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November 11, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The U.K.-based 3D online poker site PKR.com has exclusively engaged Tom Hall's AsianLogic Limited online and land gambling service company to market it in the Asian sector. Under the terms of the agreement, AsianLogic will be responsible for developing PKR.com's customer base in the region. A company statement reveals that…

November 11, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- It's been another successful quarter for online gambling software provider Playtech plc, which this week presented accounts for quarter three 2008 and for the nine months to end September 2008. The company notes that it has changed its reporting currency to the Euro, converting all previous U.S. dollar figures at…

November 11, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The rush to implement supporting regulations for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act before the change in U.S. administrations continues to make the mainstream and industry headlines, with the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Barney Frank, firing the latest salvo. Last week the news emerged (see previous…

November 11, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Jadestone Networks, the Nordic based owner and operator of the multiplayer skill games network GamArena, announced today that fellow Nordic game operator Paf will be one of a limited number of launch partners for DiceArena, its new multiplayer games offering coming to market this [fourth] quarter. DiceArena has been billed…

November 11, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Age newspaper in Australia reports that the long-established Tabcorp betting organization wants government protection to help it better compete with Northern Territory-based Internet rivals (mainly betting exchange Betfair, which has an Australian partnership with casino and media king James Packer).  The prestigious Melbourne Cup held last week seems…

November 11, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Associated Press reports from Zurich in Switzerland this week that organizations that regulate sports betting are calling for an international agency to coordinate the fight against illegal gambling and match-fixing. Worth tens of billions of dollars each year to criminal gangs, illegal gambling ranks alongside doping as the biggest threat…

November 11, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Greek police raids on Stanleybet International's new betting shops in Greece following complaints by regional monopoly OPAP had a sequel this week when the police released three punters arrested over the weekend, along with Stanleybet associates Theodoros Lazaridis and Alexandros Vasdekis. There was no court hearing or charges…

November 11, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Danish players have shown once again that they are among the best poker players around, with two big-money successes in the game this week. The main event in the fourth edition of the Ladbrokes European Online Championship of Poker (LEOCOP) saw Danish online player "Hahila" best 600 players and heads…

Pour la première fois, le site de jeu en ligne William Hill Bingo sort de son espace internet pour sponsoriser un nouveau programme télé sur ITV quotidien, qui s'appellera Spin Star. Le deal de sponsorship de William Hill a commencé ce lundi 10 novembre, jour du lancement de Spin Star, et est prévu actuellement pour…

Citadel Commerce, une filiale de ESI Entertainement Systems Inc., fournisseur de services de paiement sécurisé en ligne, vient de signer un contrat avec Unibet pour lui fournir ses services de paiement en ligne. Selon les termes du contrat, Unibet a intégré le produit de banque en ligne de Citadel, un système qui gère les transferts…