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Party Gaming director quits

22 Sep 2009

Gibraltar-based Party Gaming plc has announced the resignation ‘for personal reasons’ of one of its non-executive directors.

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Major bingo win for Efpraxia

22 Sep 2009

Online bingo and its side games introduced to keep players entertained is increasingly the scene for major wins in the UK, and this week Bet365 reported on the good fortune of a woman player using the handle ‘Efpraxia,’ who scooped a life-changing GBP 430 900 progressive slot jackpot on the popular site.

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Brit online gambling market worth almost a billion sterling

22 Sep 2009

The UK Gambling Commission has released some interesting statistics estimating the remote (online) gambling market in that country to be worth GBP 896 million in 2008.

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Euro 100 000 win – on a scratchcard

22 Sep 2009

Online scratchcard site Hopa.com reports that a regular French player on the site, LydieA has just hit a Euro 100 000 windfall on the scratchcard game SuperSlot 7.

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What´s that yodeling in the jungle?

22 Sep 2009

Party Casino.com’s latest product release sees the introduction of the new branded slot Tarzan and a fresh new approach to blackjack in the form of Multi-Hand Blackjack Pro.

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Did Finnish slot machine association indirectly fund a political campaign?

22 Sep 2009

Causing waves in Finland is the news this week that one of the charitable foundations that the Slot Machine Association (RAY) helped with cash contributed money to the presidential campaign of prime minister Matti Vanhanen.

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Four more for Barney

22 Sep 2009

The list of political co-sponsors for Congressman Barney Frank’s attempt to legalise and regulate online gambling in the United States, HR 2267, continues to grow, with four new names added this week.

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Online gambling tax for healthcare reform?

22 Sep 2009

A more focused application of the tax revenues hopefully generated by a US-legitimised online gambling industry of the future has been proposed by a Democrat politician in the latest developments on regulated online gambling in the United States.

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Good news from Macau

21 Sep 2009

One of the chief non-recession reasons for Macau’s slowdown as a major Asian gambling centre has been the Chinese government’s curbs on visas, seriously restricting the number of gamblers who could visit the gambling island off Hong Kong. 

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Delaware: Early sportsbetting numbers disappoint

21 Sep 2009

Comments by a respected journalist in Delaware’s News Journal are receiving wide publicity following the high profile dispute over sportsbetting that has seen the state clashing with the major US sports leagues recently.

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US anti online gambling transactions target for new Maryland unit

21 Sep 2009

The recent seizure warrant action taken against Maryland e-cash processors in the United States is now believed to be the work of a unit formed just over a month ago.

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Weekend jackpot on Aztec Millions

21 Sep 2009

It’s been a lucky weekend for one player on RTG’s Aztec Millions progressive at an as yet unidentified online casino.

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Banned Ukraine gambling halls going online

20 Sep 2009

A National gambling ban in the Ukraine has seen resourceful operators taking advantage of a legal loophole by opening up as “Internet complexes” or “interactive clubs” and sending their operations offshore, reports The KYIV Post.

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Online casino group subject of US gambling investigation?

20 Sep 2009

Gambling 911.com reports that online casino group, Golden Casino, is the subject of an online gambling investigation by U.S. Attorney’s Offices out of Maryland and New York as well as Louisiana State Law enforcement and U.S. Customs.

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Ladbrokes drops Norwegian legal challenge

18 Sep 2009

The company no longer considers its interests are best served in continuing the case.

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Ladbrokes Swedish court victory

18 Sep 2009

The Swedish Market Court has ruled on the Svenska Spel law suit against Ladbrokes filed in 2008.  The  suit was instituted against Ladbrokes for breach of trademark laws with reference to Ladbrokes advertising campaign “Swedish games with English Odds”.

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Brit illusionist turns to roulette

18 Sep 2009

The British illusionist Derren Brown, who had the mainstream media in the UK trying to fathom how he was able to apparently predict winning lottery numbers last week has a new wheeze – this one using the game of roulette.

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Quick investigation

18 Sep 2009

A probe into a duplication within days of the same Bulgarian lottery winning numbers has delivered its verdict in record time, reporting that the duplication was merely a coincidence and there is nothing to indicate foul play or inefficiency.

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Online solution to Ukrainian gambling woes?

18 Sep 2009

In common with Russia, the Ukraine imposed a draconian blanket ban on gambling earlier this year, but it seems that local operators are already developing workarounds, exploiting loopholes in the legislation to offer “interactive” action.

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US online gambling legalisation bill running out of time…again!

17 Sep 2009

A rather depressing assessment by the Poker Players Alliance is quoted in the respected poker magazine Cardplayer this week, surmising that HR 2267- Congressman Barney Frank’s attempt to legalise and regulate online gambling in the United States – could again be pushed aside as Congress concentrates on the financial issues resulting from the global economic …

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Tasty new scratchcard from Neogames

17 Sep 2009

Online scratchcard development company NeoGames Partners, has used its presence at EiG to announce the launch of its brand new 9 line slot game Bon Appétit on Internet scratch card websites, Scratch2Cash and Hopa.com.

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Gaming studio successfully launched at EiG

17 Sep 2009

The GTech G2 group lived up to its promise to launch its new game creation studio at EiG this week, revealing that the centre would draw in talent from throughout the group to provide top of the range gaming services and games.

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Moonlight Mystery released by Rival

17 Sep 2009

Canadian online gambling software developer Rival Gaming has released its latest 5 reel slot, branded Moonlight Mystery.

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Stan James to use Rightprice

17 Sep 2009

News from EiG and the price optimisation software developer Botsphere is that it has signed up leading UK bookmaker Stan James as a licensee for its Right Price product.

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