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Revenue Figures For 888 Holdings Suggest Online Poker Is Popular

Online poker hit a snag in the US last year when three major companies were indicted for violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. 2011 revenue figures from 888 Holdings shows that online poker is popular as ever.

Regulation, Not Prohibition, Found as Best Online Gambling Policy

Preston Lewis — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:18:23 +0000

A bipartisan group acknowledged that the UIGEA was flawed by nature and online gambling could best be controlled through regulation.

Online Casinos Singled Out to Police Deadbeat Dads

Preston Lewis — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:01:52 +0000

An amendment to the Frank bill regulating online casinos requires gaming sites to determine the child support payment status of customers.

Louisiana Casinos Hoping Mardi Gras Brings Increase in Revenue

Mardi Gras is one of the biggest parties in the US each February, and this year will be no different. Louisiana casinos are hoping to cash in on the festivities with increased revenue for the month.

BCS Championship Betting Preview: LSU Small Favorites Over Alabama

The LSU Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide will meet for the second time tonight, but unlike the previous meeting, this one will determine who will be named the BCS champion for this season.

Atlantic City Casino Fined While Pennsylvania Revenue Soars

This week has exemplified the different directions the Pennsylvania and New Jersey casino industries are headed. An Atlantic City casino was fined for allowing underage gambling, while Pennsylvania casino revenue soared.

NBA Doesn't See Sports Gambling Trouble in Casino Ownership

Matt Miller — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:00:35 +0000

Another NBA owner is set to also own a casino, something awfully common for a league supposedly scared of the corrupting power of gambling and sports betting.

UK Wards Against Online Casino Sports Gambling Scandals

A.J. Maldonado — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:00:26 +0000

British sports authorities are looking to tighten measures to prevent gambling scandals, working with online casinos.

Article: Tech Focus: What Next for Motion Control?

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

The recent release of Kinect on PC demonstrates that Microsoft remains firmly committed to its "hands free" controller, and actually features a key hardware upgrade over the Xbox 360 - the ability to work with players at close range: essential for a desktop environment. It's the first step in what is believed to be an evolution for the Kinect platform, which will see its true "sequel" released alongside, or even as part of, the next-generation Xbox. Whether we like it or not - and a great many core gamers clearly don't - motion control is here to stay.

As the Wii gradually winds down and its next-gen successor is readied for launch, it's important to step back and take a look at the diminutive console's achievements. Described by many rather disparagingly as an overclocked GameCube (although essentially that is what it is), Wii remains the most disruptive video game product of the current console generation. While Sony and Microsoft embarked on a hugely expensive technological arms race, Nintendo merely refined its existing, modestly successful hardware with minor architectural changes and a big boost in clock speed. The real genius of its proposition was, of course, the controller.

As joypads became ever more involved and complex, Nintendo pared its own controller back, reducing the principle form of interface to a remote - and everyone knows how to use a remote, right? The add-on nunchuck controller added the requisite analogue controller required to make core games feasible and the rest, as they say, is history. Wii succeeded because it was immediate, original, enjoyable - and everyone could understand it and join in. Pack-in title Wii Sports fails as a comprehensive game with lots of depth, but as a sampler for motion control, it is a work of genius.

Ozgnahc studios Releases Gogo Sushi for iPhone/iPod touch

Costas Stephanides — Sat, 28 May 2011 19:00:03 +0000

Sushi restaurant Tycoon Game Now Available in Apples App Store

PS Vita Launchreport

Arjan Olsder — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:06:10 +0000

Last night we travelled down to the centre of Holland to experience the PS Vita launch event. Next to providing a large amount of information, Sony also found another way to make this a launch to...

The BBC and welovemobile launch new mobile search service

jamescoops — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:38:06 +0000

The guys over at Welovemobile have announced the launch of a new BBC mobile search service as the result of a project they've been working on.

We all know that mobile search is totally broken - Google have essentially stopped even bothering to provide a mobile specific version or index, so it's an area which desperately needs more innovation. At the same time, as the BBC note, mobile search is more important to them than ever, as mobile internet usage grows and there is more and more content available for mobile devices.

"There are thousands of BBC web pages on the mobile site, a whole world of additional content that you more than likely don't know about. Offering search on mobile is a no-brainer - it gets you to the content you want with the least possible effort ...."

The new search service covers news, sport, radio & television web pages and iplayer radio and TV content.

Welovemobile helped the BBC to create a search interface design that incorporates 'best of breed' features from other types of search engine and discovery interfaces. The aim of the design is to allow for advanced content search and discovery, with the emphasis on providing very relevant and personalised "content surfacing" around the BBC's mobile content and services assets. The search solution contains some interesting new content filtering and presentaiton concepts and a slick UI.

The BBC say it was a tough job coming up with the end solution:

"our colleagues in Search have had many 'interesting' challenges developing BBC search for mobile. We know it's crucial to get the results right first time on mobile ... we spent weeks fine tuning the search logic, weighting our search terms, and we now know more about the idiosyncrasies of search logic that we ever thought we would need to. Mobile search is still not perfect, but it's been a long time coming and we wanted to get it launched .... "

The end result looks pretty good, and it's great that The BBC has invested in developing a bespoke mobile search tool for its site, rather than relying on a third party white label solution or just bunging in a google or yahoo site search integration. According to Simon Liss from welovemobile what they have done for the BBC is to

"...think mobile from the ground up. We’ve applied what we know about mobile devices, mobile usage, user experience and design to create what we believe is a truly original and innovative search concept and interface.’

The BBC mobile search product launched in an early Beta version on 3rd September - you can check it out at http://bbc.co.uk/mobile

New TV Series Luck Gets Out of the Gates Fast

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:21:00 +0000

The new original HBO series Luck starring Dustin Hoffman has gotten off to a good start, with HBO renewing it for a second season after the premier on January 29, 2012 drew largely positive reviews.

Hoffman plays the character Chester "Ace" Bernstein, who is just emerging from a three-year stint in a federal prison. Ace has had a long successful history of being involved in the world of gambling (including ties to organized crime) and he quickly moves on his newest project after getting out of prison, which involves gaining control of a racetrack in order to introduce casino gambling there.

As the story unwinds, however, it becomes clear that Ace has other motivations driving him other than business, including exacting revenge for a series of mistakes that led to his time in prison.

Several other threads wind through the plot of the series, with horseracing serving as a central element that tie them all together. The star-studded cast includes other big names than Hoffman such as Nick Nolte, Dennis Farina, and John Ortiz, as well as an appearance by famous jockey Gary Stevens.

The creator of the series is David Milch, best known for helping to create NYPD Blue and Deadwood. Milch claims that he'd wanted to create the series for many years, with his own love of horseracing stretching back to his childhood:

"The pilot is about a bunch of intersecting lives in the world of horse racing. It's a subject which has engaged and some might say has compelled me for 50 years. I find it as complicated and engaging a special world as any I've ever encountered, not only in what happens in the clubhouse and the grandstand, but also on the backside of the track, where the training is done and where they house the horses."

The new series has largely gotten positive reviews, with Linda Stasi of the New York Post writing: "With an impossibly good cast, writing so spot-on it's poetic, and slow-build stories, I, for one, was left wanting more—even after watching the entire season."

2 Top Notch Mobile Gambling TV Adverts

admin — Wed, 25 May 2011 19:59:22 +0000

LadyLucks and Betfred Mobile have raised the bar for TV ad campaigns for mobile gambling brands. They have each produced ads that show the natural appeal of their mobile betting and mobile casino services. The first advert was for LadyLucks Mobile Casino and ran for 2 weeks in March. It shows some realistic use of [...]