Online Casino and Gambling News: June 2008

Betfair grows world's largest billboard

The world's biggest billboard has been grabbing the attention of football fans flying into Vienna Airport for the closing
stages of Euro 2008 this week. The reason is a gigantic garden cum advertisement covering an area larger than 50 football pitches and sponsored by online betting company Betfair.

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Norwegian online gambling market grew 6.1 percent in 2007

The Norwegian government may take a dim view of online gambling (see previous InfoPowa reports) but its citizens certainly do not share it, statistics from the Norwegian Gambling Commission suggest.

The entertainment publication ISA-guide reports that figures released recently by the Commission show that the online gaming market in Norway grew by 6.1 percent in 2007, with an estimated 244 000 citizens gambling online.

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Playtech releases new Native American and Ninja assassin themed slots

The online gambling software developer Playtech plc has released two new video slots branded Wild Spirit and Silent Samurai to licensee Europa Casino.

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Stalemate on New Regulations to Enforce Internet Gambling Ban

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- An amendment to develop new regulations to enforce the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) was defeated today in a tie vote in the House Committee on Financial Services. The amendment to the Payments System Protection Act, H.R. 5767, offered by Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), would have required the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System, in consultation with the Attorney General, to develop new regulations to implement UIGEA that are less burdensome for U.S. financial services companies.

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Finland to raise gambling age from 15 to 18

Swiss-Press reports that the Finnish government will soon amend current gambling legislation to raise the age limit for using gambling machines from 15 to 18.

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Online gambling rises tenfold in Singapore

Singapore's sole authorised gambling companies, the Singapore Pools and the Singapore Turf Club, could be missing out on good revenues by not offering online betting facilities to local residents, it appears from new research statistics.

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Ireland to liberalise gambling laws

It looks as if Ireland may be joining the European trend to a more liberal but regulated approach to all forms of gambling, following a statement Friday by the Minister of Justice Dermot Ahern.

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Bill to legalise online poker in California passes to next committee

Good news from the Sunshine State this week is that AB2026, a bill to legalise Internet poker in California proposed by Democrat assemblyman Lloyd E. Levine, passed the state Senate Governmental Organization Committee in a 7-to-1 vote this week.

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Land casino unions worry about online gambling

Judging by comments from global gambling union delegates meeting in Switzerland this week, the online and mobile gambling industry should not expect too much support from this quarter. Gambling unions in Argentina, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, Spain and the USA sent delegates to the event.

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Anti-UIGEA regulations Bill (HR5767) defeated

[inline:barney.jpg=Barney Frank, D-Mass]The defeat of Barney Frank's attempt to halt the implementation of the UIGEA regulations dominated Thursday's mainstream press headlines around the world. The House Financial Services Committee attempt to require federal regulators to write a uniform definition of which types of gambling should and should not be allowed on the Internet, ended in a tied vote and, consequently, defeat under committee rules.

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