Casino.org – Questionable goings on in the Low Countries this week, as the Blue Gem Gaming website flat-lined while its third-party gaming software disappeared from its clients’ casinos, all of which points to a crackdown by the Dutch authorities. Blue Gem took over some of the assets of disgraced Eindhoven-based slots software developer Sheriff Gaming just last month, claiming to be unaffiliated with the bankrupt company. Blue Gem began to market and license Sheriff’s game titles to online casinos, but it seems that the authorities just aren’t buying it. Sheriff was a successful 3D games developer, producing popular titles such…

A month after it was placed on the country’s Internet blacklist, Malta-based Nordic OMX listed public company Unibet Group plc has decided to withdraw from Russia and will be stopping to accept new players from the country on both Unibet.com and Maria.com. The decision was announced on Thursday with communication sent to Unibet’s partners. The room also specified that although all of its platforms will not be accepting Russia’s players from here on out, the decision will not have any consequence for Russian citizens who already have an active account with either Unibet or Maria. “Unibet has taken the decision…

Venture Beat – There used to be a time when typing the word “lottery” into the App Store on iTunes returned strictly gaming apps, like “Slots Elvis Zombies in Vegas” or “Scratchers Free Instant Scratch-Off Lucky Lottery Tickets,” ones that are lottery related, but more than anything are games at their heart of hearts – systematic stuff that may feature gambling terms in the title, but the only monies that they receive are for in-app purchases that don’t return real lottery tickets to buyers. Well, that day has changed. As reported recently by The Chicago Tribune, Illinois is now the…

Poker Fuse – Mario Galea, online gaming consultant for the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, expects New Jersey to enter into an interstate agreement before the end of the year. Galea, a former Chairman and CEO of Lotteries and Gaming Authority of Malta, was hired by the DGE in May 2013 to oversee the implementation of online gaming in New Jersey. “All the hard work has been done,” Galea told Becky Liggero of calvinayre.com (video below). “The next step is now for New Jersey to go out there and say, ‘Hey, we have the systems in place you guys…

Gambling 911 – Another 1000 US-based customers are set to receive payments from Full Tilt Poker by the end of May. A claims administrator appointed by the US Government approved refunding of $82 million to some 30,000 players back in January and another $5 million was sent out to some 2200 claimants this month, however, that was only a small portion of monies that have been owed since Full Tilt Poker was forced to flee the US market in April 2011 following an indictment. The US Department of Justice placed the Garden City Group in charge of paying out those…

Card Player – The state of Delaware saw its three gambling facilities generate $206,833 in online gaming revenue during the month of March, according to figures from the Delaware Lottery. Poker accounted for $84,391 of that figure. Delaware Park, Dover Downs and Harrington Raceway were given the green light late last year to begin offering online betting to those physically within the state. Februrary’s online gaming revenue was $166,454, of which poker accounted for $73,971. Revenues have been growing steadily since the launch last fall. Delaware Park captured the lion’s share of March’s revenue with $131,846. For comparison, New Jersey…