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Scotland's first interactive television casino

20 Jul 2009

The dynamic management team at UK interactive gambling group NetplayTV plc has announced another new partnership, this time bringing the first interactive television gambling casino to Scotland.

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Scotland’s first interactive television casino

20 Jul 2009

The dynamic management team at UK interactive gambling group NetplayTV plc has announced another new partnership, this time bringing the first interactive television gambling casino to Scotland.

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Balkans online poker and casino deal for Dragonfish

20 Jul 2009

Dragonfish, the b2b division of online gambling group 888.com, has signed a new customer that will see its online casino and poker platform operating in the Balkans.

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Bingo for building

20 Jul 2009

The Guardian newspaper in the UK reports that a charity bingo hall in a suburb of Los Angeles in the United States has generated millions of dollars for Jewish settlements in disputed territory in the Middle East through regular nightly sessions over the past 20 years.

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Q2 Macau numbers continue decline

20 Jul 2009

Land casino revenues on the offshore gambling centre of Macau fell 12.2 percent in the second quarter 2009 to MOP$25.62 billion, compared with Q2 2008, and were down 2.4 percent on Q1 of 2009, the island’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau reported.

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Opap strike stalls

19 Jul 2009

Sales agents at the giant Greek government betting monopoly OPAP have suspended a strike against a new government tax on punters’ winnings, reports the Reuters news agency.

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Antigua distances itself from Zookz (Update)

19 Jul 2009

Legal representatives of the government of Antigua and Barbuda have been quick to distance their client from the activities of the subscription-based, unlimited music and film download site ZookZ, which surfaced this week in an article by Techdirt.

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Partygaming buys Cashcade

19 Jul 2009

For several weeks now there has been widespread speculation on who would acquire the UK online gambling group Cashcade . Would it be Party Gaming, 888.com or some other major group with the financial clout to close the deal?

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“Skill with prizes” definition under consideration

18 Jul 2009

The ‘skill with prizes’ gambling genre has been under the UK Gambling Commission microscope lately in order to ascertain whether or not some games described as SWPs are in fact gaming machines.

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More off-track electronic betting in the USA

18 Jul 2009

The Los Angeles Times reports that Commerce Casino is to become the first of 45 new electronic OTB (offtrack betting) horserace venues allowed under a 2007 state law to boost the horse racing industry.

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UK gambling commission reports on the year

18 Jul 2009

The UK Gambling Commission published its annual report for 2008-2009 this week, revealing that a total of 520 operating licences were issued during the year, mainly to small operators or converted lottery licences, of which the majority went to land betting operators, gaming machine suppliers and society lotteries.

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Parlay keeps busy

17 Jul 2009

Canadian online bingo software developer Parlay Entertainment has launched Parlay Game Services North America, providing a hosted and managed game content solution for the existing North American regulatory environment.

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Exploiting the WTO Ruling

17 Jul 2009

The respected publication Techdirt.com carried an interesting article about an online music provider apparently taking advantage of World Trade Organisation findings on the Internet gambling dispute between the United States and the government of Antigua and Barbuda.

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July a bumper month for new online games

17 Jul 2009

July has seen a feast of new games for online gamblers, increasing the depth of choice across several Internet gambling provider platforms.

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Betfair Australia advertising goes to Saatchi

16 Jul 2009

The Australian wing of online gambling group Betfair has engaged M&C Saatchi Melbourne to handle its creative advertising account following a three-way competitive pitch.

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EIG Copenhagen already larger

16 Jul 2009

With nine weeks still to go until the 8th Annual European iGaming Congress and Expo (EiG) opens its doors in Copenhagen, the organisers have announced that this year’s exhibition is already 10 percent larger than last year’s.

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Italian betting up in H1 2009

16 Jul 2009

The value of bets in Italy rose 10.8 percent in the first six months of the year to Euros 26.266 billion, the state gaming regulator AAMS reported this week.

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Chinese rounders?

16 Jul 2009

The upcoming Asian Poker Tour this August will set the scene for what could be a Chinese version of the popular US poker movie Rounders, increasing awareness of the game as a sport.

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Heavy fine for scratchcard operator

16 Jul 2009

The UK newspaper The Daily Mirror reports that a nationwide scratchcard competition that was promoted in more than 300 publications has been fined GBP100 000.

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Virtue Fusion scores another bingo site

16 Jul 2009

Virtue Fusion Alderney’s growing online bingo network signed another member this week when Krone Bingo.dk, a Danish bingo operation, joined the network, promising large progressive slot jackpots alongside tempting player sign up bonuses.

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PPA joins poker funds seizure fight (Update)

16 Jul 2009

Account Services Corporation, the US company that is contesting the seizure of poker player funds in its care by the New York US Attorney’s Office has a powerful ally in its litigation. 

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UK advertising white list closed (Update)

15 Jul 2009

Until it has completed its current review of the Gambling Act the UK government will not accept any further applications for inclusion in its advertising white list, which enables offshore online gambling companies to advertise in the United Kingdom media.

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New addition to Jadestone backgammon network

15 Jul 2009

Jadestone Networks, the Nordic based owner and operator of multi-player gaming networks GamArena and DiceArena, has signed the World Series of Backgammon for its new backgammon network.

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Football action for Will Hill

15 Jul 2009

The British online gambling group William Hill plc will replace BetNOW as News International Commercial’s Dream Team partner next season. The project, run through The Sun newspaper, is a multi-platform initiative that embraces digital, mobile and print.

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