Former BetOnSports CEO Carruthers Pleads Guilty In US Court
David Carruthers, the former CEO of BetOnSports pleaded guilty today in a US District Court to racketeering conspiracy charges. He told Judge Carol Jackson that at first he did not think the company was doing anything illegal.
Carruthers actually had many of his charges dropped in the case because of his willingness to [...]
Hackers deface Australian censorship board website
Hackers protesting the secret censorship blacklists of the Australian government exposed by Wikileaks caused the online censorship board’s web page to be taken briefly offline Thursday, reports the Wired.com blog.
Whilst Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was doing the talkshow rounds trying to rationalise the secretive censorship moves of the government’s Australian Media and Communications Authority, the [...]
NFL wants the UIGEA to stick around
Pressure on the UIGEA is becoming greater and greater, more companies and people joining the fight against the ban on gambling. The NFL (National Football League) wants nothing to do with change. That is why they hired full-time lobbyist, to maintain the UIGEA and defend the rights of the NFL. A lobbyist, is a person [...]
Fun and Games To Continue In April
On March 20th, the historic 200k March Mania Slots Tournament came to an end but April will bring a couple of great games with it as well.
April Fools’ FunStart your fun at Noon (ET) on April 1st with the $5,000 Guaranteed April Fools’ Slot Freeroll Tournament. There’s no entry fee, re-buys are only $1.99 and [...]
GoCasino to run Weekend Slots Tournaments – Online Casino News
Popular online casino GoCasino.com has announced a series of slots tournaments over this weekend. They are available to all new and pre-registered players, without the need for sign-up codes or passwords.
In a slots tournament, the players pay a fixed fee for a certain amount of tournament credit. The aim is to essentially get lucky, [...]
$42m slot jackpot win! Sorry, error, here’s a dinner coupon instead
Paul Kusznirewicz (55) of Ontario, Canada is a bitterly disappointed and frankly angry gambler following a devastating disqualification of what he thought was a life-changing slots win. And he’s not taking it lying down after he was offered a consolation prize of four dinner coupons by the Georgian Downs Casino in Innisfil, Ontario.
The Toronto Star [...]
Cryptologic reports 2008 losses, targets $0.65 EPS in 2009
Veteran online gambling software development company Cryptologic announced its financial results for the three months and full year ended December 31, 2008 this week.
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Father and son claim over $2m in separate jackpot wins
Massive progressive jackpot wins appear to run in the family for a British duo, which has seen the family fortunes increase by a total of $2,122,213.82, reports Party Casino in a statement this week.
In a remarkable coincidence, the father and son duo – who wish to remain anonymous – scooped up two significant jackpots almost [...]
Jackpot City runs slots tournaments in support of LiveStrong Foundation
The Jackpot City online casino group continued its charity fundraising this week, offering players the chance to help others and at the same time win a share of a weekly $100 prize pool between the 4th of March and 6th of April 2009.
The Freeroll Slots Tournaments Prize Pool of $100 will be shared between the [...]
Online Casinos legal in Philippines
Last week a legislation bill, very similar to the U.S. Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement was introduced by Narciso Santiago of the Minority Alliance for Rural Concerns. He proposed making online gambling illegal with the exception of licensed horse-races an the official Philippine Sweepstake Lotto. The bill would make it illegal to place or receive bets [...]
