Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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Friday, September 25, 2009

France Set To Deliver Boost To U.K. Gambling - 23rd September 2009

PartyGaming Plc, William Hill Plc and 888 Holdings Plc, U.K. gambling companies facing a slowing market at home, may get a boost as neighboring France opens its online-betting market to foreign operators next year.

A bill that comes before the French parliament Oct. 7 would let foreign companies offer sports betting and poker, ending the monopolies of state lottery provider Groupe Francaise des Jeux and Pari Mutuel Urbain, which runs gambling on horseracing. All other online betting is currently banned.

“The size of the population and the appetite for gambling, and the group’s historically cautious approach to France make this a particularly exciting opportunity for us,” said Jim Ryan, chief executive officer of PartyGaming, the owner of the PartyPoker.com brand and the U.K.’s biggest online-gaming company by revenue. (Credit: Bloomberg) *full story

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British remote gambling industry worth US$1.4 billion - Swiss Press

The Gambling Commission released the results of detailed research showing that the remote gambling market in the nation was worth US$1.4 billion last year. In compiling its figures, the regulator revealed that it took detailed statistics from a range of sources including gambling industry trade bodies, the Department for Culture, Media And Sport and Her Majesty’s Revenue And Customs.

In addition, it stated that a ‘substantial’ amount of information was taken from
regulatory returns that all licensed gambling operators must submit on either an annual or quarterly basis.

The Commission stated that the UK gambling industry had a turnover of over US$136
billion in 2006/07 with gross gambling yield at around us$ 16 billion, one-quarter of
which was generated by the National Lottery.

The regulator revealed that the number of remote gambling licenses issued in 2008 rose from 300 to 328 with the majority of these consisting of betting exchanges alongside pool and general betting. “The majority of gambling sites accessible to British citizens are regulated overseas,” read the Commission’s results.

“In many cases an operator is licensed by the Commission for remote betting but (for
fiscal and other operational reasons) its remote casino and poker operations are
licensed overseas. The main European overseas jurisdictions regulating remote gambling are Alderney, Gibraltar, the Isle of Man and Malta.”

The Commission stated that the UK remote betting, bingo and casino industry employed
7,800 people in the country last year and had 6.2 million active customer accounts with 4.9 million new player registrations. It reported that there were a total of 16 million customer accounts holding around us$ 416 million.

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

British online gambling sector valued at close to a billion sterling

The UK Gambling Commission has released some stats estimating that their remote (online) gambling market is worth approximately GBP 896 million (2008).

The Commission compiled information from gambling industry trade bodies, the Department for Culture, Media And Sport, and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, in arriving at the figure, in addition to information from its own regulatory returns submitted by operators.

The United Kingdom gambling industry as a whole achieved a turnover of over GBP 84 billion with gross gambling yield at approx GBP 9.9 billion, 25 percent of which was generated by the National Lottery.

The number of remote gambling licenses issued in 2008 rose from 300 to 328, with the majority of these consisting of betting exchanges alongside football pool and general betting.

"The majority of gambling sites accessible to British citizens are regulated overseas," the Commission pointed out.

"In many cases an operator is licensed by the Commission for remote betting but (for fiscal and other operational reasons) its remote casino and poker operations are licensed overseas. The main European overseas jurisdictions regulating remote gambling are Alderney, Gibraltar, the Isle of Man and Malta."

The report shows that an estimated 7,800 people are employed in the UK remote betting, bingo and casino industry, working with approx 6.2 million active customer accounts and 4.9 million new player registrations over the year. 16 million customer accounts held GBP 257 million.

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Casino News Media - Global Gaming Directory - Media Man Australia News Update - 24th September 2009

PartyCasino.com releases Tarzan and High Noon online slots, and Multi-Hand Blackjack Pro

Virgin Games to release Bejeweled classic in coming days

CAP Down Under II coming to Australia, March 2010, land based casinos have interest

Ric Flair's NC Education Lottery Wooooo! scratch card a winner

Hulk Hogan may expand on igaming deals, The Hulkamania Experience and Marvel's "The Hulk" may be just the tip of the iceberg

Titan Poker to back European Championship of Online Poker V

James Packer's City Of Dreams, Macau, on the upswing, casino commissions on track

Crown Casino continues to attract world class entertainment acts, with Aussie Millions coming in January 2010

Crown Casino Brownlow Medal awards night see over indulgence of drinking

Harrah’s Entertainment debt restructure

Google may build upon igaming, following Monopoly City Streets

Playtech - Sega "Sonic" deal on cards this October

Multi currency casino options a favorite of gamblers

European Union legal outcomes may see online gaming go underground

PartyBets.com ramps up UFC and boxing sports betting, eating into BetUS.com, others

Sports betting - fixing and corruption can be linked to small % of athletes officials

Slots tournaments popular with punters

Horse racing slot machines may hit Australian TAB suburban outlets

Bingo online sector still growing

Gaming Entrepreneurs - reputation, deals, associates and bottom line show real industry power players... spin free zone

Macau caps junket fees at 1.25%, cutting casino costs

Media Man Australia and Casino News Media company and web network will add more sites

Cleopatra casino classic still world's #1 online casino game

Captain Cooks Casino enjoying strong popularity with Aussies, Asia Pacific region

Mobile casino game market still growing

Domain names investment trend continues, Media Man Australia and Global Gaming Directory in leading pack

Hitwise - Media Man Australia website makes top ten (January - June 2009)

Online casinos further ramp up safe gambling awareness

PartyGaming continues global domination on world's online casino, gaming markets, World Poker Tour, Noble Poker and Hollywood themed casino portfolio to further expand

Virgin Unite - Virgin Games campaign supported by Media Man Australia

Asia Pacific sector remains "promised land" for some igaming companies

PartyCasino.com wins Media Man Australia "Online Casino Of The Month" again

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

EU Court Ruling Will Create Betting ‘Black Market’ Expert Warns - 19th September 2009

Hopes of online expansion by local gaming companies into the European betting market - which is seen to have as much potential for growth as the gambling-obsessed countries of the Far East - suffered a set-back last week when the European Court of Justice (the EU's highest court) ruled that governments could bar foreign gaming companies or bookmakers if they used the measure to combat fraud.

Europe's online betting industry is estimated to generate as much as eight billion euros a year, and the ruling followed an alleged breach of Portuguese law by the Gibraltar operations of Bwin and the Portuguese Football Federation in relation to sponsorship deals.

And it adds to the difficulties of online gaming companies - many of which are based on the Rock and provide a significant part of the local jobs market - which are attempting to win the legal right to expand their European operations.

FRAUD PREVENTION
There were fears that the ruling would allow European governments to use fraud prevention as an excuse to avoid opening markets to competition, an industry source told VOX. "It will not lead to job losses, but it will certainly curtail expansion," he said.

In a case brought by the Austrian operator Bwin - said to be one of the biggest online gaming companies in Europe - against the Portuguese state gambling monopoly, the judges ruled that European Union states should be allowed to restrict "freedom to provide services" in the gambling area if there was overriding public interest.

The court said prohibitions on online operators such as Bwin - one of Europe's biggest internet bookmakers - could be justified by the need to combat fraud and crime, "provided the restrictions were fairly applied and proportionate".

Although the court had previously accepted that national laws restricting gambling in an EU country could override the Union's general commitment to "freedom to provide services" principles, this was the first ECJ ruling to deal specifically with online sports betting.

"It represents a significant setback for online gaming companies, who have been battling for years to break down barriers preventing them doing business in many EU countries," Britain's influential Financial Times commented.

The case came in the wake of a sponsorship deal between Bwin's Gibraltar entity and the Portuguese football federation, which breached national laws and resulted in fines of about 75,000 euros each.

The European Court of Justice decided that online betting could be blocked in countries which operate state gambling monopolies such as Finland, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands and Sweden. And in countries with more open gambling markets bookmakers will need licences.

"The prohibition imposed on operators... of offering games of chance via the Internet may be regarded as justified by the objective of combating fraud and crime," the Luxembourg-based court said in a statement.

It added that betting carried a high risk of fraud and that online betting carries an even greater risk of criminal activity, adding that bookmakers who sponsor competitions could "influence the outcome" of sporting events. (Although there has never been any suggestion of malpractice by the betting company, Bwin provided multi-million sponsorship for Spain's Real Madrid football club and Italy's AC Milan.)

A NEW ERA
The case in Portugal pitted Bwin, which has pumped millions of euros into such teams, against Lisbon's national gaming monopoly.

"You have to have a licence in a country to operate.... For me it is the beginning of a new era in the Internet gaming sector," said Friedrich Stickler, head of the European Lotteries association of state gaming organisations and a committed opponent of cyberspace gaming.

Stickler said there was now "room for legal action" against online bookmakers registered in Gibraltar, Malta, the Channel Islands and certain Caribbean territories which he accused of dodging taxes.

"Member states should investigate, because little tax is being paid in these tax havens and all these operators are avoiding paying gaming taxes in jurisdictions where the gamblers live," he said.

However, the European Gaming and Betting Association's legal expert Siegbert Alber argued the Court ruling was "not fair" because it lumped Bwin which is "a serious provider" together with "unscrupulous providers." The industry wanted harmonised EU online betting legislation and the ruling didn't solve the problem, he added.

"We need controls, but do we need monopoly to guarantee controls?"

Bwin director Karin Klein said online betting is "a market reality - prohibition won't work," and warned that EU states that refuse to allow online betting companies to operate "will end up with a huge black market."

More than a dozen similar challenges are in the pipeline at the European Court and could take a lead from last week's decision. The ruling could also have ramifications for about 10 cases brought by the European Commission, in which officials accuse individual countries of breaching EU principles through laws that protect state-owned gaming monopolies. The Commission said it was "studying the latest ruling very carefully". (Credit: VOX)

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Monday, September 21, 2009

Wrestling gaming connection

Celebrate the iconic wrestlers, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, with their gaming and igaming offerings.

The campaign is on the way that will see wrestling living legends Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair wrestle in Australia this November.

Wrestling fans and gaming fans may be interested in this bit of history:

Hulk Hogan was once a bank teller and played guitar in a rock band. One discovered he was trained in Japan by Hiro Matsuda, who broke his leg just to test his will. Hulk recovered from the injury, returned to training, and later found fame and fortune in the WWE (then World Wrestling Federation)

Starred opposite Sylvester Stallone in Rocky III as Thunderlips

Hulk Hogan's first WWE match was against Ted DiBiase where Hogan was billed "The Incredible Hulk Hogan". WWE and later Terry "The Hulk" Bollea came to terms with Marvel Comics (Marvel Entertainment) and purchased the rights to use the name "Hulk".

Hogan defeated the late Andre The Giant in front of 93,173 people at WrestleMania III

Ric Flair was born Richard Morgan Fliehr on February 25, 1949

Flair is a recognized 16-time World Heavyweight Champion

*other pro wrestlers with a gaming connection include Kevin "Big Sexy" Nash, once going under the stage name of Vinnie Vegas" and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, who legend has it has frequented a well known land based casino in New Zealand. NextGen Gaming is rumoured to have developed an Andre The Giant themed online slot game.

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Wooooooo! North Carolina Education Lottery scratch ticket featuring Ric Flair

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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Virgin Games: Rainbow Riches Win Big Shindig, Thor's Thunder, Richard Branson and more

Online casino fans, try your luck at the world famous casino endorsed by Sir Richard Branson... VirginCasino.com

Virgin Games most recent releases include Rainbow Riches Win Big Shindig and Thor's Thunder, and check out their other casino classics like Da Vinci Diamonds, Monopoly, Elvis, Five Times Pay and Double Diamond.

Jackpot hunters are bound to enjoy MegaJackpots titles such as MegaJackpots Cleopatra, MegaJackpots Monopoly and MegaJackpots Cluedo.

Virgin also offer one of the industries most highly regarded rewards offers, V*Points.

This month Virgin Games have also teamed up with Virgin Unite, and because it Virgin, you know there are trustworthy and know how to party.

Play for fun or play for money!

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Friday, September 18, 2009

New games for PartyCasino.com

Gibraltar-based PartyCasino.com advises it has a new collection of high profile branded slot themes in its latest release.

Headlining is the Capcom licensed Resident Evil and the Paramount-licensed The Naked Gun. This release also sees the introduction of the Paramount-licensed wild west film themed High Noon and popular puzzle game Bejeweled.

Resident Evil is a 20-line, five-reel slot based on the world famous survival horror video game series. The new slot has a free spin feature that awards additional spins, and two bonus game features that provide the chance to win extra prizes.

The game also features an expanding wild “Resident Evil” logo symbol. The “Resident Evil” logo symbol substitutes for all symbols—except the scattered ‘umbrella corporation’, ‘herb’ and money chest symbols. Three or more scattered umbrella corp. symbols anywhere in view triggers the Resident Evil feature.

The Naked Gun is also a 20-line, five-reel online slot machine but is based on the famous Leslie Nielsen movie series. The game is accompanied by the distinctive music and has four features that use great video footage of classic scenes from the films. The game also features a wild symbol which appears on reels one, two, three and four only. The wild ‘Naked Gun’ logo symbol substitutes for all symbols other than the scattered police siren symbol. Three or more scattered police siren symbols occurring anywhere in view triggers The Naked Gun feature games.

A company spokesman said: "The release of Resident Evil and The Naked Gun marks another big step forward for interactivity and game play for slots on PartyCasino.com"

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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Casino News Media - Media Man Australia - Global Gaming News Update

PartyCasino.com still most popular online casino in Australia, Asia Pacific

Cleopatra remains #1 online casino game globally

Trump Plaza - Casino dealers seek to end representation under UAW

PartyGaming, 888 Holdings focused on global strategy, strategic growth

Harrah's Entertainment buys a slice of Planet Hollywood's debt

Betfair Shock Poker Ad Suggestive 15 Year Old

Crown Casino wins on table deal, despite investigation and protests

Crown Casino prepares for potential record breaking Aussie Millions this January

Virgin Casino access denied errors in Australia, still strong in Europe, UK; PartyCasino, Captain Cooks Casino capitalize

Virgin Games - Virgin Unite - charity drive - Bright-On Target-Virgin Games Set to Raise 10k for Charity

Marvel Entertainment - Disney's purchase of Marvel Entertainment not effecting popularity on Marvel themed online slot games to date

Aspers Damian Aspinall and company quite of late, company restructure rumours

Playtech - Sega sonic slot deal moves forward, CAP, iGaming Business follows up

Playtech powered online casino comp heats up, Casino Las Vegas, Casino King, Casino Swiss, Titan Casino, Casino Tropez, Europa Casino, battle for punters

PKR ramps up online slots, sports betting on the way

Income Access - brand shuffle continues

Mob Candy Magazine, on again, off again dealings with Media Man

Bodog remains keen on South American and coffee deals et al

Argentinean government may regular online gambling this year

Asia Pacific region "the next Macau and promised land" says Media Man Australia

Casino reviews - punters prefer strong, established, proven brands

NRL - some teams and players under spotlight over "tanking", alleged betting on matches

UFC - PartyBets may challenge BetUS.com dominance, Gamebookers ramps up

Las Vegas wild parties at casino - hotels - resorts

Domain name buy ups trend continues in igaming, gaming, online casino space

Hitwise Australia - Media Man Australia network holding dominance, others want in

Multi currency casino options remains an industry favorite

Google pushes forward with online gaming - Monopoly City Streets hits web

Virtual worlds - PartyCasino.com Live Dealer, PKR Casino challenge Second Life's hold

Global Gaming Directory launch pushes Media Man Australia into world's top 50 gaming, igaming most influential

Classic Slots Online and Classic Casino Games niche remains strong

Media companies in Australia starting to push forward sports betting, igaming, following European business model

Poker tournaments - competition heats up between World Poker Tour (PartyGaming), World Series of Poker (Harrah's Entertainment tie in), and others

Poker Cup Australia - PartyPoker.com, Noble Poker and Titan Poker satellites send players to Crown Casino, Melbourne, Australia

YouTube.com popular site for potential and existing online casino game players

Casino legal? - check your local laws in state, city and country

Online gambling - could be more addictive than other forms of gambling says experts

CasinoNewsMedia.com website traffic triples, following GlobalGamingDirectory.com launch

PartyCasino.com wins Media Man Australia - Casino News Media "online casino of the month"

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Bright-On Target-Virgin Games Set to Raise 10k for Charity

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Sep 07 - On Saturday 18th September, the team at Virgin Games will be putting on their best red cycling shorts and embarking on a charity bike ride from London to Brighton. Setting off from the company's HQ in Hammersmith, the team of 40 employees will be braving the 84 kilometres with the aim of raising a target of Pounds Sterling 10,000 for their chosen Virgin Unite charity, Kids Company. Founded by Camilla Batmanghelidjh in 1996 in order to provide practical, emotional and educational support to vulnerable inner-city children and young people, Kids Company are supported by Virgin Unite who pledged to raise 2.5 million by April 2010. As part of the Virgin Group, the London to Brighton charity bike ride is part of Virgin Games contribution to this goal.

Regularly offering their time and support to Kids Company, previous activities have included the Virgin Games team pulling together to redecorate an East London School and most recently arranging a sports day for children in Hackney. This year, the team of mixed cycling abilities will set off together at 8am and hope to reach their final destination of Brighton beach by 4 pm having raised Pounds Sterling 10,000 with all
stragglers accounted for! Keen cyclist Warren Eloff, Product Manager, who regularly cycles into work is tipped to lead the pack and CEO, Simon Burridge who is sitting on the saddle for the first time in 20 years, is set to surprise his team with his 'dusted down' cycling skills!

Simon Burridge, CEO at Virgin Games and Virgin Unite trustee comments: "At Virgin Games we are passionate about Virgin Unite and the work that Kids Company carry out in the communities they work with. We believe Kids Company are a great charity and realise our support is all the more important now, with the current economic climate making it harder for them to achieve the funding they need to keep up the great work they are doing with young people all over the capital. I can't think of more deserving charity to be brushing the cobwebs off my cycling shorts for!"

Visit http://www.virginunite.com/fundraiser/Virgin-Games-go-to-Brighton to make a donation and support the Virgin Games team.

About Virgin Games

Virgin Games was launched in June 2004 and has quickly established itself as one of the leading gaming websites in the UK. Virgin Games comprises three distinct offerings:

- Virgin Casino, part of the Wagerworks network, brings consumers casino games like blackjack and roulette, as well as great feature slots like Monopoly, Cluedo, Dungeons and Dragons Fortress of Fortunes(TM) and the highly popular Mega Jackpots progressive games, with a seeding value of Pounds Sterling 1,500,000

- Virgin Poker, part of the Boss Media network, offers a huge array of games and content for beginners through to experienced pros - as well as the most generous loyalty scheme in the industry

- Virgin Bingo, part of the Virtue Fusion network, offers cash prizes worth thousands of pounds in the progressive jackpots, as well as Virgin prize bingo games and a range of unique Virgin Games bingo games.

(Credit: Wires, Virgin Unite, Google News, Virgin Games)

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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Egyptian Treasures: art of the pharaohs, Australian Museum

The Australian Museum in Sydney is currently running their Egyptian Treasures: art of the pharaohs exhibition.

If your in town why not take a close up look at Cleopatra and her friends and enemies at this world class exhibition.

Cleopatra and Egyptian fans may like to experience Egypt via some of the fantastic online slot games. Cleopatra, Cleopatra II, Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider: Secret Of The Sword, Queen Of The Pyramids, King Tuts Fortune and more.

Our most recommended online casino for online casino games including a number of Egyptian themed titles is PartyCasino.com

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Wednesday, September 09, 2009

PartyCasino.com Wins Media Man Australia Online Casino Award

PartyCasino.com has once again been awarded the Media Man Australia and Casino News Media "Online Casino Of The Month".

The accolade is based on a combination of elements including user experience, innovation, trustworthiness, customer service, gameplay, affiliate program offerings, newsworthiness and company values.

PartyCasino.com is one of a number of PartyGaming brands. PartyGaming's most recent purchases include the World Poker Tour and Cashcade (picking up Foxy Bingo in the progress).

The most popular PartyCasino.com games of late include The Godfather, Mission: Impossible, Top Gun, Cleopatra, Monopoly, Wheel of Fortune, Rambo, The Naked Gun and Resident Evil.

In developing news the PartyCasino.com jackpot recently exceeded $4 million. It's largest ever jackpot!

Media Man Australia, Casino News Media and Global Gaming Directory do have a b2b relationship with PartyGaming, as they do with dozens of other companies in the gaming and igaming industry.

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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Casino News Media - Global Gaming Directory - Media Man Australia News Update

PartyGaming's PartyCasino.com Jackpot Exceeds 4 Million Euro

James Packer, Aussie media mogul resigns from Sunland Challenger, eyes U.S Casinos

Ocean’s Producer Claims Assistant Threatened Him With Gun

Gold Coast Titans, others, suspected of throwing games, News Limited reports

Online bingo still growing in Asia Pacific, United States, Europe

Bodog does Canada, global expansion plans

CryptoLogic talks re Disney buy of Marvel Entertainment, slots safe at least to 2012?

PartyCasino.com branded slot rumors; KISS, Bra Boys, Andre The Giant, Kerry Packer

Titan Casino offering huge sign up bonuses

Poker Cup Australia, satellites via PartyPoker.com, Noble Poker and Titan Poker

Egyptian themed online slot games mega popular, Cleopatra #1, Tomb Raider gains ground

Mobile casino games, mobile games - Australia's Media Man inundated by telco interest

Casino affiliate industry under spotlight, PartyPartners, Virgin Games, PKR, Rewards Affiliates remain strong

CAP Euro Rebranded Budapest Affiliate Conference

PKR Heads Up Event will feature Dwan and Schwartz

Bwin loses Portuguese monopoly challenge

Sky Vegas, Sky Bet, Sky Bingo, Sky Poker, Rupert Murdoch tries luck in igaming push

Virgin Casino gains with Rainbow Riches online slot

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Sunday, September 06, 2009

Casino News Media - Global Gaming Directory - Media Man Australia News Update

PartyGaming's PartyCasino.com stays keen on branded slots

PartyCasino.com Naked Gun and Resident Evil already a hit

Crown Casino live poker events upcoming, Poker Cup Australia followed by Aussie Millions in January

Global Gaming Directory.com heading towards Hitwise top ten status, following Media Man Australia's recent Hitwise Award

Casino affiliate industry under spotlight, following Income Access - Smart Live situation

Multi currency options and global strategy very sound, experts agree

UIGEA, iMEGA can't stay out of the news, U.S legal debate continues

Sky Bet, Sky Vegas, Murdoch company making forward progress

Hollywood branded mobile slots predicted to shake up Australian market

Horse Racing betting sector in Australia to go more digital, online

NRL - National Rugby League and club websites dominate Hitwise top ten, Betezy gains


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Casino press - industry in battle for unique content, news breaking stories

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Friday, September 04, 2009

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High Stakes: The ‘life-or-death’ battle over a company name


Two stars of Australia’s new economy – the similarly named share trading platform Stake and online cryptocurrency casino juggernaut stake.com – are locked in a life-or-death court battle over naming rights amid growing concerns the gambling outfit has major plans for its home country.


Stake the share platform launched legal action in the Federal Court in August seeking to enforce its trademarks and stop stake.com, a multibillion-dollar enterprise, from using that name for its business in Australia.


The fast-growing Sydney-based share trading platform, the third-largest broker in the country, alleges that the casino group stake.com has been breaking Australian consumer law and has misled consumers through the use of its brand in Australia and its marketing, including its sponsorship of the Alfa Romeo team and the sale of apparel.


Stake the share trading platform, which owns the URL stake.com.au, alleges stake.com’s use of the name in Australia has potentially led to consumers believing the two brands are related when they are not.


The share trading platform Stake, founded in 2017 by entrepreneurs Dan Silver and Matt Leibowitz, alleges there is a threat that more consumers could be misled if stake.com is allowed to continue with its plans to grow its business significantly in Australia under the brand name Stake.


The casino group, led by Melbourne-based twenty-somethings billionaires Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani, is expected to seek to have the matter summarily dismissed.


A spokesperson for stake.com said: “We are aware of a frivolous claim lodged in the Federal Court by Stakeshop, which in part claims that our global Formula One team sponsorship impinges on their ability to sell trucker hats.”


“We are proud of the global stake.com brand. As a group, we abide by the laws of the countries in which we operate, and do not offer our stake.com platform to Australian customers. We believe the claim has no legal merit and will vigorously defend our rights.”


The court case has shed new light on stake.com’s expansion plans for Australia, where it remains blocked to Australian users.


Court documents reveal the casino group has sought to buy the stake.com.au website from the sharemarket trading platform business. According to the court documents, the casino group has also registered several Australian website domains for its Australian expansion and applied to register a slew of trademarks including Stake Australia, Stake Bet and Stake Casino.


The Federal Court action comes after years of simmering tensions between the two groups over the use of stake.com’s name in Australia.


Stake.com was established in 2017 but flew under the radar in Australia until late 2021, when this masthead revealed the local origins of the business that had grown to be one of world’s largest online casinos, processing hundreds of billions of bets on sports, virtual table games and online slot machines.


In early 2022, stake.com signed hip-hop megastar Drake as its lead ambassador. Later in 2022 it signed a multi-year deal to become lead jersey sponsor for English Premier League team Everton FC as well as its sponsorship of Alfa Romeo’s F1 team.


The significant increase in stake.com’s marketing and media presence was noticed at the share trading platform group that built its user base during the COVID-inspired boom in Gen Y and Gen Z investors, thanks in part to its ultra-low cost brokerage fee model, savvy marketing and the broadening into other financial services including a superannuation product.


A spokesman for Stake the share trading platform said that since the group was founded in Australia it had built a client base of more than 500,000 and more than $2.5 billion in assets under management.


“Over the past six years, we have established a trusted and culturally relevant Australian brand that reflects our dedication to meeting customer needs. It permeates all parts of our business, spanning products, content, internal culture, customer interactions and much more, making it our most valuable asset. We are committed to protecting the Stake brand and the high level of consumer trust associated with it,” the spokesman said.


“We are concerned by the threatened use of the Stake brand in Australia by stake.com in relation to gambling, casino and sports betting services, due to the potential for customer confusion and damage to our brand and reputation.”


Stake.com is not available in Australia but according to court documents, the group is already making arrangements for a major expansion in this country and is seeking a sports betting licence.


In October 2022, stake.com casino executive Brais Pena Sanchez contacted Stake share trading founder Silver on LinkedIn and arranged a video conference meeting where the pair discussed Stake the share platform selling its Australian URL, stake.com.au, to the Curacao-registered, Australian-operated casino group.


During those discussions, Sanchez – the casino group’s chief strategy officer – informed Silver that stake.com planned to launch in Australia under the name Stakebet, or similar, according to court documents. A deal never ensued and the website remains owned by the share trading platform.


Tensions flared again in early 2023 after stake.com the casino was announced as the new team sponsor for Formula 1 team Alfa Romeo, sparking a flurry of legal letters between the two groups ahead of the Melbourne race.


According to the court documents, the casino group’s lawyers assured the share trading Stake that it would not use its logo in conjunction with the Melbourne Grand Prix and did not intend to display the name on any vehicles or uniforms or as part of the Alfa Romeo team name.


However, the share trading Stake alleges that during the four days of the Grand Prix, Stake casino logos appeared on banners for official team merchandise, the team display and on signs at the event and in the race program.


In May, Stake.com was applying to register a large number of new trademarks for goods and services. This included Stake Australia, Stake Bookie, Stake Betting, Stake Gaming, Stake Esports, Stake Casino, Stake Sportsbook, Stake Bet, Stake Punt, Stake Sports, Stake Pokes and Stake Slots.


The casino group has also registered a series of Australian website names under the “.au” domain including stakebet.au; stakecasino.au, stakesports.au and playstake.au.


The case continues.



Crown to launch digital self-exclusion scheme for casinos - July 2023




People with gambling problems will be able to ban themselves from Crown casinos over the internet instead of having to do so in person, as part of a wider overhaul of the group’s approach to harm minimisation.


Crown Resorts’ new safer gambling program also includes the establishment of a dedicated gambling policy team, which will monitor customer playing behaviour and create interventions to better prevent gambling harm from occurring.


Crown boss Ciaran Carruthers joined the business last year following an overhaul of Crown’s management, after a series of bruising inquiries into the company. Carruthers, who has led other global casino groups including Wynn Macau, said the new leadership of Crown was committed to making gambling safer, even if it meant less turnover in its casinos.


“I have been in this business for 34 years and I can tell you – no one does this,” Carruthers said.


“It is critically important to me that when I look at the long-term viability of this business that people see our resorts as entertainment to enjoy safely.”


Under the changes, customers will be able to block themselves from entering a Crown casino through a new digital self-exclusion portal. Those who wanted to ban themselves from Crown venues were previously required to visit, in person, a designated responsible gambling centre run by the group.


The group has also moved to cashless gaming at Crown Melbourne and Crown Sydney – a condition of its temporary gaming licences in NSW and Victoria– as well as introducing $10 maximum bet limits on poker machines at Crown Perth. The technological overhaul required to facilitate the changes has so far cost the business $13 million.


Carruthers pointed to changes Crown has already made which go beyond government regulation, such as encouraging customers to take breaks every three hours, as an indicator of its commitment to shifting problem gambling patterns.


The group said it wanted to establish advisory panels to work with state regulators and community groups to improve gambling harm education and share its research.


Carruthers conceded some aspects of its new approach to harm minimisation, called Crown PlaySafe, would not be welcomed by heavy gamblers. But he argued the changes would make the casinos more appealing to the general public.


Crown’s new head of gambling policy research, Dr Jamie Wiebe, said the most critical shift in the groups gambling policy was a move away from harm minimisation to prevention.


“We want to prevent a problem from ever happening,” she said.


The new program was unveiled just weeks after the Federal Court determined Crown will pay one of the biggest penalties in Australian corporate history to the financial crimes watchdog, after past anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism failings in its Perth and Melbourne casinos.


The $450 million fine is about five per cent of Crown’s last listed market capitalisation before it was taken private by Blackstone Capital for $8.9 billion in May last year.


In 2019, an investigation by this masthead and 60 Minutes revealed Crown had been infiltrated by international criminal syndicates and money launderers.


Crown was forced to overhaul its board, management and procedures to satisfy the regulators, who approved a conditional licence for Crown to operate its Barangaroo casino in June 2022. The conditional licence is valid until the end of this year.


Carruthers said the integrated hospitality offerings at Crown meant the casino could afford to embrace the shift.


“I want people to enjoy the experience of our casinos whether they’re coming for dining, casino or retail. I’m fairly agnostic across which one of those experience or how many of those experiences you want to enjoy,” he said.



Reclusive Sydney gambling mogul emerges as kingmaker in South Africa - September 2023


Reclusive online gambling mogul Martin Moshal is playing an increasingly influential role in a push to oust the South African government.


Mr Moshal, who lives on the exclusive Sydney Harbour row of Camp Cove alongside shopping centre billionaire Steven Lowy, is not on many rich lists but has made a fortune from online casino technology.


Herman Mashaba is the leader of ActionSA, one of a handful of opposition parties Mr Moshal has backed in the lead up to the 2024 South African national election. Mr Mashaba, known for taking a tough line on immigration and endorsing hard labour for prisoners, is hoping the gambling tycoon will continue his support.


“I wish he won’t give up on us and help us democratically remove the [incumbent African National Congress] and bring about a peaceful transition... please help ActionSA,” Mr Mashaba said in an interview with The Australian Financial Review.


“I have been lucky to have known Martin long before I went into politics,” he added. “I approached him and he was willing to back me up because he knows me as a capitalist... Martin was one of the first to come to the party.”


President Cyril Ramaphosa’s social democratic African National Congress party is set to come under pressure next year amid South Africa’s dire economic troubles. A senior party official has warned the country could become a failed state.


Mr Moshal is the largest individual political donor in South Africa in the last two years. He has given 46.5 million rand ($3.8 million), according to electoral records analysed by My Vote Counts, a non-profit advocating for more transparency in politics.


“Given the amounts donated it has become clear to us he now has a large stake in our politics,” said Robyn Pasensie, a researcher at the organisation.


The size of Mr Moshal’s wealth is unknown. He is extremely private and only admitted to his ownership of online gambling giant Betway after UK journalists traced his ownership back to offshore trusts. Mr Moshal did not respond to a request for comment.


Aside from ActionSA, Mr Moshal has donated to the Democratic Alliance (DA), Build One South Africa and said he also intends to support the Inkatha Freedom Party. Mr Moshal is ActionSA’s biggest backer. The Australian Financial Review is not suggesting Mr Moshal supports the party’s policies.


“I’m not saying these parties are all perfect, but we shouldn’t let perfect be the enemy of good... They are all far better than the government we have today,” Mr Moshal told The Jewish Report earlier this year.


“Pirkei Avot was my late dad – John Moshal’s – favourite part of the Talmud within which Rabbi Tarfon is quoted as saying, ‘It’s not up to you to finish the task, but you aren’t free to avoid it’.”


Mr Moshal said he believed South Africa needed a new government and was on its way to becoming a failed state.


“[This is a] government that’s corrupt, cannot provide basic security and opportunity to its citizens... we need the change of government and leadership that these parties can provide.”


ActionSA is known for advocating for life sentences and hard labour for serious offenders and also wants to repeal the ANC’s Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) policy, a form of affirmative action introduced post-apartheid.


“Martin knows my views on racial policies and how dangerous they are,” said Mr Mashaba, who started off in business and was the founder of African hair care brand, Black Like Me.


ActionSA has also been vocal on immigration, views labelled as “xenophobic” by some critics and politicians.


“We recognise that South Africa was built... on the back of migrants,” said Mr Mashaba. “But they must come here legally... you break our laws, we will send you back to your country, the country where you came from.”


One of South Africa’s main economic problems is mismanagement and corruption inside the country’s electricity utility Eskom. The utility has been forced to implement rolling blackouts, which have further stymied economic growth.


“If Eskom cannot run on a commercial basis then it must die a natural death,” Mr Mashaba said, adding changes were needed to give other companies the opportunity to compete.


Mr Moshal’s Entrée Capital is one of Israel’s most active funds in the Israeli VC space. He is the beneficiary of a trust which is the largest individual shareholder in Super Group, which became the parent of Betway and online casino brand Spin after a 2022 listing. The group reported net gaming revenue of €1.3 billion ($2.1 billion) in 2022.


“Moshal is one of the least visible betting entrepreneurs in the world,” Guardian reporter Rob Davis wrote in his book Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain.


“Moshal made much of his fortune from his home in Durban where he patented a series of technological solutions for the online gambling world and developed them via his company Microgaming. The company has since become one of the industry’s leading software players”


A philanthropist, he sits on the capital management advisory committee of Sydney’s Moriah College, alongside Steven Lowy and former Babcock & Brown chief executive Phil Green. He is also a life trustee of the Moriah Foundation and previously donated to Israel’s SpaceIL project attempting to land spacecraft on the moon.



SkyCity puts aside $45m for potential AUSTRAC penalty - August 2023


SkyCity Entertainment set aside $45 million for a penalty if it is convicted of breaches of anti-money laundering and counterterrorism laws.


The financial crimes watchdog, AUSTRAC, lodged proceedings against SkyCity in December over alleged serious and systemic non-compliance with the laws at its Adelaide casino.


SkyCity said on Monday it was difficult to determine the size and timing of the penalty, given the proceedings are in the early stages. But it decided to lodge a $45 million provision on the basis that each breach attracts a maximum civil penalty of between $18 million and $22.2 million.


“Estimating the potential exposure to penalties with any degree of accuracy at this stage of that ongoing process remains challenging, particularly given the outcome is highly dependent on a range of factors which are not yet known,” a statement said.


AUSTRAC has alleged “serious noncompliance” with anti-money laundering laws against SkyCity, claiming the company allowed 59 suspicious patrons to churn more than $4 billion in dirty cash through its Adelaide casino. The independent review is on hold because of the Federal Court action.


The company cut full-year earnings expectations at an investor day in May, with a slowdown in revenue from the international business and rising legal and compliance costs related to a crackdown on money laundering weighing on its bottom line. Analysts have provisioned about $50 million for the AUSTRAC fine, but there is no guarantee that will be enough.


In late May, SkyCity announced it would hire an independent expert to review its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism programs. It is still waiting for South Australia’s investigation into whether it should hold a casino licence to recommence.


“Judgements in civil penalty proceedings bought by AUSTRAC to date demonstrate that the Court’s determination of the appropriate penalty ... is very specific to the fact in each case and that the Court will have regard to a broad range of factors,” SkyCity said.


SkyCity’s provision announcement coincided with a $45.6 million write-down of the Adelaide casino licence, which was attributed to the value and timing of future discounted cash flows.


The company said the impairment and provision were non-cash and would not affect earnings for fiscal year 2023. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation remain in line with guidance of $NZ300 million ($276.6 million) to $NZ310 million.


SkyCity’s provision comes a month after the federal court agreed on rival casino operator Crown’s $450 million fine for breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws. The fine is being paid over a two-year period without interest.


Shares closed on Friday at $2.09.



Hotel room rates plummet for F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend - September 2023


Hotel room rates for Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend have fallen by nearly 60 percent in some cases since they were first posted last fall. But an industry expert says that does not necessarily mean interest in the event is failing to meet expectation.


When select Las Vegas resorts in November 2022 opened their booking schedules for race weekend, listed prices were as high as they have been seen in the city’s history. While still at higher than normal rates, a major decrease has occurred.


When a drop in booking pace occurs, it automatically triggers revenue management systems to suggest the lowering of room rates, according to Dr. Mehmet Erdem, professor of hotel operations and technology at UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hospitality.



Pennsylvania online casinos cross $5 billion in lifetime revenue - September 2023


Business is booming in Pennsylvania. The Keystone State is the clear market leader when it comes to online casino revenue within the US. After August’s total of $171.9 million, Pennsylvania surpassed the $5 billion threshold for lifetime revenue.


Pennsylvania online casinos are constantly upgrading and adding new content, and customers are responding. It doesn’t appear the market will be slowing down anytime soon, either.


Pennsylvania has set the US online casino revenue record four times over the last 11 months, and almost did so again. August’s revenue total of $171.9 million came second to March’s figure of $181.5 million. It was the second-best month of all time for any state with legal online casinos.


Atlantic City: Five-year turnaround of Ocean Casino Resort among city’s greatest successes - September 2023


In the winter of 2019, if any New Jersey sportsbook had tried to offer odds on the Atlantic City casino hotel then known as Ocean Resort Casino making it through another summer, no gambler in their right mind would have taken the bet.


Fast forward to the end of summer 2023, and the property now called Ocean Casino Resort is one of the city’s best performers. In fact, an argument can be made that Ocean’s rise to the upper echelon of the Atlantic City casino market is the most remarkable turnaround of any gambling parlor in history.


From its failed origins as Revel Casino Hotel to its seemingly doomed trajectory in February 2019, the $2.4 billion casino at the north end of the AC Boardwalk felt almost cursed (if you believe in that kind of stuff). But, apparently, the gambling gods decided Ocean was deserving of a better fate.


Once shunned by casino operators, responsible gaming campaign turns 25


At a time when problem gambling matters were rarely mentioned in gaming company boardrooms, Harrah’s Entertainment decided the issue needed to be raised on casino floors.


But it wasn’t just rival corporate executives that looked askance at the idea of employees learning how to spot signs that a customer might have a gambling problem.


“Our own lawyers tried to block it,” recalled Jan Jones Blackhurst, who was then a Harrah’s senior vice president. With the support of company CEO Phil Satre, she led Harrah’s launch of the casino industry’s first responsible gaming initiative in the mid-1990s.


“We had employees that wanted to be educated on the subject. They wanted to be able to help,” said Jones Blackhurst, who completed two terms as Las Vegas mayor before joining Harrah’s. “Maybe because I came out of politics. You have a responsibility to your communities, your customers and your employees. We believed it was the right thing to do.”


Sportsbooks ratchet up targeted advertising at start of NFL season


Shortly after the NFL forged authorized gaming partnerships with a host of leading sportsbooks in the 2021 offseason, operators began flooding the airwaves with a series of humorous spots that featured celebrities hawking their products.


Caesars Sportsbook spent lavishly on an ad package starring the Manning Brothers and actor J.B. Smoove as the eponymous emperor. During Super Bowl LVII last February, Kevin Hart expressed his displeasure for “taking the under” in a DraftKings spot while standing mere feet from WWE wrestler The Undertaker. Another commercial from FanDuel featured a live field goal attempt by former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, one that drifted wide left of the upright at the last second.


Former lieutenant governor calls for Nevada Gaming Commission cyber briefing after MGM and Caesars hacks - September 2023


In light of cyberattacks on MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment, former Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, now a Nevada Gaming Commission member, called for a briefing on the hacking incident to shed more light on what happened and how it can be prevented in the future.


The suggestion comes the same day the Massachusetts Gaming Commission met in executive session “to consider information related to an MGM cybersecurity issue.” It held a similar closed meeting on Monday.


After it returned to the public session on Thursday, the Commission entered into an executive session regarding security at MGM Springfield, according to the Commission agenda.


Krolicki made his comments at the end of Thursday’s five-hour meeting of the Nevada Gaming Commission. Since it was made during the public comment session, the commission could not take up the matter, but it’s likely the issue will return to the Commission and the Nevada Gaming Control Board at some point.


In the latest cyberattack that started being felt Sept. 10 and went into this week, hackers knocked slot machines out of commission and created havoc with ATMs and computer systems. MGM, which is reported by a Wall Street analyst to have lost between $4.2 million and $8.4 million a day with the hack, said its systems were operating normally across their properties nationwide as of Wednesday. Caesars reported it was hacked in late August and had customer information stolen but paid a $15 million ransom that avoided any shutdowns.


In December, the Commission approved cybersecurity regulations for the state’s gaming industry to protect operators’ information systems from attacks that could shutter casinos and compromise customer data. The rules went into effect Jan. 1. That approval came right after BetMGM reported that its customers’ personal information – including Social Security numbers – was obtained in an unauthorized manner and included information on their transactions.


In the regulations, casinos were required to do a risk assessment of their systems by the end of 2023 and take any necessary steps on an ongoing basis to ward off an attack. If any breach was successful that compromised player data, credit card information and other records, including that of employees, properties would be required to report it to gaming regulators within 72 hours.


“It would be important and enlightening given the recent events of the past week regarding cyber security and ransomware in particular at MGM and our friends at Caesars and look at how it impacts our world and regulatory responsibilities,” Krolicki said, later adding,  “I think at some point in time when there’s the energy and understanding of what just happened if we could get some kind of briefing of what transpired that’s appropriate for public record and perhaps policies going forward of how do we avoid these things and if they do happen whether the reporting schemes on whether it was immediately reported to the Gaming Control Board. There are a lot of questions and a lot of publicity. It’s a global story, and I just think it would behoove all of us to get a good handle on what just happened.”


The Nevada Gaming Control Board released a statement on Sept. 13 saying Gov. Joe Lombardo and the board “are monitoring the cybersecurity incident with MGM Resorts and are in communication with company executives. Additionally, the Nevada Gaming Control Board remains in communication with other law enforcement agencies.”


Casino consultant Brendan Bussmann, managing partner of B Global, which tracks gaming boards and commissions, said the Massachusetts hearing won’t be the last and expects states across the country to hold similar sessions wanting to hear from MGM executives.


“Nevada is the second regulator that I know has raised their hand on this after Massachusetts,” Bussmann said. “It should be about what happened and how it happened, which should be considered confidential information. This is going to be a question that every regulator for both commercial gaming and tribal gaming is going to be concerned about. Since we’re still trying to figure out what happened, then we can see what tools we need as an industry to beef up our efforts on cyber-related events.”


While everyone is focused today on MGM and Caesars, this is not the first cyber attack, Bussmann said.


“This can go back to the Las Vegas Sands attacks in 2014 from the Iranians and any other data breaches that happened between then and now,” Bussmann said. “I would expect every state at a minimum has MGM and Caesars in it to at least say what happened and what can we do regulatory to help this and what can we do with testing and what can we do IT and host of things.”


Bussmann said the regulators can’t be reactionary but instead should get evidence on how it happened and use the best resources outside of the casino industry, such as security firms, to do it right.


“There’s no one better suited to regulate Nevada on this issue than the Gaming Control Board in working with law enforcement partners across the country,” Bussmann said.