Betsson has Partnered with Playtech

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Clients of the Betsson internet gambling company will soon be able to enjoy a new online casino gambling site powered by Playtech. Thanks to that partnership a full suite of online casino games will be offered for the company’s player base.

Betsson is a widespread and very popular internet gambling company in Europe. It offers responsible gambling practices and, what is acute nowadays; it funds problem gambling research studies.

The CEO at Betsson, Thomas Kalita, commented on the new deal with Playtech, “We are pleased to add yet another quality product to our broad offering. Playtech’s proven track record as a software supplier, supported by its wide range of languages is of great value to Betsson, especially when expanding into new territories.”

Will Hill after the Large Payout

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The win at last week’s Grand National horse race turned out to be unexpected even for such a well established bookmaker in the UK – Will Hill. It’s been announced that the company has been set back GBP 7 million in funds.

Very few in the land and online casinos betting industry could anticipate that Comply or Die would win the horse race. As a result, Will Hill had to pay out more than it was expected.

Fortunately, the company could afford this pay out and there is no real concern that the company will show any long-term negative effects based on the large payout.

Ayre Prefers Playboy Lifestyle to his Company

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Ayre, the founder of Bodog, is going to retire.

The company was founded in 1994. They started from a small site offering entertainment and gradually turned into a great casino with a range casino games and sports betting and music business.

Having taken the reduced role of running the poker room, Ayre has sold the company to the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group, based in Montreal, Canada. The plans to expand in South American gambling market won’t be changed.

What People Think of Becoming a $5 Million Winner?

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What would you do if you won $5 million in the lottery? Take time before answering!

Guess what Canadians would do…

According to the survey conducted by Ipsos Reid in November the majority of people said that they would keep their jobs. 35% would quit their jobs (the most likely ones to quit their job are women at the age of 45 to 65 years old). 17% admitted that they would start their own business. 13% of the surveyed people would change their careers. 8% admitted they would go back to school, and only 3% would use a portion of their winning to start a charitable foundation.

The survey has shown “the notion of jackpot winners sailing off into the sunset never to be seen punching a time clock again is more myth than reality”.

End of French Gambling Monopoly?

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The problem of legalizing online gambling market in France may soon be solved, as this question is under consideration in the French government.

What is going on now is that the gambling market has been monopolized by the French lottery Francaise des Jeux and PMU (pari-mutuel horse betting monopoly). They offer online betting and scratchcards. Other internet games involving money are illegal. As a result, some heads of foreign online gambling operators have been arrested in France for violating French gambling laws.

The November report into how the online gambling market might be opened up in France is being studied by Prime Minister Francois Fillon’s office. The regulation of the gambling market in France may come as a result of “issuing licenses limiting online betting to sporting events, including betting on card games, or licensing all games except lotteries”.

It must be noted that France has already received a warning from the European Commission saying that “the restrictions of the sports betting market are not compatible with existing EU law and that the measures…to restrict the free movement of sports betting services have not been shown to be necessary, proportionate and non-discriminatory”.

PKR is Giving Away Seats to APT

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PKR, a 3D online poker room that offers various cash games and tournaments, is giving away seats to the $2,500 Asian Poker Tour for only $2.20.

There, players compete in progressively higher-stakes tournaments. The winner can take a $5,000 prize package to the APT held from May 27 to June 1. Approximately 400 players will compete for a massive cash prize.

The qualifiers will run on PKR until the grand final on May 12. Continue reading →

Will Gambling Market in Europe Change?

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Denmark alongside with Finland, Hungary, Sweden, France, Greece and Germany have received warnings or reasoned opinions from the European Commission. It was stated that the restrictions of the sports betting market are not compatible with EU law. Moreover, the measures taken by these countries to restrict the free movement of sports betting services are not necessary, proportionate and non-discriminatory.

Europe expects gambling market to modern, regulated and responsible. Who knows, warnings and reasoned opinions may be the beginning of the end of the gambling monopolies.

Play for One Cent and Win a Million

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Online casino players can take their chance to win seats at the weekend’s World Poker Crown (WPC) tournament by taking part in a series of one-cent qualifiers hosted by PacificPoker.com.

The qualifiers will be held every hour, but they will be limited to a max of 500 participants and registration will start 30 minutes before the start of every event.

The WPC will start on April 26. It is believed to become one of the largest online tournaments in history. It has a buy-in of $1,050 and a three million dollar prize pool that includes one million dollar for the winner. The tournament is sponsored by 888.com.

Such pros like Dave Colclough, Julian Gardner and Michael Keiner and Shane Warne will take part in the tournament.

The finalists will play live in the final table in Barcelona from May 6 to 10.

Lottery Money and Public Schools

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The North Carolina Education Lottery is known to have transferred $98 million to public schools. The sum is the largest in the history of the lottery. So far this year, $114 million more has been raised that the previous year.

Having increased sales, they have managed to raise this amount of money for education. One portion of money should help reduce class sizes, other portions will go to college scholarships.

Up until now, North Carolina public schools have got $628 million from the lottery.

Merits of Being a Registered User at PokerStars.tv

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Live webcasts of major poker events and a unique collection of poker footage will soon be available for poker fans. The site has recently been launched by online casino PokerStars.com, but at the moment it is undergoing beta-testing and contains a video tutorial in which Canadian poker pro Daniel Negreanu gives an overview of the site. There, he explains in details how to to use and access the material. Having accessed the material, users will find there subgroups for major events, channels dedicated to each Team PokerStars.com professional player, live-play videos, instructional comments, interviews and behind-the-scenes action for each competitor, Online Action, Sweat the Hand and Fun Stuff categories. Besides, the site contains a searchable database of filters with videos categorizing a player, event or type of hand.

Registered users at PokerStars.tv can either e-mail video links to other players or personalize their favorites by creating their own video channel and selecting their preferences. The feeds from tournaments are available in English, German, Dutch, French, Italian and Spanish.