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In a press release late last month, Spain’s Interior Ministry announced that it will hold a conference March 9 to outline changes to the country’s gambling laws. The news comes after Popular Party members of Spain’s parliament introduced a resolution to regulate online gambling last month.
The one-day conference, Online Gambling in Spain, will take place [...]

As reported by iGamingBusiness: “The five biggest bookmakers in the Czech Republic could be about to receive permits from the Finance Ministry to offer online gambling following years of lobbying and promises to prevent minors from betting on their sites.
“According to a report from Radio Praha, one of the firms thought to be in contention [...]

Gibraltar-based sportsbook BetUK.com has ran afoul of the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over an e-mail campaign in the summer that promoted a Euro 2008-themed full match bonus. Owned by online casino operator Sportingbet, BetUK.com was marketing its Euro 2008 Deposit Bonus and promised a full match windfall for players making a payment between June [...]

Despite all of the doom and gloom in the world financial markets it seems that when trouble comes to town the main players click onto poker. Some sites have reported increases in traffic of approaching 25% since the news of Lehman Brothers demise started to leak out of the financial market. As if this was [...]

Leading software developer, Chartwell Technology Inc, has announced that they have signed a five year contract deal with the online casino franchise Interwetten Gambling Ltd. This means that Chartwell will now be responsible for providing all of the online gambling software which carries the Interwetten logo, and is licensed to run only on Interwetten sites. [...]

William Hill has withdrawn from the gaming market in Italy after 18 months, writing off £1m and agreeing to sell its start-up joint venture. The move comes six months after the bookmaker was forced to write off £26m as it ditched an in-house betting software development programme. New CEO Ralph Topping is also planning to [...]

It was very interesting watching the odds makers When Tiger Woods had surgery on his left knee immediately after the Masters, most bookmakers began to lengthen the odds about the world No1 winning the US Open. When it became apparent he would not be playing any competitive golf before the second major championship of the [...]