The football world cup in South Africa will be a huge playground for punters. On this occasion hundreds of million bets will be placed. An opportunity that may escape from France and from legality. (more…)

The casinos Barrière, Groupe Tranchant and JoaGroupe band together against online gaming sites. (more…)

PokerStars has finally been granted permission to launch its Italian website. The AAMS (Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato) - the authority responsible for online gaming in Italy - has finally granted a licence to the poker room. PokerStars can now legally operate in Italy. (more…)

An affair involving fraud and embezzlement has led to the heads of Ultimate Bet being fined $1.5 million and ordered to repay the stolen money to their customers. (more…)

The Swedish legal system has just authorised advertising by foreign gaming operators in the media, thus ending the discrimination which formerly existed. (more…)

The European Union’s legal department has launched a preliminary enquiry into the discriminatory measures approved by the USA, which infringe the rights of European companies offering their services to American customers. (more…)

Brussels has, once again, slammed the French decree enacted under the country’s crime prevention legislation. The text, which clearly favours the State monopoly, does not conform to Community Law. (more…)

From next year, according to the British newspaper “The Sunday Mirror”, airline passengers will be able to log onto the 888 website and play games such as Blackjack, Roulette, Poker and Bingo.
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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 organisers of the European Poker Challenge have been jailed in Sweden for organising a tournament without government authorisation.
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