iGaming Business – Online and mobile gaming investment vehicle MGT Capital has announced the commercial launch of its MGTplay.com real-money, skill-based gaming website. MGTplay.com offers a range of games that allow registered players to wager and win cash in head-to-head games with other players via the internet for small stakes. The new website, which will offer one-on-one play or tournaments, will host online competitions in various casino game genres such as cards, sports, puzzles, strategy and arcade. Customers will be able to play against other players from around the world for fun or to win real cash. The new website…

Bloomberg – Scientific Games Corp. (SGMS), the slot machine supplier controlled by billionaire Ronald Perelman, appointed former SHFL Entertainment Inc. Chief Executive Officer Gavin Isaacs as its CEO today. Isaacs replaces David Kennedy, who had held the position since November, the New York-based company said in a statement today. Kennedy will remain at Scientific Games as executive vice chairman. Isaacs, 49, takes over as the gambling device industry faces weak consumer spending, casino gluts in some markets and consolidation. SHFL, a Las Vegas-based maker of shuffling machines and gaming equipment, was bought last year by rival Bally Technologies Inc. (BYI)…

4Flush – Legal online poker is currently available in three US states, Nevada, Delaware, and New Jersey, and it may soon be coming to a state near you thanks to the 2011 reversal of their interpretation of the Wire Act –after declaring the Wire Act applied to all forms of online gambling back in 2002, the DOJ now feels it only applies to sports-betting. This new interpretation opened the door for states to pass online gambling legislation, and with the federal government unlikely to take action either way, it appears online gambling will be left up to each state for…

Card Player – Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson has done nothing to shed his reputation as poker’s public enemy no. 1 ever since he announced that he was “willing to spend whatever it takes” to thwart online poker legislation in the United States. Adelson, who formed the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling in January, has made it abundantly clear that he has has a moral and financial problem with online poker, claiming it preys on vulnerable people and children. His group even drafted a bill that would stop the spread of state-by-state online poker regulation. The only problem is…

Gaming group Vegas Partner Lounge is to launch two new mobile casinos in an effort to address the continuing growth of mobile gaming. Casino-Mate Mobile and Maple Casino Mobile, which will now be added to the group’s existing three mobile sites, are compatible with mobile and tablet devices that support iOS, Blackberry and Android platforms. Casino-Mate Mobile offers new players a four-tier welcome bonus that cumulatively adds up to $/€/£1,400, depending on where the player is based. Players receive a 100% bonus up to $/€/£100 on their first deposit, a 200% bonus up to $/€/£50 on their second deposit, a…

Gambling 911 – Not the best timing as the FIFA World Cup is set to begin this week but BetFred.com customers from variously countries across the globe were advised this weekend they can no longer bet online with the company. BetFred.com has opted to pull out of the German and Canadian markets as well as a host of other countries including the Ukraine. An email sent out to these customers advised that they have 30 days to withdraw any funds they have on the site.  The new policy applies to both new and existing customers. BetFred.com was encouraging affected customers…