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GOOD RESULTS FROM JAXX German lottery firm's move into sportsbetting doing wellJaxx AG, the German lottery firm that moved into the sportssbetting field two years ago, published positive results for June this week, showing record levels in profits and customer acquisition for the month, mainly from its sportsbetting activities. The firm runs lotteries and has betting offices…

CALIFORNIA ONLINE POKER BILL PROGRESS August will see AB2026 before the Senate Appropriations Committee The month of August could see a landmark event if a bill before the Senate Appropriations Committee is voted forward. It's next stop would be a full vote on the California Senate floor, and that could lead to legalised online poker…

CANADIAN ACADEMIC CALLS FOR ONLINE GAMBLING REGULATION Licensing and regulating experienced operators could reduce the risk of harmful effectsJune Cotte, a marketing associate professor at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario has called for the legalization of online gambling to allow for better regulation and to potentially reduce harmful…

  EGBA AND ECOGRA TEAM UP ON HIGH STANDARDS FOR RESPONSIBLE GAMINGCompulsory annual audits part of the process.The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) launched a comprehensive set of standards that covers all aspects of player protection, fair gaming and responsible operator behaviour in the online gaming and betting environment this week. These standards complement…

  LOUISIANA GAMBLINGBig money down south....Based on its attempted law enforcements against online gambling executives like Sportingbet's former chairman Peter Dick (see previous InfoPowa reports) the U.S. state of Louisiana may not care for Internet gambling...but it certainly does rather well out of the diverse land gambling attractions it offers to its residents.This week an Associated…

BETFRED JOINS GAMEACCOUNT CLIENT LISTMulti year skill games deal signedThe UK online skill gaming provider GameAccount signed another major bookmaking company up this week in a multi year licensing deal with Betfred which will see the bookie's Betfred.com website equipped with a suite of peer-to-peer and tournament gin rummy, multiplayer blackjack and poker dice games.Betfred…

"In Ireland, a Government working group has announced that the nation could only benefit from reforms to its gambling law along with the effects of the American ban on online gaming under the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006," states the article. "After two years of research, the Casino Committee has announced that…

ANOTHER WTO DEADLINE PASSES IN US VS. ANTIGUA DISPUTEBut US team is currently in Antigua for more talksThe ongoing attempts to reach an amicable solution to the online gambling dispute between the USA and Antigua and Barbuda without resorting to further World Trade Organisation action continued this week, with the arrival on the Caribbean island…

SOUTH AFRICAN ONLINE GAMBLING BILL STILL AWAITING PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATUREApproved by Parliament in May this year, bill legalising online gambling still awaits Mbeki's John HancockThe South African National Gambling Amendment Bill, which introduces a government controlled licensing and regulatory regime for online gambling is apparently still awaiting signature by the country's peripatetic president, Thabo Mbeki despite…

WINADAY LAUNCHES REAL MONEY 3D SLOTS Players offered incentives to try their luckWinADay.com, the all-new 3D online casino from Slotland.com, launched a suite of real-money slot machines this week, adding to the suite of free games offered by the online casino several months ago. A brand new slot machine – the Lucky-Go-Round – is new…