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Neovia launches Neteller Money Transfer service

28 Jul 2009

Online processor Neovia Financial plc has launched a new Neteller Money Transfer service, that lets friends and family send and receive money instantly and securely around the world through a user-friendly interface.

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Paddy Power´s online man heads for Australia

28 Jul 2009

The Irish online and land gambling group Paddy Power has wasted no time consolidating its hold on recently acquired Australian Internet sportsbook Sportsbet, appointing its head of online operations, Cormac Barry, as commercial director os the Australian operation.

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Bank explores possibility of Gala Coral break-up

28 Jul 2009

Royal Bank of Scotland – itself in receipt of UK government financial assistance – has reportedly been sounding out leading investors in the Gala Coral land and online gambling group on selling off an unspecified part of the GBP 2.7 billion debt-burdened group to ease its situation, reported the Observer newspaper this week.

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Bingo in Twitter

28 Jul 2009

Definition 6, an Atlanta-based, independent and interactive marketing agency, has launched TwitterINGO, the first gaming application developed for the popular social networking micro-blogging site, Twitter.com.

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Crypto inks games deal with Totesport

28 Jul 2009

Online gambling software developer Cryptologic Limited has inked a multi-year deal with Totesport, the UK’s state-owned and fourth largest bookmaker, for the supply of at least six of its most popular slot games for inclusion on the website Totesport.com.

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Lucky weekend

27 Jul 2009

The Top Game-powered Rome Casino.com reports a major winner over the weekend.

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New chief exec for offshore gambling haven

27 Jul 2009

From December 2009 the gambling island of Macau off the shores of China will be under the control of a new chief executive, reports Associated Press. The former Chinese Culture Minister, Fernando Chui (52), has been selected as the man to lead the island out of its tough times in a five year tenure of …

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Faith in the industry

26 Jul 2009

Two investors in the online gambling business with confidence in the future are Justin Drummond and his wife Alexandra, who last week upped their stakes in Internet advertising group Media Corporation, which owns the information portal Gambling.com.

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An unsual T&C

26 Jul 2009

Many players were scratching their heads this week over an unusual T&C at an online bingo and casino gaming venue: it calls for a 15x playthrough requirement before any withdrawal is allowed – whether the player has taken a bonus or not!

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An unsual T&C

26 Jul 2009

Many players were scratching their heads this week over an unusual T&C at an online bingo and casino gaming venue: it calls for a 15x playthrough requirement before any withdrawal is allowed – whether the player has taken a bonus or not!

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Land version of Casino Red in trouble

26 Jul 2009

The GBP 5 million land version of online casino, poker, sportsbetting and mobile operation CasinoRed.com appears to be in dire financial straits only eight months after it opened its doors in Huddersfield, UK.

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Finders are weepers in lottery case

25 Jul 2009

The cliche “finders keepers, losers weepers” was firmly rejected this week as a Swindon, UK couple admitted to theft and fraud in a criminal court.

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National sports bodies sue Delaware over gambling liberalisation

25 Jul 2009

Hitting the headlines in the United States Friday afternoon was the news that four major pro sports leagues and the NCAA have launched litigation against the state of Delaware in a bid to block a new law liberalising sports betting in the state.

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Another top marketing pro joins Party Gaming

25 Jul 2009

Party Gaming plc has confirmed its second major marketing appointment in as many days, announcing that former 888.com vice president of brand marketing, Matt Robinson has been hired in a new role as head of the online gaming company’s UK marketing operations.

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GTS signs Gala Coral

24 Jul 2009

Gaming Technology Solutions plc, the UK supplier of soft online gaming solutions, has signed an agreement with Gala Coral which will see new games available for online gamblers.

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Sports margins ease at Betsson

24 Jul 2009

The normally buoyant sports betting margins at Swedish online gambling group Betsson recorded a first half 2.6 percentage point decline in the six months to June 30 2009, dropping from 10.5 percent to 7.9 percent.

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Live dealer casino streams gambling from Malta

24 Jul 2009

Casino Espresso.com is a new, Italian-targeted live dealer online casino, poker and sportsbetting venue powered by Gaming Zone Limited and offering live Roulette, Blackjack, Punto y Banco and 30 et 40 which is streamed live from Malta’s Casino di Venezia.

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888 and ad agency fall out

24 Jul 2009

The advertising agency Grey London’s business relationship with online gambling group 888.com has come to an end after barely five months, according to reports in the UK marketing media this week which say the falling out was over a series of disagreements over money.

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New bingo site for Cashcade

24 Jul 2009

Coinciding with its acquisition by Party Gaming this week , Cashcade online bingo group has announced the launch of its latest online bingo website, Graces Bingo.com

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UK football four banned

24 Jul 2009

Four UK football players have been banned for up to a year for breaching betting rules following a Football Association investigation.

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Frank Bill adds 49th co-sponsor (Update)

24 Jul 2009

Representative John Conyers, a Democrat from Michigan, has become the latest member of the US Congress to sign on as a supporter of proposed legislation to legalise and regulate online gambling in the United States.

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Check, Mate!

24 Jul 2009

Canadian lottery player Barry Shell experienced a bitter sweet moment in Toronto this week when he learned that he had won Cdn$ 4 million on the lottery.

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To be or not to be? That is ZookZ question. (Update)

24 Jul 2009

The website may be non-functional, but it was back up as the week ended, and the ZookZ management were actively ploughing the blogs and message boards despite being disowned by the Antiguan government.

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New internet operator on the block

24 Jul 2009

News from Las Vegas is that an enterprise that has its origins in sex pills and weight loss solutions is expanding into the online and land gambling industry.

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