PokerStars: we don't re-code egaming payments 08/02/2010
PokerStars has clarified its position regarding credit card payments from US-based customers, making clear that it does not re-code ‘7995’ online gambling transactions...
News in brief: £90k in, Calvin Ayre repeats Haiti donation challenge; Microgaming-Lord Of The Rings; Betfair; Parlay... 05/02/2010
The Calvin Ayre Foundation has matched donations to Haitian earthquake victims totalling £pound90,000 to date as part of Bodog founder Ayre’s pledge to match any donation of up to $1m...
France weighs egaming tax changes, pre-pay cards 05/02/2010
Tax on fixed odds betting in France when the online industry becomes legal this summer could be as much as half a percentage point higher than expected, if proposed amendments to draft gaming laws are approved by French politicians this month, while tax on horse racing could fall by the same amount and a ban on pre-pay cards could be dropped...
EWS-owner Webis dragged into half-year loss by BetInternet 05/02/2010
Webis Holdings, the company behind businesses including BetInternet.com and European Wagering Services (EWS), reported a loss for the first six months ended 29 November 2009, due mainly to a fall-off in turnover at BetInternet of a third...
Net Ent 2009: profit up 35% 05/02/2010
Net Entertainment’s full-year profit after tax is up by more than a third on the year before, the Swedish software company’s stellar year-end results reveal, soaring 35% to hit SEK107.7m; although the company failed to maintain the surge in the second half of the year...
Confirmed: Visa declining US egaming payments too UPDATED 05/02/2010
The crackdown on US online gambling payments that began on Wednesday is being operated by Visa as well as rival US credit card giant Mastercard, EGRmagazine.com has now confirmed, with tens of thousands of US online gamblers likely to have been affected...
Sportsbook.com family join Merge network 04/02/2010
Jazette Enterprises, owner of brands including US sports betting giant Sportsbook.com, is to leave the Cake poker network to join the Merge Gaming network...
