From Sporting News The LVH SuperBook released its NFL season win totals and games of the year point spreads on Sunday. The SuperBook, the first Nevada shop to post lines on NFL Week 1 games, followed with numbers on 80 more games on Sunday. Heading into the final full week of May, the LVH joins Cantor Gaming as the only Las Vegas sports books to have NFL point spreads open for betting – and there are some big differences in opinion between the two shops on a few teams, most notably the New England Patriots. — The SuperBook opened the…

Speaking about the gambling ads ban, Premier Jay Weatherill says betting adverts will be allowed during sporting broadcasts and new regulations will only ban enticements to gamble on games that are already underway. Mr Weatherill this morning moved to clarify earlier comments where he indicated all gambling advertising would be banned from siren to siren during broadcasts. In an early morning interview on ABC Radio, Mr Weatherill was asked if he was “banning all betting advertising during sports” and answered: “Once the game’s started, yes”. Asked if betting advertisements that didn’t mention live odds would be banned, Mr Weatherill said…

From iGaming Business A man found guilty of assisting in the operation of an illegal online sportsbetting operation in the US state of Connecticut has been ordered to serve a 15-month federal prison sentence followed by three years of probation. Mitchell Engelson of New York pleaded guilty to one count of helping to run an illegal online sportsbook in mid-February and received his sentence late last week from Vanessa Bryant, United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut in Hartford. The 63-year-old was one of 20 individuals charged with various offences related to their involvement in illegal online sportsbetting…

From iGaming Business As part of its annual general meeting, British online and land-based gaming operator William Hill announced yesterday that Ralph Topping has indicated his desire to stay on as its Chief Executive Officer for at least another two years. Topping, who is set to turn 62 in July, was initially appointed as the Chief Executive Officer for William Hill in February of 2008 before signing a deal in June of 2011 that saw his tenure extended until the conclusion of 2013. “The board is pleased to announce today that Ralph Topping has indicated his desire to continue as…

From SBR Fifteen Sportsbook.com (SBR rating D-) players report waiting for more than $30,000. The bettors have waited in excess of the lengthy six to eight weeks time-frame advertised by Sportsbook.com. Sportsbook.com management has claimed that processor delays caused recent payment batches to be delayed. SBR reported on the Sportsbook.com payout issues in a video report two weeks ago. Sportsbook.com remains indexed on the SBR Scam Blacklist for their confiscation of more than $100,000 from winning players that profited through betting correlated parlays accepted by the software in 2006. FULL STORY

From iGaming Business In the UK, betting exchange and online casino operator Betfair has announced that the nation’s Court of Appeal has unanimously found in its favour regarding a judicial review instigated by rival William Hill over an earlier High Court of Justice ruling. William Hill had instigated the original action in September of 2011 in hopes of making customers of Betfair and other betting exchange operators subject to payment of the Horserace Betting Levy, which ran counter to an earlier consultation undertaken by the Horserace Betting Levy Board. Betfair subsequently won this case, which was something Martin Cruddace, Corporate…