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GTECH ACQUIRES MAJORITY HOLDING IN ST MINVER PARENT Euro 28 million paid for successful white label company in show of confidence in the industryGTECH Corporation, a subsidiary of Lottomatica S.p.A. has agreed to acquire 90 percent of Gibraltar-based St Enodoc Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries, including St Minver Limited, a highly successful provider of end-to-end…

  UIGEA LAW TOO AMBIGUOUS TO WORK SAY HEARING WITNESSESWidespread media coverage for Congressional hearings on Washington's problem lawThe US and international media gave extensive coverage to April 2nd's Congressional hearings on the hopelessly bogged down Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act regulations, with the consensus across a wide cross section of witnesses appearing to be…

POKER IS MORE SKILL THAN LUCK SAYS ACADEMIC STUDY Doctoral research provides empirical proof that skill is the main deciderThe skill vs. luck debate regarding the game of poker was revived again this week by a report in Science Daily detailing the results of studies at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland which apparently…

AUSSIE STATE WILL WORK WITH BETFAIR NSW approach in stark contrast to confrontational attitude taken by Western AustraliaContrasting attitudes toward the betting exchange concept pioneered by Betfair and expanding rapidly in Australia were showcased this week when the New South Wales government welcomed the opportunity to work with the company instead of litigating against it…

KNOW YOUR ENEMY Prime Table Games active in run-up to Congressional hearings on Internet gamblingTimed to precede Wednesday's Congressional hearings on Internet gambling and the implications of the problematical Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), a land casino supplier has come out strongly against the online industry in an expensive, full page statement in the…

DUTCH SENATE TAKES A MORE CAUTIOUS APPROACHProposal to give state-owned Holland Casino an exclusive three year run is rejectedDutch media reports indicate that a controversial proposal before the Dutch Senate to give an exclusive and protectionist three year online gambling license for the Netherlands to the state-owned Holland Casino.com has been rejected, suggesting a more…

iMEGA APPEALS IN U.S. ONLINE GAMBLING LAW CASE Notice of appeal filed in 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in PhiladelphiaHaving achieved legal standing to litigate in its case against the US government's UIGEA earlier this year (see previous InfoPowa report) the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) online gambling trade group has now filed…

  PPA REGIONAL DIRECTOR ABANDONS GOVERNSHIP QUESTBut feisty Rousso vows to continue the fight against Washington state's draconian online gambling lawsLee Rousso, the feisty Seattle lawyer and Poker Players Alliance regional director has abandoned his campaign to unseat Washington state governor Christine Gregoire but says he will continue his fight to overturn the state's draconian…

  $2.5 MILLION ONLINE MAHJONG INVESTMENT BY CRYPTOLOGICAnother step in Internet gambling provider's move into AsiaCryptoLogic Limited continued its advance into the Asian market this week by making a strategic investment in Mahjong Time, an innovative provider of online Mahjong software and turnkey solutions."Mahjong is a game with an ancient history in China, and a…

CASINO-MATRON KEEPS 'EM GUESSING An unexpected takeover on a suspicious date....The notorious advent of April had members of the Casinomeister online gambling information portal on the hop this week. When they clicked through to the popular website, owned by occasional prankster Bryan Bailey, they found a brand new lurid purple corporate identity "Casino.Matron" and the…