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Is this the biggest yet online scratch card jackpot?

16 Mar 2010

Neogames-powered scratch card site Hopa.com reports that an Australian player, SanjaniH has scored what may well be the biggest scratch card jackpot win yet – a $200 000 windfall and the biggest single prize ever paid by the website.

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Another online gambling fights off DDoS attack

16 Mar 2010

Yesterday’s story on a Distributed Denial of Service attack on the Internet gambling information portal Casinomeister.com has been followed by reports of a similar if less severe attack over the weekend on the Online Casino Reviewer.com website.

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Betstone in Italy

15 Mar 2010

Server based gaming specialist Betstone.com will be among online gambling companies with ambitions for the Italian market exhibiting at the ENADA show this week.

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Casinomeister.com attacked

15 Mar 2010

The popular German-based online gambling information portal Casinomeister.com was the target for a distributed denial of services attack over the weekend, but will soon be up and running again says webmaster Bryan Bailey.

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Major bingo jackpot

15 Mar 2010

The Sands of Fortune shifted for a lucky Costa Bingo.com player last week when they won more than GBP 71,000 at the fast-growing online bingo website, which only launched last year.

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AGA spent $345000 lobbying in Q4 2009

14 Mar 2010

The American Gaming Association, a trade association that represents the interests of the main land gambling firms in the United States, spent $345 000 in the fourth quarter 2009 to lobby on issues such as online gambling and health care reform, according to a recent mandatory disclosure report.

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Betcha.com tussle still ongoing

14 Mar 2010

The legality of a business model for a betting exchange company that was closed in 2007 under pressure from Washington state officials is still the subject of court actions as the owner and the state gambling authorities wrestle through appeal and counter appeal actions.

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Big changes imminent at Gala Coral

14 Mar 2010

Big changes are in prospect at the UK land and online gambling group Gala Coral as longrunning ownership discussions appear to be finally reaching a conclusion.  But it could be a resolution of the company’s debt problems that will see private equity owners left with no involvement.

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CTV online gambling program: much ado about Ayre

14 Mar 2010

Saturday’s Canada screening of CTV W5’s investigative program on Internet gambling was a fairly mild affair in which the life and times of Bodog founder Calvin Ayre (48) featured heavily, with the high profile exec speaking from Antigua on his latest venture, franchising the Bodog brand.

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Betfair TV gets into its stride

13 Mar 2010

The world’s largest online betting exchange, Betfair, has launched its new in-play betting service for Internet-enabled television sets, opening up new betting opportunities for punters across the world.

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"For sale" signs go up again on The Tote

13 Mar 2010

The British government is about to put the state-owned gambling concern The Tote back up for sale, reports The Telegraph newspaper, noting that Lazard Bank has been appointed to advise government on the matter.

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“For sale” signs go up again on The Tote

13 Mar 2010

The British government is about to put the state-owned gambling concern The Tote back up for sale, reports The Telegraph newspaper, noting that Lazard Bank has been appointed to advise government on the matter.

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Frank bill for markup soon?

13 Mar 2010

With 66 congressional co-sponsors on board for his HR2267 Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, Congressman Barney Frank may be about to make his next move in seeking to legalise online gambling in the United States, reports CardPlayer.

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More Nevada restrictions for online gambling?

13 Mar 2010

It could be a more progressive approach to online gambling, or maybe more restrictions, but a member of the Nevada Gaming Control Board is apparently drafting a document that will clarify the relationships between Nevada-licensed land casino operators and their online counterparts.

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Continent 8 Technologies expanding into France

13 Mar 2010

Continent 8 Technologies, which  provides state-of-the-art, outsourced Internet infrastructure and related managed hosting services to the e-business and e-gaming industries has announced its continued international expansion with the opening of a point of presence (POP) in Paris.

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Sportingbet in French online gambling partnership

13 Mar 2010

Online betting group Sportingbet.com continued its preparations to enter a liberalised French gambling market with a deal this week with the online version of major newspaper Le Monde.

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34 busted for online gambling in Malaysia

12 Mar 2010

Kuala Lumpur police raided five premises in the Jalan Klang Lama area this week, continuing an extensive drive against online gambling in Malaysia.

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Notts deal extended by Victor Chandler

12 Mar 2010

The Gibraltar-based online and land bookmaking group Victor Chandler has extended its shirt sponsorship deal with the Nottingham Forest football club by two seasons.

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How not to treat customers

12 Mar 2010

Yet another negative story on the notorious Virtual Casino group surfaced on the Casinomeister portal this week as disgruntled poster ‘pobeda’ described an experience that can only be characterised as a nightmare.

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Canadian TV looks at online gambling

12 Mar 2010

Television network CTV W5 in Canada is to broadcast its take on Internet gambling in an early evening slot on Saturday March 13.

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New gambling poll shows resistance to online gambling

12 Mar 2010

Is public opinion in the United States behind Congressman Barney Frank’s legislative attempts to legalise online gambling? A recent academic study suggests that may not be the case.

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Differing views at Betfair USA

11 Mar 2010

In what seems to have been a major difference of opinion, Betfair’s US boss, Gerard Cunningham, has left the company. His responsibilities in the US horseracing division have been taken over by Stephen Burn, who will report to Betfair’s UK-based betting exchange md, Mathias Entenmann.

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Greek government to expand OPAP

11 Mar 2010

The Greek government, struggling with a Euro 300 billion national debt and a floundering economy, is looking to its gambling monopoly OPAP to help make ends meet, reports the Reuters news agency. Moves are afoot to squeeze an extra Euro 400 million from gaming for the state coffers.

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Plenty of choice in new game releases

11 Mar 2010

If you thought that the last quarter of 2009 was a bumper period for new game releases, you’ll be even more impressed with the wide range of new offerings that online gambling software developers have pushed out since February this year.

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