10 percent gross margin tax maxed at A$250 000 seems to have found favour

Internet casinos and bookie firms in the Australian state of Northern Territory have signalled their approval of a government tax change that makes them more competitive, according to online casinos reports in The Age newspaper this week.
In it’s battle to compete with the rival state of Tasmania for online bookie business - reportedly worth $1.5 [...]

10 games for 3.6 million players

Internet gambling software provider Cryptologic and the major European-facing online gambling group Unibet have signed a multi-year deal that will see a top Cryptologic slot going live this week, at least six more casino games carried by the end of 2009, and a further three in 2010.
Unibet’s online activities attract 3.6 million players to its [...]

Q3 pre-tax profits fall 22 percent

The European-facing internet gambling group Unibet is the latest gambling company to feel the chill of big player wins on football results, announcing this week that its third quarter pre-tax profits sank 22 percent to GBP3.5 million (Q3 2008: GBP 4.5 million).
The downward trend is especially disappointing coming on the heels of half year 2009 [...]

From Paddy Power to PokerStars - Costello makes a career change

After just short of two years with Paddy Power as head of online casinos marketing, Fintan Costello has made a career switch by moving to PokerStars as senior marketing manager.
A BSc graduate in Business and Finance from Dublin City University, Costello commenced his career running his own web design and marketing gambling company - Contender [...]

Grand Parade buys betting business

Internet gambling giant Tatts Group Ltd has a announced a deal with publicly listed Grand Parade Investments Ltd that will see it depart online casinos South Africa.
The company said in a statement on Monday that the sale - for SA Rands 170 million - was subject to conditions including South African regulatory approvals. South Africa’s [...]

English Harbour adds a selection of new slots

The Vegas Technology-powered veteran online casino group English Harbour has added four new online casino games to its gambling suite.
Reel Deal is a five reel, twenty pay-line slot game with several bonus features, scatters and free spins wrapped in a business theme, whilst Safari takes players on a trip to the wild in a five [...]