A 32-32 vote in the House Financial Services committee defeated a bill requiring Congress to define ‘unlawful Internet gambling”. Supporters hoped the bill would provide momentum to legislation legalizing i-gaming in the US. Two bills authored by committee chairman Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) - HR 2046 and HR 5767 - are stalled, with no apparent way forward during what remains of the 110th Congress.

Mountains of cash, beautiful women, and a nonstop round-the-world party. Life was good for Calvin Ayre, founder of the online gambling powerhouse Bodog. Then he was gone.

Betting company Neville Porter Plc. said the application to the court by a creditor of the company to appoint an administrator has been withdrawn.

For most people, bingo brings up images of elderly ladies in smoke-filled halls. But many online gambling executives say it's the next big growth area.

Malaysian gambling group Genting Bhd launched its first online casino brand, CircusCasino.com, in the United Kingdom, the company said on Friday.

Greek betting technology company Intralot SA said it has been granted a license to operate games in the Australian state of Tasmania by the local gaming commission.

The various reforms announced by the New South Wales racing industry this week have generally been given a quiet run in the media. So much so that Racing NSW and its wagering partner TabCorp have been reduced to issuing self congratulatory press releases in an attempt to generate some positive PR.

The Northern Territory betting agency Sportsbet has become the first company to take on the State Government over the advertising ban for online betting operators in a stoush that could result in the controversial global betting giant Betfair winning its fight to advertise in NSW.

Betting agency Sportsbet has defended a campaign involving cold calls to mobile phones offering free betting vouchers.

The online bookmaking agency Sportsbet has started calling mobile phones randomly encouraging people to bet.

The All England club wants the oohs and aahs to come from the heart and not the wallet

Shares in Rank Group Plc. were lower late morning after Merrill Lynch reiterated its 'underperform' stance on the group after proposals to increase category B3 machines in bingo clubs, market sources said.

Whilst a rigorous process within the European Commission (Commission) has been instituted to protect the EC Treaty, questions are now being raised about whether this process is working.

The European Commission is under political pressure not to crack down on national barriers to gaming competition as legal actions against EU states drag on, industry groups said on Thursday.

Any chance of Congress rolling back an Internet gambling ban this year died Wednesday when a House committee deadlocked on an amendment to prevent federal agencies from drafting regulations to enforce the ban.

Lawmakers failed Wednesday to agree on setting a clear definition of illegal Internet gambling to go along with a ban on online betting passed in 2006.

TATTERSALL'S 50-year monopoly on lotteries in Victoria will end in days amid concerns new gambling giant Intralot will expand the availability of gambling products.

Wigan MPs and councillors have lobbied a key government minister over the sale of state-owned bookmaker the Tote.

Greek betting monopoly OPAP got shareholder approval on Wednesday to amend part of its corporate charter as it prepares for a possible opening of the country's gaming market.

Nikolay Davydenko said an on-court conversation with his wife Irina may have accidentally triggered the betting scandal which has plagued him since last year.