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Rob van der Gaast Gaming Guru - Page 31Boss Media's 'Most Important Contract'26 November 2002
AB Svenska Spel, Scandinavia's biggest gaming company with receipts in 2001 of US$1.726 billion, is tightening its cooperation with gaming system supplier Boss Media.
Boss designed the software for Svenska Spel's Internet casino, www.casinocosmospol.se. The informational and play-for-free site, available ... (read more)
Profits for Hilton Lower than Expected18 November 2002
Hilton Group PLC, with its headquarters in Watford, Herts, England, published its trading statement last week for the four months ended Oct. 31, 2002. Hilton (including Ladbrokes) ranked in the Europe FT 500 (May 2002) at 242 (coming from 295 in 2001), with a market value of US$5,603.2, saw a 9 percent lower profit compared with the same period in 2001. ... (read more)
Hamburg Spielbank Comes Under Fire9 November 2002
The official opening of the first state-licensed online casino in the state of Hamburg, Germany has brought about an eruption of criticism.
The innovative initiative of the Hamburg Spielbank, which consists of live roulette webcast via two webcams, was applauded by the ailing German casino industry. ... (read more)
Yee-Haa!! Who wins?1 November 2002
The Swedish Gaming Market
According the National Gaming Board, Swedes spent US$3.6 billion on gaming in 2001 (an increase of 2 percent from 2000). This corresponds to approximately US$389 per capita. The Swedes spend ... (read more)
Casinocity Suspicious About Dutch I-Gaming Report22 October 2002
Casinocity.nl, the site advising the Dutch public on legal issues relating to casinos and sports books, suspects that the Dutch Gaming Board has manipulated the data of a study on the Internet gambling market.
The research published on Oct. 12 by the Netherlands Gaming Control Board and executed by ... (read more)
Hamburg Spielbank Targets Late October for Launch10 October 2002
After a three-year period of testing and efforts to gain approval from the Senate of Hamburg, the virtual doors of Hamburg Spielbank's online casino will open Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. (German Winter Time).
Operated from a bunker of sorts close to the InterContinental hotel, home of the prestigious ... (read more)
Understanding Mobile Gambling30 September 2002
Alatto Technologies Limited, based in Dublin, is up to its ears in mobile gambling.
The company, which built Europe's first wireless gambling site in 1999, recently published "Understanding Mobile Gambling," a consumer research study covering UMTS, SMS, WAP, 2.5G and 3G networks.
Alatto's vision is to play a significant role in the evolution of the wireless Internet. ... (read more)
Dutch Lotto Launches Internet Sports Betting24 September 2002
With "a little help from my friends" (the national lottery of Finland, that is), the Dutch "De Lotto" has launched Internet sports betting in the Netherlands.
Veikkaus, the monopolistic Finnish national lottery, is delivering the technology, which is based on the OnNet system, developed by ... (read more)
Spielbank Hamburg Ready to Flip the Switch6 September 2002
The Senate of Hamburg, Germany decided in its sitting of May 28, 2002 that Spielbank Hamburg is legalized to operate online, "live" roulette. The casino group is ready to go live, but has yet to take an online bet.
Spielbank Hamburg is owned by managing shareholder Prof. Wilfried Achterfeld, along with John Jahr (from the family of the famous publishing company Gruner & Jahr) and Klaus Unge. ... (read more)
Pre-Olympic Gaming Records8 August 2002
The recent movement to prohibit all forms of electronic games in Greece could slam the door on Internet gambling there, but a few established Greek companies with I-gaming products are thriving nonetheless, and their success will play an important role in funding the next Summer Olympics.
In 2004, the Olympics Games will be hosted by Athens, the capital of Greece. ... (read more)
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