The results of a study done recently by a Media Research company has revealed that there has been an amazing increase of 40% in the number of gamblers in the UK during the period July 2009 to July 2010. The study shows that an extra 3.2 million people have joined the other gamblers who already wager online in the United Kingdom. 
BetSoft Gaming Limited has announced that PartyCasino.com will be releasing BetSoft’s latest slot title, Heist.
The new release is a 5-reel, 30-payline cinematic three-dimensional slots game about the life of fictional professional safecracker Neil Quailand who evades his nemesis, Detective Al Kowalski. The game offers scatter pays, free spins, wild reels as well as a safe-cracking bonus round which are all presented in BetSoft’s rich Slots3 style.
There have been many rumors circulating over the past few months of a merger between PartyGaming and Bwin and it has now, at long last, been officially announced that the UK’s PartyGaming and its biggest rival, the Austrian-based Bwin will be merging. In fact, a merger implementation agreement was signed on 29th July 2010 between Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG and PartyGaming PLC.
Prior to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that was introduced in the U.S. in 2006, PartyGaming was one of the largest online gambling providers in that country. However, they were forced to pull out of the U.S. after the Act was introduced.
This week PartyGaming announced that they are noticing an increased momentum towards the regulation of online poker in the U.S. and are preparing to make a return.
It has been reported on Bloomberg news that Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG, the Austrian online bookmaker and PartyGaming Plc are talking about a possible merger and forming one huge online casino, poker and sportsbetting operator with a value of over $4 billion.
Good news for Danish online pokers players is the announcement that, thanks to a five year deal signed between the Danish government controlled gaming group, Danske Spil, and online gaming specialist, PartyGaming, they will soon be enjoying a brand new platform.
An unbelievable amount of almost $5 million has been won at PartyCasino, the sister site to PartyPoker. This Gold Mega Jackpot was the biggest in the online casino industry and was won by a lucky player known as “gamago” with a stake of only $45 on the game The Mega Fortune Wheel.
The trend in Europe in the online gambling industry at the moment is that the bigger companies are in the process of buying quite a few of the smaller companies.
In response to PartyGaming’s purchase of two renowned operators in the World Poker Tour and Cashcade, Bwin has revealed that they have agreed to buy the first independant Italian online poker giant Gioco Digitale. Between the cash it will pay and the shares it will buy the purchase will cost Bwin 115 million euros.
