Titan Poker, one of the biggest poker rooms in the online poker industry, is launching a new website in spring 2008. Under the name of Titan Bets, a multitude of promotions will be offered to mark the launch of this new bookmaker.
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The French Federation of Tennis (FFT) has taken action in the Paris County Court in order to ban online betting on matches at the French Open at Roland-Garros.
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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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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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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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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 Lucien Barrière Group, the leading French casino operator, has applied to the public authorities to request the authorisation of casinos on the Net and is preparing to launch a website in 2008.
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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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