http://centrs.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:17:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week's dismal warnings from German lottery company JAXX AG have been ameliorated this week by a set of positive YTD results from Hamburg-based Tipp24 AG. The online lottery operator has released its financial results for the nine months of 2009 showing a 62.8 percent year-on-year rise in revenues to Euro ... http://centrs.com/2009/12/tipp24-results-are-positive/ The land of the free again failed to live up to its name this week as another online gambler was sent to jail for refusing to testify before a Grand Jury investigating online gambling in Kansas City. Nicholas Zicarelli became the 10th person jailed for declining to testify, his lawyer, Kenneth ... http://centrs.com/2009/12/feds-send-another-to-jail-for-refusing-to-testify-before-online-gambling-grand-jury/ The sluggish progress of the South African government's initiative to legalise and license online gambling in the country remains bogged down in legal and technical issues and is unlikely to be implemented in the immediate future, it appears. In a review of progress this week, the publication ITWeb reports that loopholes ... http://centrs.com/2009/12/national-gambling-board-is-still-developing-its-it-skills/ Seventy key online gambling personnel working at eCOGRA-accredited operations in four countries received responsible gambling training from the standards and player protection body this year, the fifth in which courses have been offered. The non-profit organisation's Responsible Gambling manager, Tex Rees conducted the courses in-house at online casino, poker and sportsbook ... http://centrs.com/2009/12/courses-held-in-several-countries/ Dragonfish, the b2b division of online gambling group 888.com, branched out into other e-commerce sectors this week, inking a major e-Payments processing agreement with Linden Lab, the creator of the virtual world Second Life, thus diversifying its business beyond the gaming industry. The agreement calls for Dragonfish to provide Linden Lab ... http://centrs.com/2009/12/888-b2b-subsidiary-now-active-in-other-e-commerce-sectors/ London advertising agency The Brooklyn Brothers has successfully competed against rival agency Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy to secure the GBP 5 million advertising account for UK bookmaking giant William Hill plc. The account will include extensive work in the run-up to next year's World Cup of football, which is being held ... http://centrs.com/2009/12/plenty-of-action-in-the-run-up-to-next-years-football-world-cup-in-south-africa/ Webmaster Dave Sawyer and his team at Bathrock Media have been busy with launches and re-launches this week as the online gambling information company upgrades its offerings. Launching is a new portal branded Leading Casino.com, which as the title suggests is designed to independently assess and showcase a dynamic Top Ten ... http://centrs.com/2009/12/new-portal-and-revamped-fave-review-site-launched/ Golden Casino has advised its players that it is to leave the US market with effect from December 1st, which is the date on which US banks must cease processing online gambling transactions as the UIGEA regulations comes into effect. Vegas Tech-powered Golden Casino is widely believed to have been set ... http://centrs.com/2009/12/speculation-that-the-imminent-implementation-of-the-uigea-regulations-is-the-motivation/ The newly introduced affiliate marketers’ association, the Gambling Affiliates Union, has announced the endorsement of its first affiliate program, Affstorm, which handles affiliate marketing for brands like Casino33.com, becomes the first to carry the GAU’s watchful eye logo after changing a clause in its terms and conditions and agreeing to enter ... http://centrs.com/2009/11/affstorm-endorsed-by-new-affiliate%e2%80%99s-union/ CasperP of Copenhagen is one lucky Dane, having aced a Euro 264 667 jackpot on the Geisha Wonders slot at Bet24.com this week. The online player hammered the online casino’s jackpot on his first experience with the game, and is still so astonished at his good fortune that he has not ... http://centrs.com/2009/11/geisha-wonders-slot-delivers-euro-264-667/