March 2010

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Australia's Communications Director Takes a Shot at Google

Stephen Conroy, Australia's Communications Director, has been making headlines as the vitriolic minister lashes out at detractors of his internet filtering plan. His recent critical speech about Google has surfaced in international news after Google expressed discontent over the Australian government's plan to censor thousands of websites similar to the efforts of Chinese authorities.

Dancing with the Stars Heats Up Online Sportsbooks

Dancing with the Stars on American television is getting the online gambling wires humming as the competition begins. This season the American reality show judges will pick a winning pair as the 'Stars' strut their stuff with some of the best professional dancers in the world. The tenth season for the popular show will be a little different with the judges actually basing their adjudication on the skill exhibited and not just how popular the couple is.

Online Gambling WinUnited Affiliates Payments Restored

Affiliate marketing is a major component in internet business and it is necessary when it come to developing a client base in the online gambling industry. Unfortunately some gambling operators treat the affiliate marketers and webmasters with little respect and reneg on terms and agreements set forth in contracts. Sometimes these incidents have unfortunate endings and sometimes the affiliate has success and gets paid their commissions in full.

Ladbrokes' Richard Glynn Entrepreneurial Energy Impressive

Richard Glynn, is the new CEO of U.K. betting giant Ladbrokes and the company has given him a tidy sum to do his job with. After nine years leading the expansion of spread betting firm Sporting Index Mr. Glynn has proven he has what it takes to turn a company around and build a solid foundation for sustainable expansion. Ladbrokes has put almost £12 million on the table as bonus should Glynn double the company share price share price to 297p.

MergeGaming Online Poker Network Expands Again

MergeGaming is consolidating again, recently it announced that it would absorb the PokerHost.com network creating more liquidity and diversity for the Merge Gaming Poker Network. MergeGaming has now announced that Antigua-licensed PlayersOnly.com, SuperBook.com and Sportsbook.com will join its leading virtual poker network in April of 2010. Jazette Enterprises owns and operates all three sites that the Merge Gaming network will now add to it already huge stable.

Beneficial Holdings Invites Shareholders to Lobby for Online Gambling

CNN Money on the net has reported that Beneficial Holdings Inc. an international casino investment and management holding company, has announced that it supports the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative. Beneficial Holdings has an online casino registered in Costa Rica in the works to be launched in April of 2010. The site will be offered to players from places in the world other than the USA.

British Columbian Government Approves of Vancouver Casino

British Columbia, Canada an area of the world recently highlighted by the 2010Winter Olympics is coming of age in the world of gambling. An announcement that Vegas based backers will build a major casino and hotel complex in downtown Vancouver has a few but not many people concerned that the move will cause social harm. B.C. has been hit hard by the economic meltdown and is looking at every possible avenue to bolster it's tax revenues that have fallen into serious deficit mode.

Match Fixing Investigated in Italian Online Betting

Italy has become a booming market for online gambling operators in the newly regulated situation there. There is a crack in the golden egg it seems with the usual corruption problems surfacing and being dealt with swiftly.

Washington State Congressman All For Legal Online Gambling

In the USA there are many differing points of view regarding online gambling, no where it seems is more divergent than Washington State USA. In a recent article it was mentioned that a man was arrested for running a website that offered to take bets on America's premier auto races including NASCAR.

Americans and Canadians Want Regulated Online Gambling

Certain provinces in Canada are looking to legalise online gambling and by the look of a poll recently conducted by survey company Ipsos Reid, which operates in eight cities and employs more than 600 research professionals and support staff , there is more confusion about the legality of online gambling than there was a just few years ago.