The UK based internet betting exchange Betfair and digital entertainment technology company Macrovision Solutions Corporation has today announced that Betfair has completed the purchased of the TV Games Network (TVG) from Macrovision for $50 million.   This move will see Betfair put a massive foothold into the American gaming market. The TV Games Network (TVG) [...]

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The Gulf state of Qatar on Monday announced its intention to be one of the countries bidding to be the host nation for the FIFA World Cup in 2018, and if it fails in that it will fallback to the 2022 World Cup. The General Secretary of the Qatar Football Federation; Saud Al Mohannadi said [...]

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The owners of the recently re-launched online UK football pools, Sporttech has revealed that its two major online games Premier 10 and Footy 15 have since the start of the UK football season have made large payouts totalling £1.25m. This is on top of non cash prizes that have been won including 200 tickets to [...]

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The UK based sports bookmaker Betfred owned by the Done brothers has published its plans for the expansion for their chain of betting shops that would result in the company opening its 800th store during the spring of 2009 creating 350 jobs in the process and this could grow to 1,000 stores in the following [...]

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The UK sports betting company Stanleybet has been allowed by an Athens court to reopen its outlet in the City. In late 2008 Stanleybet had opened two outlets one in Athens the second in Thessaloniki but they were promptly shut down as they violated Greek law what allows only the OPAP monopoly on sports betting [...]

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The UK based sports betting company Betfred has disposed of its online casino operations following several years of underperforming due to its belated entry into the online gaming market.  The sale took place in 2008 but has only just been revealed by the recently filed companies accounts of Betfreds holding company Lightcatch Ltd. The company’s [...]

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Irish bookmaker Paddy Power saw its share value drop sharply yesterday in reaction to figures release by Horse Racing Ireland that showed that there was a decline in the horseracing industry has decreased for the first time in fifteen years. Paddy Power’s shares fell from 7.8pc to €11.90 and have shrunk further €11.28 by lunchtime today, increasing [...]

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Following Google’s decision three months ago to allow European based online gambling companies to use the Adwords facility Google has reversed its self imposed ban and has now announced that it is will allow affiliate websites to advertise and bid for Google Adwords. Affiliate companies wishing to advertise will have to adhere to all responsible [...]

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The Advertising Standards Authority has reported that a recent series of adverts by UK sports betting company Ladbrokes for their Online Casino ladbrokescasino.com which featured characters leaping to their death broke ASA rules.  The adverts according to the ASA “portrayed gambling in a context of toughness, and linked it to excessive risk taking and reckless“. The [...]

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The UK Company William Hill has announced a sponsorship deal for its online Bingo with the ITV1 daytime show “The Real Deal”. The deal will initially start from the Monday 5th January for four months in what William Hill hopes will raise brand awareness of its Bingo division. Lili Huang speaking on behalf of William [...]

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