gambling via the Internet is also HUGE in South Korea. On this story, police locate Chinese casino operators out of Hong Kong based servers.
The Pusan Metropolitan Police Agency said on Sunday they are searching for five people suspected of operating illegal international gambling Web sites.
According to the police, the suspects, who are living [...]

Tiny Antigua seems to have gotten an upperhand in its legal case vs the USA at the WTO.
The US has suffered a new setback in a four-year-old legal battle with Antigua and Barbuda over US restrictions on online gambling.
At issue is an April 2005 World Trade Organization ruling against US prohibitions on online horse race [...]

Tiny Antigua seems to have gotten an upperhand in its legal case vs the USA at the WTO.
The US has suffered a new setback in a four-year-old legal battle with Antigua and Barbuda over US restrictions on online gambling.
At issue is an April 2005 World Trade Organization ruling against US prohibitions on online horse race [...]

Wealthy entrepreneurs and private equity players are flocking to a tiny territory off the southern coast of China, and it’s not because they’re looking for tax breaks.
Macao, a former Portugese colony, last year overtook the Las Vegas Strip as the world’s biggest gaming centre by revenues, and investors are looking to get in on the [...]