Online Casino in Russia -- Russian bookmaker Fonbet has incorporated a non-download online casino module from Net Entertainment into its multilingual www.fonbet.com web site. Users can play for free or for real money by using the same account they use for Fonbet's online sports book. Fonbet, which began in 1994, owns more than 50 shops in the Moscow area and cooperates with 40 others. Net Entertainment is the Internet gaming division of Cherry, a Swedish company that has been in the gaming service sector for over 40 years and employs more than 600 people.
Tabcorp Talks -- The Australian Financial Review reported Monday that Tabcorp intended to offer the Victorian government a larger share of its revenue to ensure the extension of its gaming license, which expires in 2012. The publication also reported that Tapcorp would be willing to renegotiate the repayment fee plus 15 percent inflation that the government is obligated to return upon expiration of the current licenses in 2012. Since Monday, both Tabcorp and spokespeople for the Victorian government have denied that any discussions between the parties have taken place, but they say that negotiations for the license renewal should begin in a few months because the government wants to finalize the arrangement by the end of its term in 2006. In 1994, Tabcorp paid AU$597million for its 18-year licenses…. Meanwhile, Tabcorp today offered a AU$1.9 billion bid to buy NSW-based TAB ltd, which is already weeks into negotiating a merger with Queensland's UNiTAB.
Hired -- Gaming software company AngelCiti Entertainment, Inc. has hired James Hall as its new director of marketing. Hall has worked as a marketing consultant for online companies LCBO, Waddler Productions, Gate Communications and Canoe. Ca and previously worked for the Bank of Montreal's financial group, Burns Fry.