Las Vegas Review Journal – New Jersey gaming regulators have given Wynn Resorts Ltd. approval to offer an Internet wagering website within the state’s boundaries, but a spokesman for the Las Vegas-based casino operator said the company’s online gambling efforts are on hold. Wynn Resorts spokesman Michael Weaver said Monday that the company, which is headed by Steve Wynn, doesn’t view online gaming “to be a good entrepreneurial opportunity. Consequently, our plans are on hold until we understand the business opportunity.” In actions taken in late January but made public Monday, New Jersey’s Gaming Enforcement Division granted authority to Wynn…

iGaming Business – International digital marketing agency Stickyeyes has revealed that the online visibility of a number of gambling companies has suffered due to two key algorithm updates by internet search engine Google. In its latest online gambling and betting report, the agency said the brands that were among the most visible in 2012 lost “significant organic visibility” in Google searches last year after the search engine giant installed major updates. The Panda and Penguin updates are aimed at penalising brands that adopt what Google deem to be aggressive or unnatural link strategies. The study said that the updates had…

iGaming Business – The Israel Sports Betting Board (ISBB), the exclusive rights operator for sports betting in the country, has launched a new online betting system in partnership with UK sports betting software provider LVS and its French counterpart, lottery solutions specialist Lotsys. The launch comes after LVS and Lotsys won a tender to supply their Advanced Betting and Lottery Platform technology (ABP) to ISBB in the form of a customised ABP platform comprising a sportsbook, transactional engine, web and mobile site. Customers in Israel are now able to access the new betting service through the www.winner.co.il website. ISBB said…

Philly.com – A new poll finds more New Jersey residents want to smoke pot than gamble over the Internet. A Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll finds 41 percent of respondents would support smoking marijuana recreationally if it became legal. That compares with only 32 percent who support gambling over the Internet, which is legal in New Jersey now. The poll finds support for online gambling has fallen, even as it enters its third full month and more than 150,000 online gambling accounts have been set up in the state. “The public’s attitude was, for several years, warming up to online…

This Week in Gambling – J Todd chats with John Clelland of Double Down Casino about their business and the games they offer, including their enhanced offerings to their customers. Having been acquired by IGT provides Double Down with the ability to bring the latest casino games to customers computers! IGT’s DoubleDown Casino brings authentic, Vegas-style, social casino games to more than six million players every month. Fan favorites including Cleopatra, Siberian Storm and Wolf Run are available through Facebook and on mobile devices so players never have to miss a beat in having casino fun! Passionate about delivering innovative,…

Sacramento Bee – In the decades since he left Atlantic City for the more prosperous sands of Las Vegas, casino mogul Steve Wynn has repeatedly considered a return here, only to decide against it. This may be another one of those instances. New Jersey gambling regulators have approved Wynn to offer an Internet gambling site in the state where he once ruled the roost. But a Wynn spokesman said plans by Wynn Interactive to offer online gambling in New Jersey are on hold as it studies the fledgling market. In actions taken late last month but made public on Monday,…