From iGaming Business Despite months of protest from union leaders and Democrat legislators, the new Northstar New Jersey Lottery Group joint venture has signed a 15-year contract to supply the New Jersey Lottery with marketing and sales services. A joint venture between American lottery technology provider Scientific Games Corporation and GTECH Corporation in partnership with OSI LTT NJ Holdings Incorporated, Northstar New Jersey has paid the eastern state $120 million up front as part of the agreement, which is set to begin from October 1. According to a report from The Star-Ledger newspaper, the New Jersey Lottery is the state’s…

From Reuters Like many visitors to the Casino Royale Goa on a rainy Saturday night on India’s western coast, Salim Budhwani said he does not gamble but also had no objection to the betting at the busy tables downstairs. Despite socially conservative India’s ambivalence about gambling, consultancy firm KPMG estimated that $60 billion was wagered in the country in 2010. Much of the gambling is illegal, but attitudes are slowly changing as more Asian countries embrace gaming as a revenue generator and tourist draw. Legal gambling in the increasingly wealthy country of 1.2 billion is limited to state lotteries, horse…

The FBI has broken up a sports gambling ring accused of operating internationally and taking millions of dollars in illegal bets from Southern California. Authorities said 18 members of the gambling ring were charged in an indictment unsealed Wednesday. Agents arrested 14 of the defendants during raids in Los Angeles and San Diego. One of the alleged ring leaders was captured in Norway. All persons connected to the sports gambling ring were also connected to Macho Sports, an Internet and telephone gambling business. According to the indictment, Jan Harald Portocarrero and Erik Portocarrero ran the business from Lima, Peru, using…

From Courier-Journal Kentucky officials announced Wednesday that the state is receiving $6.075 million in an online poker case settlement. Kentucky officials filed a lawsuit in 2008 to seize 141 domain names that it alleged were involved in illegal internet gambling in the state. Later, Kentucky joined lawsuits filed by federal prosecutors against some of the same internet domain names in the Kentucky case. The settlement is between Kentucky and those prosecutors, the state announced. Gov. Steve Beshear said in a statement that the efforts help protect “our signature horse racing industry and legitimate charitable gaming interests.” Beshear said the funds…

From iGaming Business Location technology provider, GeoComply USA, Inc. has become the latest company to be awarded a Class II Nevada Gaming License. Yesterday’s award comes after successful hearings before the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission earlier this month. “We’re very excited to receive our license in Nevada and have the ability to offer Nevada operators our accurate, user-friendly and secure geolocation solutions,” says GeoComply CEO Anna Sainsbury. “It’s a big step in our continued commitment to the evolving North American iGaming market.” GeoComply has also submitted a license application with the state of New Jersey, in…

From iGaming Business Three-dimensional online slots developer BetSoft Gaming Limited has signed a ‘white-label’ deal with Scandinavian operator Redbet Gaming Limited that will see its complete portfolio of Slots3 video slots launched at Redbet.com. Recently acquired by Bonnier Gaming AB, Redbet Gaming also operates the Whitebet.com and Heypoker.com brands while BetSoft Gaming inked a similar agreement earlier this month with Leo Vegas International that has seen its complete portfolio of ToGo mobile games go live at LeoVegas.com. “Redbet Gaming is a phenomenal operator,” said Anthony Locke, Head of Product Development for BetSoft Gaming. “We are gratified to contribute to its…