EuropeMobile Gaming
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IGT and Mr. Green and Getting Bigger
(4/27/2013)
(Europe) -- International Game Technology (IGT) has expanded its partnership with Swedish casino operator Mr. Green. In this new expansion agreement Mr. Green will be on...
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Social Gaming
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PayVision WhitePaper Details The Lucrative $1.7billion Social Casino Market
(4/26/2013)
(Europe) -- Payvision, the independent Payment Solution Provider have released a free global industry report providing insights into the lucrative social casino games...
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Europe’s Regulators Step Up To Tackle Social Gaming [sub req'd]
(3/7/2013)
(Europe) -- Social gaming is sparking the interest of European gambling regulators, as many say they are now reviewing their legislation and considering their options to...
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European Regulators Worry Over Facebook Poker-Game Abuse [sub req'd]
(6/12/2012)
(Europe) -- European regulators are starting to draw lines in the sand for when casino-style social games, played on Facebook or mobile phones, turn into gambling and...
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Europe Online
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Amaya Gaming inks Groupe Circus games supply deal
(2/21/2013)
(Europe) -- Gaming industry entertainment solutions provider Amaya Gaming Group Incorporated has signed a deal with Belgian online casino operator Groupe Circus to bring...
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EU Online Gambling At ‘Critical Moment’ After Teufelberger Grilling, Say Operators
(11/15/2012)
(Europe) -- The European Commission must take urgent action against restrictive markets, like Belgium’s, to stop “irreparable and unjustifiable” damage...
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Tax online gambling to fight mafia business
(11/15/2012)
(Europe) -- Removing the financial control of mafia organisations over banks should be a priority in the EU's fight against organised crime. Monitoring high-risk...
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EC Plan of Action in Regards to Regulation of Online Gambling
(10/26/2012)
(Europe) -- A few days ago the European Commission (EC) shared a communication plan entitled, “Towards a comprehensive European framework on online gambling...
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EC publishes online gambling policy document
(10/26/2012)
(Europe) -- The European Commission has published its new policy on online gambling regulation. The communication, titled Towards a Comprehensive European Framework for...
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EU To Unveil Online Gambling Action Plan [sub req'd]
(10/22/2012)
(Europe) -- European Commissioner Michel Barnier will today release his action plan on how to better regulate Europe's online gambling industry from tighter money-...
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European Commission Eyes Late September Gambling ‘Action Plan’ [sub req]
(5/15/2012)
(Europe) -- The European Commission has told gambling regulators it plans to release its online gambling “action plan” at the end of September, but hopes...
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Chiligaming Puts Europe On The Back-Burner
(3/5/2012)
(Europe) -- Chiligaming is merging its non-French online poker site with Poker770 so the company can focus on the US market, founder and chief executive Alexandre...
8 Total Articles on this Issue
Sports Betting
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Investigation uncovers possible fixing of soccer games worldwide
(2/5/2013)
(Europe) -- Soccer is the world's most popular sport. And now, after an 18-month investigation into game-fixing, it appears as if it's one of the world's...
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Investigation Finds Suspected Fixing in 680 Soccer Matches
(2/4/2013)
(Europe) -- Soccer is known throughout much of the world as the beautiful game. But the sport’s ugliest side — the scourge of match-fixing — will not...
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Full Tilt
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Hansen, Dwan, Blom Down $3.3 Million Collectively Since Full Tilt Poker Relaunch
(12/7/2012)
(Europe) -- Despite being a few of the best players in the poker world and representatives of the new Full Tilt, Gus Hansen, Tom Dwan and Viktor Blom have bled money...
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Hansen Drops $2 Million In Return To Full Tilt Poker
(11/19/2012)
(Europe) -- Despite a reunion with millions in his Full Tilt Poker account, Gus Hansen might be having the worst November out of any poker player on the website.
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Return Of Full Tilt Highlights PokerStars’ Regulatory Strategy [sub req'd]
(11/9/2012)
(Europe) -- Full Tilt Poker zoomed to the number two spot in world poker play this week as it debuted under its new owner, PokerStars, and its success has some experts...
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Full Tilt Online Poker Back in Business
(11/7/2012)
(Europe) -- Relaunched real-money gambling Full Tilt online poker site attracts 22,200 players in the first hours.
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Full Tilt Poker returns today
(11/5/2012)
(Europe) -- It is only a few hours now from the relaunch of Full Tilt Poker under the new ownership of its once arch rival, PokerStars. With players outside of the US...
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Regulators Call For Cross-Border Steps To Avoid New ‘Full Tilt Scenario’
(9/25/2012)
(Europe) -- PokerStars announced it will repay Full Tilt Poker players immediately as the poker platform re-launches in November, but European regulators are calling for...
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Online Gaming
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International Game Technology Withdraws Online Poker from Europe
(9/29/2012)
(Europe) -- The world’s biggest manufacturer of slot gaming machines, International Game Technology, has stopped providing online poker services in Europe.
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Pokerstars.eu To Bypass Nordic Winnings Tax
(2/15/2012)
(Europe) -- Sweden and Finland’s gambling regulators said they have no choice but to let the poker giant go ahead with its new Nordic-facing “pokerstars.eu...
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Online Poker
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Hacker empties high roller's online Poker account of $115K
(9/21/2012)
(Europe) -- A high stakes online poker player says that an unknown hacker used a malicious image file to compromise his account and empty of it of more than $100,000 in...
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Online Legislation
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European Court Formulates Online Gambling Guidelines
(7/13/2012)
(Europe) -- The recent European Parliament statement of intent on online gambling seems to have galvanized some action. This week there is news from the European Court...
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Other News
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Bwin.Party Cuts Back In 18 Countries [sub. req'd]
(4/22/2013)
(Europe) -- The world's largest publicly-listed online gambling operator said that for “commercial reasons” from April 30 affiliates should no longer...
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Bitcoin hacker currency bursts into mainstream
(4/10/2013)
(Europe) -- The value of bitcoins _ a borderless, unregulated digital currency _ zoomed to record prices Wednesday, then staged a "flash crash," losing half...
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FINCEN: Bitcoin Users Not Regulated, Exchanges Are
(3/19/2013)
(Europe) -- Government regulation has for a long time been a gray area for Bitcoin, both in the United States and elsewhere. Although we have seen a number of disparate...
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European Union: European High Court Decision Delivers Blow To Greek Gambling Monopoly
(2/4/2013)
(Europe) -- This past Friday, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the EU's highest court, issued an opinion finding that national legislation granting an...
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Bitcoin casino on track to earn nearly one million per year
(1/24/2013)
(Europe) -- Definitely one way to experiment with your current supply of bitcoins, at least one bitcoin-accepting casino is hauling in tons of the virtual currency.
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BLOG: Bitcoin-funded online casino turned a $572,000 profit after six months of operation
(1/23/2013)
(Europe) -- The digital currency known as Bitcoin has recently found a home in online casinos as a way to circumvent the government's crackdown on digital gambling.
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Indigenous Latin Americans Eligible For EU Scholarships
(1/13/2013)
(Europe) -- The Preciosa Project of the European Commission is recruiting indigenous Latin American students to apply for 35 available scholarships to various European...
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EU Commission Criticizes Greek Gambling Laws
(12/22/2012)
(Europe) -- The European Union (EU) Commission has sent another letter to the government of Greece, complaining that its gambling regulations violate EU law.
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Online Gambling Welcomes E.U.Funding for Match Fixing Education
(11/27/2012)
(Europe) -- The online gambling industry is based on trust and when that trust is questioned everybody loses. Such is the case when it comes to match fixing in sports...
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Tax online gambling to fight mafia business
(11/14/2012)
(Europe) -- Removing the financial control of mafia organisations over banks should be a priority in the EU's fight against organised crime.
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BLOG: 15,000 Unregulated Gambling Sites Available in the EU
(10/29/2012)
(Europe) -- EC introduces new online gambling directive to regulate the EUR 10 billion per year market.
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Newly Regulated Online Gambling Jurisdictions White Label Restrictions
(9/14/2012)
(Europe) -- The advantages of a regulated online gambling jurisdiction far outweigh the situations presented in a none regulated area where there are no rules to govern...
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Online Gambling Sites Face Extortion
(5/14/2012)
(Europe) -- All kinds of troublemakers, criminals, and parasitic elements have been troubling the Internet businesses since the beginning. Now, the parasites take on...
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Commission urged to enforce 'red lines' on gambling reforms
(4/24/2012)
(Europe) -- The commission is being urged to enforce "red lines" set by the European court when examining national online gambling reforms in each member state.
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Online Gambling News from Denmark, Sweden and Germany
(2/28/2012)
(Europe) -- There is plenty happening in the online gambling scene in Europe at the moment and the news is often a mix of good and bad. Fortunately there has been no...
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Did Christopher Columbus bring syphilis to Europe?
(12/21/2011)
(Europe) -- A 500-year-old debate in anthropological circles involving whether Christopher Columbus and his crew brought syphilis back to Europe has been re-ignited...
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Remote Gambling Association Challenges Protectionist Online Gambling Laws in Greece
(12/8/2011)
(Europe) -- The Remote Gambling Association and the European Gaming and Betting Association have recently filed a formal complaint with the European Commission. This was...
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Online Gambling Battle Lines Being Drawn in Europe
(12/4/2011)
(Europe) -- Battle lines regarding online gambling in the Euro Zone are being drawn and the map is looking like it will split the European Union into many different...
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European Union Agrees on Online Gambling Resolution
(11/20/2011)
(Europe) -- It is nice when a plan comes together and a government can agree – unlike online gambling politics in the USA, the EU has no problem with compromise...
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MEPs say stronger cooperation needed on online gambling
(10/9/2011)
(Europe) -- EU Member States should be free to maintain their own rules on online gambling, but should also step up EU-wide cooperation to counter the black market and...
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