Cryptologic, having signed an agreement with Bet24, Scandinavian online gaming company, will license at least ten of its most popular online casino games to Bet24 including branded and non-branded slot games. The games are to be launched in the Games portal of Bet24, of them two are already live – Cubis and Bejeweled, and the remaining games will be launched throughout this year.

Gaming Technology Solutions made Cryptologic games available to Bet24 customers.

With several stations already operating on the Sky Network and allowing internet betting services, the world is glad to welcome the new Betting Channel offering a unique live streaming betting station that enable sports wagering through a channel authorized by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

The new betting channel will stream live betting for only a few hours a day in the morning. It is planned to extend in future its hours of operation up to 6 hours daily. Run through the channel, the live streaming TV betting will operate through the Betting Vhannel.tv site.

Alan Bentley, who will co-host the show, turned out to be the main figure standing behind the launch of this new betting product that is intended to provide entertaining medium and the latest wagering odds.

Ladbrokes, an internet-based gambling company, is looking for a new CEO to replace Christopher Bell.

The current CEO had to struggle to propel the company out of the global economic recession, however, his success has been rather limited. Eventually, the Ladbrokes investors decided it’s time to find a new leader. Christopher Bell accepted the investors’ plan and stepped down from his position.

The new CEO might be hired from within the company (there are some very strong choices) or outside it.

Some changes in the upper level management have taken place at 888 Holdings this month. The founder of the company, Shay Ben-Yitzhak, has resigned his position to spend more time with his family.

Ben Yitzhak held the full-time position of non-executive director at the online casino gambling group. With his presence, 888 holdings has become a leader in the market for strong content. The company claims that he has nicely contributed to the group’s growth and now can finally focus on his family.

The main goal for online casinos is to provide quality gaming services. As for payment processing, it requires experience in this field, that is why online casinos outsource it to third parties. Thus, recently CryptoLogic has signed a three-year deal with Realex Payments for undertaking its card processing requirements (today Realex Payments has over 3,500 clients across Europe).

In accordance with the agreement, Realex Payments is to provide CryptoLogic with comprehensive payment processing services across a variety of currencies, regions and card types, as well as its card acquiring partners with a gateway service.

Kieron Nolan, Director of Treasury at Cryptologic, explains the reason for selecting Realex: “Although we had a very tight deadline and an extensive wish list of specific requirements, Realex was able to implement the solution quickly and efficiently, meeting our demands in the timeframe required”.

Players at CryptoLogic online casinos are assured of security and reliability and promised to enjoy better payment processing services.

According to the UK study, stay-at-home mothers prefer online casinos to the outside world. Four out of five surveyed moms socialize with friends, shop and gamble at online casinos at least once a day. Almost 25% of them spend two hours or even more gambling online.

Before, the majority of stay-at-home moms spent most of their time in front of TV. Now the TV number is declining what seems to be a natural evolution to superior technology.

The changes look harmless to many analysts, however, there are some groups who think of the necessity to regulate the time online to avoid shirking other duties and possibility if gambling addiction.

Lots of players gambling online perceive gambling as a way of making money. Nobody will deny the fact that somebody will win, but you should also understand that somebody will lose too. And there are far more losers than winners. Healthy internet gambling means fun and relaxation.

Playing online it’s really important to enjoy the game for just what it is – a game itself. The “money” perception doesn’t work here. It is all about luck, and no one can change that. Yes, people win, but in most cases their winnings are tiny, however, these little wins are still keeping people on the site. Remember, there is only one jackpot winner, and he is the one to take home lion’s share of the prizes.

ITNet Consulting Business, a Spanish holding company, is reported to be provided with fully managed services by NeoGames, to create the first Spanish scratch card offering found at www.mundirasca.com. Players will find over 50 themed and instantly gratifying scratch games on the site.

Shay B. Joseph, CFO at NeoGames, comments: “Our partnership with ITnet Consulting Business is a great accomplishment as we expand our scratch card brand portfolio across Europe, by entering the Spanish market with a well established online business. We have no doubt … Mundirasca.com will develop into a strong local brand”.

Carlos Blanco, CEO at ITnet Consulting Business states: “We are really proud of this partnership with NeoGames. It will help to increase our focus on the Spanish gaming market as well as widening our range of leisure products. We look forward to building a great brand with Mundirasca.com and its games and become a reference for the Spanish scratch card players.”

Now, with the implementation of Gambling Act in Estonia, all online casino sites located at servers outside the country will be blocked. According to the Act, online casinos are to be run from servers located in the country, pay a licensing fee and a 5% sales tax on gross revenue. The recent change in law is supposed to increase government revenues,

According to the Estonia Free Press, this condition will be lifted next year. If the market in the country does not open for foreign Internet gambling operators, Estonia may face an exodus of gaming business.

Implementation of the Gambling Act has made Estonia the latest member of EU to disregard treaty rules demanding all members to accept each other’s licensing and regulatory procedures.

Despite EU demands for an open and fair online casino gambling market, Sweden is still refusing compliance with this police. In fact, the country has a very well protected state monopoly keeping foreign online casinos out of the market and at the same time prosecuting betting and gambling companies that force themselves into the market.

In view of that, Sweden has been criticized on a number of issues. And one of the claims is that Sweden’s regulations do not prevent underage gambling. To get rid the country of unneeded criticism, Swedish officials have announced new gambling regulations that add age restriction to all gambling going through the state monopoly. So, now Swedish citizens can start gambling from the age of 18 only.