Launched -- Microgaming has launched its new multi-player viper software on Fortune Lounge's Royal Vegas Casino.
Dealing -- Iceland-based investment company FL Group has invested £15.3 million ($29.4 million) in Inspired Gaming (IG), which provides open and server-based gaming (SBG) software systems. IG also announced an agreement to provide its SBG technology to an unnamed "leading international operator" and said it would release details of its partner "soon."
Appointments -- Bookmaker Ladbrokes has appointed former Hilton Group CEO Brian Wallace as group finance director. Meanwhile, PokerStars.com appointed Edward Ihre as its new partners and affiliates director.
Incendiary! -- Betting exchange Betfair on Sunday released a prepared statement wherein it noted a bomb threat received by the company. The threat, issued shortly before 1 p.m. on Saturday, was directed toward a "non-specified" Betfair office. Shortly thereafter, Betfair elected to evacuate all company buildings and suspend all potentially-affected markets. Its London-based office was searched and cleared around 1:50 p.m. The company said that bets matched before the suspension would stand.
Ol' John Smith -- The New York Times reports that former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato signed a lucrative "lobbying deal" with the San Francisco-based Poker Players Alliance (PPA). The paper said the PPA hopes D'Amato will help strengthen its presence in Washington, D.C., moreover, to secure a poker carve out from the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. "John Smith, maybe he doesn't have the financial means or the ability" to travel to a casino, D'Amato told the paper, "gesturing with his hands and speaking volubly in his trademark accent." "The poor guy at home can't bet $50 because we pass this law," he said.
Stock Watch -- A tough day for I-gaming stocks on the LSE … On the release of its full year results, shares in Paddy Power dipped 0.02 euros (0.12 percent) to close at 17.18 euros. William Hill, which also released its full year results, saw shares drop 17p (2.68 percent) to close at 618.