From Gambling 911 San Diego’s ABC 10 is reporting that FBI agents have arrested and served warrants on a La Jolla, California man as part of an investigation into an international gambling ring. The house swarmed by federal agents at the 5800 block of Soledad Road belongs to Amir Moykaef, who law enforcement authorities confirmed has ties to the gambling ring. 19 others were arrested  throughout San Diego and Los Angeles as part of the investigation. Moykaef was previously charged with his involvement in a sports betting ring back in December 2011. Other named individuals in today’s sweeping arrests have…

From iGaming Business Online and land-based casino games and solutions firm Bally Technologies Incorporated has signed an agreement with software developer iSoftBet that will see its products made available to players in Europe. Bally Technologies recently inked a deal to integrate content from developer Interblock USA LC into its iGaming Platform while the Las Vegas-based firm declared that it will now be able to provide European players with ‘top-notch video slot content and HTML5 mobile games’. “We have been very successful at creating exciting and compelling products for our land-based customers,” said Tony Plaskow, Interactive Senior Sales Director for Bally…

From Guardian The shaming of Australian gamblers is relentless. Alcohol causes more deaths, and yet no one is demanding that we picket shiraz. I saw my first pantomime aged seven, in the hall of a Returned Services League (RSL) Youth Club, sometime in the 1980s. It had a dashing hero and heroine, a man in a ballgown, flying handfuls of lollies and that leap-out-of-your-seat raucousness that exhilarates children. There were hundreds of us. The supervising adults maintained respectful distance and when the curtain finally came down on the dastardly villains, everyone was given a showbag full of treats. It was…

From Courier Post Casinos will win with new gambling revenue. New Jersey will win with new tax revenue. Consumers will win with a new entertainment option that they can play from the comfort of a coffee shop or their own sofa. Everybody, it seems, is guaranteed to win. Except Atlantic City itself. New Jersey is rolling out legalized Internet gambling, betting that it will help casinos fend off fierce competition from neighboring states, bolster the state’s tax revenue and be a powerful economic engine once again. It is a chance, casinos say, for New Jersey to remain on the cutting…

European Lotteries welcomed the publication of a report into online gambling that was adopted by the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee, saying that it has seen the European Parliament take ‘a strong stance on the need for measures to fight illegal operators’.  “We commend the European Parliament for its clear position on the need for member states to remain in the driver seat,” said Friedrich Stickler, President for European Lotteries. European Lotteries is now urging the European Commission to include these measures in its recommendations on consumer protection and advertising. “We commend the European Parliament for its…

From Sacramento Business Journal A bill that sought to legalize sports betting in California failed to move by the deadline Friday. Odd are that without a clear national policy in play, no effort will be made on the issue next year in California. Senate Bill 190 was introduced in February by state Sen. Roderick Wright, an Inglewood Democrat. It sought to legalize sports betting at the venues in California that allow legal gambling, which are Indian casinos, card rooms and horse racing tracks. The measure required bets to be made in person, with the idea that the new traffic would…