United Kingdom News - Page 82

iBetX, Ltd., an online person-to-person trading exchange market, has data that shows Google to be over priced.

International News Brief: A man serving a life sentence for attempted rape and a history of sex crimes has won £7 million on the National Lottery.

eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance and Casino City today announce a joint collaborative agreement and the introduction of new eCOGRA certification features on the popular Casino City website.

International News Brief: A millionaire bookmaker said today he wants to make what he believes to be the world’s biggest bet - £1 million – on his beloved football team.

International News Brief: Bosses behind a plan for Suffolk's first casino have reassured residents of a historic market town that they will not become neighbours to a Las Vegas-style facility.

International News Brief: A 58-year-old cancer sufferer from Northern Ireland was unveiled on Friday as the biggest single winner in the 10-year history of Britain's National Lottery with a 20.1 million pound jackpot.

World Gaming plc and its affiliates, a UK-based Internet-gaming software and e-business services group of companies, announce the restructuring of its relationship with its major customer Sportingbet PLC and its affiliates.

Research and Markets reports the addition of The European Union and its Impact on State-Licensed Gambling Monopolies to their offering.

International News Brief: Internet gambling websites should introduce age-verification checks to prevent children from betting online, a children's charity urged today.

International News Brief: Plans for Las Vegas-style casinos all over Britain were reined in yesterday by MPs and Lords who are worried by the possibility of too many such resorts being built in the United Kingdom.

International News Brief: Members of a Russian criminal gang which tried to blackmail British bookmakers by disabling their websites have been arrested.

Top online gambling turnkey provider Microgaming has announced that it will soon move into new and larger business premises on the Isle of Man as a result of strategic restructuring to better support an expanding business.

International News Brief: Little-known American Todd Hamilton won the Open at Royal Troon. Hamilton was a 200/1 outsider to take the title and Ladbrokes and William Hill said they had only taken a total of six bets on him.

International News Brief: Britian’s obsession with betting has spiralled by huge sums, figures reveal. In only three years, the money staked by punters has shot up from £7.3 billion annually to £29.6 billion.

Kerzner International Ltd., owner of the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas, plans to help build three casino resorts in the United Kingdom, including one in London's Millennium Dome with Anschutz Entertainment Group, for $1 billion.

International News Brief: Controversial plans to convert a Black Country pub into a £1.3 million all-night casino resembling an ocean liner have today been scuppered by planning inspectors.

International News Brief: BETonSPORTS, an online gambling company, is raising £54.6m through a placing on the Aim market, the company will announce today.

Kerzner International Limited has been appointed the preferred developer with respect to the development and management of gaming, hotel and entertainment facilities in two key markets in the United Kingdom.

International News Brief: Scotland's first casino resort is set to be built in Glasgow as part of a £562m development on the banks of the River Clyde.

International News Brief: Westpac has vowed to defend a case brought against it by a Aspinalls Casino suing for millions of dollars linked to a convicted fraudster.