iGaming Business – Online, mobile and social gaming solutions provider Cozy Games has announced the launch of its latest online bingo website in the form of ‘United Colors of Bingo’. The new website, which is now open to customers, will operate on the Fun Bingo Network. United Colors of Bingo offers the traditional 75-ball, 80-ball and 90-ball bingo games, as well as various instant games such as slots, casino games and scratch cards. New customers will be rewarded with £20 to use on the site in addition to a welcome bonus of up to 900% assorted for the first three…

New to an online casino near you is the Aliens online slot from Net Entertainment for desktop and mobile devices. A global leader in providing high-quality online casino games, NetEnt launches its latest branded video slot Aliens for desktop and Touch portfolio. .At Net Entertainment explains, Aliens online slot was “Hatched from the cult sci-fi horror franchise Aliens, using innovative real-time 3D graphics, and plunges players deep into space on a mission to shoot through waves of attacks in infested premises to reach the Queen Hive. There are three thrilling levels to survive that feature re-spins, wild substitutions, collectable multipliers…

Sydney Morning Journal – Emily, a 30-year-old economist, became so addicted to Candy Crush Saga, a free iPhone game, that she would lie awake at 1am imagining her finger swiping across the screen to line up rows of brightly coloured lollies. Three in a row would deliver a satisfying squelch as they burst and moved the ­Melbourne mother-of-two closer to the next level. Candy Crush Saga is a simple game but the hold it has over its devoted followers is complex and incredibly strong. They are reminiscent of gamblers who can’t help but feed another $20 into a poker machine…

Net Security – A new report by McAfee sheds light on the underground world of online gambling. It identifies the proliferation of online casinos, an industry set to grow nearly 30% over the next three years, and how their use is fuelling cybercrime by making it easy to “cash in” on illegal activities. Online gambling involves huge volumes of transactions and cash flows that can obscure and disguise money laundering. Players are not dealing with a tangible, physical product; physical currency does not change hands. As a result, illegal proceeds can be laundered by wagering them on one end of…

iGaming Business – PokerStars and California’s Morongo Band of Mission Indians and the state’s three largest card rooms – the Commerce Club, the Hawaiian Gardens Casino and the Bicycle Casino, have confirmed their partnership that will see PokerStars supply and operate a California-licensed online poker site once regulation comes into force in the US’s most populous state. News of the agreement between the different parties first came out in late March, its official announcement was made yesterday (Wednesday) to coincide with the hearing organised by California’s Assembly Committee on Governmental Organisation on intra-state online poker regulation. The key issue in…

Courier Journal – Corporate leaders from Louisville-based Churchill Downs Inc. talked about the new over-sized video board at its namesake track and other issues facing the company in a Thursday conference call with investors and analysts to discuss the company’s $700,000 first-quarter loss. …An analyst asked when Churchill would begin to see returns on its investments for an Internet gambling platform for games like online poker. “We believe that over time the Internet gaming market in the U.S. will develop into a significant opportunity for us and for others as well, of course,” Evans said. “We plan to be a…