The ban of the unibet.com cycling team in some competitions is Italy, Belgium and Spain because the had the main sponsor an online betting company in Malta the triggered the European Commission anger that thretaned these countries with legal actions.
“The Commission understands that the Green Cycle Associates cycling team, a Swedish company, has been refused [...]
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Unibet creates problems for the French and Belgium authorities in cycling events
It is not technically possible to ban Internet sports betting
This is what a Bavarian court ( from Munich) has ruled in the lawsuit between the Bavarian Authorities and Bwin.
According to Forbes the court said that
“It is technically impossible to exclude only gamblers residing in Bavaria from using the company’s online offers. The Bavarian statedid not show a single comprehensible and convincing [...]
Svenska Spel keeps its monopoly
Even though the Svenska Spel monopoly was criticized by the Swedish Parliament , it will probably keep its monopolyaccording with the Swedish economic journal, Veckans Affärer, because it gets a lot of money to the state budget - Q1 of 2007 - net profit of €157 million.
So the state will put hard-to-meet conditions for [...]
Slots.com, Horseracing.com and Winner.com - for sale !
Those 3 domains are still up for sale according , after the Casino Affiliate Convention in Amsterdam that took place at the end of the last week.
CasinoWire confirmed that interested buyers of these websites should email their offers to sales at moniker.com, where bids will be considered by the sellers.
tags: casino affiliate convention, horseracing.com, [...]
US independent study on online gambling
The study is called by the Nevada congresswoman Shelley Berkley that wants to put it as part of a bill against the UIGEA.
Berkley, a self-confessed campaigner against the prohibition laws in America, is keen to see the UIGEA repealed. However, she wishes to make clear her stance on stimulating an objective viewpoint.
She recently told a [...]
Scores.com sold for 1.18 million USD
 This was the highest price paid for a gambling domain name at the Casino Affiliate Convention in Amsterdam that took place at the end of the last week.
Other important sales were made on these domain names :
betsmarts.com and sportsbookpros.com 18,500 USD
Spades.net 5,000 USD
VegasCasino.net 4,800 USD
BettingOdds.com 3,630 USD
FreeBlackjack.net 2,400 USD
Sportsbook.vc 1,800 USD
AboutPoker.com 1,200 USD
PayZ EU gets on the European market
The PayZ EU is a new electronic money solution, based in Gibraltar, part of the company Datisi Limited Company.
The processor offers a payment solution for buyers and sellers alike. Consumers may use the service to send cash to others or pay for goods and services offered over the internet including sensitive industries such as online [...]
USA shows a Gambling hypocrisy
A recent editorial from LA Times makes a good point on the US policy towards gambling that shifts from the recent UIGEA law that prohibited credit card companies from processing gambling transactions to a new licensed environment suggested by the Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
All that in combination with [...]
Some news from PartyGaming
PartyGaming, the well known company that has created brands such as PartyPoker, PartyBingo or PartyGammon, has recently announced that it has subscribed to a large affiliate fraud monitoring contract with Envisional, a company that ises its A3I intelligent search technology to identify, analyse and verify all suspected cases of affiliation to PartyGaming’s websites and detect [...]
Yahoo Poker - now a new gambling opportunity for UK users
Yahoo launched its real money Poker game for the UK users through a collaboration with St. Miner, after already having online real money bingo.
This is a very interesting move, showing that the big players could be interested in this domain very soon indeed. Other important gambling players, such as PartyGaming have declared that the real [...]