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Casino Tropez Winner Nets €257,250 Playing Online Slots

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Casino Tropez subordinate part Vicente A could not make no doubt of his fortune at the time the slot tool steady that he was playing paid outright each striking aggregate amount of €257,250. Lotto Lunacy, a 5-reel 20-line slot engine, awarded the Spanish direction performer the irregular guerdon solitary a wed of hours in imitation of he began do at the in favor online casino.

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CasinoRewards to Unveil New Online Casino Bringing its Total to 19

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The CasinoRewards dispose of online casinos has had a chimerical year in 2008 be it so remoter. Maintaining a light-hearted and at any time extending player-base with the help of large payouts and acquiring 6 renovated online casinos to convey the integral to 18, CasinoRewards.com is basking in its renown because the same of the largest Microgaming casino operators upon the body the Internet.

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Online Poker Boom Starting to Subside at PartyGaming?

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The poker droning is commencement to set at PartyGaming, athough it is foreseeing to largely inflict second corrupt poker revenues in exhibit a contrast attending increased gains from online casino and online bingo games. PartyGaming's overall notorious revenues since the consummation of April believe slowed, and in spite of smaller drop-off is to breathe anticipated at this leisure season of the year, the throng declared the modify has been narrow bigger than Read the rest of this entry »

888 and Sportech in Online Pools Partnership

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Online gamer 888 has signed a strategic partnership with pools operator Sportech. Under the partnership, 888 will supply Sportech a turnkey online gaming operation including its gaming and back-end software, customer support and payments processing services.

888 will also provide Sportech with international distribution services for the New Football Pools. It expects this agreement to be material in terms of its earnings in 2009 and beyond.

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New Website Sheds Light on US Online Gambling Legality

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The world of online gambling was rocked when the October 13, 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was put into law in the US. Many thought that people in the US would not be able to gamble online anymore. Some overseas online gambling sites even began to bar US residents. However, as www.usa-online-gambling.com explains, online gambling in the US is actually not illegal at all.

The website has been established to inform US players of their continued ability to enjoy playing poker, blackjack, slots, and other games of chance on the Internet. The website describes how the law works and why it is still possible to gamble online, listing poker rooms, sportsbooks and USA microgaming online casinos that are still accepting US players.

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Genting Launches its First Online Casino in the UK

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Genting International Plc has launched its first online casino brand, CircusCasino.com, in Great Britain. CircusCasino would be run by unit Genting Stanley Alderney Ltd (GSAL) and would offer over 100 casino, card and table games, Genting International said in a recent statement. Genting International, a 53.4% subsidiary of Genting Bhd, operates 44 casinos in Britain. On March 13, Genting International said GSAL had received approval from the Alderney Gambling Control Commission for an online gaming licence and it expected the online gaming business to start in the latter part of the second quarter. Read the rest of this entry »

US Ban on Online Gambling Threatened?

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The United States House Financial Services Committee Tuesday will hold a markup of legislation aimed at halting regulations which prevent banks from accepting payments from Internet gambling companies. The move comes as part of two-part strategy by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Ma., chairman of the panel, to regulate rather than ban outright internet-based gambling.

He is trying to put a hold on the 2006 law (UIGEA) that instructs the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve to draft regulations preventing financial institutions from processing payments from online gambling sites. The measure has been opposed by the gambling industry, which argues there is no reason for the federal government to ban outright online gambling.

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First Online Betting Permits in France in 2009?

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France will begin issuing authorization for online betting operators from the second half of 2009 after agreeing with the European Union to open up the market, Budget Minister Eric Woerth said on Friday. The comments follow a meeting between Woerth and Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy this week to discuss proposals that would avert court action against France by the EU over restrictions on online gambling. Brussels has given France a final warning to change its gaming rules or be taken to the European Court of Justice. Read the rest of this entry »

William Hill Plans to Increase Revenue from Online Offerings

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William Hill , Britain's second biggest bookmaker, expects to raise the proportion of its gross win coming from Internet gambling by up to 50 percent when it launches a new online sports betting platform in November.

The company derives about 20 percent of its gross win from e-commerce, but Chief Executive Ralph Topping told reporters he aims to increase that to about 25-30 percent when the platform, designed by software provider Orbis, is launched on November 27.

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EU and US Reach Deal on Online Gambling?

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Online gaming companies in Europe were dealt a blow on Monday as the European Union accepted a US offer to open some other services markets as compensation for shutting foreign companies out of America’s lucrative gambling industry.

The EU said the bilateral deal would provide European businesses, such as TNT of the Netherlands and Deutsche Post of Germany, with unspecified new opportunities in the US postal and courier, research and development, storage and warehouse sectors. The US had also made concessions in the testing and analysis services sector.

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