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September 4, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Big moves are afoot for the currently Spain-based Bingos.com firm acquired earlier this year by NetPlay TV. The interactive gambling company announced this week that it is to relocate the bingo company to the UK, thus affecting significant cost savings for the group. Top management, including chief executive Dominic Mansour,…

September 4, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- British land and online gambling group William Hill plc has announced the impending retirement of Corporate Affairs Director Ian Spearing (61), who plans to leave the company at the end of this year after almost 20 years of service. In a statement issued by the company this week, chairman Charles…

September 4, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Poker fans hoping to see online poker legalized in the state of California will have to wait a little longer following news this week that Assemblyman Lloyd Levine's bill AB 2026, currently before the Senate Appropriations Committee before going to the vote, will now only be reintroduced in January…

September 4, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Scott Lewis and his 1st Technology patents on Internet gambling technology have dominated the headlines recently in bruising but successful encounters with Parlay Entertainment and Bodog, but this week a patent's action name from past years was back as Mel Molnick and his Home Gaming Network resurfaced in the…

September 4, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- A Syrian "whale" who wagered millions in Aspinall's land casino in London's swanky Mayfair district won a legal bid to avoid paying a GBP 2 million debt in a London court this week. The Times Online reports that Syrian billionaire and high stakes gambler Fouad al-Zayat won his High Court…

September 4, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- NHTCU was an acronym that once struck fear into the hearts of the Internet ungodly, achieving some outstanding law enforcement successes against DDOS crooks and other cyber-offenders, but it's now being used to flog German holidays, reports the IT media this week. The acronym was for Britain's National Hi-Tech Crime…

September 4, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Players using the SkyPoker.com platform should see a dramatic improvement in speed, according to a company spokesmen this week -- the firm has refreshed and perked up the website and software, and claims the operation is six times faster. "Responding to customer demand, skypoker.com now runs six times faster than…

September 4, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Canbet, the online sportsbetting, poker and casino subsidiary of Australia's International All Sports Limited (IAS), has posted a negative pre-tax result of A$6.41 million, contributing to the lackluster performance of its parent group, which recorded a  pre-tax loss for the year of A$3.14 million. "This result is deemed unacceptable by…

September 4, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Betbull plc, an online and retail sportsbetting group that includes PrimeBet.com, announced that its group consolidated unaudited financial statements for the half year to 30 June 2008 this week, showing an impressive turnaround in its business fortunes. Financial highlights for the period included: * Betting stakes of Euro 50.9 million for…

September 4, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Finnish online gambling company Ålands Penningautomatförening (PAF) has inked a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with the Spanish Primera Liga football club Atlético de Madrid.  Sporting Business reports that as a new Atlético sponsor, the PAF logo will appear both on the players’ shorts and on their training gear.…