Cocoa Casino Gets Updated

Cocoa Casino, an online casino, has made their home page more modern and slicker and is now planning to improve and make additions to their 3-reel slot games. It has already been admitted that now their site looks more updated and professional.

As for the updated games releases that are coming soon, they are thought to be better for players – full screen animations where the size of the win will determine the type of animation that will be seen.

The Kentucky Online Casino Situation Not Resolved

The Kentucky online casino gambling situation seems to be endless – the governor and some state laywers are still supporting the attempts to seize over 140 internet gambling related names, though the case has now gone to the Kentucky Appeals Court.

It must be admitted that some online casinos have complied with Governor Beshear’s request, others not, and the Appeals court has come to the conclusion that the domain seizure was unfounded and not supported by Kentucky state law. Many thought that the case would be dismissed by the courts, but it is progressing, and is thought to have a negative effect on international business and e-commerce in future.

Bingo Players Love Social Networking Features

The online casino bingo gambling industry has recently remarkably grown. Social chatting and networking features built into many bingo sites could be the reason for that. BingoHideout.co.uk, a popular bingo site destination for lots of gamblers in the UK market, admits that players use the site more and more often for everything from looking for true love to maling new friends.

The recently released survey indicates that gamblers do really like social networking features and they believe that the friends and relationships built through the site will have a longlasting and positive effect on their lives.

Spin3 Releases New Mobile Game

The new mobile games released from Spin3, a n extremely popular and reputable deliverer of high quality mobile gaming content, are reported to be Mac compatible, and can be played from such devices as iTouch and iPhone. Even the iPods users can access these games.

The Royal Derby Game, already available at some Spin3 mobile internet casinos, is the latest gaming option on the Spin3 mobile gambling platform. The game is promised to appeal to horserace punters who would never have two identical races in the virtual mobile racing track. The players of the Royal Derby Game can have a look at odds and stats for all of the horses, just in the same way it could be done with the real land horseracing industry.

The Royal Derby game is accessible on the Wild Jack Mobile Casino and the All Slots Casino sites.

Conferencing in LV is not a Luxury

Las Vegas is known to have lost approximately $166 million over the past severl months in revenue due to the cancelled conferences. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has announced that even more jobs are endanger in the region because of that. It is natural that not only the convention centers lose money, but the hotels lose bookings and the casinos lose in gambling revenues.

The LVCVA has nothing to do but to organize a promotion of conference travel to Las Vegas. If nothing is going to change in the upcoming months there, there will be layoffs.

What Would you Do if You Found a Lottery Ticket?

Amanda, Stacey, a 34-year-old housewife, the UK, has received an 11-month deferred jail sentence for false claiming in the lottery.  What happened is that Amanada found the lottery ticket on the floor at the grocery store, brought it home and found out that the ticket had winnings numbers and was worth GBP 30,000.

The ticket belonged to Dorothy McDonagh, a 61-year-old gambler, who purchased tickets on the regular basis and kept receipts as a proof of purchase. The old woman revealed the situation and the case was forwarded to the police.

So, this way, Amanda learnt that any fraudulent activities result in jail time.

Bodog Implements New Growth Strategy

CalvinAyres, the founder and former CEO of Bodog Entertainment has got growth and development plans for the company.

First of all, the company is moving into Asia with a deal with Haydock Sports. Then, they are planning to have a brand licensing deal in Europe, re-brand the company and products and, finally, Bodog is going to enter the European internet gambling market.

In addition to that Bodog has got a new news portal that is to offer news and professional analysis on the situation in the industry.

The revealed plans indicate that Bodog is implementing a very good growth and diversification strategy.

Executives Discuss Law Issues

The World Online Gambling Law Report Summer Retreat 2009, scheduled for the end of June in the UK and to be sponsored by several top games in the internet gambling law sector, is a great opportunity for executives to meet woth other industry executives and discuss legal issues facing the online gambling industry today.

Hambach and Hambach, a law firm based out of Germany, and the GamingLaw.eu site are the tops on the list of sponsors of the upcoming event.

The main issues to be discussed in the course of the event are the regulations and internet gambling bans in some countries, media and information laws, advertising and other related to the gambling industry mediums.

Pushing Hard for Legalization of Internet Gambling in Canada

Internet gambling in Canada is illegal, however the legislation is not enforced throughout the country, and small areas such as Nova Scotia are looking for the ways to legalize forms of internet gambling. And the chances to legalize internet gambling are pretty high.

One of the reasons for the legalization is the way to bring more revenue to the country’s economy.

At the moment there is no evidence that online casino poker is being well-received by the government, but some organizations are going to press the issue unless the positive results come.

What are the Plans of Giga?

Though GigaMedia remains to be strong in the market, it has become known that the company is looking for the other internet gambling companies to merge with or to be acquired by.

A public statement recently released by Giga notes, however, that the company is in talks with several companies interested in the purchase of Giga Media holdings. A new financial advisor is known to be helping the company with negotiating a sale or acquisition agreement.

Being listed in the US, Giga operates out of Taiwan. The Everest Gaming brand is the company’s signature product.