Dutch authorities intend to crack down on illegal online casinos and are calling on banks to stop providing financial services to them, a Justice Ministry spokeswoman said on Saturday.

Changes to the rules about how internet gambling is advertised will be debated by Alderney's States.

British sports betting company Victor Chandler, set to expand into the South African market, revealed this week that it regarded the potential in this country as "huge".

Football betting on exotic markets - such as tackle counts and metres gained - has been suspended by bookmakers because punters are confused which statistics agencies use when paying out on bets.

Gala Coral, the betting, bingo and casino group, has held exploratory talks with representatives of Britain's leading racecourses over a potential £300m-plus joint-bid for the Tote, the state-owned bookmaker.

Gibraltar cropped up this week in a debate in the House of Lords on offshore gambling.

Bookmakers have been told they are in danger of losing their licences if they continue to bet on course with betting exchange Betfair.

Ascot Sports (IOM) Ltd, owner and operator of the sportsbook, www.ascotsports.com, says it is not taking bets either online or over the telephone, phone calls to the company on Thursday evening and yesterday morning revealed.

Betting, bingo and casinos group Gala Coral is poised to link up with leading racecourse operators for a £300m bid for the Tote.

Brokers could not agree over the performance and prospects for leisure club operator Rank Group after the company admitted the smoking ban had impacted its revenues in the first quarter of 2008.

Approximately 100 days have now gone by. As is customary for newly established governments, this period of time is sufficient to take stock of the success or failure of the route taken by a government or – in this case – of the success of a law.

Visit just about any online gambling site on the Internet today, click over to their ‘Security’ page, and you’ll find a long paragraph detailing the extreme measures taken to keep all member accounts secure. From SSL (Secure Socket Layers) to the most sophisticated encryption technologies, they certainly know how to make a potential sign-up feel like they are 100% safe. Safety and security is generally the first sought after aspect of a user who’s giving their personal and/or information, regardless of the type of web site in question.

Online gaming group Sportingbet expects operating profit in the three months to April 30 to more than double, but still announced another round of job cuts.

Partygaming FD Martin Weigold goes over the 2007 results in the first full year after the withdrawal from the US gaming market

CryptoLogic Limited, a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, through its wholly owned subsidiary WagerLogic, has announced a three-year licensing contract with 888 Holdings PLC, one of the world's most popular online gaming companies. Under the agreement, 888 will select and integrate casino games from CryptoLogic that best complement 888's broad offering.

Austrian gaming company Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG. will no longer market abroad broadcasting rights for Bundesliga games from 2009 as German soccer league DFL plans to take over the marketing itself, Die Welt reported.

Two senior figures from the country's biggest bookmakers must explain their actions to the High Court on Monday as the case over televised racing in betting shops reaches a collision point.

With efforts in Washington underway to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, I decided to look at the state of the industry after what has been the most challenging 18 months in the history of online gambling.  The most current United States internet gambling witch hunt started when former BETonSPORTS CEO David Carruthers was picked up by the Feds on July 17th, 2006.

The Belgian refereeof a first division match under investigation for alleged irregular betting was quoted in a newspaper on Thursday saying he had not sought to influence the result.

The Belgian Football Association is probing alleged irregular betting of over $1 million on Anderlecht's 4-1 league win over Sint Truiden last month, which was a key game in the race for the final Champions League spot. "The FA has launched an investigation into Anderlecht's first division match at home to Sint Truiden following allegations by Club Bruges chairman Michel D'Hooghe that large sums of money were bet on the match," Belgian FA spokesman Nicolas Cornu said.