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Betfair And Live Nation New Jersey Sponsorship

Novel sponsorship approach Betfair's New Jersey interests under the BetfairCasino brand has become the official and exclusive online gaming partner of the Live Nation New Jersey division of entertainment business Live Nation Entertainment. Under the terms of the agreement, BetfairCasino.com will become a partner of the PNC Bank Arts Center and Susquehanna Bank Center, as well as several venues in Asbury Park. New customers of BetfairCasino.com will earn Live Nation Concert Cash or Ticketmaster Ticket Cash vouchers after making their

By Casinomeister Jun 20, 2014

Betfair Pools Launches With Colossus For World Cup 2014

Major football and sports jackpot firm and Betfair partner up Colossus Bets, operator of the GBP 10,000,000 Colossus football and sports jackpots, has announced that it has signed up with Betfair to launch Betfair Pools. Betfair Pools is available at Pools.Betfair.com and offers unique jackpot and pools for the football World Cup currently taking place in Brazil and into the regular football season. The service offers a partial "Cash Out" option as successful tickets progress. Bernard Marantelli, founder and CEO

By Casinomeister Jun 20, 2014

Betware Appoints Chief Commercial Officer

Former regional vice president of GTECH S.p.A takes on the job Former regional vice president of GTECH S.p.A. for Central Europe Frank Cecchini (49) has been appointed to lead the Betware commercial team. Stefan Hrafnkelsson, Betware's chief executive officer is convinced Cecchini's impressive lottery market experience will enhance the company's expansion strategy. "Frank joins us at a very exciting time; after finalizing the acquisition process, together with our new owners NOVOMATIC AG, Betware now focuses on a complete 360 degree

By Casinomeister Jun 20, 2014

British Victory In World Series Of Poker Event

Kabbaj claims his second winner's bracelet British poker pro John Kabbaj has claimed his second WSOP winner's bracelet - his first was in a $10,000 buy-in PLHE championship back in 2009 - after besting a field of 470 entrants to triumph in the $2,500 buy-in Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi Lo Split8 or Better competition - event number 25 on the WSOP schedule. In addition to the prestigious bracelet, Kabbaj received a check for $267,327 after beating runner up Thomas Keller

By Casinomeister Jun 20, 2014

Do 'bad Actor' Clauses Violate The U.s. Constitution?

Distinguished Harvard law professor says they do on three grounds… The question of 'bad actors' - companies that continued to service the US market after the UIGEA passed in 2006 - has been at the heart of debate around online poker legalisation proposals recently, particularly in the political and tribal maneuvering in California, where two bills are currently before the Legislature (see previous InfoPowa reports). It's an issue in which Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker parent the Rational Group have

By Casinomeister Jun 20, 2014

Dutch Boyd Claims His Third Poker Bracelet

Poker pro gives short shrift to heads up opponent Then often controversial American poker pro Dutch Boyd claimed his third World Series of Poker bracelet Tuesday after winning the first prize of $288,744 in event 33, a NLHE competition that attracted 1,688 entries, creating a $1,519,200 prize pool. After three days of eliminations the final table took just 154 hands to complete and saw Boyd emerging as the chip leader against Steven Norden in the heads up stage, which evolved

By Casinomeister Jun 20, 2014

Espinosa Cleans Up At Pokerstars Marbella

Spanish pro wins the UKIPT Estrellas Poker Tour main event for Euro 136,000 Congratulations to Spanish pro Rodrigo Espinosa who bested a talented field of 749 other players to clinch the Euro 136,000 first prize in the main event of the Euro 1,100 buy-in United Kingdom and Ireland Poker - Estrellas Poker Tour main event in Marbella this week after five days of tough, competitive action. The young Spaniard qualified through an online Pokerstars satellite, and survived through the tough

By Casinomeister Jun 20, 2014

Everymatrix Signs Up Williams Interactive As A Games Supplier

Scientific Games subsidiary will add its content to EverMatrix's Casino Engine product The Malta-based turnkey and white label casino and sportsbook provider EveryMatrix has signed an agreement with online gambling games developer Williams Interactive to add casino content to EveryMatrix's Casino Engine product. Ebbe Groes, chief executive of EveryMatrix, said: "In addition to our offering of casino content from companies such as IGT and Bally among others, this is another example of how EveryMatrix continues to have the operator in

By Casinomeister Jun 20, 2014

Finnplay Takes Betradar On Board

Virtual Horse Racing to be integrated in Finnplay operations Finnplay, the Finland-based e-gaming platform provider has signed a deal to integrate Betradar's Virtual Horse Racing solution. Martin Prantner CEO of Finnplay said Wednesday: "Virtual Betting is an extremely popular and growing product for online operators and their player base. Betradar's virtual products will provide Finnplay and our clients with real money 24/7/365 betting on virtual horse and dog races with outstanding 3D graphics and unique race simulations. "Supergame.be in the

By Casinomeister Jun 20, 2014

Foreign Betting Firms Continue To Ignore Dutch Warnings (update)

Operators risk heavy penalties and exclusion from future licensing scheme Last week's regulatory warnings to foreign online gambling operators accessing the Dutch market appears to be falling on deaf ears in many cases, reports the Dutch newspaper Volkskrant. Operators were warned that stiff penalties exist, and threatened with exclusion from the Dutch licensing and regulation process due for implementation next year, but many sites continue to carry adverts for online betting firms such as Unibet and William Hill, the Volkskrant

By Casinomeister Jun 20, 2014

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