Forbes – Sheldon Adelson, the nation’s 11th richest person and chief executive of casino company Las Vegas Sands LVS +0.7%, says he is determined to stop online gambling in America and he will go to great lengths to battle the corporate interests pushing for it.  “I am willing to spend whatever it takes,” Adelson said in his first interview since The Washington Post revealed that he had hired an army of lawyers and lobbyists to try to convince Congress to ban online gambling. “My moral standard compels me to speak out on this issue because I am the largest company…

iGaming Business – The Bulgarian State Commission on Gambling has unveiled a list of three certified gaming equipment and software testing laboratories for prospective licensees in the country. Gaming certifications testing specialist BMM Testlabs was approved at a meeting earlier this week. Technical consulting and independent certification company Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) was also been approved at the meeting by the commission. In addition, the watchdog confirmed that it has also approved gaming, software and communications equipment testing specialist Bulgarian Institute Metrology to operate in the country. SOURCE

iGaming Business – Nigerian online gaming platform Kuluya has entered into an exclusive partnership with Nokia to launch new games on the mobile telephone manufacturer’s Asha and Lumia devices. According to the ApplauseAfrica.com news website, the two companies have joined forces in an effort to connect with Africa’s online gaming community. Kuluya currently has 65 online titles available to various African markets, including Ghana, Senegal and Kenya. “We know that gaming will explode across the continent of Africa, just as it has in the West, usurping other forms of entertainment to become a multi-billion dollar generating industry,” Kuluya’s chief executive…

iGaming Business – Patrick Kennedy, Paddy Power’s chief executive officer, has confirmed that the Irish bookmaker will not enter the new online gambling market in the US state of New Jersey straight away. According to the Irish Independent newspaper, Kennedy told investors that the business-to-business market in New Jersey appeared to be “highly competitive” as the US state kicked off a trial launch of online gambling on Thursday (today) before a full launch next week. Despite delaying its entry into New Jersey, Kennedy said that the bookmaker would continue to explore other opportunities in the US market. Meanwhile, Isaac Ward,…

iGaming Business – The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has unveiled a list of operators that have been permitted to go live during the US state’s five-day ‘soft launch’ trial period of online gambling, but early problems have been reported by some users. The trial went live at 6pm EST on November 21 with a total of 17 websites in operation. Online gaming operator bwin.party and its licensed gaming operator partner, the Borgata Hotel & Spa, went live with three websites in the form of Borgatacasino.com, Borgatapoker.com and NJ.Partypoker.com. In addition, land-based gaming operator Caesars Interactive Entertainment and betting…

iGaming Business – The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a number of 888 Holdings advertisements about the online gambling operator’s ‘VIP’ and ‘High Roller’ services. The regulator upheld a complaint from Rational Entertainment Enterprises, which trades as online poker operator PokerStars, about various claims made in the adverts. Referring to the 888 VIP membership on 888casino.com, the website banner adverts stated that it was ‘the best VIP program around’, ‘the best VIP promotions anywhere’, ‘our VIP promotions are simply the best!’ and ‘with hospitality second-to-none’. The adverts also claimed 888 High Rollers customers would ‘enjoy the best benefits,…