Lottery organizations in Quebec and British Columbia, as well as from the Atlantic provinces, are building an online poker site designed to take on traffic from the 2,000 illegal gambling sites operating in Canada.
Read More . . .Irish bookmaker Paddy Power said sports results so far this year had gone its way and Internet punters had spent more, making up for tough economic conditions in Ireland.
Read More . . .Ladbrokes reaped the benefit of last year's move of its sportsbook operations to Gibraltar, reporting a 3 per cent rise in group operating profit for the first four months of the year.
Read More . . .Fallen internet tycoon Daniel Tzvetkoff will argue that poker is not gambling as he fights charges linked to an allegedly illegal online gaming operation.
Read More . . .Online betting exchange Betfair has voiced criticism of France’s new online gambling regulations having been forced this week to stop accepting bets from French customers, with the company now considering its future in the market.
Read More . . .Most of $800 million Canadians spent last year betting online went offshore
Read More . . .Canadian man pleaded guilty to illegally using the wires to transmit bets and wagering information in connection with an alleged $350 million Internet gambling scheme
Read More . . .888 and Microgaming are to launch a joint poker network for the soon-to-open French market, the first collaboration of its kind between online poker networks.
Read More . . .Full Tilt Poker has signed a sponsorship deal with Formula 1 racing team Virgin Racing ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.
Read More . . .Online gambling group PartyGaming (PRTY.L) said it was gearing up for a possible return to the United States if legislation banning the industry is overturned.
Read More . . .Of the more than 2,300 people who participated in a Daily News survey, conducted in cooperation with the Sport Industry Research Center at Temple University, 34 percent admitted that they have wagered on sports in the past year.
Read More . . .bwin’s Ongame has announced the signing of three new partners, with the company expected to complete migration of all three operators to the P5 Poker Engine during the next two months.
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