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Jadestone teams with top Italian games site

26 Feb 2009

The Swedish skill games provider Jadestone Networks has announced a long-term game service partnership with Italian online games firm Fueps, which is jointly owned by RCS and Digital Bros, the biggest Italian player in the domestic distribution of videogames and one of the leading distributors in Europe.

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Up to $52 million could be raised in US online gambling taxes

26 Feb 2009

US legislators considering Congressman Barney Frank’s renewed assault on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act may be given pause for thought by a new analysis of the potential taxability of online gambling in the United States just published by top international accounting group PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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Greek live dealer operation chooses Visionary iGaming for software

26 Feb 2009

A new entry into the live dealer sector, LiveDealers24 has picked Visionary iGaming as its live turnkey casino provider. Visionary iGaming is managed by experienced live dealer execs who were formerly with VueTec.

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Obama-esque apology from CAP management

26 Feb 2009

Taking a leaf from the book of US President Barak Obama, the man currently pulling the strings at CAP/AMI/EMG, Warren Jolly, issued an apologetic communique mid-week on the furore centred on his companies and past activities.

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Canadian youth becoming more internet savvy

25 Feb 2009

A new independent survey of 1 065 children age 9-17 across Canada has revealed that too many of them still engage in risky Internet behaviour – especially on social networking sites.

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EW 3D online casino headed for Xbox or PS3?

25 Feb 2009

Barriere Interactive Gaming operating chief Jonathan Stock has told the London gaming publication Electricpig that the company’s new Le Croupier 3D online casino could be making a debut on Microsoft’s XBox 360 or Sony Playstation home game facilities as well as carrying on business on the Internet.

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Entraction delivers a good set of results

25 Feb 2009

The burgeoning Swedish online gambling network Entraction has shrugged off worldwide economic woes to deliver a strong set of Q4 and Full Year 2008 results this week.

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Online gambling a problem at exclusive Chinese schools

25 Feb 2009

Some 100 students at an exclusive Chinese school have been expelled on allegations of running up gambling debts of over GBP 100 000 (1 million yuan) in an illegal gambling ring, reports the UK newspaper The Telegraph this week.

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Cryptologic dispute reported by F.T.

25 Feb 2009

The dispute between online gambling software provider Cryptologic and its erstwhile CEO Javaid Aziz made it into the pages of the venerable UK business newspaper The Financial Times this week.

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Bookies lose a million in uneven football match

25 Feb 2009

A stunning 9 – 0 defeat in a match between UK football clubs Weymouth vs. Rushden and Diamonds has triggered a Football Association investigation into possibly unusual betting patterns after bookies took a GBP 1 million beating as fans allegedly bet against their own club.

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Centrebet stumbles on takeover panel ruling

25 Feb 2009

The attempted hostile takeover bid launched by Australian online sports betting group Centrebet International Limited against fellow Aussie firm International All Sports seems to have hit an obstacle that may require it to reassess its cash bid following a Takeover Panel ruling this week.

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Party Gaming and Citadel team up

25 Feb 2009

ESI Entertainment Systems Inc. has announced that Citadel Commerce, a wholly owned subsidiary, is now processing Instant Internet banking transactions for PartyGaming plc, an online gambling group active mainly in the European market.

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Betbull pulls out of exchange betting

25 Feb 2009

Betbull Holding SE has announced its withdrawal from the exchange betting business in a press release carried by deraktionaer.de this week.

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EGBA launches newsletter

25 Feb 2009

Sigrid Ligné, the Secretary General of the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has launched a newsletter for members and interested parties in the belief that open communication will provide all stakeholders with a better understanding of the realities of the market.

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eCOGRA accredits another affiliate program

24 Feb 2009

Roxy Affiliates.com, which has for the past seven years administered the efforts of affiliate marketers promoting tier one Internet casinos, including Roxy Palace Casino, has become the second affiliate program to be tested and monitored by the independent player protection and standards body eCOGRA.

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CAP founder confirms shareholdings of partners

24 Feb 2009

The founder and major shareholder of Affiliate Media Inc., and Casino Affiliate Programs, Lou Fabiano, has issued a statement clarifying the ownership structure of the companies currently involved in the control dispute.

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EuroTeleMillions on the way from Netplay TV

24 Feb 2009

The UK interactive television gambling company NetPlayTV plc has signed an exclusive TV distribution deal with Channel Five Broadcasting and the launch of its new service EuroTeleMillions.com on Monday, 9 March 2009.

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Affiliate palace coup?

24 Feb 2009

What appears to have been a palace coup in the affiliate business triggered an upsurge in online gambling forum activity Monday as the major shareholders involved posted their versions of what appeared to be a serious split between partners.

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Crypto row with ex-CEO turns nasty

23 Feb 2009

The war of words between former Cryptologic CEO Javaid Aziz and the Dublin-based online gambling software provider Cryptologic took a turn for the worse this week as the software company not only rejected Aziz’s latest proposal for an extraordinary general meeting, but threatened Aziz with a law suit, claiming he was in material breach of …

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PAGCOR owes taxes, claims Quezon City

23 Feb 2009

Quezon City in the Philippines claims that gambling group Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) owes hundreds of millions of pesos in unpaid franchise taxes. City executive Dr. Victor Endriga cited Section 13 (2) of Presidential Decree 1869, or the Pagcor Charter, imposing a 3-percent franchise tax on the firm and its partners for the …

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GameAccount skill games for Gaming VC

23 Feb 2009

The UK skill games provider GameAccount, which already has William Hill, Stan James, Gala Coral and other major gambling groups on its books, has reported signing up Gaming VC this week. The Malta-based operator of various major online sportsbook, poker & casino websites principally targets the German-Austrian and Italian markets.

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Will Hill set to raise GBP 350 million

22 Feb 2009

UK online and land gambling group William Hill plc is set to raise an additional GBP 350 million through a rights issue, reports The Times. The cash will be used to refinance the company’s debt, the newspaper reports.

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Russell Crowe´s Rabbitohs sign with Betezy

21 Feb 2009

Following the trend to online sportsbook sponsorships in Australia actor Russell Crowe’s South Sydney Rabbitohs announced a new corporate partnership with Betezy.com.au this week.

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UIGEA under attack again next month

21 Feb 2009

Barney Frank, the Democratic Party’s chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and a strong supporter of legalising online gambling in the United States, is preparing to launch another legislative attack on the controversial Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, according to a Reuters report as the week ended.

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