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Social gaming business takes plaudits in strong first half for Aristocrat

Australian gaming supplier Aristocrat Leisure has reported a 47 per cent increase in revenue to AUD$1,009.8m for the six month period ended March 31st, following [...]

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Australia’s Northern Territory legalises exchange betting

Australia’s Northern Territory has passed legislation to regulate exchange betting and moved to formalise agreements between betting operators and the state’s horse and greyhound racing [...]

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Imperus eyes additional white label distribution deals as Q1 revenue grows

Toronto-listed social casino operator Imperus Technologies has reported a 178 per cent increase in revenue to CAD$10.9m for the first quarter of 2016, with the [...]

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Poland targets unlicensed operators and prepares to legalise poker

The Polish Ministry of Finance is considering a number of potential amendments to the country’s Gambling Act aimed at introducing IP and payment blocking for unlicensed operators, [...]

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CVC Capital Partners acquires Italy’s SISAL in €1bn deal

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has acquired Italian gaming operator SISAL Group in a €1bn transaction.

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BetConstruct secures live odds sportsbook deal with LVbet

Gaming platform provider BetConstruct has signed a deal to provide its sports betting solutions to newly launched Malta-licensed operator LVbet.com.

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Youbet.com Appoints New United Tote President

U.S horse racing content and wagering provider Youbet.com has announced the appointment of Dawn Haden as President of the company's United Tote subsidiary, replacing incumbent Jeff True, who will step down from his position effective November 1st.

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UK Horseracing Seeks Bigger Share of Betting

With latest research showing that Horseracing comes second only to football in terms of popularity in Britain, the Chief Executive of the British Horseracing Authority has reiterated his view that British racing does not receive an adequate or fair return from the betting industry, calling the system 'broken'.

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Poker Players File Full Tilt California Lawsuit

According to leading U.S. entertainment news site TMZ.com, two poker players have filed suit this week in the Los Angeles County Superior Court against Full Tilt's owners, alleging that more $80,000 of their winnings were confiscated by the online poker site.

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Fun88 Operations Launched from Isle of Man

Asian online gaming operator Fun88.com has said that it has launched its gaming operations from the Isle of Man after securing a licence from the white-listed jurisdiction earlier this year.

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Tabcorp Launches New Loyalty Programme for NSW TAB

Becoming Australia's first wagering operator to launch a multi-channel loyalty program across fixed odds and tote betting, Tabcorp has launched The Number 1 Club, a new customer loyalty programme which rewards customers betting via the New South Wales TAB.

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BetonSports’ Carruthers Surprise Guilty Plea Withdrawal

With just days to go to the conclusion of his three year ordeal in the United States on charges of racketeering, former BetonSports CEO David Carruthers has unexpectedly withdrawn his guilty plea.

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Delaware Gives Up on Single Game Betting

Delaware's plans to expand its gambling initiative and allow single-game betting on a variety of sports looks to have finally come to an end, after the U.S Third Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request to rehear arguments in a lawsuit filed by the four U.S professional sports leagues and [...]

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Metro Newspaper to Launch Mobile Betting Site

Capitalising on its widespread reach across sixteen major cities in the UK, Metro, the free daily newspaper from Associated Newspapers Ltd, has partnered with mobile specialist mkodo to launch a new mobile sports betting service, MEbet.

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Iowa Lottery Chief Calls for Decision on Online Gambling

The chief executive of Iowa's lottery, Terry Rich, this week pressed lottery board members to take a position one way or another on the issue of online gambling, before the federal government makes the decision for them.

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NetPlay Buoyed Following 49% Interactive Revenue Growth

In what has so far been a landmark year for the company, during which it has transformed into a fully fledged interactive media business, NetPlay TV plc said Wednesday that total revenues for the six month period ended June 30th fell by 7% to £9.3 million, due to poor returns [...]

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Entraction Shares Climb on Global Betting Exchange Deal

Shares in Entraction Holding AB gained close to 10% in early trading Wednesday on news that the company had successfully negotiated to acquire warrants for 2.5 million class B Entraction shares, which it had issued to Global Betting Exchange (GBE) in October 2007.

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Vietnam Lottery Goes Mobile Following State Approval

Canada's Pacific Lottery Corporation (PLC) has received exclusive approval from the Government of Vietnam to introduce the company's proprietary mobile phone lottery technology platform, MobiLot, allowing Vietnamese lottery players to purchase products from the state authorised online lottery program via their mobile phones for the first time.

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