This Week in Gambling – GeoComply, the Geolocation specialist for the iGaming market, is the first Internet Ancillary Services provider to successfully file its application with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. GeoComply USA’s CEO, Anna Sainsbury, commented: “New Jersey is an important market for us and our customers and the fact that GeoComply was the first Internet Ancillary entity to successfully submit for licensing is an indication of our commitment to being ready for the market-opening in November.” About GeoComply GeoComply offers regulators and operators a reliable, secure and user-friendly solution for the geolocation of online users. Focusing…

From Lawyers.com – When Nevada unveiled a trial run of legalized online poker this spring, it became the first and — so far — only state to allow the Internet version of the game since the federal government shut down a number of sites two years ago. Ultimate Poker offers an opportunity for anyone in the state to join in a poker game while sitting in their living room, with no need to make the trek to a casino. While Nevada is unique in this respect to date, it could soon be joined by other states with their own online…

From San Francisco Chronicle – A Bossier City man has been sentenced to three years of probation and fined $50,000 for operating an illegal internet sports gambling site. U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley said Wednesday that U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. sentenced 34-year-old Terry Lee Doty Jr., who pleaded guilty in April to one count of transmission of wagering information — a federal felony offense. According to FBI testimony, Doty was the local administrator for a gambling site based in Costa Rica. Finley’s office says Doty had about 280 clients placing sports bets with him, one of whom was an…

From Poker News Daily – Greece’s Commission for the Supervision and Control of Games (CSCG), a division of the Hellenic Gaming Commission, has published a 401-member blacklist of online gambling sites that will supposedly be prohibited from operating in the Mediterranean nation. The list will be sent to Greek internet service providers, who will be instructed to deny subscribers’ access to the sites. It will also be sent to the Bank of Greece so it can stop the flow of funds to and from the sites, as well as law enforcement agencies to assist in unlawful gambling investigations. The blacklist…

RealNetworks Inc., the company that makes the RealPlayer streaming software, is betting it can revive its casual games business with the help of its casino games on Facebook. The casino arm, which features games including video poker and blackjack, is part of the Seattle company’s GameHouse division. The company is trying to get more users and increase engagement by launching GameHouse Casino Plus, a monthly sweepstakes in which users can enter to win $100,000. Rob Glaser, founder and interim chief executive of RealNetworks, said casual games are a difficult business because there are many competitors and all the games are…

Betting bigger on social casino games, RealNetworks has agreed to buy Slingo Inc. for $15.6 million. RealNetworks has a big GameHouse casual games division that is expanding into social casino games in a big way. By purchasing Slingo, RealNetworks can capture one of the most popular brands in the business and use it to make more social casino games. It’s not clear what this means for Zynga, which has a partnership with Slingo on a Facebook version of the popular Slingo game. Slingo also operates its own games on Slingo.com. The Slingo-Zynga game on Facebook has 4.5 million monthly players….