Online Casino and Gambling News: March 2011

Pokerstars and Wynn deal could be followed by Full Tilt Poker

The major news buzz created by this week's revelations that Pokerstars and Wynn Resorts are to collaborate in a federal online poker legalisation initiative and subsequent internet enterprise has been boosted by reports from the knowledgeable site Wicked Chops that a similarly industry-changing deal is in the works involving the internet's second largest poker operator.

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Openbet, PKR create alliance

Interactive gaming and betting provider Openbet entered into a partnership with PKR poker room, this week. PKR has become the latest operator to go live with the OpenBet gaming platform which will enable it to take advantage of OpenBet's Casino and fixed odds games as well as select the best of breed games from a list of third party game providers.

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TF1 sells off SPS

Rumours of negotiations on the sale of EurosportBET by French broadcaster TF1 to Alexandre Dreyfus have come to naught as TF1 announced the sale of its subsidiary SPS Betting to a member of its current management who is apparently supported by an unidentified investment fund.

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Two-day winning streak for one online slot player

A player who tried six online slot machines at Jackpot Capital over a two-day period walked away with a win after each session and finally cashed out with $139,957.77 in total winnings after a prolonged lucky streak.

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Titan.fr receives sportsbetting license

The French online gaming regulatory body, Autorite De Regulation Des Jeux En Ligne (ARJEL) has awarded a sports betting licence to The Nation Traffic SAS who own the domain over French site Titan. The Paris-based firm already holds an ARJEL online poker licence awarded to it at the end of 2010 and operates on Playtech's iPoker Network .

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Betfred campaign filmed at home of the Salford City Reds

UK bookmaker, Betfred, has used eight local Salford "lads" in its latest television advertisement to be flighted at half time during every televised Rugby League game shown on Sky Sports. The commercial created by Manchester production company, Editz , features the build up to a Rugby League game, intercut with dramatic action.

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Tasmanian politician to embark on an inquiry into "lax" advertising restrictions

Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie will use his position as Chairman of the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform to investigate the "concerning" level of sports betting advertising, reported The Sunday Age this week. While Wilkie claims that he is not anti-gambling - he is concerned that the frequency of advertising would normalise betting for children.

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Alien Robots to debut on Unibet

Swedish gaming developer, Net Entertainment's new release, Alien Robots will launch at Unibet online casino this week. " Alien Robots " is a 30 bet line game offering with 243 ways to bet and offers players the opportunity to win up to fifty free spins. The game features scatters, free spins and expanding sticky wilds.

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GVC group off to good start in 2011

The Isle of Man-domiciled online gambling group GVC Holdings, which includes Casino Club.com, Betboo.com and Betaland among its subsidiaries, has released its 2010 full year and 2011 first quarter numbers, showcasing a solid start to the year.

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Sazka - Czech lottery - filed for insolvency

News from Prague breaking over the weekend is that the Czech lottery firm Sazka has filed for insolvency under pressure from creditors. The company notified interested parties of its situation in a public statement promising that further information would be released Sunday.

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