Online gaming leader Bodog has launched its iPhone contest, which will award 15 lucky Let ‘Em Ride game players the hottest new tech toy of the year.

“As an internet company we are always into the latest technology, and we all love the new iPhone, as it’s a mobile phone, MP3 player and wireless web browser all rolled into one, so we decided to give away 15 of them,” says Bodog founder and billionaire entertainment mogul Calvin Ayre of the contest, which starts today.

A Tel Aviv court has upheld an earlier ruling stating that any companies operating gambling website that targets Israel is breaking the law, even if the site is run from abroad and is registered outside the country.
The ruling was decided at the appeal of Victor Chandler Casino CEO Michael Carlton, who was in court to [...]

Playboy Mansion to launch in gambling resort of Macau
HONG KONG, China (AP) — The Playboy Mansion is coming to Macau.
After opening a club at the Palms Resort in Las Vegas in October, Hugh Hefner plans to take on gambling’s next frontier with a Macau venue complete with revealingly dressed female “bunny” dealers, his [...]

The Korean Ministry of Information And Communication announced that it will toughen its monitoring measures for online casino gambling including poker.

The Ministry said that it would be working with related Government agencies including the Ministry of Culture And Tourism, the National Police Agency and the Information And Communication Ethics Committee in a crackdown on online gambling, which is illegal in Korea.

The Japanese government is planning to legalize casino gambling next year in an effort to boost tourism and increase tax revenues. Seiko Noda, who heads the ruling Liberal Democrat parties study group that is drafting the legislation, said the aim was to pass a bill by the end of the next ordinary Diet session in June 2008.

Noda went on to say that the proposal was part of a broader initiative to attract more foreigners, adding that Japan would study the possibility of charging the local population an entrance fee to discourage visits by lower-income consumers.

As Asia’s tourism and hospitality sector struggles to cope with what now represents its worst staffing crisis in recent times, many employers are now being forced to rethink their staff selection  criteria in order to ensure they can fill vacancies.
According to leading recruitment and executive search specialist TMS Asia-Pacific (TMS) the situation has resulted in [...]

Scorecard Baccarat
Scorecard Baccarat casino game is played just the same as the real full-table version of Baccarat is played in a real casino. We use a real 8 deck shoe instead of shuffling after every hand like other online casinos do. You may “peek” at the cards, and open the cards in any order you [...]

The Taiwanese government has announced it will begin introducing sports betting in an effort to stimulate economic growth in the poorer central and southern areas of the country. It said the island nation could launch sports gambling as early as April next year.

Sports officials stated earlier that Taiwan intended to introduce three kinds of sports gambling in these areas, including car and horse race betting.

Search engine Google has extended its advertising ban for gambling related websites to include gambling sites that promote gambling related content, such as gambling tutorials, `playing for fun’ gambling or casino games of skill.

A spokesperson for Google said that it had looked very carefully at the issue and the decision was ‘in tune with users’ wishes.

Payment processing firm Neteller announced details for the return of around $60 million, which was seized by the US Attorney’s Office earlier this year, to its US customers.

No date has been set for the implementation of its agreed Distribution Plan, but Neteller said that it would be communicating further details to its customers via email, their website and through press releases once all the details are finalized.