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New study shows gambling is a major motivation of fraud in Australia

18 Feb 2009

KPMG, a respected international professional business services provider, has released details of an Australian study it has conducted that shows an increase in business fraud, and identifies gambling as a significant reason for dishonest employees to steal money from their companies.

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888 piches in to raise funds for Australian fire victims

18 Feb 2009

Kudos to 888.com on a new initiative it has launched to assist victims of the recent and tragic bushfires in Australia.

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Another Aussie sponsorship deal

18 Feb 2009

Hard on the heels of media reports that Betfair and Wests Tigers had signed a sponsorship and mutual cooperation marketing deal comes the news that UK Internet gambling group Sportingbet’s Australian branch has formed a partnership with the Brisbane Broncos.

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Big numbers in GameAccount´s quarterly review

17 Feb 2009

Skill gaming provider GameAccount revealed this week that over GBP 100 million has been staked in the last quarter, a staggering 75 percent increase on the previous three-month period.

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EGBA responsible gaming day a success

17 Feb 2009

The European Gaming and Betting Association’s second Responsible Gambling Day presentation to European parliamentarians this week was an unqualified success, hammering home the message that Internet gambling operators support the traceability and transparency of the internet to safeguard the integrity of sports

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eCOGRA accreditation achieved by Jadestone

17 Feb 2009

Jadestone Networks, the Nordic based online games owner and operator, has announced that its GamArena skill games offering has been certified to be compliant with the stringent European Gaming and Betting Association standards applicable to software suppliers.

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Online gambling for Illinois?

17 Feb 2009

Legislators in Illinois may want to study the problems that the recently introduced Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act regulations have caused New Hampshire before they embark on a project to sell lottery tickets over the Internet.  The difficulties of organising financial transactions blocked by the controversial and ill-defined UIGEA requirements should not be underestimated.

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Outstanding Q4 results from NetEnt

17 Feb 2009

The Swedish online gambling software provider Net Entertainment has matched the outstanding performance of its sister company Betsson with a gilt-edged Q4 2008 set of results that showcase a 71 percent increase in revenues to $7.45 million, and a doubling of operational profit to $3.69 million over the corresponding quarter in 2007.

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In-run betting software company boosted

17 Feb 2009

IN-RUN BETTING SOFTWARE COMPANY BOOSTED Shantech could become ISWI’s controlling shareholder The management at US gambling software company Interactive Systems Worldwide Incorporated (ISWI) was in high spirits this week as it announced the signing of a letter of intent with Shantech Incorporated that is a preliminary move toward a significant non-exclusive marketing and business development …

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Nebraska high roller pursued for $15 million in gambling debts

17 Feb 2009

Nebraska high roller Terrance Watanabe (52) will experience tension and anxiety of a different kind this week when he appears in court on four criminal counts arising from his failure to honour 38 casino markers worth $14.75 million written between October 22 and December 11 in 2007. The markers were issued for amounts ranging from …

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More branded games from Cryptologic ahead

17 Feb 2009

The Dublin-based online gambling software developer Cryptologic has signed an exclusive multi-year licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Digital Distribution and DC Comics to bring Superman, Batman and other members of the World’s Greatest Super Heroes to Internet casinos starting in the fourth quarter of 2009.

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Major online sportsbook association to host second resposible gambling day

16 Feb 2009

The European Gaming and Betting Association, which counts most of Europe’s top online betting companies among its members, is to follow its successful “Responsible Gaming Day” presented last year to the European Parliament, with a second initiative on the subject.

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open and shut case

16 Feb 2009

Stanleybet’s Athens staff can be forgiven for finding the antics of local law enforcement bemusing – first the authorities, acting on a complaint by the state supported OPAP monopoly, closed down the shop and detained employees.

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UK sportsbook in charity initiative

16 Feb 2009

Major land and online UK sports betting companies are combining to launch a charity for grassroots sport that could help fund a new generation of Olympic stars, reports Business Times Online this week.

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Fugitive ruling stymies DoJ seizure attempt

16 Feb 2009

The United States Court of Appeals has stymied an attempt by the US Department of Justice attempt to seize seven million dollars-worth of assets from the international bank accounts of online gambling enterprise WorldWide Telesports and its fugitive major shareholder Bill Scott.

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Techology edge for Wagerworks

16 Feb 2009

The online gambling software developer Wagerworks has signed a games supply agreement with Game Technology Solutions that will make its products available to operators through the GTS platform.

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Sentences handed down in major Chinese gambling trial

16 Feb 2009

What is being described as China’s largest online gambling case yet came to a conclusion in a Shanghai court over the weekend, when twenty defendants involved in a $1-billion online football gambling case were fined and sentenced to prison terms ranging from one to six years. All 20 accuseds pleaded guilty in January 2009, when …

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Aussie marketing deal for Betfair

15 Feb 2009

The energetic Australian arm of Betfair.com has inked a six-figure marketing sponsorship deal with the NRL club Wests Tigers which will see Tigers fans exposed to Betfair at each of the club’s three home grounds – the SFS, Campbelltown and Leichhardt.

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Bumper year for IOM e-gaming in 2009

15 Feb 2009

The Isle of Man online gambling jurisdiction reports that according to an independent survey of leading egaming companies on the island, its e-gaming sector grew by 30 percent in 2008, and has forecast growth to accelerate to 40 prcent in 2009.

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Europarliament continues the online gambling debate

15 Feb 2009

EU parliamentarians are still hotly debating the issue of online gambling against a background of possible prosecutions against state monopolies and the need to shield sports from corruption and unfairness, according to reports from Europe referenced 20090209IPR48787 this month.

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Closing the online gambling loopholes in Utah

15 Feb 2009

The state of Utah, well known for its unequivocally negative approach to online gambling, is to consider even wider reaching laws to close legislative loopholes that permit Internet entrepreneurs to offer virtual gambling.

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Creating an online casino buzz

15 Feb 2009

Alex Czajkowski, a well known and respected figure in online casino marketing circles from his days at Sportsbook.com, has moved up from selling Internet gambling services to owning them with a new 3D Internet betting venture branded Buzzluck.com.

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Betsson logs strongest quarter ever

14 Feb 2009

The Swedish betting group Betsson has delivered its strongest quarterly report yet despite the difficult trading conditions in the markets it serves.

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IOM issues first live dealer licence

14 Feb 2009

A European subsidiary of the First Cagayan licensed online bookmaker SBObet, Celton Manx, has been awarded the first Isle of Man licence to operate a live dealer casino from the island, which is in the Irish Sea close to the UK.

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