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Wider gambling choice for Swedish All Slots members

3 Jun 2010

Internet casino group Jackpot Factory’s subsidiary All Slots Online Casino unveiled its new Flash casino platform this week, offering its players no-download action in Swedish on over 300 games with no download.

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Two new games launched at Virgin Casino

3 Jun 2010

Virgin Casino.com has launched two new games from different providers this week, expanding the choice of games for its members.

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Tax expert spent fraudulent funds on internet gambling

3 Jun 2010

The 35-year-old former chairperson of the Chartered Institute of Taxation branch in Cumbria, UK, admitted in court this week that she diverted repayments meant for clients into her own bank accounts, and then wagered the funds playing games at online gambling sites like Betfair.

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New commissioner appointed oversee Victorian gambling

3 Jun 2010

The territory of Victoria in Australia has appointed a new commissioner to the body that controls and supervises all gambling in the region, the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation.

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ECJ rules that Dutch can ban online gambling

3 Jun 2010

Europe’s highest court ruled this week that the Dutch government is entitled to ban gambling on the Internet, dealing a legal blow to betting companies licensed in other EU nations who have been trying to access the Dutch market, reports Agence France Presse.

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Samvo licenses GBE´s iBroker sportsbook software

2 Jun 2010

Exchange and sportsbook software provider Global Betting Exchange (GBE) has announced it will provide Samvo International Ltd., a major online betting and gaming group, with its iBroker sportsbook software.

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UK bingo operators like Neteller

2 Jun 2010

Neovia Financial plc, the Isle of Man e-processor that operates the well known Neteller brand, boasts this week that it now provides payment services to more than 85 percent of UK online bingo operators, including Wink Bingo, 888 Ladies, Posh Bingo and the market-leading Foxy Bingo.

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Major French TV network confirms online gambling intentions

2 Jun 2010

Societe Television Francaise 1 (TF1), France’s largest broadcaster, has confirmed that it intends starting a new online gambling operation in a liberalized French market.

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Greek gambling liberalisation by 2011?

2 Jun 2010

Ioannis Spanoudakis, who as chief executive of the Greek gambling monopoly OPAP should know, has confirmed statements three weeks ago that gambling liberalisation is on the cards, and that online sports betting operations are on the OPAP future agenda.

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Macau revenues in may doubled

2 Jun 2010

Casino gambling revenue in Macau, the Chinese offshore gambling destination, almost doubled last month, according to a report from the Bloomberg business news agency.

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Another new licensee for Betsoft

2 Jun 2010

Online gambling software provider Betsoft has followed up on its successful signing of the Grande Prive online casino group earlier this year by inking another licensee agreement, this one with CasinoRoom.com.

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Parlay Q1 revenues down

1 Jun 2010

Parlay Entertainment Inc., a major Canadian provider of Internet and TV bingo software, has released its Q1/2010 results to end March this year.

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Building internet player bases with auctions

1 Jun 2010

Readers may well ask what penny auctions have to do with online gambling, and the answer is that growing numbers of online gambling operators are finding that adding such a facility increases interest and site traffic.

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VAT refund a major boost for Rank plc

1 Jun 2010

The UK online and land gambling group Rank plc is cash flush this week after receiving a massive Value Added Tax refund from HM Revenues and Customs of GBP 42.5 million.

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Buyer of slots.com domain revealed

1 Jun 2010

The mystery buyer of the Slots.com domain is a mystery no more – Calvin Ayre’s Bodog Brand.com company has announced that it was the purchaser.

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Rummy deal

1 Jun 2010

OffsideBet.com – an emerging market-focused sports book operator- has signed a licensing deal with RM Royal Media to promote its Rummy product.

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Hong Kong cops warn on World Cup betting

1 Jun 2010

The police in Hong Kong have issued a strong pubic warning that they intend to be on the lookout for illegal gambling on the football World Cup, which kicks off in South Africa June 11.

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Denmark closing in on a more liberalised market

1 Jun 2010

July 1st promises to be a red letter day for Danish gambling as legislation comes into effect, for the first time legalising and licensing online gambling other than that through state monopoly Danske Spil.

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Microgaming june releases feature a World Cup game

31 May 2010

Online gambling software provider Microgaming marks the start of the football World Cup championship in South Africa this (June) month with a new 5 reel, 30 pay-line video slot with a big game theme titled SOCCER SAFARI.

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Nordic deal for Scientific Games

31 May 2010

The news that US lottery operator Scientific Games Corporation has won a contract to provide Norway’s State-owned monopoly Norsk Tipping with a full gambling system for parimutuel and odds-based numbers games has triggered speculation that the agreement may also provide entree at some stage for Playtech, which signed a partnership agreement with the American giant …

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A notable online gambling date

31 May 2010

Norwegian online players at UK gambling group Ladbrokes recently received a notification that government restrictions on internet gambling through the financial system was imminent, and that credit cards from Norway could not be accepted for online gambling by Norwegian banks.

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Irish lottery sales down

31 May 2010

The news that Irish lottery ticket sales declined significantly last (2009) year is perhaps an indication of the hard economic times punters have been experiencing.

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Newfoundland provincial government considering online gambling

30 May 2010

With much talk of Canadian provincial governments entering the online gambling sector as operators or regulators, the subject has become a priority with several governments.

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Online gambling under the spotlight in Australia

30 May 2010

The weekend has seen a surge in mainstream reportage on internet gambling in newspapers across Australia; most of it related to the conclusions reached by the government’s Productivity Commission.

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