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New Wagerworks game

31 Mar 2010

Visitors to this year’s ICEi show in London were much taken with a new game in the Wagerworks Internet games pipeline branded Kitty Glitter, and the news this week is that the wait is over, with this interesting online version of a popular land slot appearing on Wagerworks licensee websites.

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Chinese reports on internet gambling blitz

31 Mar 2010

The multi-ministry war being waged by the Chinese government on Internet gambling continues to hammer companies as well as individuals, according to a progress report issued this week by the Ministry of Culture.

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US moves to confiscate seized online gambling cash

31 Mar 2010

Millions of dollars, allegedly from online gambling transactions interrupted by US government action against a number of e-cash processors, are now the subject of forfeiture hearings in the northern division of The US District Court for Maryland, reports the Baltimore City Paper.

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Yanks don´t like Aussie internet censorship plans

30 Mar 2010

The highly controversial attempt by the Australian government to censor Internet access through a government agency blacklist to ISPs  is starting to meet with criticism from a US government already alerted by similar moves in China.

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Latest tranche of bingo side games launched by Microgaming

30 Mar 2010

Online gambling software developer Microgaming launched two new Bingo side games to its network of operators this week.

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Barcrest Group in poll position for election with new game

30 Mar 2010

Graphics that bear a remarkable likeness to Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and David Cameron adorn a new series of slots that the UK Barcrest group has introduced to coincide with the upcoming British general elections.

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New mini-game for 888.com marketers

30 Mar 2010

Trebax Innovations Ltd., which devises player acquisition strategies and software applications through its Damn Small Games mini-game platform, has launched a new game in the series dubbed “Damned Small Blackjack.”

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Glynn appointment confirmed by Ladbrokes

30 Mar 2010

The major UK online and land gambling group Ladbrokes has confirmed breaking news at the weekend that Richard Glynn (45) is its choice to succeed Chris Bell as chief executive.

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Good news from Kentucky

30 Mar 2010

Last week’s disappointing news that the Kentucky Supreme Court had denied trade association iMEGA’s legal standing until it could produce an owner of one of the 141 seized domains has been followed by positive news.

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Colorado catastrophy

30 Mar 2010

Colorado casino gambler Louise Chavez thought she had hit the bigtime at the Fortune Valley Casino last week when the bells rang and lights flashed as a slot machine told her she had just won $42 million, reports Fox25.

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Baptist chief rails against online gambling

30 Mar 2010

The heat is rising over the apparently imminent launch of Congressman Barney Frank’s bill seeking to legalise and regulate online gambling in the United States. This week Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land called on Frank’s House Financial Services Committee to oppose a bill he claims will undermine current (UIGEA) restrictions on Internet gambling and significantly …

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Sharing wisdom

29 Mar 2010

Former Ladbrokes Gibraltar IT chief and current online gambling portal webmaster Dave Sawyer believes in sharing his industry wisdom with fellow webmasters, and is well known for giving more junior webmasters the benefit of his knowledge on various forums.

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A-witching we will go

29 Mar 2010

Online scratchcard developer Neogames has released a new multi scratchcard game to its licensees and white label clients dubbed Esmeralda.

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What´s in a name

29 Mar 2010

Another highly desirable online gambling domain name is about to come onto the market next (April) month in the form of Slots.com.

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Royal Flush

29 Mar 2010

One happy Internet player scored $20 000 playing three casino games at Casino.com this week from an unusual location – the toilet in his home.

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Launch of sports betting exchange imminent

29 Mar 2010

The London-based firm Centaur Corporate is to launch a new service trading on sports betting this week, reports the Financial Times.

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Bulgaria to tax all gambling at 10 percent

28 Mar 2010

The Bulgarian publication Novinite reports that negotiations have been successfully concluded to base gambling tax at an across-the-board rate of 10 percent in the Eastern European country.

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Turkish ban does little to discourage online gambling

28 Mar 2010

The weekend saw the publication in the Sunday Zaman publication of an interesting article on Internet gambling, and the fight which European betting groups are waging against a government ban on the pastime imposed in 2006.

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Canadian owner for UK National Lottery

28 Mar 2010

After months of uncertainty, the ownership of Britain’s national lottery operator, Camelot, has been settled in a GBP 389 million deal with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

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Glyn to head Ladbrokes

28 Mar 2010

Months of speculation came to a head this weekend with the widely reported UK news that Richard Glynn (45) has been tapped as the new chief executive of major online and land gambling group Ladbrokes. Glynn is currently chairman of Sporting Index, a UK spread-betting company, and is reportedly finalising his contract. Most UK news agencies …

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Another sportsbook white label deal for OddsMatrix

27 Mar 2010

The Ongame-powered online poker and casino operator EuroPoker is to launch its own white label sports betting service using OddsMatrix, the fully managed sportsbook provider and subsidiary of EveryMatrix.

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Lions player roars

27 Mar 2010

Rival-powered online casino LionSlots.com has announced a major progressives hit on the One Million Reels BC virtual machine.

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Music society sings the blues over UIGEA

27 Mar 2010

On June 1st, the postponed regulations supporting the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act come into effect, obliging financial institutions to block financial transactions with ill-defined “illegal” offshore gambling sites. Yet already the industry is seeing examples of the much-warned about ‘overblocking’ caused by the act’s lack of precise definition, coupled with the low experience levels …

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Finnish online gambling study

27 Mar 2010

According to a new Finnish report, online gambling games are becoming widespread, with the border between gambling and digital entertainment becoming increasingly blurred.

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