The Hill – The national police officers union is telling Congress not to impose a nationwide ban on online gambling. “We cannot ban our way out of this problem as this would simply drive online gaming further and further underground and put more and more people at risk,” Fraternal Order of Police National President Chuck Canterbury wrote to heads of the House Judiciary Committee last week. “Not only does the black market for Internet gaming include no consumer protections, it also operates entirely offshore with unlicensed operators, drastically increasing the threat of identity theft, fraud or other criminal acts.” The…

NJ.com – Online gambling’s slow start in New Jersey, the most-populous U.S. state to legalize Internet bets, has casinos reassessing their marketing to would-be players. Boyd Gaming Corp., the leader through its Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa-related websites, is reducing advertising after reporting a $3.2 million loss from the business in the first quarter. 888 Holdings Plc, which operates the US.888.com site, is shifting its advertising focus to slot machines from poker. “We are absolutely shocked by the slowness of the market,” Brian Mattingley, chief executive officer of London- based 888, said in a telephone interview. Revenue is coming in…

iGaming Business – Victor Chandler is to step down as chairman of BetVictor after it was announced this (Friday) afternoon that the online casino and sportsbook operator has been acquired by racecourse owner Michael Tabor. The value of the deal was not disclosed, but the transaction has received regulatory approval in principle from the Gibraltar Gambling Licensing Authority, according to the Racing Post newspaper. Tabor, who previously operated bookmaker Arthur Prince before selling the chain to Coral, was a founding shareholder in BetVictor. Chandler, who has steered the company since its birth, will continue to serve as a consultant. Michael…

iGaming Business – Prima Networks, powered by Microgaming, will supply a suite of Microgaming’s casino and mobile games to OnlineCasino Deutschland. OnlineCasino Deutschland was the first licensed operator in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein to go live in the country in April 2013. Under the deal, OnlineCasino Deutschland will gain access to Microgaming’s popular Quickfire product and will take over 10 casino slots including ‘Thunderstruck’ and ‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider’, as well as a range of HTML5 games for mobile and tablet players. “Adding a portfolio of top-performing games from Prima Networks, powered by Microgaming, is a logical step for…

iGaming Business – Canadian mobile agency Plastic Mobile has been selected to serve as the ‘vendor of record’ on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s (OLG) mobile roster. Under the agreement, which will run for three years, Plastic Mobile’s portfolio of gaming and transaction-based mobile applications will link up with OLG. “We’re very excited to work with OLG and to take part in mobilizing lottery and gaming across Ontario,” Plastic Mobile president and chief operating officer Melody Adhami said. “As mobile continues to flourish across industries, we’ll be working closely with OLG to bring mobile innovation to the forefront of…

Online-Casinos.com – Atlantis Internet Group is a public Nevada Gaming corporation specializing in the development of casino games, casino management software, slot machine software, gaming networks and land based casino development. ATIG Gaming online division is licensed in Montreal, Canada by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, the largest off-shore Internet Gaming Hosting jurisdiction in the world.  The Company’s subsidiary Atlantis Gaming International, (Australia) is licensed in the Northern Territory of Australia to distribute Gaming Equipment. The recent announcement that Atlantis Internet Group will partner with WikiBetting to launch social sports gaming on Facebook has brought the firm into the online gambling…