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BELGIUM PREPARING TO EMBRACE INTERNET GAMBLING? Licenses may be issued as soon as 2009The home of the European Union, Belgium, is preparing to open its Internet gambling market to private providers, reports Markets and Research this week. Recently, a growing number of European gambling markets have become more liberalised, and although many experts are keeping…

ASH GAMING TO ENHANCE 888 GAMBLING OFFERING Fixed odds games, together with virtual horse and dog racing to join 888 inventory Players at websites powered by 888.com will have an enhanced games offering following a deal this week signed between 888.com and Ash Gaming. The Gibraltar-bsed online betting and gambling operator will add Ash Gaming's…

MORE PARAMOUNT MOVIE THEMES GAMES FROM PLAYTECH New deal is for "Gladiator" and "The Untouchables".Anticipation has been keen to see which movie concepts online gambling software provider Playtech next brings into its themes following comments in the company's trading updates recently, and it is now clear that these will be from the popular movies "Gladiator" and "The…

  AUSSIE WHITE LABEL DEAL FOR 888Oz Poker Tour operator opens virtual websiteGibraltar based online gambling group 888.com has continued its white label expansion with a an Australian-Asia deal this week with the Poker Dome Group. The new online poker website, PokerDomePoker.com is owned and operated by the Australia-based PokerDome group, which owns the land-based…

EU VISIT WILL HAVE U.S. OFFICIALS ON THEIR TOES Questions to be asked challenge "some the worst written sections of the United States Code."When trade emissaries from the European Union arrive in Washington later this month to talk to officials in Congress, the Justice Department, and other executive branch agencies about online gambling and US…

POLITICAL ARM-TWISTING HELPED DEFEAT HR 5767 (Update) Politicians give an insight into the action behind the Frank/Paul attempt to stall the UIGEA regulationsHR 5767, the bipartisan attempt by Congressmen Barney Frank and Ron Paul to stop the implementation of the UIGEA regulations pending greater clarity, failed on a tied 32 - 32 vote in the…

FRANK ELECTION CAMPAIGN SUPPORT FROM ONLINE GAMBLERS Non-gambling Democrat is the industry's heroThe Boston Globe newspaper reported this week that Newton, Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank does not gamble, but has received support for his reelection campaign from many gamblers.The reason will be well known to most online gamblers and operators, if not the Boston public…

LATEST TEST HOUSES APPROVED BY UK GAMBLING COMMISSION Gaming Associates and GLI acceptedThe UK Gambling Commission published an updated list of fully approved test houses that have been accepted to test compliance against the Commission's technical standards and requirements this week.Gaming Associates, Gaming Laboratories International LLC and Gaming Laboratories Austria GmBH are the latest additions…

July is shaping up to be a fantastic month for online casino players. There are a variety of big-money chances across the world at several leading gaming sites. Slots pioneer AllSlots kicked off the month with a free $100,000 slots tournament, paying two winners a massive $50,000 each. The All Slots $100,000 free roll offers…

Property officials at the $1,000,000,000 M Resort, Spa and Casino yesterday announced a deal with gaming giants Cantor Gaming, an affiliate of major global company Cantor Fitzgerald, regarding mobile gaming. Cantor Gaming will provide mobile gaming and cutting-edge technology to the as-yet-incomplete M Resort, Spa and Casino, giving the clientele an additional reason to make…