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Rob van der Gaast Gaming Guru - Page 28Selective Expansion Abroad for Greek OPAP9 October 2003
OPAP, the Greek state-controlled football pools and gaming company, acquired 90 percent stake in Cyprus-based sports betting firm Glory Leisure Holdings and a 20 percent in betting equipment and software company Glory Technology. The company spent 16 million euro and 10 million euro respectively on the two ... (read more)
Rehab Starts First Irish Online Lottery7 October 2003
The Rehab Group, one of Ireland's largest companies in the not-for-profit sector, has launched the country's first online lottery.
Rehab's lottery, founded in 1987, is now poised to leave its competitor, An Post National Lottery Company, behind.
Speaking at the launch of the initiative, Rehab ... (read more)
Swiss Federal Court Says No to New Lottery16 September 2003
The Swiss Federal Court denied the Swiss Lotterie Umwelt und Entwicklung (Environment and Development Lottery) a license in a recent decision.
The ruling is in contrary to a November 2002 judgment where the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zürich decided in favor of a lottery license for the Environment and Development Lottery. ... (read more)
EU Court Denies Portuguese Anomar12 September 2003
One of the two pending European Union Court of Justice (EUJ) gambling cases (the Anomar and Gambelli cases) was ruled upon this week.
In the case C-6/01, Associaçno Nacional de Operadores de Máquinas Recreativas (Anomar) and Others versus the Portuguese State, the judgment was: The Portuguese legislation ... (read more)
Turnover, Profits Up for Denmark's Gaming Monopoly11 September 2003
Danish gambling monopoly Dansk Tipstjeneste Group has reported significantly improved results for the first six months of 2003.
The group, a consortium of Dansk Tipstjeneste A/S (sports betting, football pools, instant tickets and number lotteries), DanToto A/S (horse and dog races) and Dansk Automatspil ... (read more)
Dutch Charitable Gaming Group Launches UK-Based Betting Exchange10 September 2003
When Dutch international charity lottery operator Novamedia launched its Internet lottery, Goodlot, on Nov. 16, 2001, then CEO Boudewijn Poelmann saw his dream realized.
With a license in the Netherlands Antillees and endorsement by Goodlot's ambassadors--Nelson Mandela, Anita Roddick, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nafis Sadik, Ruud Gullit and Anna Roosevelt--a bright future lay ahead. ... (read more)
Dutch Government Blocks SMS Lottery3 September 2003
The world's oldest state lottery is in disarray.
The Netherlands understate secretary of finance last week denied the Dutch state lottery, "Staatsloterij," permission to launch its new SMS lottery product, "Sevens," a project that cost 7 million euro to develop.
Making matters worse, the Dutch ... (read more)
betandwin Solidifies Its Presence in Turkey21 August 2003
Austrian gambling company betandwin announced that it purchased on Monday the www.beteurope.com platform. The site, together with the associated gaming sites www.easybahis.com, www.bahisturk.com, www.sanalcasino.com and www.casinoturk.com, specializes in the Turkish betting market.
According to ... (read more)
Another Court Victory for Holland Casino4 August 2003
Dutch land-based monopolist, Holland Casino, is celebrating another victory in the legal battle against online casinos.
This time the court in Utrecht, Holland ruled that Peak Entertainment N.V (Curacao, Dutch Antilles ), Cassava Enterprises Ltd (Curacao, Dutch Antilles), Queen of Hearts N.V. (Curacao, ... (read more)
Ladbrokes Fights to Appeal Dutch Ban29 July 2003
Ladbrokes, one of the world's biggest bookmakers and part of the Hilton Group, was today in a Dutch court in Arnhem to appeal against a ruling banning Dutch residents from placing sports bets over the Internet with Ladbrokes.com.
"The Dutch court has the complete power to come to a ... (read more)
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