Posts Tagged ‘Gambling Organizations & Associations’
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 [...]
RGA Calls For Protection
The Remote Gambling Association (RGA) has reacted angrily to the deal agreed by PartyGaming co-founder Anurag Dikshit and called on the European Commission to protect the interests of European Union-based online gambling firms from retroactive and discriminatory enforcement by US authorities. The London-based group was established in 2005 [...]
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 [...]
Bwin Extends Harvard Research Agreement
Leading online gaming firm Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG has signed a five-year agreement with the Division on Addictions at the Cambridge Health Alliance to extend a research project investigating safe gambling practices. The Vienna-based firm behind Bwin.com and PokerRoom.com revealed that the objective of the continued research would be [...]
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 [...]
