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Neogames launches new Goscratch white label

17 Aug 2010

The online scratch card specialist Neogames has announced the launch of its latest white label, a 70 game website branded GoScratch.com which has been developed for Play Avenue.

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New live dealer online service launches today

17 Aug 2010

The Great Yarmouth, UK-based land operation The Palace Casino is launching its live dealer action today (August 17th) at Palaceslive.com, utilising 3D technology from the Hermes-Softlab group to videostream the action direct to players on the Internet.

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Betfair to launch massive marketing campaign

17 Aug 2010

The British marketing publication Brand Republic reports that online gambling group Betfair is about to launch it’s largest yet marketing campaign.

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Betfred to offer Wagerworks online games

17 Aug 2010

Wagerworks, the online gambling software developer in the IGT UK group, is to supply seasoned Brit land and online bookie Betfred with online game content as part of a recently inked agreement.

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21 year old botnet operator stole $30 000

17 Aug 2010

The criminal activities of botnets, and websites providing criminal ‘how to’ information surfaced this week in an article carried by the publication Information Week.

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Chinese online gambler in court

17 Aug 2010

Four Chinese men picked up in raids by the Shanghai police in June this year for facilitating online betting on World Cup football games have appeared in court, accused of helping more than 20 gamblers to wager a total of 51 million yuan (around $7.5 million) through an unidentified illegal offshore online gambling website.

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Media storm brewing in Finland

16 Aug 2010

Finland’s government may need to batten down the hatches for an imminent media and advertising storm generated by its attempts to establish an online poker monopoly.

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Betfair to launch online trading facility

16 Aug 2010

The London publication CityAM reports that internet betting group Betfair plans to roll out an online multilateral trading facility in London later this year, using its proprietary software platform and financed initially by start-up capital from the main group.

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Online casino marketers eye Chat Roulette

15 Aug 2010

The runaway success of speed-discussion site Chat Roulette.com has prompted wide awake industry marketers to check out the new social networking phenomenon as a possible promotional vehicle.

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Nevada revenues stay stubbornly low

13 Aug 2010

Nevada’s state Gaming Control Board has reported on gambling revenues in the state over the month of June 2010, showcasing another depressing decline in revenues of 6.6 percent.

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Why Republicans should support HR2267

13 Aug 2010

This week respected publications Forbes and the LA Times commented on Congressman Barney Frank’s bill HR 2267, which seeks to licence and regulate online gambling in the United States.

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US legal situation is an impediment for Sportingbet

12 Aug 2010

Jim Wilkinson, the financial director for British online gambling group Sportingbet plc, has opined that his company is unlikely to be a player in industry consolidation until it has agreed a settlement with United States authorities to protect it from the threat of prosecution for activities pre-UIGEA.

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GBP50 million World Cup for Sportingbet

12 Aug 2010

The UK online gambling group Sportingbet plc has reported a strong performance during the World Cup in June-July, recording over GBP50 million in bets and margins boosted by a number of results going against the favourites during the global football championship.

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Tough times continue for Cryptologic

12 Aug 2010

One of the industry’s most respected and historically successful software developers, Cryptologic, has released another disappointing set of figures, at the same time announcing the resignation of chief executive officer Brian Hadfield.

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Third Kansas City man admits online gambling activity

12 Aug 2010

The Kansas City Star newspaper reports that Michael J. Lombardo (57), one of four men indicted by a grand jury for involvement in online gambling has entered a guilty plea.

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Kentucky targets Party Gaming

12 Aug 2010

The state of Kentucky’s long-running attempt to hi-jack the domains of international online gambling companies, which has seen a succession of court cases, appeals and amendments by the Kentucky officials recorded yet another state amendment in the latest appeal, with online gambling giant Party Gaming added to those companies the state has cited.

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Aussie TV push for Centrebet

12 Aug 2010

The online sportsbook operations of Australian online gambling group Centrebet launched a new primetime television advertising campaign Downunder this week, promoting a range of sports betting products during major sports programs.

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PAGCORP cracks down on corruption

12 Aug 2010

The state owned online and land gambling organisation Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is to beef up probity and other checks on prospective licensees following disclosures that enterprising former officials are illegally employing ‘front men’ in their ownership of satellite casinos.

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Bans and censorship in Canada and France

11 Aug 2010

The spectre of Internet censorship at national level through Internet Service Providers (ISPs) came a step closer last week when the French government regulator ARJEL went to the courts to obtain orders on ISPs blocking a blacklist of online gambling websites without French licensing.

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Pie in the sky?

11 Aug 2010

Earlier this week Raymond Ang, a senior executive with the San Miguel food and beverage group, intimated in a press interview that, acting independently he would be putting together a consortium to make a $10 billion offer for the state-owned Philippines gambling group PAGCORP, but events since then indicate that he may have been a …

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Offside Gaming signs Botsphere for sports book services

11 Aug 2010

Sportsbook technology provider Offside Gaming has announced an agreement with Botsphere to run both its pre-match and live match facilities via the Botsphere Rightprice system.

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Major new progressive slot released

11 Aug 2010

Party Casino.com, a member of the PartyGaming online gambling group, has released a powerful, polar-themed new progressive jackpot slot branded “Snow Business”. 

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Another dismal month for Atlantic City casinos

11 Aug 2010

Official statistics for July 2010 show that Atlantic City land casinos again experienced a decline in revenues – 5 percent lower than the comparable period last year – as competition from neighbouring Pennsylvania added to New Jersey casino woes.  

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Canada´s Saskatchewan province interested in online gambling

11 Aug 2010

The announcement Tuesday that the Ontario provincial government will enter the online gambling sector in 2012 appears to have triggered renewed interest in the possibilities for the Saskatchewan province.

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