State BCI agents along with the Medina County Sheriff’s Office made Internet gambling arrests after they raided two alleged illegal gambling establishments Tuesday morning. The owner was arrested. The raids were at Cyber City on Medina Road in Medina and at Cyber 777′s on Pearl Road in Brunswick. “These are not internet cafes,” said Attorney General Mike DeWine. “The joint investigation shows that these locations are operating as illegal casinos with no regulatory oversight.” The owner of the businesses was taken into custody. A search warrant was served at his home and at another business maintained by him in Akron….

From iGaming Business Scandinavian online casino operator Mr Green has signed a deal that will see it begin offering its players a selection of real-money slot games from developer Bally Technologies Incorporated. The agreement marks the first time players at Malta-licensed MrGreen.com will be able to enjoy games from Bally Technologies and follows a similar mobile contract the operator inked with developer International Game Technology (IGT) in April. “I’m very excited that Mr Green can be one of the first ones to offer Bally Technologies’ games to its customers online,” said Markus Aurala, Chief Product Officer for Mr Green. “Bally…

From Chicago Tribune Buried more than 400 pages into the 524-page gambling expansion bill that would bring a casino to Chicago are directions for splitting some of the state’s take to create new ways to pay for the pork-barrel projects politicians covet. Money from the new casinos and slot machines at horse racing tracks would be steered to a new “depressed communities economic development fund,” a “Latino community economic development fund,” grants to the State Fairgrounds and county fairs, funding for equine research, soil and water conservation, cooperative extension services and an annual grant to the Chicago Botanic Garden. Other…

From Dutch News Social media site Facebook has agreed to stop adverts for gambling sites targeting its Dutch users, according to the Dutch gambling authority Kansspelautoriteit. Facebook has agreed to ‘conform to Dutch legislation which states it is not allowed to encourage illegal gambling’, the authority said in a statement. This is an important step in combating illegal gambling and discouraging youngsters from taking up the habit, said spokesman Paul Tang. ‘Facebook is a low threshold social network with easy access to youngsters,’ he said. ‘By taking this step, the organisation is showing it takes its social responsibilities seriously.’ The…

New Jersey casino gaming is not exactly booming, but Atlantic City online gambling may offer some hope. For six consecutive years, revenue there has been on a steady decline. Its newest casino, the $2.4 billion Revel, just exited from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. And to top it all off, last fall the city, along with the rest of the New Jersey coastline, was slammed by Hurricane Sandy, from which the region is still trying to recover. Prognosis for AC is good, according to Wall Street analysts  Last week the East Coast Gaming Congress was held, and it was there that a…

From Chicago Business Language on a long-expected proposal to bring widespread Internet gambling to Illinois finally has surfaced in Springfield, and by all indications the plan will be both highly lucrative and highly controversial. The language was circulated late Tuesday, according to my source, by aides to Senate President John Cullerton, who long has said he wants to legalize online gambling because of the potential payoff in state revenue but has separated the issue from the proposed expansion of casino gambling. Mr. Cullerton’s office didn’t officially confirm that something is coming. But his spokesman promised “details to come” — and…