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Gaming monopoly: a new 2-month reprieve for France

Friday 07 September 2007 - bookmaker

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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Sweden defies the European Commission

Friday 07 September 2007 - bookmaker

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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Malta: a new eldorado for bookmakers?

Tuesday 04 September 2007 - bookmaker

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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PartyGaming and 888 threatened with heavy fines by the United States

Thursday 23 August 2007 - bookmaker

Following discussions with the American justice system, PartyGaming and 888 could be forced to pay fines… of 900 and 120 million dollars respectively !
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Non-European gaming sites banned from advertising in Britain

Friday 17 August 2007 - bookmaker

The British government has introduced a new law on online gaming which bans non-European gaming sites from advertising in Britain. This measure comes into force on 1st September 2007.
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Great Britain – threat to the reform of the legislation on online gaming

Wednesday 08 August 2007 - bookmaker

For the past 7 years, gambling legislation in the United Kingdom has been seeking to regulate the online gaming market, but recent decisions announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown now seem to signal the end of the reforms that have been undertaken.
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Unibet: Betting on the weather forecast – a complaint is lodged with Brussels

Monday 30 July 2007 - bookmaker

On Thursday, the bookmaker Unibet launched a range of different bets on what the weather will be like throughout the month of August in Belgium.
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Sports betting: William Hill defies the OPAP monopoly in Greece

Monday 23 July 2007 - bookmaker

British bookmaker William Hill has just lodged an appeal with the Greek courts after the dismissal of its request to operate in Greece.
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Online gaming : the WTO imposes heavy sanctions on the United States

Tuesday 17 July 2007 - bookmaker

The WTO has just imposed heavy sanctions on the USA for its protectionist laws which were judged to be an obstacle to online internet betting services based abroad.
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Betfair, sponsor of the World Series of Poker Europe !

Thursday 12 July 2007 - bookmaker

Betfair.com has entered into a partnership agreement with Harrah’s License Company LLC, an entertainment subsidiary of Harrah’s, Inc., to become the sponsor of the World Series Of Poker Europe until 2011.
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