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12-year FDJ lottery contract for Gtech

30 Oct 2010

Lottomatica Group S.p.A announced that its subsidiary, GTECH Global Services Corporation has signed a 12 year contract with France’s national lottery operator, La Francaise Des Jeux this week.

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Genting releases Marvel slots

30 Oct 2010

Internet gaming operator, Genting Casino has released three new slot games, branded and licenced by Marvel Comics.

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Philweb Corp. earnings up 28 percent

30 Oct 2010

Philippines based land and online gaming firm, Philweb Corp., has posted a 28 percent increase in nine month profit mainly attributed to robust gaming.

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Neogames' latest releases

30 Oct 2010

Online scratch card market specialist, NeoGames has announced the release of three new soft games to their offering.

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Neogames’ latest releases

30 Oct 2010

Online scratch card market specialist, NeoGames has announced the release of three new soft games to their offering.

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Betfair IPO a runaway success

29 Oct 2010

Perhaps predictably Betfair’s London IPO this month has turned out to be a runaway success.  With prelisting orders passing expectations and the share price soaring this week on the first day of trading to reach a peak of over GBP15.

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Offsidegaming in Argentina deal

29 Oct 2010

Sportsbook technology provider Offsidegaming has announced the signing of its first South American white label deal with Argentine operator Elygra Online SA.

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Mahjong Logic signs with EveryMatrix

29 Oct 2010

Isle of Man online mahjong developer Mahjong Logic, Ltd., announced the completion of a licensing agreement with b2b i-gaming solution provider, EveryMatrix.

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Net Entertainment interim report shows good growth

29 Oct 2010

Gaming software provider, Net Entertainment “saw good development during Q3/2010 with a 21 percent growth in revenue (35 percent in local currency) which should be compared with the 14 percent market growth predicted by H2 Gaming Capital for the full year of 2010”, commented Johan Öhman, president and CEO.

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Nevada should exploit online gambling

28 Oct 2010

With the US Congress mid-term elections looming both Republican and Democrat politicians have been jockeying for position this week, and in Nevada one of the hot topics has been the legalisation of online gambling.

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SBG Global launches live dealer action

28 Oct 2010

SBG Global an online gambling operator based in Costa Rica has announced the availability of live dealer action powered by relative unknown Global Gaming Labs.

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Leisure & Gaming placed in administration

28 Oct 2010

Leisure & Gaming (LNG) has been placed into administration with its principal asset, Betshop Group (Europe) Ltd (BSG) sold as a going concern to Honeymead Services for Euro 1 million. 

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Boivin new COO for La Francaise des Jeux

28 Oct 2010

French sports betting and gaming operator La Française des Jeux has appointed Claude Boivin (45) as the company’s new chief operating officer and chief information officer.

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ViG launches own online casino

27 Oct 2010

Live Dealer technology provider, Visionary iGaming, which launched in 2008 under the leadership of former VueTech exec Martin Reiner, has launched its own online casino.

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Atlantic Lottery backs away from internet gambling plan

27 Oct 2010

The trend amongst Canadian provinces for provincial lottery organisations to launch online gambling services was disrupted this week by the announcement this week from The Atlantic Lottery Corporation that it will not be offering internet gambling to the residents of the five provinces that it serves, namely; Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and …

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Blushbomb.co.uk launches into UK online gambling market

27 Oct 2010

Founded by Justina Cruickshank, BlushBomb.co.uk is promoted as “not just for women” although the gambling site appears to favour the feminine demographic.  According to research undertaken by Nielsen in 2009, 46 percent of online gamblers are women.

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Celton Manx and Manx2 team up

27 Oct 2010

The partnership between e-gaming provider Celton Manx and Manx2.com, an airline specialising on short-haul flights, mainly to and around the Isle of Man, will see the sports betting and casino products provider’s brand showcased on all Manx2.com aircraft.

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Betsson reports sound third quarter

26 Oct 2010

Swedish online gambling group Betsson AB reported another solid set of results in its third quarter interim this week with highlights including :

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Two new slots from Wagerworks

26 Oct 2010

WagerWorks, the online gambling games developer and subsidiary of IGT (UK), has launched two new video slots titled Pharaoh’s Fortune and The Curse of Frankenstein.

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Bwin acquires Spanish gambling company

25 Oct 2010

The joint Spanish venture between Vienna listed Bwin Interactive and sports betting firm Betbull came to an end this week when the former company bought the Spanish betting enterprise, Winners Apuestas, from Betbull.

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Ladbrokes eschews French market

25 Oct 2010

The online gambling partnership in France between UK gambling group Ladbrokes and French media group Canal+ , appears to have reached its end this week with the news that the UK company has decided not to enter the French internet gambling market.

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Kentucky adds Microgaming to target list

25 Oct 2010

Isle of Man based internet gambling software developer, Microgaming, is the latest international company to be added to the state of Kentucky’s litigation list, according to reports surfacing in the United States over the weekend.

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Camelot says no playing abroad

24 Oct 2010

From 13 December 2010, a rule change by the UK’s National Lottery run by Camelot will make it clear to players that they must be resident in the UK or the Isle of Man to be eligible and players will have to be physically present in the country when buying their tickets.

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No online gaming for Canadian island

23 Oct 2010

The possibility of Canada’s Prince Edward Island joining a consortium of other Canadian Provinces within the Atlantic Lottery Corporation receded this week, when finance minister Wes Sheridan announced that the island would not be participating.

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