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United Kingdom Jurisdiction News
Betting Exchanges Keep Growing
1 Sep 2004
International News Brief: Internet betting exchanges allowing punters to back losers have transformed the conventions of traditional gambling.
Cincinnati Kid Tops Gambling Movie Survey
1 Sep 2004
International News Brief: According to a online casino poll, the ice-cool nerve of the poker-faced card-sharp is no better embodied than by Steve McQueen.
IGW Software Partners with Cameron Thomson
1 Sep 2004
IGW Software, the on-line gaming software solutions group, announced today its appointment
of Cameron Thomson Group as European business development partner.
Bookies Release Odds on Booker Prize
27 Aug 2004
International News Brief: Bookmakers have chosen David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas as their favorite to win the Booker Prize this year.
Channel 1 Games Joins iGGBA
25 Aug 2004
iGGBA is delighted to announce that Channel 1 Games has joined its ranks and become the most recent of iGGBA’s growing membership.
Bookies Pick Rod Stewart as Next Knighted Rocker
23 Aug 2004
International News Brief: Less than two months after complaining that he should be knighted, Rod Stewart was given good odds by London bookies to become ‘Sir Rod Stewart’.
Octavian to Add Auto-Wheel Options to Table Top Roulette
19 Aug 2004
Octavian has announced that it is to extend its successful TTR (Table Top Roulette) solution, with the addition of two new automated options, TTR Live Auto Wheel and TTR Virtual Auto Wheel.
ISWI Betting System Launched on Victor Chandler Site
19 Aug 2004
Interactive Systems Worldwide’s SportXction play-by-play betting system was successfully launched yesterday on Victor Chandler’s website.
iBetX Data Shows Google to be Overrated
12 Aug 2004
iBetX, Ltd., an online person-to-person trading exchange market, has data that shows Google to be over priced.
eCOGRA and Casino City Announce Collaboration Agreement
11 Aug 2004
eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance and Casino City today announce a joint collaborative agreement and the introduction of new eCOGRA certification features on the popular Casino City website.
Group: Online Site Need Age-Verification
27 Jul 2004
International News Brief: Internet gambling websites should introduce age-verification checks to prevent children from betting online, a children's charity urged today.
More Support Planned for Expanding Business
19 Jul 2004
Top online gambling turnkey provider Microgaming has announced that it will soon move into new and larger business premises on the Isle of Man as a result of strategic restructuring to better support an expanding business.
Internet Gaming Firm Seeks £55m in Aim Float
13 Jul 2004
International News Brief: BETonSPORTS, an online gambling company, is raising £54.6m through a placing on the Aim market, the company will announce today.
Betfair Targets Asian Gamblers
22 Jun 2004
International News Brief: Online gambling service Betfair, has embarked on an expansion plan in Asia by lobbying governments and the handful of existing legal bookies for recognition and alliances.
Ladbrokes Fantasy Betting Launched
10 Jun 2004
Ladbrokes launched a new white label site in June: www.ladbrokesfantasybetting.com, created specifically for Euro 2004.
Betting Exchanges New UK Rules
23 Apr 2004
International News Brief: Betfair, Betdaq and Sporting Options are criticizing suggestions that some exchange punters be identified, regulated, made subject to the appropriate levy arrangements and have their status checked.
Interactive Gaming Holdings, Sportingbet Team Up
19 Apr 2004
International News Brief: Interactive Gaming Holdings says it has entered into a revenue-sharing deal on one of its 1,100 gaming Internet sites with leading online betting firm Sportingbet.
William Hill Launches Online Racecourse
19 Apr 2004
International News Brief: William Hill has unveiled a Virtual Reality Racecourse, called Greenside Park to go live online tomorrow.
Online Casino Group Bets on Israeli Software
13 Apr 2004
International News Brief: Gaming Corporation, an online casinos group, is in talks to buy an Israeli software house that would give it the technology to launch a wide variety of new interactive games.
Sportingbet Forecasts Jump
1 Apr 2004
International News Brief: Sportingbet forecasts a 90 percent jump in quarterly profit, exceeding its own expectations for the past three months.
British Police, Online Bookies Team Up
1 Apr 2004
International News Brief: British police are working with online bookmakers to head off blackmailers threatening denial of service attacks.
Sportingbet Halts Betting Exchange Plans
22 Mar 2004
International News Brief: Sportingbet has halted plans to launch an online betting exchange after an announcement on a clampdown of the controversial websites.
UK Betting Exchange Investigation Launched
18 Mar 2004
International News Brief: An investigation into betting exchanges, whose emergence in recent years has been blamed for a rise in suspicious betting patterns in horseracing and prompted allegations of race fixing, is to be launched.
Bookies Suspend Mars Bets
3 Mar 2004
International News Brief: Bookmakers are suspending betting on odds on life existing on Mars.
eCOGRA Awards Seals of Approval
20 Feb 2004
eCOGRA reports its first seals for online casino operators have been awarded.
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