NJ.com – A township woman has been charged for attempting to avoid paying her gambling debts by claiming her identity was stolen, police said. Diana Zolla, 31, alerted authorities in January that someone had created an online gambling account using her maiden name and lost $9,565, state police announced in a news release today. By reviewing banking, online gambling and internet service provider records, authorities determined Zolla was the one who created the account, police said. She was arrested and charged with theft by deception on April 30. Zolla was released pending an appearance at Atlantic County Superior Court. SOURCE

iGaming Business – Software platform provider and eGambling specialist CashBet has launched its real-money online gambling platform in the UK and has announced plans to expand its services in the US market. The CashBet platform was granted permission to launch in the UK after receiving approval from the Alderney Gambling Control Commission. The first game to go live on the CashBet platform will be ‘Casino Island Adventure’ from social casino gambling company Gamzio Mobile, following an earlier agreement between the two companies. To further boost its UK presence, CashBet has struck a deal with gaming company Reflex Gaming to bring…

Out-Law.com – The Gambling Commission has set out plans to ensure that the manufacture, supply, installation and adaption of gambling software is only carried out by holders of gambling software licences. However, in a slight softening of previous proposals, the regulator said that it will not require “each and every business within an extended supply chain to hold a gambling software licence”. The restrictions are “important both to ensure the integrity of gambling software and to keep crime out of gambling”, it said. “By 1 January 2015 operators will have to cease using gambling software manufactured, supplied, installed or adapted…

iGaming Business – The Swiss Federal Government has published the first draft of a new bill that will enable regulated online gambling in the country for the first time. The Pokerfuse.com website reports that the bill, which was introduced last week, will allow land-based casinos in Switzerland to use their licences to also operate an internet gambling service. The draft gambling bill does not contain any reference to overseas operators and whether such companies will be allowed to enter the Swiss online gaming market. The bill, which is now out for consultation until August 20, 2014, states that all online…

This Week in Gambling – Our friends at Net Entertainment have another unique and highly entertaining slot game with the release of Wonky Wabbits! This is a 5-reel, 15-line video slot game played in a vegetable garden where hungry “wabbits” wait on the WILDS to pop up… and that’s when things get interesting! Wild Duplication starts, which can lead to the famous wonky wabbits big win! NetEnt describes the possibilities, stating that a “wabbit will move from the Wild symbol and burrow under the reels, appearing on the symbol where the best possible win will occur.” These WILDS can appear…

Poker Fuse – Ultimate Poker released a new version of its online poker software for players in Nevada last week bringing it closer in line with its New Jersey counterpart. The update included several changes, the most significant of which may be the improvement of the geolocation services. Details of the upgrade claim that the new geolocation is more accurate, but that currently the software is presenting a dialogue box telling all players that they are “not location verified” when they first log in. Ultimate Poker’s advice is to ignore the banner and “try sitting at a table.” If this…