You’re favorite sportsbook has just got better. There’s a reason why WagerWeb is the first to be mentioned when bettors talk about the top shops on the internet: they work to be the best. Their latest upgrade includes the addition of BLR technologies, which is the ultimate provider of gaming industry software solutions. They’ve been producing some of the best products and services over the last decade and adding them to the WagerWeb.com fold will only make the sportsbook that much stronger. They’ll help with the front-end and back-end solutions for WagerWeb and continue to improve their already-stellar sportsbook, racebook…

From CNN Triad attacks. Prostitute calling cards. Illicit money flows. This is the dark underbelly of Macau — Asia’s gambling capital. The only Chinese territory where casinos are permitted, the city has transformed itself in little more than a decade from a sleepy backwater to a neon-lit monument to China’s passion for gambling. Gambling revenues in the city surpassed Las Vegas in 2006 and are now six times greater. But the former Portuguese colony’s dramatic rise has come at a cost, with many in Macau questioning whether growth has been too fast and furious. “You really don’t know whether society…

From Gambling Kingz – New plans by the European Commission to combat money laundering have been called “unworkable and unnecessary” by the Association of British Bookmakers. The Chief Executive of the Association, Dirk Vennix said that the proposed Fourth Anti Money Laundering Directive, scheduled to be approved early next year, would cost betting shops hundreds of millions in equipment installation and would not solve the problem. The measures demand that bookmakers across Europe, including the UK, scan the passports of customers who make a single transaction of £1,700 or more. In addition, the information needs to be made available for…

From Poker Fuse – Full Tilt Poker is planning on expanding its offerings and going beyond poker, an article in Online Poker Report claimed Monday. As yet unconfirmed, the article attributes sources close to the situation as revealing that Full Tilt will rebrand as “Full Tilt Gaming” in order to encompass real-money gaming beyond poker. The article speculates that an online casino is likely to be introduced, given the freedom to offer casino-style games in regulated markets such as New Jersey and Delaware. FULL STORY

From iGaming Business – Social game firm Zynga and toy company Hasbro have unveiled the latest instalment of a partnership that combines toys and social gaming. Venturebeat.com reports Hasbro is working on a CityVille Invasion line of Kre-O block-building toys while Zynga has launched a Kre-O CityVille Invasion app. The idea behind the initiative is for gamers to build and defend their own cities in the app, while they can bring the game to live by constructing buildings using Kre-O – a rival to Lego. The Zynga-Hasbro toys will be available from August 1. The combination is another in a…

iGaming Business has won the contract to publish European Gaming Lawyer, the International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL) magazine. J Kelly Duncan, IMGL president and partner at Jones Walker law firm, said: “We are dedicated to education and the exchange of professional information concerning all aspects of gaming law. Publishing magazines is one way that we accomplish our goals. The European Gaming Lawyer is one of our most important titles and always delivers high level, sector specific information that is needed in the ever-changing global regulatory landscape. iGaming Business is an industry leader and we are excited to have them…