Malaysia’s second largest mobile phone company, Celcom Mobile, has been stopped by government officials from running an SMS-based contest offering new cars after complaints from unspecified sources that it “resembled gambling” and involved excessive SMS charges. Continue Reading »
Archive for June, 2008
New mobile entertainment proposition
News on 10 Jun 2008The Israeli provider of ad-funded entertainment, innerActive Smart Media, has teamed up with Italian mobile entertainment firm Buongiorno to offer its customers free ad-supported games, IM and Video content, opening up interesting mobile marketing possibilities. Continue Reading »
Brit mobile gambling firm acquired by IGT
News on 10 Jun 2008The md of IGT in Britain, Robert White, has announced the acquisition of Manchester-based mobile gaming company Million-2-1 after a two year partnership with the firm, marking IGT-UK’s entry into the mobile gaming market. The consideration paid by IGT was not disclosed. Continue Reading »
Golden Palace Mobile Casino
Casino games on 05 Jun 2008It is difficult finding a casino that offers the mobile gambling for blackberries, and now I have found Golden Palace! Unfotunately, I only have a blackberry and when I want to review a casino that does not offer it, I need to ask friends to test it for me and take the photos, which is cumbersome and time consuming.
Intertops Sportsbetting
Sportsbetting on 03 Jun 2008With the Euro 08 coming up in a few days, I started looking at placing a few bets on the games and happened across Intertops. Normally, I would never have thought of betting with my mobile, as I sit in front of the computer most of the time, but then it dawned on me that it has happened to me before that I was sitting somewhere, beer in my hand, realising that I had forgotten to place a bet on the game which was about to start. Boy, was I upset. Realising now, that I could have simply logged into my account at Intertops on my mobile both upsets me as well as reassures me that this will not happen to me again. Continue Reading »