Cogan’s Trade, new casino focused movie starring Brad Pitt
A new film inspired of the casino world is set to be released during 2012. Titled Cogan’s Trade, the film will have a dream cast, with no less than 3 head figures: Brad Pitt, Sam Rockwell and Casey Affleck. A free adaptation Adapted from the novel written by George V. Higgins, Cogan’s Trade (...)
Partouche revenues down 2,9%
During the 2010-2011 fiscal year that ended last October, the Partouche Group has earned 464.3 million euros in revenues, representing a decrease of 2.9% compared to the 478.1 million recorded during the previous year. The impact of a tax measure To explain this drop in income, the Partouche Group highlights the tax measure (...)
French casinos concerned about future growth
During the last 3 years, terrestrial casinos in France have encountered many difficulties. In 2011, their situation has been improved since national growth is back with nearly 1%. However, this increase hides a mixed picture marked by a decrease in activity for more than half of the actors. In figures Last Tuesday, December (...)
Paysafecard now working with Neteller
Paysafecard can now be used to make all your fund transfers on your Neteller acount. Sold in more than 400,000 shops worldwide, the prepaid card offers different price points from 10 to 100 €. On each deposit made with Paysafecard on Neteller, there is a 1,75% transaction fee. The payment solution is (...)
Top 10 gambling countries
H2 Gambling Capital published a ranking revealing the top 10 countries where gambling is very popular. To get this list, the consultancy firm took in consideration the average loss per adult in 2010. Top 3 Because of the mythical Las Vegas and Atlantic City, we could think the US would be in the (...)
European Parliament adopts Creutzmann’s report
The Creutzmann’s report pushes for the creation of a unified system in the EU for all gambling activities online. On November 15th, members of the European Parliament decided to adopt the text. Creutzmann’s report In his report, european deputy Jürgen Creutzmann reminds that online gambling is immaterial by essence, so borders have no (...)
Italian financial authorities attacking online poker player
For the first time in Italy, tax authorities are claiming 1,2 million euros to an online poker player. The calculation is based on 6 million euros won since 2007 in non-licensed sites in Italy, operating from Great Britain. Milan based player According to the new legislation, betting on unauthorised websites in Italy is (...)
Slot machines addiction pushes nun to steal a million dollars
A nun lastly confessed having turn away more than a million dollars to play Slot machines. Compulsive player, she was used to hang out in Atlantic City casinos. The facts The police questioned Sister Marie Thornton as the school she was working for found out about a million dollar missing on its (...)
Study on UK online gambling
Online gambling within the UK has just been looked at in depth and is revealing some peculiar figures. Sponsored by the United Kingdom Gambling Commission, the survey was conducted by ICM Research, who asked 40,000 people between last July and September. Between 2009 and 2010, britons didn’t play online much more, with (...)
Online poker cheating case
A massive cheating case is making some noise these days. A player would have won more than a million euros cheating during multiple online poker tournaments. Un Trojan Horse The player accused of cheating apparently used a trojan horse, or trojan, which is a small piece of software installed on a given computer (...)









