Michèle Alliot-Marie, the French Minister of the Interior, has revealed the government’s intention to prohibit online gaming websites, in the context of the framework and implementation law for internal security.
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Lichtenstein appears to be on course to open up its online casino and online betting market and is currently looking into the possibility of granting licences to foreign gaming operators.
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Casinos will soon be able to obtain a new Peer to Peer software programme called “World Series of Poker”, which will be loaded onto gaming terminals on their premises.
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888.com - one of the leaders in casino games and online poker - has teamed up in an exclusive partnership with Shane Warne, the star of Australian cricket.
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In spite of the persistent pressure imposed by the European Commission with a view to opening up the gaming market to competition, 13 out of the 16 German states have ratified a law banning all forms of online betting and online gaming intermediaries.
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Due to delays caused by problems encountered during the testing of its software, Nokia has again had to postpone the launch of its online gaming platform “N-gage”, which was scheduled for last month but only finally marketed at the start of 2008.
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True to its principles, the United States would rather reach a compensatory agreement with the European Union than open up its gambling market to European operators.
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The Spanish club Real Madrid has been heavily fined for wearing the normal flock shirt of its sponsor Bwin.com in the Champions League at Bremen.
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The American Justice department has ordered Microsoft, Google and Yahoo to pay fines totalling 31.5 million dollars for allowing the advertising of online gambling since 1997, which is illegal in the USA.
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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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