Making Deals -- Worldwide Management, a subsidiary of Angelciti Entertainment, will provide AmericanDynastyCasino.com with software under its “TheHouseWins” program.
Regulatory Update -- In Guam the Citizens of Economic Diversity have obtained enough signatures to allow its proposed special election for the legalization of gambling. The group, which acquired 2,490 signatures, now needs at least 8 of the 15 members of the Guam Legislature to approve its bill… Tax-News.com reports that three more online gambling firms have been advertising vacancies in Gibraltar. Set2go, a company who has verifiably established an operation in Gibraltar says that “As Gibraltar has only issued a small number of licenses, following extremely detailed due-diligence on the company and its Directors you can rest assured there is no safer place to operate an online gaming company.”
European News -- Italy’s pick-six SuperEnalotto jackpot grew to $75 million on Saturday after nobody was lucky enough to win for the 44th consecutive time.
Names and Faces -- The UK herald reports that John Banks, the Scottish ex-bookmaker who described the business as "a licence to print money", has died at the age of 68. Nicknamed the “Flying Scotsman,” Banks was a former chairman of the Rails Bookmakers’ Association and was known for offering odds on unusual bets… Julie Cooper, former Customer Services Director for the Financial Times Group, has been signed as Betfair’s Customer Service Director. Her first priorities will be formulating a new CRM package and continuing Betfair’s globalization program.
Data Hub -- Researchers at the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Research Center in Phoenix, Arizona claim that a drug called Miraplex, which is used to treat Parkinson’s disease, can give some users a compulsive gambling side effect.
Police Blotter -- Israeli police have been authorized by Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein to advance upon illegally operating casino ships out of Eilat. Rubinstein reached the decision one week after hearing Deputy State Prosecutor Nava Ben-Or’s report on how to best deal with the problem. Rubinstein strongly opposes establishing casinos of any type in Israel.