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Playtech signs up major Spanish land operator

16 Mar 2009

London-listed online gambling software developer Playtech plc has scored another important coup, signing up Casino Gran Madrid, one of the largest and most prestigious land based gaming operators in Europe, as a licensee for its online casino and poker products.

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Licensing jurisdiction announces new CEO

16 Mar 2009

The Lotteries and Gaming Authority of Malta, which regulates and licenses online gambling companies operating from the Mediterranean island jurisdiction, has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer to replace former CEO Mario Galea.

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New Jersey senator to sue for repeal of sportsbetting ban

15 Mar 2009

Last week’s New Jersey.com plea to leagalise Internet betting by online gambling consultant and former lawman Frank Catania has been followed by a more direct approach to such an initiative.

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Virgin´s great marketing idea pays off

14 Mar 2009

The always innovative marketers at online gambling firm Virgin Games.com achieved wide mainstream media – including television – coverage as well as online gambling publicity for an ingenious tongue-in-cheek interpretation of the luckiest…and unluckiest places in the United Kingdom last week.

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Party Casino reports remarkable winning coincidence

14 Mar 2009

Massive progressive jackpot wins appear to run in the family for a British duo, which has seen the family fortunes increase by a total of $2 122 213.82, reports Party Casino.com in a statement this week.

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Sportsbet under attack by Tabcorp

14 Mar 2009

Matt Tripp’s Sportsbet is currently under legal attack by Tabcorp Holdings and subsidiary firm Tab Limited, which claim that the Northern Territory-based online sportsbetting company has “flagrantly” and in “reckless disregard” infringed Tabcorp’s copyright, according to reports in the business section of The Australian newspaper.

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Conference to feature blackjack player

14 Mar 2009

iGaming Business, the organisers of this year’s newly branded Amsterdam Affiliate Conference (the old CAP Euro) have come up with a good crowd-puller – a keynote address by former MIT Blackjack Team  member Dave Irvine at the affiliate get-together, which runs 1st-2nd May 2009.

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French land casino launches online casino

13 Mar 2009

Online gamblers have been anticipating the arrival of French land casino operator Lucien Barriere’s new online casino since the initial announcement in February this year, and now the waiting is over – LeCroupier.com went live this week.

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Ongame Network moves into the world of television

13 Mar 2009

Bwin subsidiary and online poker network provider Ongame Network Ltd has signed a partner agreement with Smart Gaming Group, as the latest addition to their poker network.

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Neovia "resilient" in 2008

13 Mar 2009

NEOVIA Financial plc (the e-cash processor formerly known as Neteller) has released its trading update for the fourth quarter and year ended 31 December 2008. In addition to the financials, the statement includes a notification that CEO Ron Martin is leaving “for family reasons” after four years at the helm.

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Casino Caution: All Star Slots

13 Mar 2009

Powered by new software provider on the block Wizard Gaming, the recently arrived All Star Slots.com online casino presents an attractive face to the online gambler…but its Terms and Conditions have pitfalls for the unwary.

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Rock and lottery

13 Mar 2009

GTECH Corporation, which owns online gambling software developer Boss Media and other Internet interests is getting into the lottery sector with a deal that literally rocks.

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More good works from Jackpot City online casino

13 Mar 2009

The Jackpot City online casino group continued its charity fundraising this week, offering players the chance to help others and at the same time win a share of a weekly $100 prize pool between the 4th of March and 6th of April 2009.

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The most expensive online casino yet?

12 Mar 2009

Experienced online gambling marketer and entrepreneur Alex Czajkowski and his team at eGaming 2.0 are not the superstitious type; they plan to launch their “revolutionary” new 3D online casino Buzzluck.com on Friday, March 13th 2009.

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Ayre´s condo for sale

12 Mar 2009

Bodog online gambling group founder Calvin Ayre, whom unconfirmed reports suggest is now involved in a new Asian gambling venture apparently has no need for his luxurious double-volume Vancouver apartment, which has gone on sale, reports the Vancouver Sun newspaper.

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Fool me once…

12 Mar 2009

An elderly lottery addict called Chang, who lives in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung has fallen prey to fraudulent lottery scams 11 times in two years, reports Earth Times.

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Bad times for Atlantic City

12 Mar 2009

The US recession and its consequences for consumer discretionary spending has continued to hammer land casino operations in Atlantic City.

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Betclick signs Netent for another 3 years

12 Mar 2009

Mangas Gaming’s major online gambling subsidiary Betclick.com has renewed its CasinoModule license from Net Entertainment for a further three years in an expression of confidence in the online casino turnkey system and its wide inventory of games.

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Name change for CAP Euro Amsterdam

12 Mar 2009

An announcement by iGaming Business this week constitutes an important step in defusing some of the robust competitive activity and alleged predatory marketing practices in the affiliate conference space.

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CAP tit-for-tat resumes

12 Mar 2009

The affiliate marketing-oriented dispute over who has control of Casino Affiliate Programs surfaced again this week when competitor and chief exposer Gambling Portal Webmasters Association published seperate interviews with the two principle characters involved in the troubled companies, CEO Warren Jolly and isolated founder and President Lou Fabiano.

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Obama advert pulled by new land casino

11 Mar 2009

A new $200 million land casino in Shelbyville, Indiana has agreed to pull an advert featuring a faux President Obama “out of respect for the White House,” reports Fox News, MSNBC and The American Reporter this week.

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Party Gaming full year results released

11 Mar 2009

Party Gaming plc may have started out as a primarily online poker destination, but the performance of this sector of its wider group activities was disappointing last year, judged by the 2008 full year financials released this week.

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Philippines ban on internet gambling?

11 Mar 2009

The Philippines, long perceived as an enlightened haven for online gambling and home to PAGCOR, the First Cagayuan licencing jurisdiction and a freeport, is the unlikely location for the latest attempt to ban Internet gambling.

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Another bad month for Nevada casinos

11 Mar 2009

The economic recession continues to weigh heavily on land gambling companies in Nevada, according to the latest official figures reported by Associated Press this week.

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