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New Jersey still lags in gambling recovery

20 Jan 2010

The latest numbers from the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, show that gaming revenues in Atlantic City dipped 13.2 percent during the 2009 calendar year compared to 2008. Nevertheless, land casinos in the area generated $3.9 billion.

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Befair launches new Playtech-powered online casino

20 Jan 2010

The giant online gambling group Betfair has launched its latest venture – an online casino with downloadable software powered by Playtech and presenting players with a full range of services and a casino gaming suite that includes progressive jackpots.

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Alabama Gov. speaks on gambling resignation

20 Jan 2010

The embarrassing resignation of the head of the Governor’s Task Force on Illegal Gambling in Alabama continued to attract headlines today as Governor Bob Riley spoke to media regarding the gambling activities of David Barber, head of the unit.

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Latest live dealer blackjack launched

19 Jan 2010

Martin Reiner, the CEO of live dealer provider Visionary i-Gaming and a former MIT card counter, developed the multihand Live Blackjack Early Payout game, and this week celebrated the launch on his company’s tables of the latest version.

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Italy´s Microgame signs another betting deal

19 Jan 2010

Italy’s giant Internet service provider, Microgame S.p.A. has signed another online betting deal, this time with the UK based specialist software provider Football 1×2 Ltd.

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Casino La Vida launches

19 Jan 2010

Online gamblers have a new venue this week with the launch of Casino La Vida.eu, a European-facing site with a lifestyle theme that comes in English and four other European languages.

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Mutual fund takes a chunk of Playtech

19 Jan 2010

Details are still sparse, but according to mandatory regulatory reports from Playtech plc, 10 percent of the stock has been snapped up by Fidelity International, a major mutual fund that currently manages over $211.8 billion for private individuals and institutions. The Playtech notice advised that 24,031,139 of its ordinary shares had been acquired by the …

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Good year for Italian gambling

19 Jan 2010

The Italian gambling market shrugged off the recession last year, delivering a 14.4 percent rise in wagers to Euro 54.4 billion according to the latest figures from regulator AAMS.

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New Jersey move on internet gambling a top media story

19 Jan 2010

The New Jersey legislation proposing the legalisation of Internet gambling in the state continued to reverberate around the industry this week, making media headlines everywhere.

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Gambling task force member found…gambling

19 Jan 2010

It appears that the slogan “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” does not quite apply to the southern US state of Mississippi, where disclosures embarrassing to a neighbouring state’s anti-gambling task force were made this week.

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Costa Bingo loads up on games

19 Jan 2010

Players at the UK online bingo site Costa Bingo on the Dragonfish bingo network will have a bewildering choice of more than 18 new instant side games to play this week as the booming operator adds new offerings to its inventory.

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Alderney revamps licensing framework

18 Jan 2010

Delegates to this year’s IGE-ICEi show in London late January will get a first hand look at some reportedly useful changes made to the licensing regime operated by the States of Alderney.

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Good turnaround at 32Red

18 Jan 2010

It appears that the disappointing performance of the Gibraltar-based online casino group 32Red in the first half of 2009 is a thing of the past, with the company reporting a better second half to post a 2009 FY gross win of GBP 12.8 million – still down 1.6 percent on the 2008 numbers, but a …

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5 more side games for Virgin

18 Jan 2010

Virgin Casino has added five more games from the GTech G2 side games portfolio to its inventory, building on the Electrocoin Bar X Magic offering launched at the popular UK casino several weeks ago.

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LGA chief speaks on Malta and gambling

18 Jan 2010

Reuben Portanier, who took over as chief executive officer of Malta’s online gambling licensing body the Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) nine months ago, has so far maintained a low international profile, but this week broke out somewhat in an interview with The Sunday Times newspaper.

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Rhode Island legislators attack sportsbetting ban

18 Jan 2010

Make a note of Rhode Island bill S.2028, because you may be hearing more about it as the new year progresses. It’s a proposal now before the Senate Constitutional & Regulatory Issues Committee that suggests it’s time to lift the federal sportsbetting ban in order to boost state tax revenues, and follows similar moves in …

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Philweb online gambling software debuted

18 Jan 2010

The state-owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCORP) has rolled out its first Internet-based casino gaming service powered by a unit of publicly listed online gaming firm Philweb Corp, reports the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

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Supermarket clerk convicted for lottery theft

17 Jan 2010

A counter assistant at a supermarket in the UK city of Plymouth has been convicted of stealing a winning lottery ticket from Paul Lamerton (40), a customer, and cashing it in for himself.

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Giocco Digitale gets the edge in Italian cash bingo

16 Jan 2010

The Italian online gambling operator Gioco Digitale, which was acquired in September last year by Austrian remote gaming giant Bwin, has become the first operator to offer its customers online bingo with cash prizes in Italy.

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Sportech in Indian sportsbetting venture

16 Jan 2010

British football-pools operator Sportech plc is foraying into the Indian market through a joint sportsbetting venture with the Essel Group’s Playwin brand.

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Skyvegas launches new Betsoft games

16 Jan 2010

Betsoft Gaming, innovators of the cutting-edge 3D Slots3 Game Library, has announced that SkyVegas, part of the BSkyB network, has launched BetSoft’s Slots3 lineup. As part of the agreement, SkyVegas has launched the games Three Wishes and The Glam Life on their website..

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Betfair signs up football expert

16 Jan 2010

UK betting exchange giant Betfair has signed football pundit Andy Gray, as its brand ambassador according to reports in Marketing Magazine.

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White label spread betting for Party Gaming

16 Jan 2010

The Gibraltar-based online gambling group Party Gaming plc has signed a three-year deal with London Capital Group, the online financial spread betting company, for a white label financial spread trading platform.

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Boss Media Veteran to head Bwin games

16 Jan 2010

The Vienna listed online gambling group Bwin has announced that Boss Media veteran Peter Bertilsson is to take over Bwin Games AB in a move to strengthen the company’s business-to-business activities.

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