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New Playtech partner

10 Sep 2009

The recently announced licensing deal between Playtech and Eastern European land-based casino operator Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG) has been further clarified with new information.

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Aussie sportsbook takes $9.86 mill loss

10 Sep 2009

The Melbourne, Australia-based online sportsbetting firm International All Sports (IAS) Limited is another online operation suffering a bad year, reporting a loss of $9.86 million in its latest annual results. The current losses compound a $2.2 million deficit last year.

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Handball sponsorship for bet-at-home.com

10 Sep 2009

Mangas Gaming subsidiary Bet-at-home.com has extended the hand of sponsorship to the European Handball Federation in a two year deal that allows the online gambling firm to advertise its services in handball arenas throughout Europe for club matches in addition to all men’s and women’s EHF Champions League matches

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Football joins tennis in banning tweets

10 Sep 2009

Now the NFL has silenced the tweets of staff, players and even the media before a game.

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Online casinos in the Caymans?

10 Sep 2009

Newspaper poll produces overwhelming support for licensing and regulation of online gambling.

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Betfair hits the radio waves

9 Sep 2009

The online betting group Betfair has secured a reportedly six-figure deal with the British radio station TalkSport which will make the betting company the station’s official betting partner for weekend Premier League football coverage.

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Betsafe joins Cryptologic licensee list

9 Sep 2009

Online gambling software provider Cryptologic has signed a three-year agreement to license its full Internet casino suite to Betsafe.com, a Malta-based online gaming operator with a growing customer base of over 250 000 players.

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Internet gambling ring broken in Malaysia

9 Sep 2009

Police operating in the Kuantang province of Malaysia have arrested 14 people in raids Monday and Tuesday in the Cameron Highlands as part of an effort to wipe out Internet gambling in the state, reports the Malaysian newspaper The Star.

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Delaware specifies sports betting offer

9 Sep 2009

Moving on from its clash in the courts with the national sports leagues the state of Delaware has released details of what sort of sportsbetting it will offer as it debuts the new sports lottery service this week.

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Smartlive affiliate program is not dead says owner

9 Sep 2009

Affiliate marketer uncertainties over the SmartLive Casino affiliate program may have been allayed by a further statement from the new management this week following the sudden departure of the last md recently.

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Bulgarian football gets online sponsorship

9 Sep 2009

Male, female and youth teams in the Bulgarian Football Union will be sponsored for the next three years by the Sofia-based EuroFootball sportsbetting company following an agreement signed last week.

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Tough times for bingo software provider

9 Sep 2009

Candian bingo software developer Parlay Entertainment is experiencing tough times, judging by its latest financial disclosures, which reveal that the firm has sustained a 93 percent drop in revenues in Q2 2009 compared with the same period in 2008.

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New 3D slots from Betsoft

9 Sep 2009

Delegates to the EiG conference and exppo in Copenhagen next week will be amoing the first to see the latest two 3d slot games released by Betsoft Gaming, branded Once Upon a Time and Barbary Coast.

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Brightshare achieves eCOGRA affiliate program accreditation

9 Sep 2009

BrightShare Ltd. operating as Brightshare.com has become the third online gambling affiliate program to receive eCOGRA’s Affiliate Trust seal following rigorous inspection and monitoring by the independent player protection and standards body’s professional compliance teams.

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Bwin comments on ECJ finding

9 Sep 2009

The Vienna-listed online gambling group Bwin has added its arguments to those of the European Gaming and Betting Association regarding the European Court of Justice’s finding on its legal clash with the Portuguese state gambling monopoly Santa Casa.

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Ivobank closing

9 Sep 2009

More clarity on the position of Ivobank has been achieved following a further statement from the online bank, advising that following a ‘strategic decision’ by the owners – the Indonesian billionaire family Sampoernas – the bank will be closing in an orderly manner.

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Monopoly upheld in E.C.J. finding

8 Sep 2009

The long-running litigation between Austrian online gambling giant Bwin and the Portuguese state betting monopoly Santa Casa has entered a new and negative phase following a ruling from the European Court of Justice.

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Random lottery pick

8 Sep 2009

A gimmicky but entertaining addition has been made to this Wednesday’s National Lottery draw in the United Kingdom – popular illusionist Derren Brown claims he will successfully predict all six Lottery numbers live on TV minutes before the draw for a GBP 2.4 million jackpot.

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Question mark hangs over online bank

8 Sep 2009

Launched late last year with massive publicity and plenty of commercial hype, the online banking operation Ivobank – owned by the Indonesian billionaire Sampoerna family – appeared to be going from strength to strength with a list of gilt-edged online gambling clients that included some of the top companies in the business.

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GameOn wins Connective Games marketing account

7 Sep 2009

Online gambling software provider Connective Games.com has hired niche i-gaming marketing agency GameOn Marketing – to handle its marketing, PR and event management activities.

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Spanish bingo for Virtue Fusion

7 Sep 2009

Virtue Fusion Alderney continues to enjoy popularity in the online bingo space, and has reported that its latest licensee is Begawin.com, a Malta-licensed Spanish-facing operator launched in 2007 which also offers online casino and sportsbetting action.

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Italian coup for Bwin

7 Sep 2009

Vienna-listed online gambling group Bwin has scored a major coup and some formidable positioning in the Italian market following an agreement to acquire the Italian group Gioco Digitale.  With hopes high for an imminent and positive regulatory system in Italy the agreement is especially valuable and significant.

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Five – Netplay deal ready to go

6 Sep 2009

The UK interactive gambling television deal between broadcaster Five and interactive gambling group NetPlayTV comes to fruition this month when NetPlay’s SuperCasino.com show flights between midnight and 4am three nights a week starting September 17.

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Argentina sprints for regulation

5 Sep 2009

The announcement by the Argentinian Presidential Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez recently that Argentina was about to switch to a more sensible regulatory strategy for online gambling has been followed by further information that the legislation has been approved.

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