Swedish gambling monopoly Svenska Spel looks much closer in losing their position in the Sweden’s gambling market after the annual conference of the Moderate Party saw a vote in support of a proposal to abolish the current government monopoly and to pursue a course to privatize Svenska Spel.
A formal timetable for the process of de-monoplozation [...]
Bwin won a high stake lawsuit yesterday, 6 November 2007, when the Administrative Court of Appeal for the German state of Hessen decided to overturn a decision of a lower court that prohibited BWIN Interactive Entertainment AG’s German unit BWIN e.k. to offer its onling betting services in the state, taking into consideration the [...]
 Mark Mendel, winning trade attorney for Antigua & Barbuda in their WTO case against the United States - over a protectionist US Internet gambling law passed in late 2006 - said today that he expects a decision on their 3.4 billion USD/per year compensation claim from a WTO panel on 30 November 2007.
USA says thatthey [...]
Many were already arrived ‘invitations to provide’ all’Aams and exhortations to monitor what was happening in the opening race of the more than 14mila points betting assigned by Bando Bersani 2006. Now, even Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato, send a circular calling dealers, the new contractor, to adhere to the provisions in the agreement. [...]
A new law like UIGEA could be passed in Norway, as Reuters reports.
Rolf Sims, legal adviser to Norway’s Ministry of Culture explained that a new draft law is planned that could make processing of bet payments illegal. A collegue of his - the Norwegian Gaming Board legal adviser Thomas Helgesen explained that the Norwegian “is [...]
Partypoker has announced a new upgrade to their software, that includes the poker software in the native language of the users from Denmark, Sweden and Finland. Partypoker announced with the same occasion that it will host a 50 000 USD Freeroll, exclusively for nordic players on 22 November 2007 - starting with 14:30 ET [...]
Mr. Peter Nyland, the director of the Swedish online betting firm Unibet, was arrested on the Amsterdam airport, when he was trying to fly to UK.
The Dutch authorites have claimed that they have a warrant from the French authorities that have accussed Mr. Nylande of breaking French laws that prohibit online gambling. This [...]
After bwin impressive four-year $70 million shirt sponsorship deal with the famous Real Madrid Football Club, the company decided to take advantage of the brand development in Spain and, in partnership with Betbull, will start its first shops in the first quarter of 2008.
The duo bettinmg companies takes advantage of the new lax regulation from [...]
The two organizations battle is going for the use of the trademark “Swedish Poker Championships”, a competition already held online and offline.
Both the SPA and Svenska Spel will arrange online championships in November 2007 with a similar name.
SPA says they have trademark on that name -Â “It is very shocking that a crown corporation with [...]
An Utrech court has decided that prohibited Unibet gambling proposers by means of its Internet site illegal offer gambling games, among which gambling football paid on Dutch amateur games and games from.
As this Dutch website reportsthe Dutch monopoly operator De Lotto says it has secured a court verdict last week against European online operator Unibet, [...]