Live Action -- Kenilworth Systems, which in June 2003 obtained a patent on a digital game broadcast system that transmits live in-progress casino games for viewing via interactive TV, has formed a partnership with CenterStaging Musical Productions Inc to provide entertainment content for its Roulabette project. Still in the pipeline, Roulabette would feature roulette, baccarat, dice, and other casino games accompanied by commentators, floor reporters and variety of entertainment segments intermixed with the gambling action. Players would be able to make wager deposits and redeem winnings at local lottery agents. Kenilworth's chairman and president Herbert Lindo says his company is close to completing an arrangement in South Korea.
TGC With Z4P -- Multi-platform gaming software developer Zone4Play has signed an agreement to provide UK-based The Gaming Channel (TGC) with expanded fixed-odds casino gaming on TGC's subsidiary Avago TV. Z4P will implement solutions allowing Avago customers to play interactive games across different media, including mobile devices. Z4P will also supply the betting systems for a new channel TGC is helping to launch later this fall in conjunction with a sportsbook operator in the UK.
Mobile Poker -- Wireless entertainment provider Chasma Inc is preparing to launch a mobile version of the Poker Superstar Invitational Tournament (PSIT) on BREW and J2ME platforms. The PSIT features professional poker players every Sunday evening on FSN, and a grand finale episode is scheduled to air on NBC on Super Bowl Sunday. Chasma's mobile game will offer tutorials, an address book import, intelligent player matching, buddy lists, and other features.
DDoS Attack -- Although DDoS attacks have been off the visible radar since July when three Russian men were arrested for attacking online gambling sites and attempting to extort money from them, credit card processing firm Authorize.Net stated yesterday that it "continues to experience intermittent distributed denial of service attacks. As was typical of most assaults on Internet gambling operators, the attacks on Authorize.Net were preceded by an e-mail ransom demand.
Redline for Speed -- Financial and sports markets spread betting company IG Index has chosen Redline Networks' E|X 3200 enterprise application processor to help increase the performance of its website, reduce bandwidth consumption, and collapse the web tier in its data center. IG Index tested alternative solutions offered by rival companies but inevitably chose Redline's product because it delivers an increase in website performance without requiring more web servers or bandwidth.