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The annual eGaming Review Awards for 2009, handed out this week in London, were hotly contested by some of the most respected online gambling companies on the planet, with the top accolade - Operator of the Year - going to the Vienna-listed Bwin group despite fierce competition from the likes of Bet365, PartyGaming and Betfair.

Betfair's Right2Bet campaign for an even playing field in European gambling is currently promoting a Charity Challenge that has a real sting in the tail - not only does it raise money for charity; it dramatically illustrates the better returns achievable by betting with private companies rather than state monopolies.

The British media are carrying a warning from the Office of Fair Trading, which reports that hundreds of thousands of Brits have been conned by fake lottery scams. Officials say that about 140,000 people fall victim to this type of fraud each year, costing the public up to a staggering £260 million. The average loss is around £1,900 per person, but through embarrassment or other causes only six percent of victims report incidents to the authorities.