Europe News - Page 87

Surprise! Yes, the rumors are true. I am back. Back with the Casino City and GPWA team, back on the affiliate side of the business, back to writing, and back to traveling the world.

International News Brief: For teenagers and 20-somethings in the capital of the affluent Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the traditionally tame pastime of bingo has become part and parcel of a hip night out on the town.

Unibet welcomes the news that the Danish Tax Minister's plan to end the country's monopoly on gambling and sports betting.

International News Brief: A press advertisement that linked online betting with increased sexual prowess has become one of the first to breach new tighter UK gambling codes.

International News Brief: The UK Government faces fresh embarrassment over its casino laws as potential bidders for the 16 new licences start to walk away from the process - just as the legal framework is finalised.

International News Brief: Spain's first sports betting shop opened for business on Wednesday, one of thousands that foreign bookmakers hope to launch in the football-crazy nation which already bets more than any other European country.

Spielbanken Niedersachsen, the gaming brand owned by Casinos Austria, announced it will partner with Chartwell Technologies as it prepares to enter the Internet gambling market in Germany.

Scientific Games reports that it has been awarded a contract with the Sachsen-Anhalt Lottery in Germany to supply instant tickets and cooperative services.

WPT Enterprises, Inc. and Grup Peralada announced today that Casino Barcelona will host its second World Poker Tour event May 21 – 27, 2008.

International News Brief: A study for the UK Government into highstakes gambling machines is being put on the back burner to avoid frightening off potential bidders.

For the second time in about 30 days, Harrah's Entertainment has decided to pull out of an international project.

International News Brief: A Dutch bill that would have allowed monopoly casino operator Holland Casino to open a gambling Web site on a trial basis has been narrowly defeated.

International News Brief: Gordon Brown could be on a collision course with the gaming industry on which he has staked regeneration hopes – after £1.8m losses by a flagship Yorkshire casino underlined a growing crisis.

Poker legend and wit Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott has been invited to give the keynote speech at the Poker Conference and Expo and Casino Affiliate Program Spring Break conference.

Neil Channing takes out home-crowd favorite Donal Norton heads–up and goes home to London with a €801,400 check after winning the €3 Million paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open in Dublin on Monday.

B-I-N-G-O! It may be a game that you learned as a kid, but in the industry of land-based gaming bingo spells big business. We dipped into the Casino City data to find out where you can find the biggest bingo parlors in the world and the list begins deep in the woods of Connecticut at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

The Scandinavian nation’s Prosecution Authority announced on Thursday that it will not prosecute two prominent newspapers that accepted advertising from online gambling providers. The decision comes following an appeal by the newspapers -- Aftonbladet and Expressen -- after they had been found guilty of violating Sweden’s lottery laws.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon Adelson won an $8 million libel judgment against a British newspaper over a 2005 article on the company's attempts to put a casino in Manchester, England.

International News Brief: Recent figures show Italy's gambling sector continues to grow.

Scientific Games has signed four new contracts with customers in Germany and Finland for the provision of pari-mutuel wagering systems, terminal and services.