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Following the August 20th ruling at the North Gauteng High Court, online poker and all forms of online gambling are now strictly prohibited in South Africa. The Gauteng Gambling Board (GGB) had been fighting for a ban on online casinos for a while, and has sought... 

This year the island country of Singapore started permitting gambling within its borders after its two major resort developments were officially opened. The country was looking to diversify its economic sources of income, and so roughly US$10 billion was spent... 

Online poker giants PokerStars And Full Tilt are both “operating illegally” in the US, according to Bwin CEOs Norbert Teufelberger and Manfred Bodner, in an interview given by them to EGRMagazine.com. Bwin has the world’s third strongest poker offering... 

The US Government has agreed to keep $13.3 million seized from two online gaming payment processing companies in exchange for letting them off their immediate legal troubles. Both companies were run by Ahmad Khawaja and the $13.3 million taken by the FBI represents... 

CEO Brian Hadfield of Gaming software provider CryptoLogic has just announced his resignation after the company posted a record Q2 loss of $12.7m. CryptoLogic had previously posted a $3.2m loss for Q1 and the huge loss for Q2 of $12.7m was enough to have Chairman... 

Casino and amusement product maker PokerTek have just announced its financial results, revealing a net loss for the company in the second quarter of 2010 of $2.04 million. The second quarter results announced by the company show that its total revenue reached... 

The Chinese peninsula of Macau is dubbed the “Monte Carlo of the Orient” and took over the mantle of world’s biggest gambling resort from Las Vegas in 2006. While Vegas continues to languish in the doldrums, Macau’s monthly casino revenues keep on going... 

British online gaming group 888 Holdings plc have just released their Q2 2010 financial results, which show total operating income unchanged from the same period a year earlier at $61m. However, there was an increase of 10% in the company’s total operating... 

Following Wednesday’s passing of Rep. Barney Frank’s online gambling bill by the ‘House Committee on Financial Services,’ the question is what happens next in the drive to legalize the online gaming market in the United States. Frank’s... 

After months of discussions, PartyGaming And Bwin have finally announced their decision to merge their businesses and form the  world’s largest online gambling company. Providing shareholders approve the merger, Bwin will own 51.4% of the new business while...