This Week in Gambling ~ By Gayle Grant for GamblingPlex.com ~ Not quite sure how to play roulette? We will show you how in our quick guide. Before you begin, make sure you know this: Play for fun. You can’t guess the numbers to come, it’s a game of luck and skills, but mostly luck. There are various strategies that will help you increase the chance of winning, but don’t take the game too seriously. For beginners combo bets are the best option. This includes even/odd and red/black combinations. You will be better off betting on more than one number…

NBC – Securities regulators are investigating Charles Schwab and Merrill Lynch over whether they are doing enough to police their clients’ identities, sources said, a sign a crackdown on money-laundering is expanding, two sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Specifically, the regulators are looking into whether the brokerages missed red flags that could indicate attempts to move money illicitly or to feed proceeds from illegal activities into the financial system, the sources said. The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing Charles Schwab and Merrill Lynch for violations of anti-money laundering rules that require the brokerages to know their customers, the sources…

ACC – In this eBulletin, we provide an overview of the findings arising from the Sorbonne-ICSS Integrity Report into the prevalence of match-fixing and illegal betting in international sport. The report details how a lack of regulatory oversight and the explosion of online betting have gone hand-in-hand with the growth of the illegal betting market, and has allowed criminals to launder approximately $US140 billion annually through sports bets. The report also highlights the problem of match-fixing at all levels and across a variety of disciplines of sport, with a particular emphasis on football and cricket, two sports that the report…

iGaming Business – US distributor KGM Gaming and gaming content developer Spin Games have successfully launched six new HTML games in the regulated New Jersey interactive gaming market. The six HTML5 games are part of the proprietary Video Poker Royale suite, which cinsists of Deuces Wild, Deuces Wild Elite, Double Double Regal Poker, Double Regal Poker and Regal Poker Deluxe. Under a previous deal with Caesars Interactive Entertainment, the two companies agreed to provide the land-based operator with a remote gaming server and game titles for its online gaming operations in the US state. The six new games are now…

 A 33-year-old woman is in jail accused of attempting a casino robbery in Butte, Montana at gunpoint. Police say Sylvia Ramirez Llamas entered the Lucky You casino, 3136 Busch St., late Friday night brandishing a handgun. Capt. Jerome McCarthy said Llamas threatened the clerk with the gun and demanded money. A patron of the casino tackled Llamas and wrestled the gun away from her, McCarthy said. The casino patron and clerk then held the suspect down until police arrived at about 11 p.m. Llamas is in jail on a felony charge of robbery along with a misdemeanor charge of possession of…

Poker News – While Norway keeps working towards the introduction of a new gambling law, a report from the University of Bergen provided authorities with interesting data about poker and problem gambling. According to a survey conducted by the institute on a sample of 10,000 people, poker is one of the “safest” games in Norway, even if people think that a new piece of legislation should explicitly include limitations on losses and on gambling advertising. Trying to understand which gambling games are the more “dangerous” for people at risk of problem gambling and compulsive gambling behaviors, researchers found out that…

Poker News – According to a report by GamingIntelligence, bwin.party CEO Norbert Teufelberger and former bwin CEO Manfred Bodner have been acquitted of Internet gambling charges in France. Last month, Teufelberger and Bodner were charged with violations that dated back more than a decade when the online gambling group offered betting services to France’s citizens. The charges included violating French law by offering iGaming products and receiving bets on sporting events and horse racing, as well as advertising to French players between 2003 and 2005. Although the original complaints by French monopoly operators La Française des Jeux (FDJ) and Pari-Mutuel…

Forex Magnates – Within the retail review column of our Q4 2013 Forex Industry Report, a section was titled “Evolve or Die”. The section of the column discussed that much of the forex industry was struggling with a multi-year decline in volatility, and brokers are being forced to be innovative with their offerings, stating: “While the previous decade was rich in volatility, and nearly any market maker could put their stick in the ground and strike oil, current trading activity has made it a much more difficult environment for brokers. Market-making is still viewed as a profitable business, but more…