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Pro online gambling financial group opens US subsidiary

10 Feb 2010

Three former senior executives from MasterCard are betting that lawmakers will soon regulate legalised Internet gambling in the United States, and have set up shop to facilitate wagers as a U.S.-subsidiary for a United Kingdom payments processor.

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French operators playing hardball with online gambling

10 Feb 2010

Three of France’s biggest land casino operators – Tranchant, Barrière and Joagroupe, which run a total of 104 casinos between them, have launched litigation in the Paris Criminal Court designed to keep foreign online gambling companies at bay in a soon-to-be-liberalised French gambling market.

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New marketing chief for Stan James

10 Feb 2010

Top European bookmaking firm Stan James appointed Andrew Denton as Marketing Director, with the new appointee taking up his responsibilities at the beginning of the (2010) year.

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Inspired and Silver Heritage stay together

10 Feb 2010

Dow Jones business news reports that the UK server based gaming group Inspired Gaming has extended its collaborative deal with Silver Heritage Limited as the exclusive partner for the sale and operation of Open Server-Based Gaming casino products across Asia-Pacific.

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Badda and the beast

10 Feb 2010

Alderney-based Beast Gaming, an online gambling network that currently powers some 10 partners, has ordered new games from the BaddaMedia games development company, expanding the diversity of a game offering that already includes Parlay Entertainment and Atacmedia content .

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Dragonfish again boosts 888.com results

10 Feb 2010

888 Holdings released its trading update for the fourth quarter of 2009 and cumulative results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2009 this week, featuring the following highlights:

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Microgaming confirms new games launch

10 Feb 2010

For several weeks now online gambling information sites have been reporting the imminent arrival of several new games on the way to players from Microgaming, and this week the Isle of Man-based software provider confirmed the release of three new offerings for February.

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Alderney software for Party Gaming´s Swedish Bingo

10 Feb 2010

Internet bingo specialist company Virtue Fusion Alderney is to supply the Foxy Bingo brand, owned by Party Gaming plc, with its online bingo solution for the group’s Swedish operations.

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Superbowl Sunday good for Vegas bookies

9 Feb 2010

The Superbowl NFL clash won by the New Orleans Saints Sunday was good for Vegas sports betting business according to early estimates of the wagering action.

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New Jersey sportsbetting bill progresses

9 Feb 2010

New Jersey Senator Ray Lesniak’s legislative proposal to permit intrastate Internet versions of gambling activities currently allowed in Atlantic City casinos has progressed successfully through committee and will soon be debated in the state Senate.

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China launches another action against online gambling

9 Feb 2010

China, already notorious for its government prosecution of online gambling activity, has launched a new anti-Internet gambling drive supported by several collaborating ministeries.

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Online Rugby reaction in latest Reactor game

8 Feb 2010

Online punters who are also Six Nations rugby fans in Europe have a new arcade-style game themed on the rugby spectacular available this week, with Paddy Power among the first to launch Rugby Reactors.

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Now Missouri joins the move to liberate sports betting

8 Feb 2010

Missouri politicians will soon be given the opportunity to debate yet another political proposal to repeal the Federal Professional And Amateur Sports Promotion Act (PASPA) of 1992 and legalise sportsbetting.

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Estonia´s first online casino launched

8 Feb 2010

With the ink barely dry on its January 21st achievement of the first ever Estonian online gambling licence, local Internet casino operator Olympic Gaming has launched Olympic Casino Eesti, powered by Playtech software.

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Accolades for Moneybookers

8 Feb 2010

Processing firm named the UK’s fastest growing private equity-backed venture, and awarded first place in Deloitte Buyout Track 100 based on profit growth

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Microgaming´s Thunderstruck 2 set to make a powerful entrance

8 Feb 2010

Developed in-house and launched in 2003, the multi-featured video slot Thunderstruck is generally regarded as one of online gambling software provider Microgaming’s top games…and the good news is that there’s more to come.

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Latest UK Gambling Commission stats released

8 Feb 2010

The UK Gambling Commission has released the latest in its ongoing series of independently commissioned surveys of the gambling industry in that country.  The study was based on two separate sets of questions commissioned by the Gambling Commission in omnibus surveys conducted by ICM Research.

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Czech online gambling operators cry "no fair" on tax

8 Feb 2010

Online gambling operators in the Czech Republic were sounding off this week on the draconian taxation burden they have to carry, making it difficult to compete in a global market full of hungry competitors.

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Czech online gambling operators cry “no fair” on tax

8 Feb 2010

Online gambling operators in the Czech Republic were sounding off this week on the draconian taxation burden they have to carry, making it difficult to compete in a global market full of hungry competitors.

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Little online gambling synergy in Quebec

8 Feb 2010

The positive news last week that Loto Quebec is to venture into online gambling with other Canadian provinces following Quebec government approval has to some extent been clouded by developments that indicate there has been little synergy on Internet gambling in the province.

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South African company lands Barcrest deal

6 Feb 2010

The South African software developer Kiron Interactive, fresh from its appearance at ICEi, has announced that it has landed a contract with the UK Barcrest group, part of IGT-UK.

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NetEnt after tax profits up over a third

6 Feb 2010

Management and employees at the Swedish online gambling software provider Net Entertainment are celebrating a remarkably successful year despite difficult economic conditions, reporting that full year after tax profits soared by over a third on the previous year’s results.

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US security services checking out online gambling

6 Feb 2010

According to reports in the publication The Register this week, it was disclosed at the recent “Cybercrime in Betting and Gaming” conference in London that security services are conducting possible terrorism funding investigations involving online gambling.

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Visa joins Mastercard in US clampdown

6 Feb 2010

The giant Visa card processing conglomerate has joined Mastercard in clamping down on Internet gambling transactions, according to growing reportage in the US media.

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