The Isle of Man based e-wallet Neteller started trying to repair the damage to trust that its 7 month run-in with US Department of Justice authorities caused by using the popular free video streaming site Youtube.com this week to apologise to US customers.
A casually dressed Ron Martin, CEO of the company appeared in a videoed statement, recapping the events that caused his company to freeze US accounts for six months and exit the US market.
Martin revealed that he had been following blogs and other public opinion sites on the issue, and touched on the firm's weak communications with customers. This was unavoidable due to the sensitive nature of negotiations as his company battled its way through DoJ allegations before finally agreeing to pay a major $136 million penalty.
After reprising the key points in the plan for the return of US monies, Martin reiterated that payouts totaling some $94 million to hundreds of thousands of US players had started, and revealed that in the first day alone, $40 million had been dispatched to US players. He apologised to those US customers who had been kept waiting so long, and thanked them for their patience. The issue of interest, which Neteller has announced it will not be paying, was not addressed.
Martin stressed the importance of trust and acknowledged that the company will now have to work hard to regain the trust of its customers in the wake of the US debacle.
The question of how much private information on US players had been divulged to the US authorities - if any at all - was not addressed.
02/11/2007 - Leading online casino JackpotFactory.com has announced the introduction of Postepay to its list of preferred and trusted payment options to buy and withdraw casino credits for Italian players on its It. AllSlots.com sub-site.
Postepay is a prepaid rechargeable Visa Electron card issued by Poste Italiane with more than nine million users. JackpotFactory.com stated that the key to success for Postepay was its simplicity of use and the accessibility of purchase and funding as this can be done in any post office in the country.
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30/08/2007 - 888.com, the world's No. 1 online casino, is pleased to announce 888 Flash Back (www.flashones.com): a trend-setting animated Flash production that will feature random bits of trivia.
888 Flash Back will feature educational -- and entertaining -- Flash movies inspired by true historical events. Along with each movie there will be a description of the actual event.
The movies are completely free, courtesy of 888.com (www.888.com), and can be added to personal websites, sent to friends directly through the site and viewed online at the FlashOnes website.
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10/07/2007 - The UK’s most popular mobile gaming company, Aces Royal, today announced the launch of its latest real-money game, Aces Royal™ Roulette.
The third title released by Aces Royal, following multiplayer poker and blackjack, brings the classic roulette game to your mobile.
Roulette also marks a breakthrough in mobile gaming as the first game to be released on the world’s fastest mobile gaming platform, the AR3. Developed by Aces Royal, the AR3 platform sends bets in just 0.2 seconds.
Aces Royal Roulette is designed specifically for mobiles with players being able to view the whole betti...
14/06/2007 - Fast-paced and dynamic action with an unusual, even weird, ambience sets the scene for Blackjack Ballroom's new title Jellyfish Jaunt. The new game release utilizes industry-leading technology supplied by renowned online casino software provider Microgaming™.
Jellyfish Jaunt is a five reel, 25 pay-line video slot title that takes players on a murky and mysterious deep-sea adventure.
"Jellyfish Jaunt breathes fresh air into our current collection of video slots themes here at www.blackjackballroom.com," proclaims Emma, the Microgaming™ guru at the popular online casino. "We need to ma...
24/05/2007 - After hearing that socialite Paris Hilton has been sentenced to jail time for probation violation, the world's most popular online backgammon site is sending her a gift to pass her time more pleasantly. Gammonish.com, a resource for online backgammon news, reports that BackgammonMasters.com (www.backgammonmasters.com) is preparing to send a special personalized backgammon board to Paris Hilton so that, in the event she actually serves her jail time, she will be able to play the popular board game in style.
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07/05/2007 - 888.com (www.888.com), the World's No.1 online casino, is set to break boundaries as the first online casino to enter the booming in-flight entertainment industry, as it joins forces with in-flight entertainment (IFE) software developer DTI (www.dtisoft.com/index.php) and announces today a partnership bringing the casino games experience to airlines worldwide.
The service will include the most popular 888 games including blackjack, roulette and slots among others. These will be available in real money and free play on numerous airlines served by DTI depending on the flight routes and rel...
13/04/2007 - Online casino Golden Palace is selling the car that broke eBay records when it was listed for auction in 2005, the car that once belonged to Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI.
Ten millions visitors logged onto the eBay auction page when this car was listed for sale by its owner, Benjamin Halbe. Benjamin likely thought he picked up a real bargain when he bought the car but he only realized the car's true worth when he discovered that the car had previously belonged to Carndinal Josef Ratzinger, who had since been voted Pope by the Cardinals of Rome.
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29/03/2007 - Online money mover Neteller recently announced that, like US poker players, Canadian players would no longer be able to use their services to move money to and from online poker rooms.
Neteller’s InstaCASH service has already been blocked, and the final move to block Canadian customers from moving money to an online gambling site will take place by April 8 th. The company has dropped Canada from its list of clients in order to improve their bottom line for 2007, according to recent reports.
The Neteller Board of Directors also decided to take similar step towards customers in Turkey.
09/03/2007 - Prime Gaming launched its brand new casino this week, www.primecasino.com, this follows hot on the heels of Prime Poker launched just under a month ago and Prime ScratchCards launched late last year. This latest foray into iGaming coincides with the complete re-branding of the organization, with the company's marketing division TCADS now integrated into the Prime Gaming family to provide full marketing, development, advertising, affiliate program and promotional activity for all its brands.
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03/03/2007 - Everest Casino (www.everestcasino.com) today announced that it had recently issued two jackpots to a single player totaling $118,970. The jackpots were won less than an hour apart on 21 February by an Italian-based player.
"We're shocked and delighted that a payout this large was won so quickly on this brand new machine!" said Eduardo Santos, Everest Casino property manager.
The player initially won $60,045 at 22:01GMT on the evening of 21 February after placing a $75 bet on Everest Casino's new World Tour video slot machine. Not content with winning a 800x payout on the game, t...
The Isle of Man based e-wallet Neteller started trying to repair the damage to trust that its 7 month run-in with US Department of Justice authorities caused by using the popular free video streaming site Youtube.com this week to apologise to US customers.