In an interview conducted by iGaming Business, Julien Brun the General Manager of Unibet France proudly announced that Unibet was able to achieve success with the World Cup event, as the sports betting activities that transpired made the European sports betting company the third top betting site in France. According to Brun, Unibet's mobile channel…
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GTECH S.p.A. through its subsidiary GTECH Sweden Interactive AB will be providing interactive bingo software, bingo games, and the related services to the Canadian Bingo Network, a joint project of Societé des Lotteries du Québec (Loto-Québec) and the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC). GTECH secured a four-year contract that entails hosting North America's first government-regulated…
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Loto-Quebec, the government Crown Corporation and owner of the province's only legally recognized online gambling site "Espace-Jeux.com", is seeking ways with which to open avenues for PokerStar's legal entry into Canada's second largest province; but without drawing the ire of the local officials and violating the provisions of the Canadian Criminal Code. One such possible…
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Pennsylvania State Senator Edwin B. "Ted" Erickson (R-26), who currently serves as the Majority Policy Chairman responsible for gathering information as a means of determining the impact of Senate policy decisions, has taken another important step toward the legalization of Internet gambling in the Keystone State. Last week, the Republican Senator for Pennsylvania's 26th District…
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The gambling legalization bill that would lend support to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic growth strategy of including destination casinos to boost the country's tourism industry, is now up for committee discussion in the lower house of the Japanese National Diet. However, the bill will not be introduced in the ongoing parliamentary session until it…
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The persistent rumor that Canadian Gaming Group Amaya is in acquisition negotiations to purchase Rational Group including its PokerStars website is now a fully confirmed report. Both Amaya and the Rational Group finally came around to admitting that the PokerStars parent company has been acquired by Amaya, in exchange for CA$4.9 billion in cash. Last…
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Just weeks after withdrawing its support for online gambling legislations, the American Gaming Association (AGA) released the results of an annual survey indicating that majority of the American voters are in favor of casinos. Almost 6 out of ten voters who participated in the political survey believe that casinos improve communities and local economies. More…
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Two global gaming giants, Canada's Amaya Gaming Group (AGG) and Austria's Novomatic Group of Companies (NGC) have just renewed their two-year Greentube content distribution deal. The newly-signed agreement is actually the extension of a long-standing partnership contract that was initially inked by Greentube and Amaya back in 2009. The renewed agreement enables AGG's casino licensees…
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A week after announcing Bwin's launch of the real money slot version of the social casino-style slot game "Teddy Pets", Win Interactive has come out with another announcement of bringing its social casino games into the realms of the real money gambling world. The social casino games development studio backed by Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, has…
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The Bovada Poker Room of the Bodog Poker Network and the Americas Cardroom and True Poker of the Winning Poker Network, have announced that they no longer accept U.S. poker players. The announcements came after New Jersey Assistant Attorney General George N. Rover ordered six online poker affiliate websites to remove promotional links to non-U.S.…
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