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Gamblers lose class action against OLG

22 Mar 2010

Problem gamblers have lost their bid to a launch a $3.5 billion class action lawsuit against the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, reports the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation..

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Good news for Will Hill investors

22 Mar 2010

William Hill plc investors will be delighted by the predictions of the respected financial publication Barrons this week that shares of the British bookmaker could rise by as much as 30 percent as the company benefits from new in-store gaming machines and a growing online business.

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Downside to Estonia´s online gambling legalisation

21 Mar 2010

Following the award of its first online gambling licenses, the state of Estonia has launched the downside of the legalization policy – a drive against sites without its licensing imprimatur.

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Bodog boosts games invetory

21 Mar 2010

Bodog online casino joined the new games race this week with the announcement that it has added more than 20 new casino games to its already extensive offerings.

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Rival marks St. Patrick´s Day with a new game

19 Mar 2010

Marking St. Patrick’s Day this week, online gambling software provider Rival Gaming launched a thoroughly Irish video slot branded Shamrock Isle.

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Online gambling issue on South African television

19 Mar 2010

Online gambling was on South African television screens Thursday evening, and not in a good way.

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Surprise ruling in Kentucky

19 Mar 2010

The appeal over an appeal by the state of Kentucky to the state Supreme Court has had an unexpected result – on the legal technicality of whether iMEGA and the IGC had standing to pursue the state after it tried to seize and confiscate 141 international Internet gambling domain names, the bench ruled that they …

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Scandinavian deal for Neogames

18 Mar 2010

The Scandinavian company Megascratch.com Inc., which claims to be staffed by unidentified online gambling industry professionals, has entered into a white label agreement with the Malta-licensed Internet scratch card specialist group Neogames.

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New 5 line scratchcards from Neogames

18 Mar 2010

The Malta-licensed online scratch card provider Neogames has launched another first for the company – two 5 line instant sctrach card games that give players more opportunities to win in a single game.

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A tale of two halves

18 Mar 2010

The latest full year results from online casino group 32Red.com reflect, as predicted, a tale of two differing halves; the first produced a disappointing performance in a difficult economy, and the second saw improvement, albeit insufficient to be exciting.

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Q1 2010 results release by Chartwell Technology

18 Mar 2010

The Calgary, Canada-based online gambling software developer Chartwell Technology has released its financial results for Q1 2010, a period ending January 31, 2010.

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Buzzluck brand sold…but not the database

18 Mar 2010

Online gambling marketing whizz Alex Czajkowski made a big impression when his eGaming20.com company launched the Buzzluck online casino, taking a fresh and innovative onsite promotional approach that appealed to a wide range of players and generated plenty of, well…buzz.

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Kyl´s delaying tactics pay off

18 Mar 2010

Online gambling’s arch enemy, the Republican senator from Arizona Jon Kyl, apparently chose a potent and successful tactic to ensure the UIGEA regulations are not delayed beyond June 1st.

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Aussie internet censorship delayed

18 Mar 2010

The highly controversial and much criticised attempt by Australia’s Labour government to introduce a statutary body-controlled blacklist of Internet websites, effectively censoring the Internet, has been delayed, according to reports in the Australian mainstream media.

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Plenty of sports action for Betboo

18 Mar 2010

The Latin American-facing sports betting operator and Gaming VC subsidiary Betboo will receive over 1 500 televised sports events every year following an agreement signed with digital sports group Perform this week.

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Bingo site ad banned

18 Mar 2010

The Advertising Standards Authority, Britain’s advertising watchdog and regulator, has banned a television advert flighted by Tombola Bingo for negative racial stereotyping, following a complaint from two members of the public.

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Timely launch

17 Mar 2010

WinADay’s latest game release, a 5 reel 31 payline 3D slot dubbed Leprechaun’s Luck was launched on St Patrick’s Day, backed by a series of promos to mark the international wearing of the green.

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Online casino action for PKR?

17 Mar 2010

The chief executive of the popular UK-based 3D online poker room PKR.com, Malcolm Graham, said in an intervew this week that the company will introduce a suite of casino games to build on the company’s impressive growth since launch in 2006.

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lacklustre year for Neovia

17 Mar 2010

The Internet e-cash processing group Neovia plc has released a lacklustre set of full year results for the period to December 31st 2009.

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71 percent rise in full year profit at Playtech

17 Mar 2010

Playtech Limited has posted a 71 percent rise in full-year net profit and raised its dividend, as new licence agreements boosted its bottom line, and says it has made a good start to 2010.

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Playtech to provide Boyle Sports with online bingo

17 Mar 2010

Online gambling software provider Playtech Ltd. has established a bingo licensing agreement with Ireland’s largest independent bookmaker Boylesports.

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Fourth online gambling portal attacked?

17 Mar 2010

Although full details are not yet to hand, posts at the Gambling Portal Webmasters Association (GPWA) forum indicate that a fourth online gambling information website may have come under distributed denial of service attack.

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Will Hill extends Cryptologic relationship

17 Mar 2010

Online gambling software developer Cryptologic celebrated its ten-year-long business partnership with the major UK bookeeper group William Hill plc this week by extending the relationship with a new multi-year deal to license a suite of its most popular branded casino games.

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Consolidated research on Aussie gambling

17 Mar 2010

Australian academics who carried out a meta-analysis of 34 gambling studies conducted in Australia and New Zealand, claim to have produced the most complete study of gambling prevalence in Australasia to date…and the problem gambling implications are worrying.

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