Gambling news - page 1162

Chartwell live dealer for Victor Chandler

4 Feb 2011

Online gaming operator Victor Chandler has launched Chartwell Games’ latest product release, which positions them to deploy Chartwell’s latest suite of four slot games as well as Live Dealer in the near future.

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AAMS releases new Italian online gambling regulations

4 Feb 2011

The long anticipated Italian online gambling regulations were released Thursday by Italian regulator AAMS and authorise operators to offer cash poker and casino games and multi-level tournaments.

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Eight wheel roulette from Microgaming

4 Feb 2011

With Valentine’s Day imminent, it was perhaps predictable that the February games release schedule from online gambling software provider Microgaming would include at least one romance-themed slot machine, and this has proved to be so, with the new 5 reel, 30 pay-line Queen of Hearts in the three slot line-up.

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Bellagio burglar tried to sell chips on the internet

4 Feb 2011

The US media was having a field day with the December 14th $1.5 million Bellagio chip theft story this week as the police arrest report on Anthony M. Carleo (29) was made public.

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Spanish association releases industry results

4 Feb 2011

The Spanish Association of Internet Bettors, Asociación Española de Apostadores por Internetedit (AEDAPI) released its estimated online gaming industry results this week.

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Betsafe signs live dealer deal with Evolution

4 Feb 2011

Live Dealer gaming specialist, Evolution Gaming has signed Scandinavian online gaming operator Betsafe in a two-year deal that will see live dealer online blackjack, baccarat and roulette games at betsafe.com.

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Hard Rock launches new sports betting facility

3 Feb 2011

Las Vegas has a glossy, hi-tech new race and sports book facility following a launch at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino this week in collaboration with Cantor Gaming.

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New York US attorney acts against sportsbetting promoters

3 Feb 2011

The war against online sportsbetting in the United States continued this week with the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York apparently seizing 10 websites it claims were conspiring to promote the illegal live internet streaming of the NFL Super Bowl.

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Who holds the legislative power in Aussie gambling?

3 Feb 2011

With controversy swirling around the question of gambling reform in Australia, the recently appointed prime minister, Julia Gillard has commissioned legal advice on who holds the power – the individual territories making up the Commonwealth of Australia…or her federal government.

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A baroness for Betfair

2 Feb 2011

Internet betting group Betfair has announced the appointment as a non-executive director of Baroness Denise Kingsmill CBE with effect from 1 February 2011. Baroness Kingsmill will also sit on Betfair’s Audit Committee.

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Luxembourg lottery picks GTech for online system

2 Feb 2011

Lottery technology provider GTech Corporation has signed a five year contract to provide a new online and instant lottery system and digital multimedia facility to the Luxembourg Loterie Nationale.

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Should the PMU have a separate online identity?

2 Feb 2011

The former French gambling monopoly Pari-Mutuel Urbain (PMU) as been taken to task regarding its online corporate identity by the action group le Collectif Libre Choix (Free Choice Collective) at http://www.collectiflibrechoix.com/news.

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Online gambling association objects to greek tax proposals

2 Feb 2011

The ink has hardly dried on the Greek Cabinet’s approval of its new online licensing and taxation regime (passed on January 27) and already the 6 percent tax on turnover is causing waves.

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eCOGRA releases 2010 dispute stats

2 Feb 2011

Tex Rees, the Fair Gaming Advocate at the independent player protection and standards body eCOGRA, has released statistics for the year 2010 on disputes involving online gambling sites accredited by the London-based company.

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Get in on the act

2 Feb 2011

A US government initiative to act against laws that are hampering economic growth may present the online gambling industry with the opportunity to strike a blow against the universally unpopular and growth-inhibiting Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act…and at least one pro-industry body has taken up the challenge.

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Macau gambling revenue on the up year on year

2 Feb 2011

The Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau recorded revenue of 18.57 billion Patacas (US$2.31 billion) for the month of January 2011.  The figure indicates a 33 percent rise in revenue compared to January 2010. 

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Parlay partners with Wonder Interactive

2 Feb 2011

Parlay Entertainment Inc and Wonder Interactive have partnered to launch an integrated social internet bingo application in February 2011.

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Sportingbet up 11 percent in Q2

2 Feb 2011

Online sports betting provider Sportingbet announced its pre-close trading update this week.

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CANALWIN sports betting licence retracted by ARJEL

2 Feb 2011

SAS CANALWIN, the company created by French broadcaster CANAL + Group and Ladbrokes has gone into liquidation and requested that its ARJEL licence be withdrawn.

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Eyecon signs worldwide distribution deal with Electracade

1 Feb 2011

UK-based games developer Electracade will be supplying 150 plus games from both its own and parent company Openbet’s games library to Australian online gaming provider Eyecon in a worldwide distribution deal announced this week.

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South African financial clampdown on internet gambling

1 Feb 2011

South African credit card holders are currently being told by their banks that buying lottery tickets overseas, or gambling online using their credit cards, is illegal.

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Naming and shaming

1 Feb 2011

Online businesses collaborating with each other by using Iovation’s device reputation service stopped 35,000,000 fraud attempts in 2010 – the company’s most successful year in helping make the Internet a safer place to interact and conduct business.

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GVC Holdings releases trading update

1 Feb 2011

The Isle of Man-domiciled online gambling group GVC Holdings plc has released its latest trading update, showing total net gaming revenues for the year 2010 up 5.2 percent to Euro 54.8 million.

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Gala Coral having a tough time

1 Feb 2011

Excessive debt and massive bingo sector write-downs have reportedly resulted in a poor performance from the UK online and land gambling group Gala Coral.

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