IGN's Lorien Pilling reports live from the second day of AiG 2008.
After less than a year at the helm of CryptoLogic, CEO Javaid Aziz has very suddenly retired from the company.
In its annual results, William Hill said that with regard to its interactive business, gross win fell by £10.7 million to £119.8 million with operating profits down by £10.6 million to 50.9 million on 2006 -- due in large part to the failure of its in-house technology program, NextGen, to develop a competitive in-running betting platform.
Harrah's Entertainment has posted Q4 2007 losses of $47.8 million -- largely the result of a $169.6 million pre-tax write off of certain intangible assets, including the London Clubs International purchase.
One week into the case, a High Court Judge has permitted Graham Calvert to amend his negligence claim against William Hill. Calvert now seeks personal injury damages in addition to his original claim for compensation of the £2.1 million he lost gambling with William Hill after putting himself on a self-exclusion list.
Jerusalem Post reports that the Israeli parliament passed the first reading of a bill that could restrict Israeli residents' access to certain Web sites containing violence, pornography and gambling.
Entraction has revealed full-yearly net losses of SEK 33.2 million coupled with a 12.5 percent jump in revenue to SEK 234.6 million across 2007.
Weird but true: According to New York Post, officials in Anchorage, Alaska, hosted the first annual running of the reindeer. Running with a crowd of 1,000 people, seven bewildered reindeer loped along behind runners dressed as carrots and lichen and with bull's-eyes on their backs.
On the London Stock Exchange today, Sportech was down 1.50p (1.8 percent) to 81.50, Sportingbet was down 0.75p (1.6 percent) to 47.50 while Ladbrokes was up 3.50p (1.1 percent) to 326.50.
Chris Krafcik is the editor of IGamingNews. He lives in St. Louis, Mo.