Alistair Darling unveiled the 2009 Budget yesterday and initially their were cheers from the UK Gaming Industry as campaigners for the abolishment of the ‘unfair’ VAT bingo were rewarded when the news that the participation fees for bingo would no longer be subject to VAT. However as the Government gave with one hand it quickly [...]

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The company that took over running and rebranding of the Football Pools, Sportech PLC yesterday launched a claim with the UK Customs Office (HMRC) for overpaid VAT (Value Added Tax) payments in relation to the “Spot The Ball” game which was ran from 1979 through to 1996. The claim is in the region of £40 [...]

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One of the UK’s largest Bingo Brands Mecca owned by the Rank Organisation have signed a shirt sponsorship deal with Rugby League side Wigan Warriors taking over from the previous shirt sponsors JJB. A spokesman for Rank released a statement, “’MeccaBingo.com is proud to be so closely involved with Wigan Warriors as well as the [...]

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Dublin based CryptoLogic who have recently won Gambling Online Magazine’s Top Casino Software Award – for the fourth year running has today announced that is has signed a deal with DC Comics and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution that will allow it to bring popular characters from the DC Universe such as Batman, Superman and The [...]

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Betdirect the former online betting division of Littlewoods that was established in 1998 and aquired by Stan James from 32Red plc for around £5.75 million in 2007 less than have the £12.5 million that 32Red paid for it.  Since Stan James aquired the company it has ran it as a seperate brand with its own [...]

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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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The British overseas territory of Gibraltar has won its appeal against an earlier ruling the European Commission after a period of four years and will now be allowed to carry on charging much lower rates of corporate tax than the United Kingdom that has allowed companies to benefit enormously. Gibraltar is currently the base for [...]

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Netplay TV has become the first interactive gaming company to secure a dedicated channel on Freeview. It will commence broadcasting its services that include Supercasino.com and Live Bingo from 8th January 2009. The announcement was made today that Netplay TV had acquired a license to operate a 24 hour channel, the news created a rush [...]

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Gala Coral has reported losses of £403 million for the year ended September 2008. The figure is almost treble that of the previous financial year. Gala Coral currently operates just under 1600 Coral Betting shops, 162 Bingo Clubs and 29 casinos as well as its online portfolio, employing over 20,000 members of staff. The company [...]

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