Reuters sets up bureau in Second Life
Reuters has joined the rush by big companies into web-based virtual worlds, setting up a news bureau in Linden Lab's hugely popular Second Life.
World Gaming enters administration, Bush to sign bill
Bad news for World Gaming shareholders as the company has just announced that it is to file for administration, a direct response to the US online gaming ban that looks all set to be passed later today.
World Gaming, based largely in Antigua, generated the vast majority of its revenues from the US. The company suspended its shares on 9 October, pending a decision on its future.
Sportingbet gets $1 for US division
Sportingbet has offloaded its US business for $1 following the States’ ban on internet gambling.
The deal, with Antigua-based Jazette Enterprises, has allowed the firm to get rid of $13.2m in debt and save the $14m it would have cost to close the operations down.
Witty vs descriptive headlines - what works best?
Danny Sullivan has fired off a few rounds at the authors over at Google Blog, who habitually use non-descriptive headlines such as ‘Greetings, Earthlings!’ and, our favourite: ‘Yes, you can have a pony’.
As an expert in SEO you’d think Danny’s beef would be linked to a lack of keywords in titles, but this isn’t in fact the problem...
Richard Edelman on PR and blogs
Richard Edelman, CEO of PR heavyweight Edelman, is holding a Q&A session later today via FT.com on the joy-filled subjects of 'blogs and PR'.
World Gaming suspends shares
The fallout from the US' move to ban online gambling has continued with the news that shares in World Gaming have been suspended.
Russians get eight years for online bookie attacks
Three Russian hackers accused of attacking British online casinos and bookies have been handed hefty prison sentences and fines, according to local news agency RIA Novosti.
Online gambling sector in crisis after US ban
Shockwaves have been sent through the online gaming industry after the unexpected approval of anti-gambling legislation late on Friday in the US.
The laws – the first in the States to deal specifically with internet gaming - ban banks and credit card companies from processing payments for bets placed over the web.
Online casino shuts down as gaming crisis deepens
The Ritz Hotel's online casino has been shut down amid growing fears over the crackdown on internet gambling in the US and Europe.
"In light of the current confusion and inconsistency in online gaming legislation worldwide, the owners of The Ritz Club London Online have, regretfully, decided to close the site to new customers with immediate effect," the firm said in a statement on the site.
Smoking ban to boost bingo sites
The public smoking ban could see bingo players moving en masse to the web, according to research by white label gaming firm St. Minver.
The company found 60% of the 2667 British internet bingo players it interviewed smoke, well above the national average of 29%. But mobile companies aren't set to cash in on the ban, with 95% of respondents saying they aren't interested in playing games on their phones.
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