Online Casino and Gambling News: April 2009

192Business to provide identity verification service to 888.com

The British ID verification company 192Business is to provide its global ID verification services to online gambling group 888.com properties to beef up ID checks in player acquisition initiatives. 192's fast verification systems will come into play at the account creation stage of a sign-up, countering underage sign-up attempts and shielding the company from ID fraud and money laundering.

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Norwegian Poker Championships winner crowned in Nottingham, UK

Henrik Tollefsen was some distance from home this week when he was crowned Norwegian Poker Champion 2009 at the Dusk Till Dawn poker club in Nottingham, UK. The reason? Norwegian authorities continue to cling to outdated laws which have made it advisable for the country's booming poker playing population to stage their tourneys elsewhere.

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Bwin reports increased gaming revenues in 2008

The Vienna-listed online gambling group Bwin experienced rising gross gaming revenues (GGR) across its range of betting products during the financial year 2008, with GGR growing to €420.9 million (FY 2007: €353.5 million).

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Finders not keepers when it comes to winning lotto tickets

The "finders keepers, losers weepers" story of a Swindon housewife who cashed in a winning lotto ticket she found on the floor of a supermarket made many UK newspapers this week.

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iMEGA action against UIGEA set down for July 6

In a statement Thursday the Interactive Media & Gaming Association (iMEGA) advised that the US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has notified its lawyers and those representing the US Department of Justice that the Court is set to consider iMEGA’s challenge to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA).

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Stanleybet donates a million Euros to Italian earthquake relief fund

Kudos to UK online and land gambling group Stanleybet International, which has pledged a million Euros in earthquake relief assistance to victims of the calamitous Italian earthquakes earlier this month.

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Party Casino releases Rambo-themed slot machine

The fruits of major agreements with the owners of the rights to movie themes are becoming increasingly apparent at Party Casino in the PartyGaming Internet gambling group, which has just launched its new Rambo-themed slot as a companion for games based on the movies Top Gun and Saturday Night Fever.

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888.com ordered to block Buenos Aires residents from its servers

The Gibraltar-based 888.com-Cassava Enterprises online gambling group this week faces similar Argentinian legal problems to those already experienced by international firms Bwin and Victor Chandler in the South American country. The problem is the city of Buenos Aires, where the head of Attorney Office Number 4, Luis Duacastella Arbizu, is claiming infringment of anti-gambling laws 116 through 118 of the municipal Contraventional Code.

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Harvard expert: online gamblers tend to be more disciplined

The director of the Harvard Medical School's Addictions Department, Dr. Howard Shaffer, has some interesting views on Internet gambling, backed by an extensive study of problem gambling that includes access to a wealth of practical data from the giant European online gambling group Bwin. Harvard and Bwin have been collaborating on the research and development of a better understanding of responsible gambling for some time.

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Nevada legislators vote in favour of state lottery

Nevada lawmakers in the Assembly voted 31 - 11 this week in favour of a proposal to introduce a state lottery in the gambling state, despite fears that such a move could compete with slot machines and other games of chance. The measure now goes to the state Senate for further debate and ultimately a public vote.

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