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GAMBLING'S THE NUMBER 1 CANADIAN ENTERTAINMENT Canadian Gaming Association claims gambling is "Canada's largest and most financially significant entertainment industry." Gambling is Canadian's favourite entertainment, according to a report by the Canadian Gaming Association released this week which claims that the pastime is: "Canada's largest and most financially significant entertainment industry."  It accounts for 267 000 full-time…

U.S. MARKET WITHDRAWAL EXPENSIVE FOR 888.COM 2007 numbers show a 54 percent drop in profits The cost of voluntarily withdrawing from the US market in the wake of the UIGEA was again illustrated this week when Gibraltar-based Internet gambling group 888.com released its financials for the full year 2007.  The second-largest U.K. online gambling company said profit fell 54…

ANTIGUA VS. U.S. DISPUTE CONTINUES Antiguans set to reject settlement offer from the US in WTO dispute It may have been offered after the World Trade Organisation deadline (see previous InfoPowa reports), but it appears that the United States has at last proposed a settlement in its protracted WTO dispute with the Antigua and Barbuda government. The Antigua Sun…

HR 2046 WORRYING ONLINE GAMBLING OPPONENTS Washington DC publication critical of anti-UIGEA hearings and IGREA The growing number of co-sponsors for Congressman Barney Frank's Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act, together with the recent Congressional hearings that exposed the impracticalities of the Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act that it seeks to overturn received coverage in the…

GIG'S DEAL WITH SPORTINGBET RENEWED Fixed monthly fee arrangement to be extended  Interactive Systems Worldwide, Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Interactive Gaming Limited (GIG), has reached an agreement in principle with Sportingbet plc, to extend its fixed monthly fee arrangement for in-game sport betting services rendered.  The original contractual agreement, which specified a…

UPGRADED BREAK DA BANK AND OTHER NEW GAMES IN LATEST MICROGAMING RELEASES A turbo-charged sequel; some Celtic culture and International special agents will keep online gamblers busy in April Responding to high player demand for a sequel to the popular video slot Break Da Bank, online gambling software provider Microgaming has developed a souped-up successor titled BREAK…

TASMANIA TOTE AND BETFAIR TEAM UP International distribution for TOTE through Betfair client base The online betting exchange and gambling group Betfair furthered its Australian expansion plans this week with an agency deal with the Tasmanian TOTE which will see Betfair distributing the totaliser's betting products internationally. Betfair business director in the region Andrew Thwaits told Australian media…

ONLINE PLAYER WINS A MILLIONAIRE'S PRIZE After qualifying online at PokerStars, Jason Mercier wins a major tourney Online poker player Jason Mercier fought off a stellar international entry field this weekend to win the $1 340 867 first prize in the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo Championship after qualifying for the tourney in a PokerStars qualifier satellite. The…

The upper house of the Dutch Parliament has defeated a bill that would have seen State-owned monopoly Holland Casino open an online casino on a trial basis. According to the Dutch Senate's website, the bill to open the test online casino at HollandCasino.com was narrowly defeated by a vote of 35 to 37 on Tuesday…

Online casino ParadisePoker.com has announced that it is kicking off April with a new round of its Fantastic Firsts promotions adding up to $100,000 in prizes at events today. The Alderney-licensed site stated that there are ways for all types of players to get in on the action today with the first being through selected…