NanoGaming -- Ontario-based software development firm LiveHive Systems today introduced its NanoGaming Solution which enables online sportsbooks to offer real-time wagering on sporting events and pop-culture competitions from any Internet-equipped device. It's made accessible by operators that watch events at a 24-hour broadcast control center and create wagering opportunities based on the action during the event. Players watching the events live or on TV can place their wagers during the event through a sportsbook Website via mobile phone or computer.
Match Fixing -- On Wednesday police in Brussels raided the homes of two players and a trainer in the SK Lierse soccer club in connection with the latest match-fixing scandal. Trainer Patrick Deman, goalkeeper Cliff Mardulier and defender Laurent Fassotte were reportedly detained for questioning. Deman's computer was reportedly seized, but the prosecution office has refused to provide details. Deman, Mardulier and Fassotte today copped to an involvement in the scandal.
Quotable -- "Prohibition has never worked in the U.S. for any activity. The idea that prohibition would suddenly work now on any aspect of the Internet is a falsehood and trying to shut out a multi-billion industry with the consumer demand of online gambling through prohibition won't work."
BetonSports' outspoken CEO David Carruthers in a statement today reiterating his argument for the legalization and regulation of online gambling in the U.S.
Snowbound Gamblers -- Online gambling operator Nine.com reported record activity last Sunday and they attribute it to the massive snowstorm that blanketed the northeast portion of the U.S. "It is obvious that when it snows in New York, New Jersey and New England, and especially Providence and Boston, the snowbound people are looking to entertain themselves with something exciting to do while stuck indoors, other than watching more reruns of Law & Order, which I personally love doing," said Robert Evans, a Nine.com executive. Last Sunday's activity was the most Nine.com had seen in eight years.