Canbet Casino will be closing its doors on 30 June 2011. The announcement came rather suddenly with a notification going out to affiliates on the same day as the planned closure. Canbet will continue to operate it’s online wagering and sports betting service and players’ accounts are fully functional. It’s only the online casino...
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Back in January this year the Greek government announced its intentions to introduce new online gambling regulations and offer between 15 and 50 operating licenses. The initial draft laws are unlikely to be enacted any time soon, withdrawn for a secondary parliamentary review even before the European Commission had a chance to rule on...
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Fans of the English Premier League, and in particular West Bromwich Albion – get ready to see a whole lot more of this logo over the next couple of years. Bodog Europe are the new West Brom shirt sponsors; a deal worth £2 million over 2 years which is a record for the football club and...
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Yesterday shares in Sportingbet PLC surged 16% on the news that it had received a ”highly preliminary approach” from larger rival Ladbrokes. It seems Laddies’ fervent attempts to transform their online business through acquisition are set to continue despite failed attempts to get something going with 888.com and Playtech already this year. It was only...
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After a tough run of luck at the tables last week, fortune turned a little for me this week. Not about to retire mind you…but at least I didn’t cop a regular hammering. And there were some real highlights. There was Anna at Party Casino spinning her favourite number, black 22 with ridiculous regularity....
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Understandably, the talk of the town at May’s iGaming North America conference was the DOJ’s Black Friday indictments and where they leave the US online gambling regulatory landscape. Professor I. Nelson Rose (Whittier Law School, University of Macau, Consultant and expert witness to Government and Industry on Internet gambling legal issues) shares his thoughts in...
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After taking the bold step back in 2005 of positioning itself as the world’s hub of online gambling, the UK is now planning to overhaul a regime that has in some respects at least, failed miserably. The Gambling Act 2005 came into effect in 2007 and included regulations covering remote gambling services that would...
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Don’t ask me why, but 32Red is one of the most popular bets in roulette (hence the name choice of well known online casino 32Red). There’s not a lot of logic behind it. The 32 red pocket is the identical size and shape to all the others on the roulette wheel, and it’s payout...
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A little extra cash for our visitors thanks to BetFred … £100 to be exact. Visit BetFred via any of the links on this site, and instead of the standard 100% first deposit match bonus to a maximum of £200, you get a 150% first deposit match bonus to a maximum of £300. Deposit...
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Prior to today, if anyone had asked me who the world’s largest online gambling business was, the first names that would have sprung to mind would be the big listed European operators…Bwin.party, William Hill or Ladbrokes. All have market caps around the £1.5 billion mark and annual revenues at or approaching £1 billion. But...
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