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Informed market rumour drove Party Gaming stock up 11% Friday – an eight month high – on speculation that the group was about to sign a merger agreement with the giant Austrian online gambling group Bwin.

With media speculation mounting, Party Gaming issued a statement saying: “Further to recent press speculation, the Board of PartyGaming PLC confirms that it is continuing to hold discussions with a number of companies in the gaming sector regarding potential consolidation opportunities.

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January 19 – Ladbrokes has today announced a new addition to its online casino offering in the form of a new five reel, 20 pay-line video slot machine, Hellboy. The game will feature Hellboy and other iconic characters from the comic including: Professor Trevor Bruttenholm, Johann Krause, Abe Sapien and Liz Sherman.

Hellboy is Ladbrokescasino.coms latest branded slot game since Tomb Raider 2 Secret of the Sword 18 months ago. To celebrate the launch they are offering a number of promotions to new and existing players.

All new players to Ladbrokescasino.com can claim 5 free spins to trial the game for a limited period. Plus, they can still claim 25 worth of free chips, neither offer requires a deposit.

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Reuben Portanier, who took over as chief executive officer of Malta’s online gambling licensing body the Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) nine months ago, has so far maintained a low international profile, but this week broke out somewhat in an interview with The Sunday Times newspaper.

Portainier took a decidedly upbeat stance in the interview, pushing the LGA’s 14-staff presence at the upcoming IGE-ICEi show in London at the end of this (January) month and claiming that the prospects for growth in Malta’s remote gaming industry this year are encouraging.

Despite the poor global economic conditions last year, Malta’s Internet licensing industry continued to grow, the official said, opining that the trend will continue.

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PALM SPRINGS – After the California Nations Indian Gaming Association chairman called for unity at the Western Indian Gaming Conference on Wednesday, tribes began to tackle the complicated issue of legalizing Internet poker in the state.

Tribes have been polarized since the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and four card rooms formed an alliance to try to get legislation introduced last year to legalize Internet poker for Californians.

Association chairman Daniel Tucker said the mission of the annual meeting at the Palm Springs Convention Center was to build consensus on Internet poker issues, saying the federal push to legalize online gaming threatens the economic livelihoods tribes worked to build over the past 25 years.

"Your involvement is essential,” said Tucker, the chairman of the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation.

Consensus-building began in earnest, prompting former state Sen. Jim

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Slot machines have been one of the biggest icons of casinos and gambling on our lives. These are in bright colors, noisy machines have been always with us, and served to draw us into the casinos to see more of the huge jackpot prizes on offer.
Slot machine players are interested in the dream of winning a big jackpot at an online casino with a relatively small initial investment. In that respect, casino slot machines have more in common with the lottery than they do with other online gambling games like craps or roulette. On a slot machine game, you might win $100,000 on a single $1 spin.
Online casinos offer slot clubs where a percentage of each bet goes back into the players’ accounts in the form of rebates. (Read the full post about ‘A Look at Casino Slot Machines’…)

Only days after an adverse Court decision forced it to close its inaugural venture into land gambling through a betting shop in Stockholm, the Swedish online gambling group Betsson has been able to re-open the facility.

The re-opening was made possible by Sweden’s Supreme Administrative Court, which revoked a negative December 7 ruling from the lower Administrative Court Of Appeal which resulted in Betsson facing the possibility of hefty fines if it continued to operate.

Betsson opened the shop almost twenty months back and since then has fought a running battle with Sweden’s Lottery Inspectorate officials over whether Swedish law or EU rules on free passage of services apply.

The original decision saw the Administrative Court Of Appeal rule in favour of the Lottery Inspectorate that the outlet violated current Swedish laws on gaming.

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As this season’s National Football League (NFL) playoffs get underway this weekend, the Indianapolis Colts and San Diego Chargers sit atop the list of favourites to win Super Bowl XLIV next month.

The Colts finished the regular season with 14 triumphs and only two defeats to win its AFC South division and is now resting up in preparation for the victor of this weekend’s Wild-Card game.

PaddyPower.com and StanJames.com are offering Indianapolis at odds of 5/2 to win the Vince Lombardi Trophy on February 7 in Miami while SportingBet.com, BoyleSports.com, BlueSq.com, 888Sport.com and Ladbrokes.com show 11/4.

Slightly longer, punters can get odds of 147/50 from Betfair.com on the Colts winning its third Super Bowl title while WBX.com is showing 281/100 followed by BetDaq.com, SkyBet.com, BetFred.com, ToteSport.com, WilliamHill.com and Coral.co.uk with 3/1.

Indianapolis’ two defeats came during its final pair of regular season match-ups as the franchise rested key players in preparation for the playoffs. (Read the full post about ‘Colts favoured for Super Bowl XLIV glory – Online Casino News’…)

NFL fans gear up to go crazy at Super Bowl XLIV with the leading online poker sites awarding access to executive prize packages in three online ‘Touchdown’ tournaments.

UB.com and AbsolutePoker.com are giving online poker players the chance to soak up the smell of the pigskin this winter with a dedicated tournament series that will award seats at the Super Bowl XLIV. T

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The leading online poker site has signed a sponsorship agreement with the National Hockey League’s Calgary Flames, and to celebrate, they are giving away tickets to the Flaming C’s March 11 home game.

A highlight of the UB.net sponsorship agreement will see the free online poker site’s logo debut on dual Rinkboards at the Flames home arena when the Alberta team bursts onto the ice to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 2nd, 2010. To celebrate the Calgary collaboration at not just one, but eight home games during the month of January, UB.net is giving U.S.

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