The online casino games company was introduced on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm’s small cap list as recently as January 13, 2009, and the change is a measure of its success. Less than one year after its introduction the share is now moving to the list for companies with a market cap between Euro 150 million and 1 billion.

The reason is the favourable price development of the Net Entertainment shares, which have soared by 100 percent since trading was initiated on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm.

“Net Entertainment has continued to report strong growth and profitability during the year,” said CEO Johan Öhman. “The move to Mid Cap is a milestone in the company’s development”.

“It is a pleasure to see a company achieve such strong development during a short period”, commented Jenny Rosberg, Senior Vice President Nasdaq OMX.

The successful launch is the third white label sportsbook and casino slot machines to be ordered using GBE’s iBroker solution.

“iBroker offered us a number of compelling reasons over its competition,” said 32Red CEO Ed Ware, who went on to describe the advantages as a capability to hedge into the Betdaq betting exchange; simplicity to integrate into existing platforms; competitive pricing and cost-effectiveness.

32Red’s management had betting on next year’s World Cup football in mind in setting up a sportsbook, but the extra service and range of different online gambling genres will increase the liklihood of 32Red customers staying on the site for all their gambling requirements.

The new application will provide iPhone users with a live sports betting service installed directly to their homepage. The system will utilise Mfuse’s mobile provisioning and transaction technology to provide the majority of the functionality found in an online sportsbook, including complex bet types, in running betting and credit/debit card deposit and withdrawals all with Apple’s user friendly interface.

The application is being rolled out initially across Ladbrokes and William Hill with the remaining client base to follow.

Rick Brownlow, Business Development Director of Mfuse, commented: “Our new web apps will provide the iPhone community with a host of betting and internet gambling applications which are unavailable through the current App Store. Mfuse is continuing its research and development in order to remain at the forefront of mobile technology and further establish itself in the smart phone market.”

Claire Barry, Head of New Channels at Ladbrokes plc, commented: “We are very excited to be launching an iPhone version of our Sportsbook with Mfuse. With the meteoric rise of the iPhone over the last year we wanted to create a bespoke skin that makes the most of the features that Apple supports with their Web Apps.”

Michael Byrne, Head of Mobile at William Hill plc, commented “We are delighted to now be able to offer iPhone users an optimised betting experience suited to their device. Mfuse have created a version of our sports book with the feel and functionality iPhone users expect. We are confident this will increase our reach and help attract new customers to our business”.

Continuing the movie hero series is Braveheart, in which Mel Gibson immortalised Scots freedom fighter William Wallace. Some of those great scenes are included in this impressive slot at the intro and in the free spins elements. The Battle Free Games Feature also depicts the struggle between Braveheart and King ‘Longshanks’ Edward of England, with the player scoring if the Scots hero wins.

Braveheart has a five level progressive jackpot that is randomly triggered named rather off-topic Hollywood Jackpots and the five levels are Smash, Epic, Classic, Acclaimed and Blockbuster.

Forrest Gump as played by Tom Hanks became a cult figure following the release of the movie of the same name some years ago, and he is back in a 25 pay-line video slot that is like a box of chocolates - full of surprises and prizes and networked to the Hollywood progressive jackpots. There are two bonus games - the Box of Chocolates feature and a Run Forrest Run game that entertainingly simulates Gump’s dash through a football field in the film, with an interactive element that enables players to help Gump manoeuvre around his opponents.

Just Vegas is the second in Crypto’s All Pays slot game series, where all wins pay in any position from left to right on adjacent reels, beginning on the left. The symbols and animations depict the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas, and give the player a choice of three casinos, Asian, Egyptian and Roman - each with a different package of free spins.

A Japanese game show provides the theme for Fumi’s Fortune, with hosts Fumi and Aki introducing the fun and whacky symbols and animations.

The new table games are Blackjack Perfect Pairs, Sic Bo VIP and Double Double Bonus Video Poker.

Perfect Pairs Blackjack is very similar to the AC and Vegas BJ variants in the current casino suite with some small changes. There is an optional side-bet based on the player’s first two cards and the popular surrender option is included.

Sic Bo Macau features the popular Chinese game that has its origins in ancient Chinese gambling and is very popular in casinos around the world. Players have the opportunity to place many types of wagers on the outcome of each round which consists of rolling three, six-sided dice. Bets are placed on individual dice, combinations of dice, and the totals of the three dice combined.

The new casino game joins Batman and Wonderwoman in the Crypto games inventory, with more to come.
Features on Superman include a bonus bet option that is activated by playing all 50 paylines plus 10 extra coins. It also offers a selection of wilds, free games with expanding wilds, multipliers and a bonus game, all carrying the characters who made the comic and movie series famous, such as Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Clark Kent and Superman himself.

The Save the World bonus game can only be triggered when the Bonus Bet is activated. This an off-reels bonus game that has players chasing Lex Luthor through a meteor field, destroying missiles and attempting to capture the villain. Successful and fortunate players can win up to 100x the triggering bet in this phase of the game.

The new term for the certificate acquired by CTXM starts on January 6, 2010 and is valid until January 6, 2013. The ISO 9001:2008 certificate assures that the production processes of an organisation meet the highest standards of quality and efficiency, and that the gambling company has achieved a high level of customer responsiveness.

“CTXM is one of the few companies in the eGaming market which maintains world standard quality auditing and certification,” said Udy Yosha, CEO of CTXM. “Recertification is an important milestone for us as it assures us that we are on the right track, creating value for our online casinos clients and partners.”

The five suspects were resident in an apartment in the nearby town of Oroklini when police visited the premises with a search warrant, uncovering eight satellite dishes which were illegally connected to online casinos, according to the police report.

Police Sergeant Lefki Salomandros told local media that during the search further evidence was uncovered, which was presented to a court Friday and led to the remand in custody of the Israelis. The Israeli Foreign Ministry had been made aware of the detentions casino gambling.

“The moment the suspects realised that the police were on to them, they tried to hide evidence,” said Sergeant Salomandros. “They cut the pirate connections.”

The company hopes to generate revenues from a continual growth in membership and additional revenues from advertising, and cites a current captive market of 100 000 members monetised at a recurring model of $9.95.

“By completing the development of the Gamboozle 3.0 platform and subscription model software, we expect to realize the significant revenue potential of our business,” said Charles Green, CEO. “Our launch of the new model on the Gamboozle website in January is the beginning of a potentially considerable and recurring revenue stream.”

The new subscription software includes a online poker platform, social network, and unique referral system.

“Due to the social nature of the game of poker, the addition of social networking features seemed obvious,” said Green. “Considering the success of sites like Facebook and MySpace, we are convinced that any Internet website moving forward will require features that enable the growth of a thriving community.”

The first of the Halloween games is appropriately named Trick or Treat. This is a three reel single payline online slot game. The tricks come in the form of sinister pumpkin and menacing bat symbols but they ultimately lead to the treat of payouts of up to 4,000 coins.

Winning Wizards is a five reel video slot that uses the best of graphics and animations to take players into the enchanting world of wizards. Here players will not only encounter magic potions and ancient treasures but payline wins that pay both left to right and right to left. The Wizard is the wild symbol that substitutes for all symbols except the scatter symbol. The bottom line in Winning Wizards is a maximum jackpot of up to 10,000 coins.

Everyone knows that of all the magical folk Goblins are the fiercest guardians of treasure. Goblins Gold is a three reel slots game set in an atmospheric underground lair where the goblins hide the gold. The jackpot they are guarding goes up to 6,000 coins. In this game the Goblin is the wild symbol.

The final game in the new releases is Monster Mania. This five reel nine payline video slot offers the lowest jackpot payout. The maximum payout in this game is only 1,000 coins. But during Halloween players play also for the fun and Monster Mania has plenty of that with comically created “crazy critters” as symbols on the reels. The wild symbol is ironically named Scatter Brain and appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 only. There is a separate scatter symbol that pays any and has payouts multiplied by the total bet.

Neill Whyte, Bingo Operations Manager at Microgaming said, “We are committed to offering regular side games to our operators to give their players new and fresh content.” He added that the bingo sector is experiencing tremendous growth in terms of traffic being attracted to online bingo halls. In order to further fuel that traffic Microgaming is releasing new side games every month. These games give players something to do while waiting for the balls to be drawn. At the same time they form “an invaluable acquisition tool and revenue drivers” for the Microgaming online bingo operators. Usually the side games are released towards the end of the month and because Halloween is round the corner it is only apt that the games have a Halloween theme this time.

The case has its genesis in the order issued by the state of Kentucky for the seizure of the domain names of 141 Internet gambling operators. The gambling operators, under the stewardship of iMEGA, went to court against this order but lost. They then appealed in the Kentucky Court of Appeals where the judgment went in their favor. The state of Kentucky went in appeal against that judgment in the Kentucky Supreme Court. The initial act that set this whole legal juggernaut in motion took place exactly one year ago.

Eric Lycan was the attorney for the state of Kentucky. He began by pointing out that none of the internet gambling operators had stopped functioning. Lycan also pointed out that none of the actual domain name owners was present in the courtroom and that they were being represented by “illegal gambling trade associations”. He compared Internet gambling with drug seizures and pornography. However this line of reasoning appears not to have gone down well with the justices, one of whom said, “This is not like cocaine, which is inherently illegal.” The justices also queried Lycan on how domain names could be gambling devices, whether due processes were followed and whether the state of Kentucky had jurisdiction to act against the internet gambling operators. In his reply Lycan informed the justices that domain names have been seized in the past by the IRS and auctioned off. He argued that though the domain names are not tangible they are still property and hence can be classified as gambling devices. Lycan’s testimony lasted for 30 minutes.

The next person to present his case was Bill Johnson who was representing a group of Internet gambling operators that included Sportsbook.com. He had two points to make. The first was that the state of Kentucky should have filed a criminal case against the domain name owners had they believed that the law was being violated. A hybrid civil forfeiture proceeding was not called for by the law in question. Johnson also blamed the Kentucky State Legislature for not clarifying the intent of the law. If the legislature had amended the law and made it crystal clear then the present situation would not have arisen.

The next to take the stand was Jon Fleischaker, attorney for iMEGA. He also stressed that the state of Kentucky had picked up a statute that has been repealed and had incorrectly mixed up civil and criminal proceedings. He also pointed out that the due processes of law had not been followed in this case. He said, “There has been no process. There has been no attempt at process. It was a secret proceeding.” John Tate representing the IGC pointed out that the state of Kentucky had violated the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution.

The oral hearing lasted for about 90 minutes. Legal experts have opined that the decision would now be given after another two to four months.