Posts Tagged ‘Gambling Frauds’
CAP Down Under A Great Success
Leading online marketing resource and community website for Internet casino affiliates, CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com (CAP), has announced that its first-ever CAP Down Under event in Australia was a resounding success. The four-day affiliate marketing conference was held over the last week of November at the five-star Shangri-La hotel in Sydney [...]
Government To Act On Snooker Controversy
Yesterday’s news that several bookmakers had suspended betting earlier this month on a televised snooker match in the UK between professionals Stephen Maguire and Jamie Burnett has prompted swift action from the Government. According to a report from The Guardian newspaper, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport has announced that its [...]
PartyGaming Founder Pleads Guilty
One of the founders of leading online gaming operator PartyGaming has pled guilty in the United States to violating the 1961 Wire Act and has agreed to pay $300 million in fines and assist authorities with their investigations. Anurag Dikshit helped start PartyGaming in 1997 by creating its software platform and still remains its largest [...]
Bookmakers Suspend Snooker Betting
Several leading bookmakers suspended betting on a televised first-round match in the UK Snooker Championship over the weekend following unusually heavy betting on a particular scoreline. Bookmakers including Victor Chandler, Ladbrokes and Stan James pulled their odds on Friday at the tournament in Telford after a number of sizeable bets were [...]
Chinese Worried By Spread Of Gambling Information
In China, a senior Government official has stated that the spread of information relating to gambling is one of the top ten ‘worrying trends’ facing the nation’s online community. Wang Chen, the Minister for the State Council Information Office, delivered a speech at the Eighth Forum On Internet Media Of China in Chongqing on Friday where [...]