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Mobile Gaming Solutions and Topgain
Investments with First Joint SMS Lottery Project in Romania
LONDON, UK (December 19, 2007) -- Mobile Gaming Solutions Plc ('MGS'), a
leading provider of mobile and interactive gaming solutions, and Topgain
Investments, a Cyprus-based company focussing on the development of mobile
premium content businesses in South-East Europe...........Subscribers
Mobile Gaming Solutions and Topgain
Investments Agree on Strategic Partnership for South-East Europe; First Joint
Project Already Under Way LONDON, UK (December 12, 2007) -
Mobile Gaming Solutions Plc (MGS), a leading provider of mobile and
interactive gaming solutions, and Topgain Investments, a Cyprus-based company
focussing on the development of mobile premium content businesses in South-East
Europe...............Subscribers
Hit TV Show at Centre of
Illegal Gambling Row LONDON, UK (December 13, 2007) --
Simon Cowell's hit show America's Got Talent is at the
centre of a $5million illegal gambling row................Subscribers
Phone Company Pleads Not
Guilty to Illegal SMS Lottery Charge NEW ZEALAND (December
13, 2007 ) -- The Digicel mobile phone company in Samoa has entered a not
guilty plea to two charges under the Gaming Act 1978 relating to its recent
text competition to celebrate one year of operation since November
2006..................Subscribers
Digital Orchid
Mobilizes Mexicos National Lottery SAN
DIEGO, California (December 11, 2007) -- Digital Orchid, Inc., a leader in the
development of mobile products and services for the regulated gaming industry,
has launched the first state licensed and regulated mobile lottery service in
the Americas - Melate Movil............Subscribers
Telefonica,
Lotojuegos.com Launch Mobile Lottery Service SPAIN
(December 10, 2007) -- As of today Telefonica users and Lotojuegos.com
subscribers can can participate in the Christmas
Lottery (The Fat One) from their mobile phones.................Subscribers
Odds on iPhone
Betting UNITED KINGDOM (December 10, 2007) -- Probability,
the UK Aim-listed mobile phone gaming company, will tomorrow announce it has
created the technology to offer gambling on iPhones..............Subscribers
Cell Phones May Soon be
Used for Pari-mutual Wagering ALBANY, New York (October 18,
2007) -- The New York Racing Association has agreed to use a new software
application, mWager, if approved by the state Racing and Wagering Board. mWager
would provide real-time information.................Subscribers
Mobile Gambling Wagers
to Approach $12bn Within 3 Years HAMPSHIRE, UK (September
26, 2007) - The increasing deployment of multiple mobile payment technologies
and liberalisation of remote gambling legislation in key markets is expected to
push total annual wagers on mobile phones to nearly $12bn by 2010, according to
a new report by Juniper Research............Read
the full story at: Vol.41 No.1
GameTech Gets Order for
European Wireless Gaming RENO, Nevada, USA (September 25,
2007) -- GameTech International, a designer, developer and marketer of
electronic bingo equipment and bingo systems, announced that it has received a
purchase order to develop and place its server-based wireless gaming system and
platform in five locations in Europe..........Subscribers
Barcrest Group and
Million 2-1 Sign Partnership Deal To Bring Leading Slot Machine Content To
Mobile UNITED KINGDOM (September 24, 2007) -- Barcrest
Group, a leader in amusement and gaming machines and Million 2-1 (http://www.million21.com), the UK's
premier provider of interactive competition, lottery and SMS games, have
announced a partnership deal that will result in the development of Java-based
mobile versions of its leading slot games...........Subscribers
GameTech Announces
European Wireless Gaming RENO, Nevada, USA (September 17,
2007) -- GameTech International, Inc. ("GameTech" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:
GMTC), a leading designer, developer and marketer of electronic bingo equipment
and bingo systems.............................Subscribers
Philippine Telecoms Firm
Launches New SMS Lottery Game MANILA, Philippines
(September 7, 2007) -- Online game developer PhilWeb Corp. will offer a
text-based lottery game to its subscribers...........................Subscribers
Tribunal Bans Mobile
Phone Contests, Lotteries NEW DELHI, India (August 25,
2007) -- A consumer tribunal in India has ordered a ban on mobile phone
contests, saying such competitions fall under unfair trade practices......Subscribers
Gambling Commission
Publishes Statistics on Participation in Remote Gambling
LONDON, UK (July 31, 2007) -- The UK Gambling Commission today publishes
the latest figures from a quarterly statistical series that provides a snapshot
of participation by adults in remote gambling, including online gambling, in
Britain.........Subscribers
Maltese On-Line
Gambling Firm Unibet and Swedish Horse Racing Monopoly Clash
MALTA ( July 30, 2007) -- Swedens horse racing monopoly AB Trav och
Galopp (ATG) has launched litigation against the Malta licensed Unibet online
gambling group on allegations of...............Subscribers
Mobile Lottery to Play a
Large Part in Indian Companys Plan to Expand its Lottery
Business INDIA (July 5, 2007) -- As a part of its expansion
plan the Zee Group is set to invest over Rs 100 crore in expanding its lottery
business over the next year. A large part of this investment is in making the
lottery accessible on the mobile networks...........Subscribers
Mobile Gaming Solutions
Signs Reseller Cooperation Agreement in Germany LONDON, UK
(June 26, 2007) - Mobile Gaming Solutions Plc is pleased to announce the
successful signing of a Reseller Agreement for the German speaking countries
with the Munich based media advisory company SC Media GmbH.........Subscribers
Hi-tech Trade Promotions
Challenged; Suits Allege Texting Games on TV Shows Violate Lottery
Legislation LOS ANGELES, California, USA (June 25, 2007) --
So-called trade promotions where TV viewers are encouraged to win money by
voting for various events via premium text messaging are being challenged in a
class-action lawsuit against "The Apprentice," "Deal or No Deal"
and "One vs. 100." The lawsuit alleges the shows' mobile games
constitute illegal gambling...........Subscribers
SNMB Signs First
Contract for Deployment of GLI Certified Wireless Gaming System
NEW YORK, USA (April 16, 2007) -- Sona Mobile Holdings Corp. (SNMB)
announced the first contract for commercial deployment of its Wireless Gaming
System in various gaming establishments in Lima, Peru. Lima Uno SAC will
install Sona's Wireless Gaming System in a variety of properties to complement
their existing gaming operations including Off Track Betting establishments and
Sportsbooks.......Read the full story at: Vol.39
No.5
Premium-Rate Phone
Operators Will Soon Need A Lottery Licence UNITED KINGDOM
(March 28, 2007) -- Premium phone line operators will need lottery licences to
operate from September, according to the UK Gambling Commission.........Subscribers
Smith Micro Announces
Its New 'Paperless' Mobile Sweepstakes Generator ORLANDO,
Florida, USA (March 26, 2007) -- CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2007 --
Smith Micro Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMSI), a leading provider of a wide range
of software and services for the wireless market, today announced it's new
Mobile Sweepstakes Generator..........Read the
Full Story at: Vol.39 No.1
Mobile Lottery Solutions
Forge Strategic Alberta Connection VANCOUVER, B.C., Canada
(February 21, 2007) -- Bill McKay, Chairman & CEO of Mobile Lottery
Solutions Inc. (MLS) today announced the appointment of two prominent Alberta
entrepreneurs, the Hon. Fred Peacock and Mr. David Crombie, to its Advisory
Board...........Subscribers
National Lottery to be
Accessible 24 Hours a Day via GSM Cellphone NIGERIA
(February 14, 2007) -- The Director General of the National Lottery Regulatory
Commission, Mrs. Titilayo Iroche, has reportedly said that the proceeds
from the lottery could be deployed towards an accelerated socio-economic
development of the country............Subscribers
New Mobile Lottery
Services LONDON, UK (February 4, 2007) --
Camelot and communications company Orange
have signed a deal to develop a new range of lottery games and services for
National Lottery players to access
through the next generation of mobile devices and other emerging interactive
platforms.........Subscribers
WP Receives Significant
LOI from a Major National Lottery TORONTO, Canada (February
7, 2007) -- WagerPhone Inc. WP (www.wagerphone.com) a wholly owned
Subsidiary of New Wave Mobile Inc. - NWWM - has received a Letter of Intent
from a Major National Lottery for the utilization of their Lottery Platform to
provide extensible channels for ticket sales and distribution.............Subscribers
GSBC Announces Planned
Acquisition of SMS Gaming Content Provider ITALY (February
5, 2007) -- The board of GSBC announced recently that it has made an offer to
IDST (www.idstplc.com) shareholders to
acquire the company in a $12.250m buyout. GSBC said it has received
undertakings to accept the offer by 88% of IDST stockholders.........Subscribers
Million-2-1 Launches
'Lucky Lettas' SMS Lottery Competition UNITED KINGDOM
(February 2, 2007) -- Million-2-1, the UKs leading interactive
competition, lottery and games company, today unveils its new letters-based
prize competition, Lucky Lettas. UTV Radio is the first broadcaster to launch
Lucky Lettas, across its 17 local radio stations and national radio station
talkSPORT, this week with the first live draw taking place during the breakfast
shows on Friday 2nd February..........Subscribers
AIM
Listed Company Launches Mobile Phone Gambling Service in South
Africa LONDON, United Kingdom (January 16, 2006) - An
AIM-listed mobile phone gambling specialist said it has launched a pilot of
Lady Luck's, its proprietary mobile phone gambling service, in South Africa
following a successful technical and marketing trial in 2006...........Subscribers
Mobile Gambling Forecast
to Top $16 Billion Globally by 2011 HAMPSHIRE, UK (January
15, 2007) -- Prospects for the development of the global mobile gambling market
remain strong, despite the strengthening of legal barriers to its development
in the USA says Juniper Research. In new forecasts for the mobile gambling
market, Juniper Research predicts that .........Subscribers
NWWM Closes Its
Acquisition Of Multimedia Mobile Leader TORONTO, Canada
(January 12, 2007) -- New Wave Mobile, Inc. (NWWM) is pleased to announce that
its 100% acquisition of WagerPhone Inc. (WP).........Subscribers

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