Online Casino and Gambling News: March 2010

South African TV show pursues rogue African Palace Casino

Online gambling was on South African television screens Thursday evening, and not in a good way. The consumer investigation division of the documentary program Carte Blanche carried out some impressive sleuthing into the companies and men behind African Palace online casino, focusing on an only partially paid multi-million rand winner whose trials and tribulations with the online casino have been previously documented by InfoPowa.

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PPA reacts to surprise Kentucky ruling

The million-strong Poker Players Alliance has issued a statement in the wake of Thursday's shock announcement that the Kentucky Supreme Court had overturned the block imposed by the state Court of Appeals on international domain seizures.

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Industry representatives found not to have standing in Kentucky case

The appeal over an appeal by the state of Kentucky to the state Supreme Court has had an unexpected result - on the legal technicality of whether iMEGA and the IGC had standing to pursue the state after it tried to seize and confiscate 141 international Internet gambling domain names, the bench ruled that they did not.

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Financial performance of 32Red a tale of two halves

The latest full year results from online casino group 32Red reflect, as predicted, a tale of two differing halves; the first produced a disappointing performance in a difficult economy, and the second saw improvement, albeit insufficient to be exciting. The respected Gibraltar-based virtual gaming operator suffered a 2% year-on-year decline in revenues to £12.752 million for FY 2009.

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Jadestone and Bwin's Italian subsidiary sign skill games deal

The Scandinavian skill games specialist Jadestone Networks, which operates the Arena multiplayer gaming network, has inked a deal with Bwin's major Italian subsidiary Gioco Digitale that will add the player liquidity and local expertise to its Italian network shortly. Jadestone was the first e-gaming software provider to successfully launch skill games for cash in Italy in January 2009 for Bwin.

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Chartwell releases first quarter 2010 results

The Calgary, Canada-based online gambling software developer Chartwell Technology has released its financial results for Q1, 2010, a period ending January 31, 2010. Revenue dropped to $3.5 million compared to $4.2 million for the same period a year earlier, generating a net loss for Q1 of $800,000 compared to a net loss of $100,000 from continuing operations and $700,000 after discontinued operations in the same quarter of the last fiscal year.

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Buzzluck brand sold, account balances must be claimed by 27 March 2010

Online gambling marketing whizz Alex Czajkowski made a big impression when his eGaming20 company launched the Buzzluck online casino, taking a fresh and innovative onsite promotional approach that appealed to a wide range of players and generated plenty of, well...buzz.

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Kyl's delaying tactics pay off: no further delays for UIGEA

Online gambling's arch enemy, the Republican senator from Arizona Jon Kyl, apparently chose a potent and successful tactic to ensure the UIGEA regulations are not delayed beyond June 1st. His blocking of key US Treasury appointments during approval hearings resulted in an assurance from Secretary to the Treasury Tim Geithner that no further postponements of the controversial regulations would be permitted.

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One suspect surrenders and snitches on others in Berlin armed robbery case

Two weeks on from the dramatic armed robbery at the European Poker Tour Berlin tournament the investigations have seen a surge of progress, thanks mainly to one robber giving himself up Monday and snitching on the others.

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Australian Internet censorship legislation delayed

The highly controversial and much criticised attempt by Australia's Labour government to introduce a statutary body-controlled blacklist of Internet websites, effectively censoring the Internet, has been delayed, according to reports in the Australian mainstream media. Apparently the legislation remains mired in the drafting process and the earliest it is expected to emerge for parliamentary discussion is June 2010.

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