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Bipartisan call for hold on UIGEA regs

3 Oct 2009

Washington politicians from both political parties have called for a hold on the implementation of the supporting regulations for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), due to kick in on December 1st this year. 

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Paddy Power renews SGB contract with Inspired Gaming

2 Oct 2009

Server Based Gaming specialist firm Inspired Gaming and the Irish online and land gambling group Paddy Power have extended their contractual relationship for a further four years.

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New CEO at Top Game?

2 Oct 2009

Observant industry visitors to the recent Eig Expo in Copenhagen recently may have come across an executive type bearing a show badge identifying him as the CEO of the at times controversial online gambling software provider Top Game.

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Betfair puts something back

1 Oct 2009

Online betting group Betfair has been successfully running its Cash4Clubs drive regionally in the UK since last year, meeting with such success that it has launched the initiative nationally, with this week seeing the first round of funding on a national basis.

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Brit online gambling businessman changes guilty plea

1 Oct 2009

Online gambling’s long detained defendant in the United States, British businessman David Carruthers (52), has changed his guilty plea only days before being sentenced by an American court, reports the UK newspaper The Guardian.

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$400 000 victory for Royal Aces player

1 Oct 2009

The management at Royal Ace Casino reports that one of its players, Hasmik L.A.S. of California, had a field day on the slots on September 25th, turning a $200 original stake into $400 000 over a three day blitz.

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Online operations to provide 80 percent of Paddy Power earnings next year

30 Sep 2009

The growing importance of Paddy Power group’s online gambling operations was emphasised by CEO Patrick Kennedy in an interview with Bloombergs business news this week.

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NetplayTV takes a GBP 3.2 mill hit

30 Sep 2009

NetplayTV plc, an interactive television gambling group that is usually the bearer of acquisitive and good news for investors, has posted a GBP 3.2 million loss in its half year results, due mainly to the one-off cost of restructuring the company to take advantage of the more liberalised television regime in the UK.

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Entraction to buy back 20 percent of its shares

30 Sep 2009

The warrants to 2 500 000 class B shares in gambling group Entraction are being sold by the Global Betting Exchange Group (GBE), the parent company of Betdaq back to the company for a price SEK21 per share (Euro 2.1) currently valued at around SEK 80 million.

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Online gambling industry counterattacks

30 Sep 2009

The online gambling industry has come out with guns firing following uninformed claims in the British press this week that UK sports face an increased threat of match-fixing as a result of the relocation offshore of major Internet gambling groups like William Hill Online and Ladbrokes.

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Inspired Gaming teams with games developer

30 Sep 2009

Server Based Gaming specialists Inspired Gaming Group has inked a partnership deal with the UK-based games developer Blueprint Entertainment UK Ltd through which Blueprint will exclusively provide Inspired with new content for LBO, SBG Bingo and VLT terminals due to be rolled out across Italy in 2010.

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Netbanx – Paypal collaboration

30 Sep 2009

The UK online payments group Neovia Financials plc has partnered with e-cash services group PayPal in an agreement which will increase the facilities available to users and create more business opportunities for merchants.

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Iowa urged to protect its state prerogative on gambling

30 Sep 2009

In a briefing to Iowa state leadership, the chief executive of the state lottery, Terry Rich, has opined that HR2267, a bill authored by Representative Barney Frank to legalise online gambling in the USA could be passed as a federal law.

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Malta not destined to become one big casino says Finance Minister

30 Sep 2009

With parliamentary business on Malta back on track after the summer recess, the proliferation of betting shops on the Mediterranean island has been high on the debate list this week.

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William Hill CEO explains Gibraltar move

30 Sep 2009

In what appears to be a public riposte to attacks on its move offshore by UK racing bodies, William Hill’s CEO Ralph Topping this week expanded on the reasons behind the move, starting with the assertion that the online gambling business offers great opportunities but is intensely competitive.

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US court shoots down Delaware appeal on sportsbetting

30 Sep 2009

The state of Delaware’s appeal of a ruling that its plan to allow betting on professional sports violates a federal ban will not be heard, a federal court ruled on Tuesday, reports the Reuters news agency.

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Iron Man and The Hulk released by Playtech

30 Sep 2009

True to its boasts at the recent industry showcase EiG in Copenhagen, online gambling software provider Playtech has released the first two of a long series of new Marvel themed slots in the form of “Iron Man” and “The Incredible Hulk”.

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New I-Slot from Rival

30 Sep 2009

Internet gambling software developer Rival Gaming has followed its recent launch of the slots Spy Game and Moonlight Mystery with a new 20-liner branded ‘Fixer Upper’.

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Multi-player casino network unveiled

30 Sep 2009

The Swedish online gambling software developer Play ‘n Go has capped a busy Casino 1.9 games release schedule with the launch of what it claims is the world’s first multi-player casino network.

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Bwin secures Real Madrid sponsorship extension

30 Sep 2009

Austrian online gambling group Bwin has secured a three-year extension to its sponsorship agreement with the top Spanish football club Real Madrid.

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Russian teamwork

30 Sep 2009

It appears that the Russian based online gambling software provider, Connective Games is trawling for partners to help achieve its ambitions in setting up an Asian facing i-gambling network, judging by press release material this week from its marketing outlet Game-On.

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Avalanche of games gives gamblers a wide choice

29 Sep 2009

In only two short months the online gambling industry has seen an avalanche of new games of all types from a wide range of Internet gambling software providers.

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Endemol UK and Virtue Fusion enter partnership

28 Sep 2009

Endemol UK, a leader in entertainment programming has announced it has signed an exclusive brand and software licence agreement with global online bingo licensor Virtue Fusion (Alderney).

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South African land casino deal for Dragonfish

28 Sep 2009

Dragonfish, the quaintly named business-to-business division of online gambling group 888.com, has secured another major deal, this time with the South African land gambling group Tsogo Sun Gaming.

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