Online Casino and Gambling News: January 2010

Microgaming releases three new bingo side games

The Isle of Man-based online gambling software provider Microgaming has launched another three new bingo side games, designed to provide bingo players with diverse outer-screen action to complement the main bingo gaming activity.   

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Bet24 to offer 10 new Cryptologic casino games

Online gambling software provider Cryptologic has announced a new agreement to supply the Scandinavian online casino operator Bet24 with at least 10 new games. Bet24 is owned by the Modern Times Group AB (MTG), a major international entertainment broadcasting corporate with the second largest geographical broadcast footprint in Europe.

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eCOGRA to test compliance of Kahnawake licensees

Rumours that the Kahnawake Gaming Commission has been making moves to up its game regarding player disputes and policing licensees appear to be confirmed by a release out today (Monday) indicating that the independent London-based player protection and standards non-profit, eCOGRA, has been commissioned to handle compliance testing.

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Ladbrokes customer database offered for sale to British newspaper

The start of a major furore over privacy was signalled over the weekend when the Daily Mail reported that the confidential records of millions of British gamblers who bet with top bookmaker Ladbrokes had been offered for sale to The Mail on Sunday newspaper.

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Betfair rumoured to be planning public listing

The whispers of the past few weeks that online gambling giant Betfair is planning a public listing gained momentum over the weekend on the news that the company has engaged with two investment banks to advise it on a possible £1.5 billion stock-market flotation.

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New games roundup for December to January

The impressive October - November flow of new games from online gambling software providers continued unabated through December, and has gathered momentum on the run-up to the industry's big IGE-ICEi show which starts next week.

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Kentucky domains supreme court verdict delayed

The many interested parties keeping a watching brief on the state of Kentucky's ludicrous attempt to seize the international domain names of online gambling companies will have to wait a little longer; the state Supreme Court verdict - expected this week - failed to materialise.

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Online gambling group signs with affiliate program, Income Access

Bet-at-home, a subsidiary of the Mangas Gaming online gambling group, has signed up with the Montreal-based affiliate program Income Access. The new partnership will provide Bet-at-home with powerful i-gaming software for its multi-lingual affiliate program, featuring a variety of program management tools and tracking reports to help the company optimise its and make it attractive to affiliate marketers, an Income Access spokesperson said.

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Merger speculation with leading online gambling group drives Party Gaming stock up

Informed market rumour drove Party Gaming stock up 11% Friday - an eight month high - on speculation that the group was about to sign a merger agreement with the giant Austrian online gambling group Bwin.

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OddsMatrix signs white label deal with two new sports betting operators

Two new sports betting operators have entered the market and gone live on the OddsMatrix white label platform. Sports betting portal BeteXpress and online poker operator BestBet have launched the OddsMatrix fully managed sportsbook that is integrated with the GamMatrix gaming management platform to provide a fully managed turnkey sports betting service.

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