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Hong Kong Deal For Sportradar

Sports betting data provider adds security and monitoring to Asian football games Sports betting data provider Sportradar is to provide the security of global betting oversight on a wide range of football matches organised by the Hong Kong Football Association. The partnership deal will see Sportradar monitoring and recording data through its Fraud Detection Service, which will be deployed across 113 games in the Hong Kong Premier League, League Cup, Community Shield, Senior Shield, FA Cup and Play-offs, until July

By Casinomeister Sep 19, 2014

Hungary Adds Pokerstars To Blacklist (update)

But Full Tilt Poker overseen for the time being Hungary's Gaming Supervision Department, which forms part of the Country's National Tax and Customs Administration, added numerous PokerStars domains to its blacklist this week but seems to have overlooked Amaya Gaming Group's Full Tilt business at this stage. Other recent additions allsport365.com, PokerStars and partypoker.com will be blocked by internet service providers along with Sportingbet, Ladbrokes, Betsson, Betclic, Bet-at-Home, Fortuna and Bet365 who already grace the growing exclusion list (see previous

By Casinomeister Sep 19, 2014

I.b.m. Veteran Joins Artisocrat Executive Team

Maureen Sweeny appointed chief commercial officer, and brings 30 years' experience to the table Online and land gambling content supplier Aristocrat has signed up IBM veteran exec Maureen Sweeny as chief commercial officer based in Las Vegas, with responsibility for Class III sales and global marketing, including the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, Asia Pacific and EMEA. Sweeny will join the Aristocrat executive team on 22 September after a distinguished thirty-year career in a variety of management positions with IBM

By Casinomeister Sep 19, 2014

Important Award For Tabcorp

Aussie gambling group a leader in "sustainable gaming" The major Australian online and land gambling group Tabcorp has for the tenth time been ranked as the global gambling industry leader in the annual Dow Jones Sustainability Index for 2014. The company received a 100 percent rating in the 'Promoting Responsible Gaming' category, a maximum rating it has received in this category for eight successive years. Tabcorp managing director and CEO, David Attenborough said Friday that the group is committed to

By Casinomeister Sep 19, 2014

Intertain Group Join S&p/tsx Index

Shares added following close of business at the end of this week Canadian-based online gaming firm, Intertain Group shares will be added to Standard and Poor's Canadian Index Operations (S&P/TSX) SmallCap Index after the close of trading on Friday, September 19 2014. The S&P/TSX SmallCap Index provides an investable index for the Canadian small‐cap market. The index is float adjusted and market cap weighted and was developed with industry input as the ideal benchmark for those with small cap exposure

By Casinomeister Sep 19, 2014

Iranian Moeini Wins Wsopc Biloxi Main Event

Fifth cash at WSOPC Biloxi event and third final table Iranian-born Mohammad Moeini (44) defeated Brandon Newsome in heads-up play to win the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event Biloxi title, a WSOPC gold ring, $106 101 and a seat in the WSOP National Championships. Moeini, an investor and hotel owner, bested a field of 301 entrants to cash for the fifth time in WSOPC Biloxi events. Final Table finished up: 1. Mohammad Moeini $106,101 2. Brandon Newsome $65,603

By Casinomeister Sep 19, 2014

Is Bwin.party Being Investigated For Recent Stock Trades?

Financial Conduct Authority in the UK confirms enquiries into "…recent, possibly-suspicious, large purchases of stock by directors of the company." The online gambling information site Gambling911 has reported that recent Bwin.Party share buys by certain directors of the company are being scrutinised by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. 911 claims that a FCA source has informed it that the regulator is investigating "…recent, possibly-suspicious, large purchases of stock by directors of the company." The article highlights major purchases by non-executive

By Casinomeister Sep 19, 2014

Ladbrokes Ad Campaign Scrutinised By Asa (update)

Finds breach of code in two instances of a broader campaign Following 98 complaints from the general public, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) delivered its decision on Ladbrokes Betting & Gaming's "Ladbrokes Life" Media campaign (see previous InfoPowa reports). In appraising three issues covering four TV ads, six poster ads, four video-on-demand ads and a video on the Ladbrokes Youtube channel, the ASA upheld one issue in relation to two poster ads. Most complaints involved the perceived portrayal of socially

By Casinomeister Sep 19, 2014

Lga Suspends Winergame Ltd Remote Licence

Players to contact authority should they have outstanding payments Malta's Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) has announced the suspension of WinerGame Limited's category 1 remote gaming licence LGA/CL1/730/2011 without disclosing the reasons behind the move. The LGA has directed WinerGame Ltd. to suspend all gaming operations, cease to register new players, not take any further deposits, not offer any games falling under the Authority's licence, provide registered players access to their accounts, settle all players' dues and remove any reference

By Casinomeister Sep 19, 2014

Major British Bookies To Form A New Watchdog Body

Four top bookmakers team up in an effort to improve perceptions of the retail gambling industry After months of unrelenting media, activist and political attacks, most of them focused on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals in bookie retail shops, perceptions of the retail gambling industry may have been negatively skewed, but four of Britain's top bookmaking firms are taking remedial action. The Telegraph newspaper reported over the weekend that Gala Coral, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power and William Hill have agreed to the

By Casinomeister Sep 19, 2014

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