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May 30 (Bloomberg) — 888 Holdings Plc, the second-largest U.K. Internet gambling company, has had an “encouraging” start to 2007 after introducing new games and recruiting more customers.

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Despite a European Union ruling on how goods and services from EU-licensed companies should flow freely across member nations, the Swedish government is rumored to be passing regulations designed to discourage foreign competition with its giant gambling monopoly, Svenske Spel, a daunting opponent in the Scandinavian online poker sector.

Sweden’s finance minister, Anders Borg, may be taking a cue from UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, by using high tax rates and stringent regulati…

Since the last time PocketFives.com wrote an article about the Poker Players Alliance, the major lobbying force for the online poker world, several major milestones have been reached. First, the PPA surpassed the half million member total and is rapidly approaching 550,000. The free memberships along with the addition of former three-time Republican Senator Alfonse D’Amato (pictured) to its ranks have spurred tremendous growth and visibility. Now, John Pappas, a former executive with Ditt…

BetOnSports, an online gambling company, has pleaded guilty to racketeering charges, according to an announcement last week by U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway.

The Associated Press reported that her office has been pressing a 22-count indictment against the company and its top executives. The London-based BetOnSports was barred in November from accepting any bets from U.S. gamblers. An attorney for BetOnSports said the company is going out of business.
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The big winning weekend online poker tournaments may make the headlines, but every day of the week similar and larger amounts of money change hands, largely unreported, in individual contests taking place across the major poker networks as players around the planet battle through final tables to often spectacular heads up confrontations.

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Roxy Palace Casino announced today that they stopped accepting US players.
“We would like to inform you that with effect from 1 June 2007 Roxy Palace, Casino Splendido, and Roxy Poker properties wil…

GamArena will now be providing its skill games to online casino operator Unibet. The company, one of Europe’s largest, will supply Unibet with 8-Ball Pool, Solitaire, Backgammon and Golf Hole-in-One, among others.

The applications will be fully integrated into Unibet’s platform, customised so that they are wrapped with the Unibet brand and fully integrated with Unibet’s existing games and applications, such as the lobby, account and chat facilities.
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