The European Communities Court of Justice (ECCJ) has given its verdict and found Italy guilty of a breach of the general principle of transparency and of the renewal of licences for betting on horse racing, in spite of the liberalisation of its market.
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The online poker room Absolute Poker is in a very difficult position, suspected of internal cheating.
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A 19 year-old Norwegian, Annette Obrestad, a young on-line poker prodigy, has just made a historic debut in the World Series of Poker Europe 2007 in London by winning the sum of £1,000,000 !
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The “BluffBot 2.0” software program, specially designed for Limit Hold’em poker, has recently won a No Limit tournament between computers in Canada.
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Since the start of September 2007, Belgians have been able to watch the Poker Channel: the British specialist poker channel which is entirely devoted to the game, via the Be TV sports package.
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France has benefited from an additional reprieve, giving it up to 29th October to find a compromise with the European Union over its sports betting policy.
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Like France, Sweden was sent a letter of formal notice by Brussels last June… What is more, Sweden does not intend to give a favourable response to the European Commission’s injunctions.
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Second Life’s virtual economy is collapsing. Ginko, the virtual investment bank which collects Linden Dollars in Second Life has filed for bankruptcy and is incapable of honouring more than 200,000,000 Lindens deposited by its 20,000 members. This represents a real loss of $US 750,000.
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Malta, the small island state situated in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, has become the new eldorado for casino and poker operators, bookmakers and other sectors of the European online gaming industry.
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Playtech, widely known throughout the world as one of the pioneers in online casinos, has announced its intention to buy out European gaming operators in financial difficulty.
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