Europe News - Page 66

Ok, ok, so maybe CAC Amsterdam was quiet, perhaps the affiliates were far and few between, its true there were very few sponsored parties, and worst of all, the nightlife in Amsterdam is non-existent on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, the three nights of the conference. Sounds awful, doesn't it? Not exactly.

International news brief: A leading developer interested in building Yarmouth's large casino has firmly placed his chips on a borough council-owned Golden Mile site.

The Chilipoker Malta Poker Open will be held in late April at Portomaso Casino in St. Julians, Malta.

International news brief: Former gambling addict and footballer Paul Merson has struck a new advertising deal - with a bookmaker.

International news brief: Gamblers in Aberdeen will now have round-the-clock access to a casino, as city’s first 24-hour gaming licence is granted.

International news brief: A treatment centre for addicted gamblers is to be opened in Weston-super-Mare.

The popular online bingo website will now be able to advertise in the UK market after receiving the gaming license.

International news brief: Cheltenham is big business, even in the recession.

International news brief: Soldiers and families members could develop gambling addictions related to stressful deployments, according to a top US Army official in Germany.

International news brief: Many of Moscow's gambling businesses will reorganize as poker clubs after a July 1 ban on casinos goes into effect.

International news brief: Europe's online gambling companies should buck the economic downturn with around 10 percent growth in revenues this year.

International news brief: A civil servant addicted to gambling ran over his wife in an attempt to kill her to avoid losing everything in their divorce.

MEPs will on Monday debate whether online gambling should be regulated at a national or European level.

International news brief: British bingo operators are in a regulatory face-off with government and Gambling Commission over the number of slot machines allowed in their clubs.

International news brief: A new gaming law aimed at bringing casinos in the north under tighter financial control, has been approved by the Turkish Cypriot side.

International news brief: Banks in Ireland are rejecting mortgage applications from people who gamble online.

International news brief: A professional gambler laundered millions of pounds of drugs money in casinos for ruthless crime bosses.

International news brief: The Irish government is to begin regulating and licensing casino clubs in a first step towards overhauling current gambling legislation.

International news brief: A British company plans to transform a remote area of rural Spain into a cross between Las Vegas and Orlando.

Everest Gaming went through a stringent application process in order to be recognized as a secure and reliable online gaming destination by Malta.