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US Online Poker Regulation Talk Cools As Holidays Approach

The talk in the Legislature for much of this year has been about regulating online poker, but as the holidays near and the year comes to an end, the talk has cooled in the US regarding the highly controversial issue.

Massachusetts Compromise Casino Bill Blocked by Governor

K.C. Carmichael — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:12:52 +0000

Massachusetts lawmakers succeeded in crafting a compromise casino gambling bill, but Governor Deval Patrick says he won't sign the law unless it is more limited.

Online Gambling News Sites Suggest Writing Congress on Frank Bill

Tom Weston — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:42:43 +0000

As the online gambling regulation bill Barney Frank has patiently guided through Congress nears a Tuesday vote, news sites in the industry are campaigning for readers to write their legislators to voice their opinions.

Kentucky Poised To Head Into March Madness As The Betting Favorite

Coach John Calipari has had his share of great teams, but this may be the year that the Kentucky Wildcats head into the NCAA Tournament as the top betting choice to win a national championship.

NFL Playoff Betting Odds: Steelers And Saints Big Favorites

The Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints come into Wild Card weekend having put up records worthy of first round byes, but with both teams losing tiebreakers, they will have to settle for being big favorites in round one.

Dedication To Turnaround Leads To Permanent AC Gambling License

Landry's Inc. has invested not only their money, but plenty of time in an effort to turn around the former Trump Marina casino in Atlantic City. This week, that time and effort paid off with a permanent gaming license in the city.

NBA Sports Betting Troubles Resurface as Scout Caught Gambling

Preston Lewis — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:41:53 +0000

Despite league efforts to shove the problem out of public sight, a new sports betting scandal arose with the banning of a former Sacramento Kings employee.

English Courts Deny Kentucky Jurisdiction in Online Gambling Case

Joshua McCarthy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:44:52 +0000

Even while the Kentucky online gambling domain case sits before the state Supreme Court, the English High Court has ruled that Kentucky's seizure order, if upheld, still carries no weight in the UK.

Interview: Activision's Billion Dollar Man

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0000

It's been pointed out before, but Eric Hirshberg was one of the biggest creative gambles that Activision ever took. Putting an ad veteran in the CEO position of the biggest console games publisher was greeted with scepticism 18 months ago - this is a publicly listed company that needs predictable processes, not a creative artist with floppy hair and brown shoes. But that doubt now has to be laid to rest following the last financial year's $1 billion profits. This time last year, Activision said it was cutting back to three dedicated pillars, and many thought that just meant more incremental Call of Duty updates, a whimsical kids game accompanied by plastic tat and more fantasy iterations from Blizzard. What the year actually saw was Call of Duty expanded to a social network through Elite, a social event in the vein of BlizzCon with Call of Duty XP, and a consistently-selling credible kids IP in Skylanders, due for a sequel and expansion shortly. And that was without a major Blizzard release... In this exclusive interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Hirshberg reflects on last year's brand expansions and how to feed the customer's needs, why monitoring games sales should change for the new market, why Modern Warfare 3 sales took a tumble at the start of the year, and how the free-to-play Call of Duty game with be a breakthrough in China.

Daily Express Puzzles comes to life on the Android Market

Costas Stephanides — Thu, 26 May 2011 14:26:17 +0000

Wired Productions now gives Android users a 100 hour puzzle challenge!

GamesIndustry.com Launches New BlackBook Online

Arjan Olsder — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:38:06 +0000

Games business portal Gamesindustry.com has launched the newest edition of their Black Book online. The Black Book was passed out in physical form during the Casual Connect Europe event. Next to...

Getjar - cross platform app store data and statistics #mweb09

jamescoops — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:40:37 +0000

Ilja Laurs the CEO of Getjar spoke at the Mobile Web Summit - Getjar is a mobile applications store that pre-dates the iphone app store by many years. They are now funded by Accel and doing great things in the space. Here's a few stats from the presenatation:

- getjar has done 450m downloads to date - currently running at 35m downloads per month

- 46k apps for all major platforms

- 200k developer accounts

- 35k active beta testers

- have grown strongly since launch of the iphone appstore - expanded app market beyond iphone

- aim to provide "everything for consumers'' - support all platforms, all types of apps, all types of device

- aim to provide ''everything for developers'' - tools, distribution, monetisation

- 1% of apps created by established companies - 99% are small 1-3 man shops

- Google maps has 300 different builds on the getjar site!

- Getjar now focusing on improving search and discovery by aligning results to segments e.g countries, devices, platforms - have the scale to do this

- also offering billing - in-app billing 7* more effective than SMS billing in tests

You can find getjar in the mjelly directory

Macau Continues to Boom in 2012

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:32:00 +0000

Macau picked up in January 2012 where it left off in 2011, with its casinos turning in a very strong performance and a record flow of Chinese gamblers trying their luck during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Gambling revenues for January came in at the high end of analysts expectations at $3.13 billion, which was up about 35% compared to the previous year. Demand remains strong in Macau for gambling despite a worldwide recession and uncertain economic times throughout many countries.

While 2012 is off to a hot start, many doubt that Macau can match the winning streak it saw in 2011 with overall revenue growth of 42% in 2011, with a more sedate growth of 10-20% predicted for 2012.

High roller players have been responsible for the bulk of gambling revenues in Macau so far -- with many coming from China as guests of gambling junket operators that cater to high stakes baccarat players -- but some analysts see more traditional mass market tourism coming to the forefront in Macau in 2012 as the market begins to mature and become more widely known.

Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts both reported strong earnings from their Macau operations, helping to offset sluggish results back in the US in Las Vegas and other US states still struggling from the recession and high unemployment.

Macau was the first area in Asia to offer huge casinos and hotels similar to the model Las Vegas pioneered, tapping into the huge demand in China for a more convenient way to escape for gambling and entertainment.

Singapore is following in Macau's footsteps, with its two casinos turning in big profits and revenue growth; Macau passed Las Vegas years ago as far as gambling revenue taken in, with Singapore poised to pull off the same feat in 2012.

Betfred Mobile App

admin — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:01:19 +0000

Betfred lets you place bets on your mobile phone using the new Betfred Mobile App for iPhone & Android mobiles. The Betfred App is compatible with iPhone and Android handsets and lets you do everything through your mobile. The App isn’t in the App Store or Android Market – you can install the App by [...]