| | betting line The Liberalisation of Denmark's Gambling Market Small Giant in the North – Paving the Way for Scandinavia? Currently, the French liberalisation plans are probably getting most of the industry's attention. But in the background, at times almost... - Liberalisation goes beyond the online gambling sector - Whereas the French draft law limits liberalisation to selected online games, the Danish government goes further and also plans to open up the retail/land-based betting market... - Analyses of all sectors - The report offers an analysis of all sectors of the gambling market: interactive/online gambling, betting, lottery, gambling machines, and casinos... Read more... Acquisition & Directorate Change - Media Corporation PLC Media Corporation plc, a leading AIM quoted advertising network and Internet publishing group, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire share capital... com, which offers poker, card and casino games, along with sports betting... Media Corp has extensive marketing experience in the online gaming sector and a significant portion of existing revenue is derived from gaming operators... Additional information: Mr Christopher Simon Gorman, OBE, has held the following directorships and partnerships, past and present, within the last five years: Current Blue Sky Designs Limited CMG Enterprises LLP Lucid Online Limited Lucid Public Relations Limited Mobilize Systems Limited Purple Lounge Ltd Quintessentially (UK) Limited Quintessentially Worldwide Limited S4T PLC Software Cellular Network Limited Team Advisors Limited The Entrepreneurial Exchange Limited The Gadget Shop Limited (in liquidation) 1 The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Previous Development Capital Limited (dissolved 22 January 2009) Edinburgh 50,000 - The Final Push Limited (dissolved 28 May 2009) Farm Records Scotland Limited (dissolved by members' voluntary winding up 19 June 2008) Farm Studios Limited (dissolved 25 August 2006) 2 Gadgetgirl Limited (dissolved 29 November 2005) GDI Game Domain International Plc (resigned 8 May 2008) Getfitwellness Limited (resigned 18 December 2008) SCI Investments Limited (dissolved 13 December 2004) 3 Storage Box Limited (resigned 31 October 2007) TGS (Import) Limited (dissolved 29 November 2005) TGS (Outlets) Limited (dissolved 29 November 2005) The Gadget Shop (Holdings) Limited (dissolved 10 July 2006) The New Gadget Shop Limited (dissolved 23 March 2007) 4 VS3 Productions Limited (resigned: 1 March 2008 ordered to be wound up by creditors, in liquidation petition dated 16 July 2008) 5 1 The Gadget Shop Limited was placed into administration on 14 March 2005 and subsequently into creditors' voluntary liquidation on 9 March 2006... Read more... William Hill Online chooses SafeCharge International's Customized Solution for Accepting Online Payments Leading Payments Service Provider (PSP) SafeCharge International has partnered with gaming and betting service provider, William Hill, for their online... October 3, 2009 -- Leading Payments Service Provider (PSP) SafeCharge International has partnered with gaming and betting service provider, William Hill, for their online gambling and betting sites... William Hill chose SafeCharge as one of their online payment solutions because of their unique ability to provide a solution customized for their business needs... Read more... All Eyes are on France as its Online Gambling Market Opens Up - Euro 1.7 Billion Market Expected in 2015 Currently, the gambling industry has its eyes on France, and many operators expect a boost for their business from the opening of the French online... September 25, 2009 -- Currently, the gambling industry has its eyes on France, and many operators expect a boost for their business from the opening of the French online gambling market that is scheduled for 2010... Their optimism seems to be justified now that the draft of the legal bill opening up FranceIs online betting and poker market is just meters away from adoption; additionally the online gambling market is expected to grow to Euro 1... Liberalisation of interactive/online betting and poker markets in spring/summer 2010 One of the key aspects of the planned liberalisation, which will probably take effect in summer 2010, will be the opening of the interactive/online sports and horse race betting markets as well as of online poker... Read more... EOG Debuts "Winning Wednesdays" on 9-9-09 Join John Kelly and Ken Weitzner every Wednesday as they discuss the latest sports gambling topics from a worldwide perspective. The show, titled "Winning... "I wanted to offer something unique to the gambling community," said Weitzner, owner and operator of EOG a website serving as a watchdog for the online gaming industry... It will be a sports betting program for beginners and experts alike... Read more... 'Action Dan' Harrington Returns to Paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open paddypowerpoker.com today announces that 'Action Dan' Harrington returns to Ireland to take part in the Irish Open 2009. The 1995 WSOP* Main Event... Note to editors: Full details of the Irish Open 2009 and online qualifier details can be found at: http://www... Poker betting markets can be found at paddypower... Read more... Income Access to Attend Casino Affiliate Convention 2009 in Amsterdam The leading gaming affiliate network and affiliate software provider, Income Access (http://www.incomeaccess.com), will be attending the Casino Affiliate... Since 2003, the Casino Affiliate Convention has been one of the largest trade shows and conferences for the online gaming industry... This event covers some of the most up-to-date forms of online marketing and technologies designed for successful website promotion... Topics at the event include worldwide marketing and advertising for all aspects of internet gaming, including casino, bingo, poker, and sports betting... Read more... Intertops' $25,000 US College Basketball March Madness Bracket Pays Out - Perfect Bracket or Not With the 64 teams announced this weekend, office pools across America and around the world will be adding a little excitement to the US college basketball... from Arizona won Intertops' Final Four Prize Package just by betting on college basketball games during the season... March Madness is the second biggest sports betting event of the year, second only to the Super Bowl... Intertops, the very first sportsbook to take an online wager and still one of the most popular and trustworthy books in the world, is upping its deposit bonuses for March Madness wagering... They accepted the world's first online bet in 1996... Read more... Adsnu Offers Lifeline for Sellers after Text Link Ads Pulls Gambling Links Link broker service Adsnu is offering site owners a lifeline after it was revealed that Text Link Ads is to squeeze its... February 27, 2009 -- Link broker service Adsnu is offering site owners a lifeline after it was revealed that Text Link Ads is to squeeze its site inventory and stop trading in gambling related links... As of February 24, 2009, Text Link Ads has ceased the exchange of any links relating to gambling, including poker, bingo, casino and betting, from its network leaving many link sellers now facing significant reductions in income from their site or blog... Read more... Gamebookers.com Offer Odds On When Vassilis Paleokostas May See His Freedom End Online betting company http://www.gamebookers.com has been inundated by customer requests for odds around the second break for freedom of Greece's serial... February 27, 2009 -- Online betting company http://www... com spokesperson, "we don't want Paleokostas betting his entire last bank haul and then handing himself in to claim his winnings!" To place a bet and look at other related odds go to: https://www... Read more... New UK Free Bets Directory, freebetvouchers.co.uk Launches for the 2009 Cheltenham Festival One of the frontrunners in the UK online betting Free Bets market, freebetvouchers.co.uk have announced that they are... February 22, 2009 -- One of the frontrunners in the UK online betting Free Bets market, freebetvouchers... The Cheltenham Festival is now catching up with the Grand National as one of the United Kingdom's favourite betting events, and with so many Cheltenham offers out there it is important to keep our customers informed of where they can pick up their free Cheltenham Bets... The Cheltenham Free Bets service will run along side its existing free bet service, which includes daily updates and offers from secure online UK white listed online bookmakers... Read more... New Report on the Balkan Gambling Markets - Online Gambling Worth More Than Euro 500 Million Total gambling market of Euro 4.5 billion and more to come. The Balkan gambling markets (Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, and... ... Read more... Intertops Sportsbook Favors the Pittsburgh Steelers to beat the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII Intertops sportsbook favors the Pittsburgh Steelers by seven points over the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl on February 1st, but two players from... "We've been at this a long time -- we were the very first sportsbook to take an online wager - and our bookmakers are pretty sharp," said Michl Posch of Intertops... Virtually every betting line favors the Steelers... In addition to who will win the most-gambled-on-event of the year, Intertops offers a huge range of other Super Bowl betting propositions including MVP: Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger is favored to win that at +135, followed by Arizona's Kurt Warner at +325 and Larry Fitzgerald at +500... Read more... betinternet.com Joins Income Access at CAP Euro, Offering Affiliates Revenue Share Bonuses betinternet.com will be promoting its affiliate program (http://affiliates.betinternet.com/registration.asp) with its affiliate software provider Income... New and existing affiliates to the established sports betting, casino and softgaming website can earn 10% more on each tier of revenue share in the month of February... " By opening an account and betting with betinternet... com is one of the leading names in online gaming, renowned as a top sports betting brand and also home to exciting live casino and games products... Partnering with over 60 operators since its inception, Income Access works with some of the most trusted names in online gaming, such as Bingo... Read more... Pittsburgh Set to Steel Victory in Race for Super Bowl PITTSBURGH SET TO STEEL VICTORY IN RACE FOR SUPER BOWL The Pittsburgh Steelers are the new favourites on Betfair to win Super Bowl XLIII after the Giants... Betfair spokesman Michael Robb said: "The New York Giants had been the most popular team in the betting until their sensational loss at home last weekend... com/NA/) Betfair is the world's biggest online betting community and pioneered the first successful betting exchange in 2000... Read more... Player2Players to Unveil New Sportsbook Software at IGE London Player2Players Ltd, developer of online betting technology, will unveil its Live Sportsbook Platform at this month's International Gaming Expo... January 6, 2009 -- Player2Players Ltd, developer of online betting technology, will unveil its Live Sportsbook Platform at this month's International Gaming Expo (formally ICEi) at Earl's Court, London, from January 27th to 29th... Read more... Online Bingo Website BingoNews.fr Teams up with Media Poets Leading French online bingo news and information website BingoNews.fr has entered a marketing agreement with Media Poets, a London-based media consultancy. Media... January 6, 2009 -- Leading French online bingo news and information website BingoNews... fr continues to provide French online bingo players with the latest bingo news, sites and promotions... " Due to the French government's shortcomings in setting up a regulatory body for remote betting, it seems unlikely that the French online gaming market will be fully open to foreign operators before 2010... Read more... Ladbrokes Poker Million Betting Markets Now Available on Ladbrokes.com Let the poker games commence, next Wednesday sees the first of two televised semi-finals, with the final airing live on Friday 12th bringing to a close one of the... However, you can still profit from the fortunes or misfortunes of the sixteen semi-finalists by betting on a number of Ladbrokes PM VII betting markets, which are available online, in the specials section of Ladbrokes... Read more... Entraction Partners with Income Access for Affiliate Software A partnership has been established between igaming software provider Entraction (http://www.entraction.com/) and affiliate marketing software provider Income... Through this deal, igaming operators who choose the Entraction platform to power their online gaming products will also be able to choose to use the Income Access software to launch and power an affiliate program... Entraction offers secure digital systems for online poker, bingo, sports betting and casino sites... Entraction Solutions AB is a gaming group that offers its partners software systems for poker, sports betting and casino, access to the poker network and a range of peripheral services such as website design, gaming licenses, operation, payment systems, promotional tools and 24/7 support to players... Read more... bwin Joins Growing DiceArena Multiplayer Games Network Jadestone Networks (www.jadestone.se), the Nordic based owner and operator of the multiplayer dice games network DiceArena, announced today that leading... se), the Nordic based owner and operator of the multiplayer dice games network DiceArena, announced today that leading European online sports betting and online gaming operator bwin will join the the DiceArena Network early next year... About bwin The bwin Group has over 13 million registered customers (including 8 million "play money" customers) in over 25 core target markets and operates platforms for sports betting, poker, casino games, soft games and skill games... With a number of high profile network partners lined up and games available across Europe in 23 languages, it's one of the biggest new product introductions in Jadestone's history... Read more... | |