| | online sports bet 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... uk (one of the UK's largest sports websites) and allow Media Corp to utilise its marketing expertise to grow the enlarged business... Mr Chris Gorman, OBE, aged 42, has received numerous business awards for entrepreneurialism and currently divides his time between Lucid Group, Quintessentially and Truphone... 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... 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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... The focus is on online sports betting and poker - more than 2/3 of operators surveyed want to obtain an online poker license The operators will focus on online poker and sports betting because they expect the French market to outstrip even the success story of the Italian online poker and betting market... Read more... Football Superstars: The Free Football Game Online with New Tournaments and Features Brought to MMOG arena by CyberSports, Football Superstars is one of the most innovative and user-friendly football games on the World... 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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... September 2, 2009 -- Join John Kelly and Ken Weitzner every Wednesday as they discuss the latest sports gambling topics from a worldwide perspective... The show, titled "Winning Wednesdays," will be dedicated to the hearts and minds of sports enthusiasts everywhere... "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... UltimateBet KO's Competitor to Seal the Deal with Ultimate Fighting Championship® UltimateBet ("UB") announced today that it has inked a deal with Ultimate Fighting Championship®("UFC®") that will deliver a kickass... 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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... com, Sportingbet, tombola, Ladbrokes, and Centrebet... Read more... The Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival To Run For Record Breaking 12 Days This August The Asian Poker Tour (www.asianpt.com) Asia's original poker tour, is delighted to announce that it has been given approval by authorities to expand... 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PokerSource Adds Betfair and Unibet to Free Poker Gifts Promotion PokerSource.com, home of the original free poker promotions, recently announced that two of the world's top online... com, home of the original free poker promotions, recently announced that two of the world's top online poker sites have been added to its free poker gifts promotion... com have been lining up to claim their free gifts for signing up for Betfair, an independent online poker site, and Unibet, which makes its home on the Microgaming Network... Betfair is the newest 12,000 point room on PokerSource... The site is similar to Bodog in that it made its mark on the industry as an online sports book in 1997, opening up a poker site in 2004... 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... 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Gravitas Ventures and PorchLight Entertainment team up for Video-On-Demand Distribution Gravitas Ventures (www.gravitasventures.com), a world class new media distributor, and PorchLight Entertainment, a leading producer and distributor of... The company offers thousands of hours of quality entertainment content including feature films, documentaries, animation, alternative sports, wrestling/mixed martial arts, comedy, poker and music concert programming... The Gravitas Ventures mission is to deliver your ideas to the digital market; bridging the gap between independent producers and cable, satellite, telco and online operators... Read more... | |