eGaming Morning Snapshot - 13 October 13/10/2008

Jake Pollard

The Victoria and New South Wales governments have announced that advertising restrictions which prevent bookmakers licensed elsewhere in Australia from advertising freely in the states are to be lifted.  In a joint statement, Victoria’s Minister for Racing Rob Hull said: “The proposed changes will create an opportunity for bookmakers in both Victoria and New South Wales to grow their businesses through advertising generally and will also provide new revenue streams for racing clubs in both states through advertising and race sponsorship.” NSW Minister for Gaming and Racing Kevin Greene said the decision had been prompted by March’s landmark High Court decision in favour of Betfair, which had “raised constitutional issues in relation to laws prohibiting interstate wagering operators from advertising in many Australian states.” Greene announced that both governments would move quickly to draft new advertising reforms and that current restrictions on overseas bookmakers would remain.

The Football Association is to investigate the possibility of match-fixing after the Sunday Telegraph handed over a document outlining irregular betting activity in the Asian gambling market during a recent Championship game.

The Poker Channel has announced an agreement with online video platform provider Brightcove to enable delivery of free advertising-supported video content on its Poker Channel Europe online portal. Poker Channel commercial director Chris White said: “With Brightcove’s technology, we can help make pokerchanneleurope.com  the premier destination for poker fans worldwide, and offer more ways to engage and interact with our audiences whether on TV or online.”

---

In other news today:

Probability NGR up 10% as it benefits from ‘Lidl effect’
Second quarter key performance indicators (KPIs) for the three month period to the end of September for mobile gambling operator Probability revealed a 10% quarterly increase in net gaming revenues to £1.4m, compared with £1.2m on the previous quarter, the company announced this morning.

Don't miss out on egaming news: sign up for our free, daily Snapshot email. Or get the news as its breaks with the free eGaming Review RSS feed.

Posted: 13/10/2008