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The Top 10s | Gambling
21 November 2008
Hitwise's Top 10 "Entertainment -- Gambling" sites for the week ending Nov. 15, 2008.
The No. 1 sites:
Australia: TAB Racing
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Jockey Club - Bets
Singapore: Singapore Pools
United Kingdom: The National Lottery
United States: Florida Lottery
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Devilfish Puts Stock in Hungary
21 November 2008
DevilfishPoker, the Dublin-based online poker room, has acquired the player base Paramin Poker, a Hungary-based online poker room.»
Nambling Notes | Nov. 21, 2008
21 November 2008
Devilfish gets Hungary and Betsson brings on new management.»
Marketing amid Recession | Strategies for Online Poker Operators
20 November 2008
The marketing challenges faced by the online poker industry have only been exacerbated by the current state of the economy. Poker operators who are able to strategically address these challenges, however, will not only survive current economic conditions but prosper amid them.»
BMM to Establish Macau Testing Center
20 November 2008
BMM Compliance, the multinational product testing firm, is set to establish a testing center for gaming devices in Macau.»
Pinnacle Mulling Move of Mo. Riverboat Casino
20 November 2008
Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., which operates the troubled President Casino riverboat in St. Louis, Mo., is mulling whether to relocate near a bridge north of downtown.»
Live Wagering Popularity Pulls on Bwin's Betting Margin
20 November 2008
Bwin Interactive Entertainment A.G., the Austrian online betting operator, grew gross gaming revenue from betting, poker, casino and games -- 95.9 million euros -- by 11.2 percent year on year.»
Bwin Bucks Sequential Poker Lull
20 November 2008
Although building poker momentum from the second quarter into the third has been troublesome for a number of I-gaming operators this year, Bwin Interactive Entertainment A.G. grew net revenue from poker by 10 percent, sequentially.»
Sportingbet Gearing Up for South Africa Launch
20 November 2008
While legislators in South Africa gather comments on a draft tax bill for interactive gambling, a major United Kingdom online operator is awaiting final approval on a provincial sports betting license.»
More Good Works From the Gambling World
20 November 2008
A bingo hall in South Tyneside, a town in North East England, which is exceptionally talented with raising funds for a children's mobility charity has already surpassed its annual goal for the charity, reports The Shields Gazette.»
More Young Women in Scotland Playing Bingo
20 November 2008
Despite the recession crippling most of the world, more and more young women in West Fife, Dunfermline, Scotland, are crowding into bingo halls, reports the Dunfermline Press.»
WCLC Faces Class Action Suit Over Tickets
20 November 2008
The Merchant Law group, based in Saskatchewan, has launched a class action lawsuit against the Western Canada Lottery Corporation over a number of its scratch and win tickets.»
Sun Poker Moves to the iPoker Network
20 November 2008
Peak Entertainment Group, the Malta-based operator, announced this week that it will move its SunPoker, CS Casino, and Omni Casino poker products from the CryptoLogic Network to Playtech's iPoker Network in mid-December.»
Eurobet Italia to Launch Skill Games in Italy
20 November 2008
Eurobet Italia, Gala Coral Group's Italy-facing sports book, today signed an agreement with GameAccount accepting platform services for skill games from the online skill games provider.»
Nambling Notes | Nov. 20, 2008
20 November 2008
Sun Poker is on the move and skill games are on the rise in Italy.»
SciGames Lands Pubs Deal
19 November 2008
Scientific Games Corporation has won a contract to supply Marston's Pub Co., a United Kingdom pub retailer, with a package that includes skill-with-prize and amusement-with-prize server-based gaming machines.»
Praesepe Acquires Four AGCs in Edinburgh
19 November 2008
Praesepe, a company focused on the low-stakes, high-volume gambling markets in the United Kingdom and Europe, has purchased four Edinburgh adult gaming centers that will launch soon under the new brand, Cashino.»
La. Riverboats Grow Income amid Downturn
19 November 2008
Despite the broader economic downturn, numbers released from the Louisiana Gambling Control Commission show the state's licensed riverboat casinos grew October income by 5 percent against the same period last year.»
Aussie Bookies Join to Mitigate Racing Contribution Concerns
19 November 2008
The Age, an Australian paper, reported this week that a number of major corporate bookmakers are working jointly to produce figures that show they will contribute around $15 million Australian dollars to the racing industry in the 2008 fiscal year.»
IOM Welcome Two New Licensees
19 November 2008
The Isle of Man government today said two new licensees, Fasbet, a Scotland-based betting exchange, and NYX Interactive, a Sweden-based gaming technology and software supplier, may now begin operating on the island.»
Jadestone Chooses Gala Coral for Dice Game
19 November 2008
Jadestone Networks AB, the Swedish based owner and operator of the multiplayer skill games network GamArena, today announced that Gala Coral, the United Kingdom-based online and offline gaming operator, will be one of the selected partners for DiceArena, the new multiplayer games offering launching across Europe in the coming months.»
PartyBingo Hits Jackpot for Charity
19 November 2008
PartyBingo, the bingo offering from PartyGaming, the online operator based in Gibraltar, held a fundraising campaign through its online bingo site based on how many PartyPoints players would accumulate on its games during a set period of time. The company raised a £10,000 donation for the British Red Cross, which helps communities and people in need across the United Kingdom.»
Free Skill Game for the Whole Family
19 November 2008
Learndirect, a United Kingdom-based distance learning program, has developed a free online game aimed at encouraging adults to play computer games with their kids and improve their math and English skills at the same time.»
Hong Kong Man Sentenced for Online Gambling Business
19 November 2008
A Hong Kong man, convicted of running a number of gambling Web sites, on Wednesday was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined 20 million yuan, or US $2.9 million, in southwest China's Yunnan Province, reports China's Xinhua News Agency.»
AiG Set to Surpass 2008 Attendance Records
19 November 2008
Clarion Gaming and Beacon Events, organizers of the AiG Congress & Expo, expect the event -- the only one of its kind in Asia -- to become the largest gaming congress in the region.»
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