INVESTIGATING
The Football Association, England's football governing body, said it will investigate this weekend's
Grays Athletic and
Forest Green Rovers game after bookmakers suspended betting due to strange patterns.
According to Sky Sports, William Hill and Blue Square both saw an unusual number of large bets for Grays to win at odds 22-1.
Graham Sharpe, a spokesperson for William Hill, said that the bookmaker didn't know that Blue Square had also suspended betting.
"…This not a freak occurrence," Mr. Sharpe was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.
NEW iPHONE APP
After reporting record network growth on Friday, Jadestone said it has officially entered the iPhone market with a solitaire application for $1.99.
The Nordic online gambling operator is offering its Egyptian-themed "Scarab Solitaire" game, one of the most-played games on its GamArena platform, in English, German, French, Spanish or Italian.
"With the iPhone’s increasing importance as a gaming device, it was practically a given that we’d get involved,” said Tommy Palm, the group's vice president of mobile, in a company statement.
LAUNCHING
32Red has unveiled its new financial spread betting platform called 32Red Spreadbet.
The platform was developed through a partnership between CMC Spreadbet and CMC Markets UK.
"Trading on financial markets is rapidly growing and we believe this will prove to be a popular addition to the 32Red experience," said Martin Saunders, the group's trading director, in a prepared statement.
Also launching: Talarius, a land-based and online gambling operator, will be releasing more than 70 WagerWorks games on its I-gaming platform.
Announced on Monday, WagerWorks, a subsidiary of International Game Technology, said that Talarius has integrated its WagerWorks rgs.
The games to be featured on Quicksilvergames.com, Talarius' site that was formerly known as Cyberslot, include "Battleship," "Da Vinci Diamonds," "Elvis" and "Monopoly."
MOVING?
Although the United Kingdom's betting industry remained unscathed by Alistair Darling's budget, bookmaker William Hill is still considering relocating operations because of the high taxation rate.
The group's chief executive, Ralph J. Topping, told the Financial Times that moving offshore is "a live issue" and that the region's 15 percent gross profit tax leaves United Kingdom bookmakers "handicapped."
"The issue of overseas competition remains," Mr. Topping said. "It’s difficult enough to operate an online business with that competition. That hasn’t been removed."