Casinos.co.uk: Casino News Archive

Monday 9th February 2004
Harrah’s to launch women’s gambling site from UK
Harrah's, the US casino giant, is to launch its first internet gambling site, but with a fresh twist. It’s avoiding traditional casino games and is targeting 35-48-year-old women as main demogra...


Monday 9th February 2004
Boyd Gaming buys Coast Casinos for $820 million
US casino company Boyd Gaming Corp. is to buy Coast Casinos Inc. for $820 million in cash and stock. The deal also includes Boyd assuming $460 million in debt. Coast Casino shareholders will get a...


Friday 6th February 2004
Scandinavian Fishing: The next phase in iGaming?
European Game & Entertainment Technology Ltd (EGET), a Finnish supplier of Internet gaming solutions, have proudly announced the mighty advent of ‘Fisherman’s Jackpot’ a new progressive slot, crea...


Friday 6th February 2004
Singapore to Stage ACE
Organisers, Terrapin, have announced that this year’s Asian Casino Exhibition (ACE) will be held at the world famous Raffles Hotel in Singapore on 22nd and 23rd June. Asia’s gaming industry is cu...


Friday 6th February 2004
Ancient Gambling Law Scrapped
A new clause to the draft UK gambling Bill, published on Thursday, proposes to repeal a law, dating back to 1710, which prevents gambling debts from being enforced. The antiquated law, which dates...


Friday 6th February 2004
Brand New at 32Red
Gibraltar, 6 February 2004 Online Casino and Poker Room operator 32Red (www.32red.com) today announced the appointment of Jonny Brand as Head of Marketing. Jonny joins 32Red following successful s...


Thursday 5th February 2004
Just the tip of the Iceberg?
The 10th anniversary of the International Casino Exhibition, more commonly coined as ICE, debuted at Earls Court, London last week. ICE has come a long way in the last decade when just 11 exhibitor...


Thursday 5th February 2004
ATEI & ICE Break Records
The 60th Amusement Trades Exhibition International and the International Casino Exhibition held concurrently at the Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre, London last week enjoyed record attendance and ex...


Thursday 5th February 2004
EGET Delivers Online Progressive to PAF
European Game & Entertainment Technology Ltd Ab (EGET), a Finnish supplier of Internet gaming solutions, has delivered a new progressive jackpot slot machine to Ålands Penningautomatförening (PAF)....


Thursday 5th February 2004
New look for Gaming & Casinos World
With a sold-out exhibition in 2003, ACE (previously Gaming & Casinos World Asia Pacific 2003) returns to Singapore for its 9th annual in June 2004 with more space and more opportunities for network...


Wednesday 4th February 2004
Harrah's misses financial targets
Harrah's Entertainment Inc, the No. 2 U.S. casino operator, on Wednesday posted a lower fourth-quarter profit due to higher gaming taxes and costs of developing new casinos. The casino operator w...


Wednesday 4th February 2004
Growing threat of cyber extortionists on Internet casinos
With more than 1,800 online casinos, millions of customers around the world and millions of dollars being wagered each day website security can not remained ignored. Computer network security com...


Tuesday 3rd February 2004
Securing the online space
Top Layer Networks (toplayer.com), a provider of intrusion prevention systems (IDS) has announced that it’s Attack Mitigator family of products has been deployed by several online gambling sites. T...


Tuesday 3rd February 2004
Targeting the online Hispanic market
Earlier this week, iStreamPlanet and Canal SUR announced that they were finalizing their agreement to provide content services to the Hispanic population online. The new deal would target more than...


Tuesday 3rd February 2004
Chartwell Technology Inc.
Calgary, Canada, February 2, 2004, Chartwell Technology Inc. (TSX-VEN: CWH) a leading provider of gaming software systems and entertainment content to the online and mobile gaming industry, is plea...