Favorite online gambling payment processor, Neteller, has confirmed US players will have access to their accounts in order to withdraw funds frozen for over six months starting Monday, July 30.

The distribution plan follows the Neteller announcement of June 4 2007 advising that the plan had been agreed with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and that US customers may commence requests for the return of their funds from July 30.

Austrian lotteries and betting company, FLUXX, has signed an agreement with AOL to market Internet sports betting in the UK.

Under terms of the agreement, AOL UK customers will be able to place bets on international horse races and other sporting events using FLUXX subsidiary JAXX UK’s betting platform.

Online casino software designer, developer and licensor Playtech announced the release of four new online casino games available on its casino games package: 21 Duel Blackjack, Wild Viking, Forest Of Wonders and Wanted.

21 Duel Blackjack and Wild Viking, are the first in a line of exclusive Playtech table games licensed from 5th Element. 21 Duel Blackjack follows the same rules as traditional blackjack with the exception of communal cards, a concept that has both the dealer and the player basing their hand on the same two cards.

The East coast casino scene will finally see its first implosion and demolition at the Sands Casino. This will be an iconic moment in Atlantic City - for certain, other rather old and aged casino structures will have to be taken down in order to compete with the new and modern structures such as the [...]

Online virtual community Second Life has banned gambling activities among its virtual residents and warns them from participating in the many online gambling sites that have developed in “The World.”

San Francisco-based Linden Labs’ new policy, revised as of July 25th, now states: “It is a violation of this policy to wager in games in the Second Life (R) environment operated on Linden Labs servers if such games: 1) (a) rely on chance or random number generation to determine a winner, OR (b) rely on the outcome of real-life organized sporting events, AND (2) provide a payout in (a) Linden Dollars, OR b) any real-world currency or thing of value.”

A new casino section filled with Asian-themed table games was recently unveiled at Resorts Hotel Casino in Atlantic City.

The new Asian themed salon is just off the Boardwalk entrance to the Resorts Hotel Casino, the room also has traditional domestic USA casino favorites such as poker, blackjack, roulette and more games, while providing players with views of the beach and Atlantic Ocean.

The House of Representatives (HR) Bill 2046, also known as the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA) 2007, is gaining friends in the US Congress, the bill is aiming to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).

IGREA was introduced in April by Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank, and would license and regulate online gambling in the United States. Online poker, casino and sports betting companies licensed under Frank’s bill would be exempt from the UIGEA, which was passed in October.

Online casino software developer Atlantis Internet Group Corp (ATIG) recently announced the launch of a new online slots casino featuring legendary entertainers called Motown Legends Casino.

The online slots games will have 1960s music legends like The Four Tops and The Miracles used on the casino games. Real estate magnate the and co-founder of Detroit’s land-based Motor City Casino, Herb Strather, has also joined in the deal and will help to develop the online site.

A study conducted by Internet information provider and marketer, comScore Inc, about America’s top Internet activities reflect that online casino activities rose by 13 percent last month taking third spot overall behind Internet music and radio providers and gay/lesbian sites.

The results showed 12.4 million unique US visitors took advantage of some form of online gambling activity, which is attributed to interest in the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) tournament, online poker room PokerStars had the highest growth during the month in the category.

Macau, China, 17 July – Gross gaming revenues in Macau in the first six months totaled 38.37 billion patacas (US$ 4.79 billion), a year-on-year increase of 46.26 percent, according to official figures.
Macau’s Directorate of Gaming Inspection and Coordination said second-quarter casino revenues were 19.772 billion patacas (US$ 2.471 billion), the largest value ever recorded in [...]