Stéphane Courbit, the former CEO of Endemol France (and the producer of shows such as Loft Story, Secret Story and Star Academy) is on the verge of buying out Betclick Limited, which publishes the sports betting website Betclick.
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The French National Olympic and Sporting Committee has won its case against the online betting site Expekt.com at the Paris County Court.
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Norbert Teufelberger, the Joint CEO of the Austrian online betting company Bwin, believes that several clues point to the imminent liberalisation of the European online gaming market, including in France.
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The casino operator Lucien Barrière is anticipating the coming liberalisation of internet casinos by subcontracting the development of its online 3-D gaming site in India.
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To prevent any chance of fraud, betting on the BNP Paribas 2007 Tennis Masters tournament, to be held at the Paris Bercy Palais Omnisport from 27 October to 4 November, will be subjected to close scrutiny.
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Accused of breaching the French gaming monopoly, Petter Nylander, the Swedish CEO of the online gaming operator Unibet, has been arrested and held by the Dutch authorities after a European arrest warrant was issued by France!
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Mark Davies, the President of Betfair, has announced in an interview that his group is ready to take on the challenge of doing business in France.
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The British group PartyGaming has recently announced that its online casino was examining the takeover offers submitted by brick and mortar casinos in Las Vegas.
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The Norwegian Ministry of Culture has officially declared that its country is preparing to enact an anti-gaming law based on the American model that would outlaw any financial transactions with companies offering online casino games, poker or sports betting.
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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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