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.

Rep. Spencer Bachus two years ago helped enact a federal ban on Internet gambling, but that was nowhere near the end of the debate.

Sportech, the Football pools operator, is to target millions of online poker and casino players following a "milestone" deal signed yesterday with 888, the internet gaming giant.

Online gamer 888 has signed a strategic partnership with pools operator Sportech to supply it with an online gaming system.

At least five new customers launching this summer and fall, driving growth for e-gaming software leader

A relaxation of UK slot machine laws expected on Wednesday could trigger a widely tipped sale or break up of UK betting firm Rank.

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) was informed yesterday that Antigua and Barbuda and the United States had agreed to another deferral of arbitration proceedings, as the two countries seek to finalise a bilateral agreement that would bring years of conflict over the Internet gambling industry to an end.

The gaming company Betsson has reported Sweden’s Gaming Board to the Ombudsmen of Justice (JO) over the Board’s plans for fining Betsson after the company opened a store in Stockholm.

Sportingbet will this week attempt to break the legal deadlock surrounding two London-based junior staff who have been thrown into an Istanbul jail.

In a judgment delivered on 17 June 2008 following a claim brought by Paris Saint Germain Football Club against bwin and Unibet two online sports betting companies and members of the EGBA, the Paris Tribunal of First Instance rejected all of the football club’s demands.

The US House Committee on Financial Services is to vote on 24 June on whether to dissolve the controversial Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.

ESI Entertainment Systems Inc. ("ESI") (TSX:ESY) a leading provider of secure payment processing services to international e-commerce industries, today clarifies the Company's position regarding the Deferred Prosecution Agreement ("DPA") entered into with the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York ("USAO").

In September of 2007, the country of Antigua appointed VantisPLC, a UK accounting firm, as the trustee in bankruptcy for BetonSports. In February of 2008 they were asked to oversee the liquidation of the insolvent company's assets. According to a statement by Vantis, when they took on the receivership, BetonSports showed almost $27 million in liabilities with approximately $16 million owed to players. Assets, however, only totalled $10 million with $8 million of that consisting of accounts receivable. Consequently, the players can not get all their funds back and the amount they receive will be determined by how much Vantis can recoup from debtors.

A former employee of a disgraced Internet gambling site helped steal the personal information for at least 150 people as part of an identify theft ring, federal authorities announced Monday.