Online Casino and Gambling News: January 2010

Russian casino opens in the middle of a snow covered field

It's hardly Vegas - a large shed-like building in the middle of a snow-covered field 60 miles from the nearest reasonably sized city - Rostov-on-Don. But the newly opened Orakul Casino represents a fresh start for a Russian gambling industry that was almost obliterated by draconian government action that banned it to four remote regions in the vast country last July.

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Remote Gaming Association speaks on 'integrity' funding of sports

True to its undertaking that it would release the results of a major independent survey on integrity in gambling during the ICEi show this week, the UK-based Remote Gaming Association did just that....but its findings are unlikely to please those bodies wishing to profit from contributions for enhanced integrity in sports.

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Greek petition by Stanleybet gets greater attention

Members of the EU parliament are starting to react to a petition organised by Stanleybet and supported by other online gambling operators and players demanding that the European Commission acts quickly to enforce EU principles of free movement of goods and services in competitive markets.

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Latest Marvel heroes debut at three more online casinos

The Europa, Titan and Tropez online casinos have announced the availability of the latest licensed Marvel branded games from software provider Playtech plc. The new Marvel games Blade, Daredevil, Elektra, Fantastic Four, and X-Men, are slot games featuring engaging graphics, animation and feature-rich gambling action.

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Cherryforetagen acquisition will help bring land and online interests together

Cherryforetagen, the land based casino element in Sweden's publicly listed gambling group Cherry, is said to be making moves on the a wider front that includes online operations with its acquisition of Coys, a significant player in the Scandinavian online gambling market.

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LVS, the supplier of choice for French monopoly

The French state gambling monopoly Francaise des Jeux has continued its flurry of deals in preparation for the liberalisation of the French gambling market, announcing this week that it has engaged with the gambling software provider LVS to order its fixed odds sports betting platform.

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Good news from France: closure of French accounts not required

One of the more controversial provisions in France's new gambling liberalisation legislation - that applicants shut down their existing lists of French player accounts as a prerequisite to obtaining a French online gambling licence - has been abandoned by the French Senate.

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Online poker saves the day for Leisure and Gaming Group

Q4, 2009 results posted this week by the Leisure and Gaming plc group show plunging revenues in casino and sports betting ameliorated by good poker results, especially in the Italian market. Figures to end December last year show revenues from casino products dived by almost 70% to €4.5 million, from €14.7 million in 2008, generating a net win reduced by a third to €200,000, from €300,000 last time. The dismal performance was attributed to the closure of Acropolis casino, a move to poker and a change of casino provider in Greece.

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Online best for now, says Sky Betting, as interactive TV de-prioritised

Having initially prioritised interactive television gambling over its more conventional online offering, Sky Betting and Gaming is to refocus on the latter until better interactive TV technology is available, managing director Richard Flint revealed this week. The decision apparently stems from a study of customer behaviour which showed a preference for online gambling over interactive TV action.

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iNetBet player turned $30 stake into $37 000 playing progressive jackpot slots

Online casino iNetBet has reported that one of its players has achieved what is likely to be one of the luckiest winning streaks in online casino history. The lucky player scored 5 big wins (and a few smaller ones) in 6 days on iNetBet Casino's progressive jackpot slots. Her initial deposit of $30 turned into $37,000 in under a week, making her iNetBet Casino's most successful jackpot winner in its 11 year history.

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