Tweet Online casinos wanting to be considered for one of the first round of online casino licenses to be handed out in Denmark on 1st January next year had to get their applications in by Monday (17th). No doubt quite a few of the big EU based brands made the cut-off.   One that definitely has...
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Tweet While most of the world was in the grips of the dreaded GFC, 2008 proved to be a massive year for Macau casinos with an almost 50% increase in gross gaming revenues compared with 2007.  2009 was bigger again and then 2010 saw a hard to comprehend 70% increase on 2009! It’s unlikely...
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Tweet Does the following sound like something you could get into… A trip to Europe’s live casino central (Riga, Latvia) including accommodation, meals and spending money (valued at €1800) where you’ll take one of 12 available seats in a blackjack tournament at the  Royal Casino on December 4. Winner gets €8000 cash, second place €4000, third €2000 and...
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Tweet There was a bit of construction activity going on next to our office today and a very loud and persistent jackhammer all but drowned out Jolanta’s voice during this game of blackjack at Will Hill.  Which was a pity because she seemed to have quite a bit to say to the players, and...
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Tweet More than a year after passing their new online gambling laws (June 2010), Danish authorities have been given the thumbs up from the European Commission (“EC”) to go ahead and implement them. On September 22, the EC released a statement proclaiming the laws to be consistent with EU provisions and come 1 January 2012,...
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Tweet Ladbrokes started takeover talks with Sportingbet with back in June this year. You can read the details here. Talks are now dead with Ladbrokes (or rather their lawyers) believing Sportingbet’s regulatory exposure in the Turkish market was too much of a risk. Sportingbet continues to accept bets from Turkish residents despite an online...
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