Suspended Shares, No Results -- Interactive Gaming Holdings, the London-listed operator, said it had suspended trading on the LSE after failing to publish its annual results. The company, "due to unforeseen logistical issues," added that it had not been able to finalize the results in time to send to shareholders. eGaming Review reports that IGH chief executive John Heaton has left the company, though, as of today, the company has not publicly addressed the speculation. Last week, it secured a £600,000 ($1.2 million) credit facility with General Capital Venture Finance Ltd. to fund its working capital requirements.
Atop the 100 -- Dianne Thompson, chief executive of U.K. National Lottery operator Camelot, for the second year running topped Marketing magazine's Power 100.
Luck of the Swedish -- The Unibet cycling team--of late, the sport's pariah--on Thursday became the first squad to be confirmed for the new professional Tour of Ireland, scheduled to run between August 22 and 26.
Polish Prohibition -- According a Polish News Bulletin Company report issued Tuesday, Poland's government is reviewing a draft amendment of the Gaming and Betting Act, which allegedly seeks a "total ban" on online gambling. The report said that the country's Finance Minister, Zyta Gilowska, "still intends to introduce a total ban on online gambling this year and is planning to activate the enforcement services of the police, fiscal controllers, Internal Security Agency and the Anti-Corruption Bureau." IGN is investigating and will report further in due course.
Oh, Behave, Baby! -- The Times reports that new regulations banning access to gambling, girls and gifts have been imposed on Chinese officials abroad by one provincial government, because the rules were widely ignored. "The announcement, by the prosperous southeastern Zhejiang province, will dismay those officials who view a trip overseas as a reward for good behavior at home and a chance to misbehave beyond the watchful eye of the Communist Party discipline enforcers," the paper says. The rules, it adds, signify the challenges faced by the Communist Party in instilling its "traditional and long-prized" principles of "thrift and self-sacrifice" in a generation of officials accustomed to the benefits of market reform.
Stock Watch -- On the LSE, Playtech was up 8p to 400, Sportingbet was up 3.50p to 54.75 and Ladbrokes was up 1.50p to 407.50.