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First nations want more revenue control

22 Jul 2010

According to CBC reports this week, Canadian First Nation leaders plan to set up a gambling commission to give them more control over the major revenues generated by tribal land casinos.

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Ash Gaming develop War of the Worlds

22 Jul 2010

Online casino operator Virgin Games has announced the release on the groups Virgin Casino of a new 5 reel, 100 pay-line video slot themed on the fictional War of the Worlds.

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New CEO at Unibet

20 Jul 2010

Taking many industry observers by surprise this week is the announcement by the European online gambling group Unibet that its high profile CEO Petter Nylander has resigned, and will be replaced by CFO and deputy chief exec Henrik Tjärnström.

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Last chance appeal to convince governor not to sign bill

20 Jul 2010

North Carolina’s ban on online sweepstake style gambling in internet cafes had a sequel this week as video gaming advocates appealed to state governor Bev Perdue to veto the new law, due to come into force on December 1st.

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Playtech introduce new games to Virtue Fusion

20 Jul 2010

Playtech’s Virtue Fusion Alderney has launched Multi Balls, a new multiplayer game where players compete against each other for a share of a Community Jackpot, along with new slot and scratchcard games.

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Will Hill show good H1 returns

20 Jul 2010

The UK land and online gambling group William Hill plc has issued a trading update covering the first half of 2010 up to June 29th.

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PlayNow leaks info and crashes

20 Jul 2010

The news that the British Columbian provincial government’s new online gambling website, Playnow.com, had crashed shortly after launch has been followed by startling revelations that private visitor information on the site may have leaked.

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Crypto's instant click games adopted by Tain

19 Jul 2010

Online gambling software and games developer Cryptologic has announced the launch of a new gaming package, Instant Click, which has been initially licensed to Tain AB, a European provider of e-gaming technology infrastructure licensed in Malta.

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Crypto’s instant click games adopted by Tain

19 Jul 2010

Online gambling software and games developer Cryptologic has announced the launch of a new gaming package, Instant Click, which has been initially licensed to Tain AB, a European provider of e-gaming technology infrastructure licensed in Malta.

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Instant multi-millionaire after clerk mistake

17 Jul 2010

When retired farmer Stan Knapp went into an Edmonton, Canada drugstore last month to buy his usual Lotto Max lottery ticket he had no idea that he was walking into an accidental fortune…thanks to a store clerk’s error.

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Play Now.com down shortly after launching

17 Jul 2010

Proof that there is a super-abundance of demand in Canada for legal and government regulated gambling over the internet was dramatically afforded Friday, when the official Play Now.com website launched that day by the British Columbia provincial government’s BC Lottery Corporation crashed within the first day due to  popular demand.

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Mobile gambling ring busted in Japan

17 Jul 2010

The police in Tokyo have reported taking down a cell phone gambling ring, and the related arrest of a website operator where 130 million yen in revenues were generated through mobile gambling.

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Anybody's guess about Betfair's IPO ambitions

16 Jul 2010

The persistent rumours that online gambling group Betfair is to go public in the UK were given added momentum this week by a Sky News report that the IPO could come as soon as September 2010.

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Anybody’s guess about Betfair’s IPO ambitions

16 Jul 2010

The persistent rumours that online gambling group Betfair is to go public in the UK were given added momentum this week by a Sky News report that the IPO could come as soon as September 2010.

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Royal Joker players to chose between All Slots and Intertops

16 Jul 2010

A Microgaming-powered online gambling operation in the the Jackpot Factory Group, Royal Joker Casino.com has informed its players that effective July 21st 2010 its services will no longer be available.

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Polish gambling bill rejected by the European Commission

16 Jul 2010

Poland’s controversial proposed new gambling legislation has suffered a setback, raising negative comments from the European Commission to which it was submitted for approval earlier this year.

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Barney's Bill HR2267 hearing confirmed

16 Jul 2010

The PPA’s heads up earlier this week that Congressman Barney Frank’s bill to legalise online gambling in the US is due for another hearing has turned out to be right on the mark.  The House Financial Services Committee chaired by Frank has confirmed that HR2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, will …

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Barney’s Bill HR2267 hearing confirmed

16 Jul 2010

The PPA’s heads up earlier this week that Congressman Barney Frank’s bill to legalise online gambling in the US is due for another hearing has turned out to be right on the mark.  The House Financial Services Committee chaired by Frank has confirmed that HR2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, will …

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Dragonfish hire new boss

16 Jul 2010

David Zerah has been appointed as the replacement for recently departed md of Dragonfish, Gabi Campos, a statement this week from parent group 888.com advises.

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Cryptologic call on consultants to kerb losses

16 Jul 2010

Online gambling software developer Cryptologic has reported in a trading update that it expects Q2 2010 total revenue to show a slight decline over Q1, and that total costs will be greater than expected.

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32Red enjoy successful first half

16 Jul 2010

The Gibraltar-based online betting and gaming firm 32Red has reported record revenues with total gross win of GBP7.8 million in the half-year to end-June (H1 2009: GBP5.8 million).

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Israel order ISP's to block online gambling providers

16 Jul 2010

The police in Israel have been visiting internet service providers (ISPs) in the country this week, ordering the managements to block access to overseas gambling websites on grounds that the pastime is illegal in Israel, reports the newspaper Haaretz.

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William Hill PLC and David Hood part company

16 Jul 2010

One of the best known corporate spokesmen in the industry, William Hill plc’s David Hood, has departed the group ‘by mutual agreement.’

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British Columbia announces 75 new online casino games

16 Jul 2010

The Canadian provincial government for British Columbia will announce a significant expansion of its online offering this week, regulating and legalising online casino games in a first for North America, the Vancouver Sun reports.

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