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SPORTSBETTING ACCUSED SENTENCED  New Jersey man faces 3 to 4 years in jail Vincent "Big Vince" Filipelli (53) the Philadelphia man convicted in a federal court of promoting Internet sportsbetting and possession of prohibited weapons earlier this year (see previous InfoPowa report) has been sentenced to 3-4 years in state prison after completing a 5-year federal…

WAGERWORKS DA VINCI DIAMONDS LAUNCHED New slot game has been eagerly anticipated Virgin Casino.com is among the first Wagerworks-powered online casinos to launch the company's latest 5 reel, 20 pay-line slot Da Vinci Diamonds, which offers opportunities to win cash prizes of up to GBP 125 000 with a 100-credit maximum bet. The Da Vinci Diamonds theme "explores…

ONLINE GAMBLING FOE ACCUSED OF MISINFORMATION Has the UIGEA resulted in a decline in online gambling? The American Banker published an op-ed article by Republican Congressman Spencer Bachus this week which contained misinformation regarding the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, according to the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative (SSIGI) Bachus was pre-emptively arguing against HR5767, the proposed…

INAUGURAL BINGO AWARDS GO TO PARLAY Best and most innovative bingo software recognised Canada's bingo software developer Parlay Entertainment Inc. received two awards at the inaugural Online Bingo Awards presented last week at the Bingo Summit in London.   The company's Parlay 4 product was named Best Online Bingo Software 2008, while its patent-pending side game BingoBets was…

CRYPTOLOGIC COMMENTS ON SPORTECH-888 DEAL (Update) Loss of revenues amounts to only 4 percent - with new business aplenty in the pipeline Cryptologic was quick to address the news this week that it was to lose the Sportech poker and casino software account as a result of the online betting company's new deal with 888.com (see previous InfoPowa…

U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES ON MONEY LAUNDERING Jurists clarify the difference between laundering and moving money The Supreme Court of the United States blog includes an interesting entry regarding a finding on money laundering which was handed down in the cases of Cuellar v. United States and United States v. Santos on June 2 this year. Essentially, the…

HUGE ONLINE MARKETING DEAL TEAMS SPORTECH AND 888.COM Three major football pool subsidiaries will benefit from agreement UK football pools operator Sportech will gain access to millions of online poker and casino players following an important marketing deal signed this week with the Gibraltar-based online gambling giant 888.com. The agreement comes into effect in September 2008. Describing the agreement…

ANOTHER ANTIGUA VS. USA DELAY WTO negotiations drag on, with new deadline of July 11 now set Antigua and the United States remain locked in negotiations this week as yet another World Trade Organisation deadline (see previous InfoPowa reports) has passed without a positive result. The two parties in the dispute over online gambling informed the World Trade…

CHARTWELL TECHNOLOGY APPROVED BY UK GAMBLING COMMISSION Online and offline licences granted  The UK Gambling Commission has awarded both remote and non-remote operating licences to online gambling technology provider Chartwell Technology. Additionally, each of Chartwell's senior executives have received personal management licences, the company has announced.  Under the terms of these licenses, the Canadian company is…

MICROSOFT CLAIMS INTIATIVE AGAINST MALWARE IS SUCCEEDING Software removes password stealers and other malware from infected computers The giant computer software developer Microsoft has claimed success for its efforts to combat malware - harmful and malicious viruses and other bugs that can affect the performance and security of standard software systems and programs. In the June edition of…