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Microgaming launches stand-alone bingo offering

15 Jun 2009

Microgaming, the Isle of Man based Internet gambling software developer and supplier has announced that its new stand-alone Bingo product will be showcased on its exhibit stand at the Bingo Summit in London on 16-17 June.

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Massive online gambling bust in China

15 Jun 2009

The Xinhua News Agency reports that Chinese police have busted six serial gambling cases involving a total of some 50 billion yuan (about US$ 7 billion), and have launched a global hunt for seven principals involved in the cases.

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Another deal for Cryptologic

15 Jun 2009

Online gambling software provider Cryptologic has followed up on its games supply deal with Sportingbet last week with a new agreement, this time to provide quality games to the major Internet gambling group Paddy Power.com.

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G2´s Boss Media to present mejor games update at bingo summit

15 Jun 2009

Sporting its new GTECH divisional identity, G2, the Boss Media online gambling software provider has big plans for the Bingo Summit, which starts in London this week.

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Online bingo leadership rests on Cashcade sale

15 Jun 2009

The successful bidder in the ongoing Cashcade sale negotiations could determine who will lead the online bingo industry into what increasingly looks like a bright future for the game.

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More sponsors for legalised online gambling proposal

14 Jun 2009

Congressman Barney Frank’s proposal to regulate and licence non-sportsbetting Internet gambling in the United States, his HR 2267 Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act introduced on May 6, signed another four co-sponsors Friday, bringing to 30 the number of politicians indicating their support so far.

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Online gambling company sues Intabill

14 Jun 2009

The Australian newspaper Courier-Mail this week reports new developments in the financially troubled Intabill payment processor debacle including the news that the man behind Intabill, the 25-year-old entrepreneur Daniel Tzvetkoff and his partner Sam Sciacca (38) are being sued for A$52 million by the Aruba registered online gambling company Kolyma Corporation AVV – owner of …

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Ontario´s OLG pays out on technical glitch

14 Jun 2009

The story of a Canadian slot player who was twice declared a million dollar winner by a faulty machine when he had actually won lesser amounts was finally put to bed in Toronto this week when the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. paid the $1 000 and $4 000 that the unidentified player had really …

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Revenues down for Chartwell

13 Jun 2009

Canadian online gambling software provider Chartwell Technology has posted Quarter 2 2009 results for the three months ended April 30 2009, showing sharply declining revenues due to increased competition, tough economic times and the loss of two licensees.

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Virginia operator claims his system is legal

13 Jun 2009

A Roanoke, Virginia Internet cafe operator had all the answers for local police who arrived at his business this week with a search warrant following an undercover operation that claimed he was offering illegal internet gambling.

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Kenilworth signs CCGC for live dealer action

13 Jun 2009

The Caribbean Casino and Gaming Corporation was in the business news for the second time this week, having earlier announced that live betting cameras and software will be installed over table games, including Texas Hold ‘Em, at its Sosua Bay Grand Casino in the Dominican Republic within the next two weeks for Internet live betting …

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Religious right writes to Congress

13 Jun 2009

Predictably, the religious right is mobilising to oppose Congressman Barney Frank’s proposed legislation aimed at regulating and licensing online gambling in the United States.

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Treat in store for Wagerworks fans

13 Jun 2009

The many fans of Wagerworks online casino games have a treat in store next week – the much anticipated new slot “Transformers” will start appearing on Wagerworks-powered online casinos, probably starting with the Virgin Casino site.

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888.com and Spin Palace the highest visible internet gambling sites

13 Jun 2009

The Internet research company Greenlight, which last week published the results of a visibility survey on online poker operations, has released similar statistics related to online casinos.

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More Malaysian online gambling busts

13 Jun 2009

Malaysian police spokesmen have told the Bernama news agency that further anti-online gambling operations have closed another six illegal gambling dens used for online gambling in Penang suburbs.

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May another bad month for Atlantic City

12 Jun 2009

Atlantic City’s losing streak continued through May 2009 as its casinos reported a revenue decline of 15.4 percent to $351.3 million, compared with the same period last year.

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More restrictions in China

12 Jun 2009

The autocratic Chinese government is strengthening it’s stranglehold on regional use of the Internet through a new law that requires all new computers in the rigidly controlled nation to come pre-fitted with software specifically designed to block any websites that the government deems to be unsuitable.

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Set your own gambling limits

12 Jun 2009

The advent of a pre-paid debit card that allows gamblers to set their own limits has been applauded by the UK problem gambling charity GamCare as a step in the right direction.

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Feds bust IGT rip-off artist

12 Jun 2009

The FBI reports that Rodolfo Rodriguez Cabrera (43) a Cuban national, and Henry Mantilla (35) of Florida have been charged following a scheme to produce and sell counterfeit International Game Technology slot machines and counterfeit IGT computer programs.

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New Dominican live dealer provider

11 Jun 2009

The Caribbean Casino & Gaming Corp. , an over-the-counter penny stock trading in the range 0.31 to 0.39 and claiming a market cap of $20.67 million, has advised the market that live betting cameras and software will be installed over table games at its Sosua Bay Grand Casino in the Dominican Republic within the next …

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Lithuanian deal for Parlay

11 Jun 2009

The Canadian bingo software developer Parlay Entertainment has signed up Lithuanian national lottery Olifeja for a gaming suite operating on the Parlay5.1 platform and planned for launch towards the end of the northern hemisphere summer.

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Betfair challenges Racing New South Wales

11 Jun 2009

It looks as if the online betting exchange group Betfair could be heading to the Australian courts again – this time to challenge Racing New South Wales’s decision to impose a 1.5 percent tax on its turnover, claiming this is discriminatory because turnover is much higher than revenue.

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William Hill on the alert for football cheats

11 Jun 2009

The Independent.ie reports that the UK gambling giant William Hill plc may in the future emulate other gambling groups by abandoning betting on certain football matches if it is alerted to suspicious betting patterns.

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13 Cogressmen support hold on UIGEA regs

11 Jun 2009

Political interest in HR 2266 – the Reasonable Prudence in Regulation Act proposed by House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank – is reportedly growing, with 13 Congressmen and women already signed on a co-sponsors.

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