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Reports out of Russian claim that online poker could soon be legalised in the country, First Deputy Primie Minister Igor Shuvalov has told his Ministry of Finance, the Ministry for Economic Development and the Ministry of Justice to review the possibility and legislation needed to allow online poker only to be legalised in the country.The ministries involved have been given till the 21st July to report back to Mr Shuvalov on moving forward with the idea of poker only gambling.The...
On Friday, the State Duma accepted causing sensation amendments to act governing gambling activities in the second and third and final reading. Now in Russia one can open gambling facilities not only in Crimea, but also in Sochi, straight in the territory of Olympic facilities. Story with inclusion of Sochi as a gambling zone into the bill was similar to special operation. Members of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy did everything quietly and at the last gasp, just...
Online poker could become regulated in Portugal next month after the country’s Ministry of Economics finalised the final draft of a new national online gaming law that will be discussed in parliament before the summer break begins on July 10. Portuguese online portal Sapo.pt reports that the new online gaming law will aim to legalise and regulate internet poker, sports betting and online gambling in the country. The law had been due to reach the national assembly first in November...
Slated to take place on August 22~24, 2014 at Halls 1.1 & 2.1 & 6.1, Zone A of the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou, the GTI Asia China Expo has kicked off booth assignment in late April for exhibitors renting a booth larger than 100 square meters at the FEC Carnival Pavilion in Hall 6.1. A good number of companies have completed the booth registration process including LS-Game, Game Plus, Jinmiao, Guangzhou Shan Zhi Fu, M-Sky,...
(US).- Revenue for the mobile-gaming niche is expected to reach $11.4 billion in 2014, up from USD 5.6 billion in 2009, according to Statista, a statistics company based in New York. Fast smartphones and other mobile devices are chipping away at the market share of other gaming platforms, and upstart companies are challenging more prominent, established firms.Major corporations such as Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have newer challengers, he said, citing Wargaming.net and its "League of Legends" play and mobile companies...