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Republican senators oppose Delaware sports plans

22 Jul 2009

According to a report from the Associated Press news agency, anti-gambling Republican Senators from Arizona and Utah have involved themselves in the affairs of Delaware state, which recently passed legislation to permit sports betting .

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BWIN extends motor sports deal

22 Jul 2009

The giant Vienna-listed online sportsbetting group Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG has agreed to extend its sponsorship of MotoGP through the 2010 season, Dorna Sports SL has announced.

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New problem gambling study planned in New Zealand

21 Jul 2009

New Zealand is gearing up for a comprehensive and government funded study of gambling that will look at whether casinos and the TAB – and other parts of the sector – target specific cultures, along with issues such as gambling behaviour, problem gambling and the manner in which gambling is marketed.

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Playtech quarterly results released

21 Jul 2009

Online gambling spoftware developer Playtech plc’s shares dipped sharply by 20 percent when it released its second quarter numbers this week and revealed it expected full year earnings to be lower than expected.

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EGBA speaks out on French gambling draft

21 Jul 2009

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has come out in opposition to key provisions contained in a French draft law designed to regulate online gambling.

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Cashcade tops the online bingo pops (Update)

21 Jul 2009

The timing could not have been better; as UK online bingo group Cashcade was being snapped up by Party Gaming last week for a reported GBP 100 million an independent statistical site pronounced the bingo operator as the UK leader in the field.

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Playtech wins patent case

21 Jul 2009

One of the industry’s largest online gambling software developers, Playtech plc, found itself among several companies named in a patent hearing in the UK in June and July.

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Online gambling bill attracts a further five sponsors (Update)

21 Jul 2009

HR 2267, a proposed bill introduced by Congressman Barney Frank to regulate and licence online gambling in the United States, has been backed by a further five members of Congress, bringing total political support to 47 since the bill was introduced in May this year.

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Intercasino plans to keep its players

20 Jul 2009

The veteran online gambling group Intercasino.com has serious plans to boost player retention, and has engaged the services of four top London marketing and advertising agencies to do so, reports Marketing Magazine.

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Sbobet to offer Neteller

20 Jul 2009

The Isle of Man-based e-cash processor Neovia Financial plc has been chosen by online sportsbook SBObet to process payments for its betting websites.

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Scotland's first interactive television casino

20 Jul 2009

The dynamic management team at UK interactive gambling group NetplayTV plc has announced another new partnership, this time bringing the first interactive television gambling casino to Scotland.

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Scotland’s first interactive television casino

20 Jul 2009

The dynamic management team at UK interactive gambling group NetplayTV plc has announced another new partnership, this time bringing the first interactive television gambling casino to Scotland.

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Balkans online poker and casino deal for Dragonfish

20 Jul 2009

Dragonfish, the b2b division of online gambling group 888.com, has signed a new customer that will see its online casino and poker platform operating in the Balkans.

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Bingo for building

20 Jul 2009

The Guardian newspaper in the UK reports that a charity bingo hall in a suburb of Los Angeles in the United States has generated millions of dollars for Jewish settlements in disputed territory in the Middle East through regular nightly sessions over the past 20 years.

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Q2 Macau numbers continue decline

20 Jul 2009

Land casino revenues on the offshore gambling centre of Macau fell 12.2 percent in the second quarter 2009 to MOP$25.62 billion, compared with Q2 2008, and were down 2.4 percent on Q1 of 2009, the island’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau reported.

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Opap strike stalls

19 Jul 2009

Sales agents at the giant Greek government betting monopoly OPAP have suspended a strike against a new government tax on punters’ winnings, reports the Reuters news agency.

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Antigua distances itself from Zookz (Update)

19 Jul 2009

Legal representatives of the government of Antigua and Barbuda have been quick to distance their client from the activities of the subscription-based, unlimited music and film download site ZookZ, which surfaced this week in an article by Techdirt.

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Partygaming buys Cashcade

19 Jul 2009

For several weeks now there has been widespread speculation on who would acquire the UK online gambling group Cashcade . Would it be Party Gaming, 888.com or some other major group with the financial clout to close the deal?

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“Skill with prizes” definition under consideration

18 Jul 2009

The ‘skill with prizes’ gambling genre has been under the UK Gambling Commission microscope lately in order to ascertain whether or not some games described as SWPs are in fact gaming machines.

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More off-track electronic betting in the USA

18 Jul 2009

The Los Angeles Times reports that Commerce Casino is to become the first of 45 new electronic OTB (offtrack betting) horserace venues allowed under a 2007 state law to boost the horse racing industry.

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UK gambling commission reports on the year

18 Jul 2009

The UK Gambling Commission published its annual report for 2008-2009 this week, revealing that a total of 520 operating licences were issued during the year, mainly to small operators or converted lottery licences, of which the majority went to land betting operators, gaming machine suppliers and society lotteries.

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Parlay keeps busy

17 Jul 2009

Canadian online bingo software developer Parlay Entertainment has launched Parlay Game Services North America, providing a hosted and managed game content solution for the existing North American regulatory environment.

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Exploiting the WTO Ruling

17 Jul 2009

The respected publication Techdirt.com carried an interesting article about an online music provider apparently taking advantage of World Trade Organisation findings on the Internet gambling dispute between the United States and the government of Antigua and Barbuda.

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July a bumper month for new online games

17 Jul 2009

July has seen a feast of new games for online gamblers, increasing the depth of choice across several Internet gambling provider platforms.

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