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01.07.2011
White Label Services: New gambling bill welcomed by Illinois business leaders

Business leaders spoke out in support of new legislation that proposes greater gaming freedoms across several major states in the US. Illinois bosses are only the latest group to make the headlines after having welcomed the arrival of SB 0744, which could be paving the way for fantastic new opportunities within the region, and white label services are looking forward for this to happen.Organisations which include the Rockford Chamber of Commerce, the Rockford Area Economic Development Council, as well as...

White Label Services: New gambling bill welcomed by Illinois business leaders
01.07.2011
Mecca Bingo goes mobile with Britain's Got Talent game

Anyone searching for mobile bingo apps on their handsets can probably find about 50 or so that mention bingo, but only the Mecca offering was fully integrated with its standard 90 ball bingo games right from launch. This means that players that have an account with Mecca Bingo, having signed up online, can access the games they are familiar with anywhere they might be using the same log in details. Users can even interact with others in the same chat...

Mecca Bingo goes mobile with Britain's Got Talent game
29.06.2011
Philippine casinos cash in on gambling boom

Pagcor said in a statement on its website that it raked in 3.03 billion pesos ($69.58 million) in revenues in May, up 10.87 percent from a year earlier for the highest monthly total in its 25-year history.We generated more than 2.01 billion pesos from our gaming operations and 1.02 billion pesos from regulated gaming... like commercial bingo and licensed casino operations, chief executive Cristino Naguiat said in the statement.Five-month revenues were up 10.45 percent from the previous year to 14.16...

Philippine casinos cash in on gambling boom
27.06.2011
Casino companies are betting on expanded gambling in Florida

Florida was once the state where casino blueprints went to die. Three times in one 16-year span, voters rejected the idea of Las Vegas-style casinos.So the pro-gaming forces regrouped and shifted strategy. A giant leap into Vegas territory was no longer the goal.Instead, the industry pushed for baby steps. Small-scale slots parlors came to horse and dog tracks -- but only in South Florida. Poker rooms spread steadily -- small-stakes games at first, then high stakes.Now that state leaders are...

Casino companies are betting on expanded gambling in Florida
27.06.2011
Green Paper on Online Gambling Presentation Coming Soon

The official definition in the E-commerce Directive for the European Union, and as established under the Information Society Directive 98/34/EC, states, “Online gambling services are any service which involves wagering a stake with monetary value in games of chance, including lotteries and betting transactions that are provided at a distance, by electronic means and at the individual request of a recipient of services.” Malta uses this as its regulatory guideline and has been vocal about creating a constant in a...

Green Paper on Online Gambling Presentation Coming Soon
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