December Casino News Archive 2011
Betfair Fixes Major Software Error December 31st, 2011
bet365 Extremely Successful in 2011 December 30th, 2011
2011 a Great Year for Slots Players December 29th, 2011
DoJ Decision Influences Stock Prices December 28th, 2011
Casino Tropez Publishes December Winners List December 28th, 2011
All Star Slots Offers Rewarding New Year Promotions December 27th, 2011
Domain Registrar Speaks Out Against SOPA December 26th, 2011
Industry Reacts Positively to US DoJ Decision December 26th, 2011
EUcasino Offers New Promotions in January 2012 December 25th, 2011
DoJ Says Wire Act Does Not Apply to Online Poker and Gambling December 24th, 2011
Cherry Red Casino Offers Huge Christmas Bonuses December 23rd, 2011
Rival Gaming Releases New Winter Themed Slots December 22nd, 2011
Christmas Slots Launched by Top Game December 22nd, 2011
Playtech to Take Over Ash Gaming December 21st, 2011
Black Friday Defendant Pleads Guilty December 20th, 2011
888.com Expects Fantastic 2011 Performance December 20th, 2011
UK Minister Appoints New Gambling Commission Executives December 19th, 2011
Microgaming Releases New Games for Mobile Platforms December 19th, 2011
BTG and Full Tilt Agree on Assets Transfer December 18th, 2011
Titan Casino Offers New Holiday Bonuses December 18th, 2011
New Jersey Sports Betting Bill Delayed December 17th, 2011
New Online Gambling Developments in Europe December 17th, 2011
Cryptologic to be Taken Over by Amaya Gaming December 16th, 2011
Bodog Brand Leaves US Market December 16th, 2011
Aladdin's Gold Casino Launches Christmas Special Promo December 15th, 2011
Belgium to Go Ahead With ISP Blocking December 14th, 2011
Betfair Appoints New Interim CEO December 14th, 2011
All Slots Casino Comments on Recent Winners December 14th, 2011
Joe Barton to Push US Online Poker Bill December 13th, 2011
US Casino Magnate Opposes Legalized Online Gambling December 12th, 2011
Austrian Player Disqualified from Euro 43 Million Win December 13th, 2011
InterCasino Organizes Countdown to 2012 Promotion December 11th, 2011
Young German Player Wins EPT Prague Bracelet December 11th, 2011
Ontario Ready for Online Gambling in 2012 December 10th, 2011
Former Wynn Resorts Exec Positive about US Online Poker December 9th, 2011
Australian Anti Online Gambling Bill About to be Dropped December 9th, 2011
DC Implements Changes to Online Gambling Technology December 8th, 2011
AGCC About to Review Its Guidelines and Procedures December 8th, 2011
€11.7 Million Mega Fortune Jackpot Declared a Record December 7th, 2011
William Hill Declared as Operator of The Year 2011 December 7th, 2011
UK Media Cautious About Facebook Online Gambling December 6th, 2011
Neteller and Platinum Play Organize New Promotion December 6th, 2011
EuroGrand Casino November Winners List Published December 5th, 2011
Betfair Appoints New Sports Operations Director December 5th, 2011
Black Friday Charges Will Stay Says US Attorney December 4th, 2011
Operators and Gaming Associations Challenge EU Member States December 3rd, 2011
Playtech to Release New Game Themed After Popular Movie December 3rd, 2011
Denmark Prepares for Online Gambling Liberalization December 2nd, 2011
All Star Slots Casino Organizes New Promos in December December 2nd, 2011
Betfair Submits Complaint to EC on New German Legislation December 1st, 2011
Microgaming Introduces Two Additional Games December 1st, 2011
Renowned online sports betting operator Betfair explained that the software error which cased the cancellation of a huge number of player bets earlier this week was finally fixed.
Renowned online sports betting and casino operator bet365 announced that it managed to close the year with achieving all its goals successfully.
In 2011 many new and exciting slot games were released by some of the best and biggest online casino game developers. Players had the chance to try out new games with revolutionary new features and amazing graphics.
The news that the US DoJ will from now on only apply the Wire Act on online sports betting resulted in the significant increase of some US and European gambling companies' stock prices.
Casino Tropez just published the list of the biggest winners of December 2011. It tuns out that most players who won great prizes were from Italy.
All Star Slots casino will offer players three exciting and rewarding promotions just before and after the New Year. All three promotions consist of lucrative deposit bonuses.
Renowned domain registrar GoDaddy announced last week that it changed it stance and does not support the adoption of the controversial US Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) anymore.
Many industry experts and representatives expressed their support towards the Department of Justice's decision to only apply the infamous Wire Act on online sports betting activities.
Popular online casino EUcasino has just revealed the list of bonuses players will be able to claim during January 2012. Among next month's offers players will find many old favorites as well as new additions.
Yesterday the United States Department of Justice explained that the US Wire Act known as the legislation prohibiting all forms of online gambling can only be applied in the case of online sports betting.
During Christmas Cherry Red Casino is offering a new and special promotion to its players. Players will be able to receive a 200% up to $1,000 bonus on five separate deposits during the weekend.
Online casino software developer Rival Gaming has just released a new slots called Ice Picks. The new game offers many amazing features as well as fantastic prizes.
Online casino software developer Top Game just released a new video slots called Merry Bells themed after Christmas and featuring many bonuses and extras.
Online casino software developer Playtech announced that it would soon take over the software company named Ash Gaming for a total price of £23 million.
Founder of Absolute Poker Brent Beckley has pled guilty today of committing bank fraud and providing illegal online gambling services in the US.
Renowned online gambling venture 888.com announced yesterday that the company's 2011 financial performance is several times higher than what has initially been expected.
The UK Minister of Tourism and Heritage John Penrose has today appointed four new officials who will lead the UK Gambling Commission during the upcoming years.
Online casino software provider Microgaming announced the release of eight new online casino games which are playable on Android based smartphones and tablets.
Full Tilt Poker shareholders and the Bernard Tapie Group have finally completed an agreement regarding the transfer of Full Tilt's assets to the investor group.
Famous online casino Titan Casino will award players with attractive deposit bonuses during every single day of December. All this is possible within the new promotion called Great Christmas Giveaway.
The bill legalizing sports betting in the US state of New Jersey was not adopted this month, but it's expected that the final voting will take place in January 2012.
This week some European countries announced that they will liberalize their online gambling market beginning 2012, others, on the other hand will adopt laws that would limit players' access to certain websites.
Online casino software developer Cryptologic indicated this week that it might sell all of its share capital to the company named Amaya Gaming.
Renowned online gambling brand Bodog just terminated its licensing agreement with the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group and ceased all gaming activities in the US.
Aladdin's Gold Casino is organizing a new promotion that will award players with a 100% up to $1,000 deposit bonus on three separate occasions during the week.
The Belgian Gaming Commission announced that beginning January 2012 all unlicensed online gambling ventures operating in the country will be blacklisted and blocked by ISPs.
Renowned online sports betting, poker and casino venture Betfair appointed Stephen Morana as the new interim CEO of the company. Morana will take the place of resigning CEO David Yu.
All Slots Casino revealed that two recently registered players managed to cash in nice sums of money during the first week of December.
US Representative Joe Barton explained this week that his online poker legalization bill might be attached to a spending bill that would have to be adopted sometimes this month.
Sheldon Adelson, the executive of the renowned US land based casino venture Las Vegas Sands Corporation through a spokesperson explained that he opposed legalized online gambling in the States.
An Austrian slots player managed to win a fabulous sum of Euro 43 million at a land-based casino, but the casino refused to pay out his winning claiming that it was generated by a software malfunction.
Renowned online casino InterCasino is organizing a new promotion called Countdown to 2012 that will reward lucky players with fantastic prizes during each day of the month.
German poker player Martin Finger managed to secure the European Poker Tour Prague main event bracelet and a huge sum of Euro 720,000.
According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, the first regulated online casino in Ontario will be launched sometimes during 2012.
Former Wynn Resorts executive Richard Bronson believes that 2012 might be the year when online poker might become legalized in the US.
The Australian Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform recommended this week that the recently introduced bill that would block online gambling companies' transactions should be dropped.
The US jurisdiction of Washington DC indicated that the new online gambling services soon to be available in the district will not be hosted on the city's DC-NET system.
Due to the recent Full Tilt Poker scandal, the Alderney Gambling Control Commission launched this week a process that would review its guidelines and procedures in order to prevent similar cases from happening again.
The fabulous €11.7 million Mega Fortune online slots progressive jackpot that was hit in September has officially been declared the biggest online slots jackpot in history.
Renowned online casino, poker and betting operator William Hill has been declared the Operator of The Year at the 2011 eGaming Review Awards in London.
Several UK media outlets and public figures criticized Facebook this week regarding its supposed plan to allow real money gambling to be practiced on its website.
Platinum Play online casino and payment processor Neteller launched a new promotion that will award the lucky winner with a luxury seven-day Caribbean cruise for two.
EuroGrand Casino recently updated its top winners list of November 2011 that revealed that several hundred people managed to cash in fantastic prizes at the casino.
Renowned online betting and casino game provider Betfair announced that it appointed a new Sports Operations Director as part of a plan to expand the company's operations in 2012.
A US judge commented this week that the charges against the poker companies that we indicted in the Black Friday scandal will most likely not be dropped and trials will begin in March 2012.
This week the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) and the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) filled in a complaint against Greece, while the operator Betfair accused Germany of not respecting EU laws.
Online casino software developer Playtech intends to release a new slots in 2012 that will be themed after the popular movie "Cowboys and Aliens".
Online gambling will become regulated in Denmark beginning January 2012 and for this occasion the Danish Gambling Authority completed a series of agreements with other European online gambling jurisdictions.
Players at All Star Slots Casino will have the opportunity to participate in a great number of promotional programs during this December.
Online betting and casino operator Betfair submitted today a complaint to the European Commission regarding the new German online gambling legislation that will enter into force beginning 2012.
Just after announcing the release of the widely anticipated slots Immortal Romance, Microgaming hinted that two additional games will be released as well this month.