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WinAday jackpot hit again

13 Feb 2010

The management at 3D online casino WinADay.com has reported another progressive jackpot win by a player wagering on the 5 reel, 21 pay-line Vegas Mania slot machine.

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Betsson investors celebrate record dividend

13 Feb 2010

It’s not often in these troubled economic times that you read about major dividends being paid by online gambling companies, but this week that dream has come true for investors in Swedish online gambling firm Betsson. The company announced that it is to pay a record dividend of SEK 9 a share – an increase …

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Tribes go big on US lobbying

13 Feb 2010

The non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics has released some startling numbers regarding political lobbying in the United States, which go some way to explaining the extraordinary clout that the tribes appear to wield.

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Familiar-sounding name for a new online casino

13 Feb 2010

The management at 7Red.com, a new arrival on the Internet casino scene powered by Betsoft, may not have read up on last year’s rapid legal reaction by the well established 32Red group, which hit William Hill Online with legal papers over its use of similar branding on 32Vegas, but the newcomer’s site is nevertheless professional …

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Neogames gets it together for Valentine's Day

13 Feb 2010

Online scratchcard developer Neogames was right on the money this week, releasing a romance-inspired scratchcard game on the run-up to Valentine’s Day.

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Neogames gets it together for Valentine’s Day

13 Feb 2010

Online scratchcard developer Neogames was right on the money this week, releasing a romance-inspired scratchcard game on the run-up to Valentine’s Day.

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Business as usual, says new European Commission Chief

13 Feb 2010

Fears that the new head of the European Commission, Michel Barnier, may take a lighter approach to maintaining the free passage of goods and services between member nations were assuaged this week when the new Internal Market Commissioner addressed the European Parliament.

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eCOGRA accreditation for Star Partner affiliate program

13 Feb 2010

The latest major affiliate program to achieve the eCOGRA Affiliate Trust seal accreditation is Star Partner, a program that administers the affiliate marketing affairs of fourteen well established, tier one online gambling destinations.

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Netplay and STV extend relationship

13 Feb 2010

UK interactive gambling company NetPlayTV is not only moving to new London offices, it has extended its collaborative agreement with Scotland’s biggest commercial television broadcaster, STV, this week.

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Guilty plea in Kansas sports gambling case

11 Feb 2010

The Grand Jury enquiries into online gambling and arrests in Kansas last year resurfaced this week with the news that a Kansas City man has pleaded guilty to running a sports bookmaking business.

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Hawaii gambling bill approved by House Judiciary Committee

11 Feb 2010

Hawaiian Senator Jon Riki Karamatsu’s House Bill 2759 proposal that the state allows casinos to licence on Hawaiian Home Lands has continued its swift political progress by securing the approval of the House Judiciary Committee.

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Balkanbet signs up with Microgaming

10 Feb 2010

Balkanbet Group, an established land gambling operator with 20 years experience in the European market, has chosen Microgaming as its poker software and network provider for its online site Balkanbet Poker.

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Nevada casinos up $6.9 million on Superbowl bets

10 Feb 2010

Official numbers from the Nevada Gaming Control Board show that Nevada casinos won almost $6.9 million on this year’s Super Bowl as bettors wagered $82.7 million on the NFL classic.

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Atlantic City mired in recession

10 Feb 2010

Las Vegas may have seen some light at the end of the economic tunnel recently, but Atlantic City remains stobbornly in decline when it comes to gambling revenues.

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Betfair expands online games offering

10 Feb 2010

Mazooma, the Nottingham-based digital gaming content company, has secured a contract with online gambling giant Betfair to distribute its game content on the Betfair website.

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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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