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Cyprus Government Moves to End Online Gambling

C Costigan — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:19:17 +0000

THE government yesterday approved a bill designed to put an end to online casino gambling that has flourished on the island in recent months with millions in turnover.

European governments can’t wait to screw over gamblers

Steven Stradbrooke — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:06:56 +0000

The ongoing credit crunch has caused a lot of cash-poor governments across the European continent to rethink long-held positions on any number of issues, from entitlement programs to foreign aid contributions to, yes, online gambling. No potential untapped revenue source is going unheeded as the desire to replenish state coffers trumps the feeble ‘morality’ arguments of the past.

Yet, as the recent BCLC Playnow debacle shows, governments don’t always offer a safe and secure gambling platform. And as the Right2Bet study of World Cup gambling shows, states rarely offer the best value for your punting dollar. So we can plainly see why governments would want to get into the online gambling biz, but just what the hell’s in it for the punters? Read more.

France Online Poker Rooms Show Great Potential

C Costigan — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:50:25 +0000

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Who would have known that online poker in France was so popular, especially being that, up until recently, it was pretty much illegal. A review of the online poker traffic monitoring website PokerScout.com demonstrates that the French market is stronger than ever.

Europe, U.S. All Mull Over Legalized Online Gambling: Markup Delayed

C Costigan — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:08:09 +0000

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In the U.S. today (July 27), a markup of an online gambling legalization bill authored by Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass) was to be voted on during a hearing in Washington, D.C.

Full Tilt Poker, PKR Land Online Poker Licenses in France

C Costigan — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:12:14 +0000

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Full Tilt Poker and PKR are the latest online poker ventures to obtain licenses in France. That nation granted nine new licenses on Monday.

William Hill Move to Gibraltar a Blow to United Kingdom

C Costigan — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:40:24 +0000

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The United Kingdom’s second largest bookmaker, William Hill, is moving its telephone wagering to Gibraltar, citing high taxes on the mainland. The move was well forecast in recent weeks.

Cyprus: Mixed Signals Over Future of Online Gambling

Gambling911.com — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:28:09 +0000

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Dracula chances his hand at Online Gambling

Eric Bianchi — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:15:45 +0000

Recently everyone’s jumping upon the bustling online gambling bandwagon over in Europe, and now even Dracula’s going to be able to put €20 on black. Romanian finance minister Bogdan Dragoi has pinpointed the regulation of online gambling as somewhere the country could make a lot of money through taxation, in order to pull it out of the fiscal crisis which has beset so many of Europe’s countries. It’s estimated by Dragoi that as much as €130million could be pumped into Romanian coffers if the regulation is successful. Vlad the Impaler will be impressed. Read more.

Gambling on the future of the United States of Europe

Jamie Hinks — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:00:33 +0000

I thought the recession was supposed to have fucked off back to the hole it came from by now. Indications showed that by now we’d all be back to normal, and it would all just be a rather annoying pot-hole in a nice suburban cul-de-sac. That’s not how it’s panned out though, not even close. The doom and gloom has spread so much that they’re even now suggesting that the single European currency will be off, without so much as a whimper. Cheers Greece!

Where did it all go so terribly wrong though? Is it right that we can completely blame the banks, and their greed for the crisis? And will England claim an unlikely victory were the Euro to fall flat on its face?

If we knew the answers to these questions though we wouldn’t be in this mess, and everything would be hunky dory. At least the leaders of all the world’s leading economies want to get to together in a big group and discuss…well lets look back on what really was discussed in Toronto just the weekend before last.

The leaders gathered but instead of talking money, it seemed their weekend was centered on something else entirely. It’s hard to understand why Europeans weren’t more taken aback seeing David Cameron and Angela Merkel more bothered about a poxy game of soccer than the economic recovery of both countries. The Chancellor is reportedly a soccer fanatic, whether this is to help her lose weight while she cheers we may never know, however, the economy of her country and the Eurozone is a wholly more important subject. Barack Obama also comes under this bracket, meaning they must agree with the late Bill Shankly: ‘Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.’

It isn’t though.

When the long-term future of the world is at stake, leaders should be more bothered about economical policies, shouldn’t they? After this summit it’s hard for one not to feel like nothing really happened. Everyone was able to mind their own business, watch the football, say what they wanted to say, and then head home with that guilty blank look on their face when they deep down know they should have been doing something.

If the world was turning on it’s imaginary axis, and everything was just fine and dandy then this would be okay, it’s not though.

Obama would only need to have a short conversation with Cameron to realise the tax dollars he’s missing out on from starting up a national lottery, allowing online gambling to be adopted, or even allowing bookmakers to operate on the streets of the country he runs, and the whole culture that goes with them would also be reason in itself.

Although, when it comes to Cameron and the English, they could well be laughing on the other side their face, when the United States of Europe finally goes under. If the Euro does fail it will have ramifications for all the countries who have adopted it and, although it will affect England, the problems it will cause in the British Isles will be far less than anywhere else. Holland or Spain may well have their World Cup win, but we’ll still have our pound (strains of ‘God Save The Queen’ in the background).

All Cameron need do now is allow the Super Casinos to open up, tax them to hell and high heaven, and be sitting pretty atop a huge pile of dollars bills y’all. That’s just wishful thinking though.

PokerStars Granted France License

Gambling911.com RSS News Feed — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:13:04 +0000

PokerStars has announced the launch of PokerStars.fr, a French-only version of the world's largest online poker site, after being granted the licence number 0006-PO-2010-06-25 from the Autorit read more

France Issues Eleven Online Betting Licenses

Gambling911.com RSS News Feed — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:27:52 +0000

PARIS (Reuters) - Eleven companies have been licensed and registered by the French government to conduct online betting on sports and horse races, as well as poker, the local regulatory authority s read more

ECJ Out of Touch With Modern Consumer Says Right2Bet

Gambling911.com RSS News Feed — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:55:51 +0000

RIGHT2BET has condemned yesterday's ECJ ruling in the Ladbrokes and Betfair cases against the Dutch Government and the country's monopoly operator, De Lotto. read more