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The Sega Corporation has made the move from creating games consoles for the masses into the world of online gambling. Sega has launched a brand new online casino and poker room with unique games developed and designed by the world renowned and iconic, Sega Games.

This brand new online casino is packed full of slot and table games, however where this site really shines is in the innovative online casino games which were produced by the brilliant Sega team.

The new online slot games that they have introduced at Sega casino include manga themed games and Virtua Fighter. They also have a few Playtech games too.

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MGM Mirage MGM Mirage is concerned over their future initial public offering in Asia, and it has caused the company to pull out of the Atlantic City gaming industry. MGM has plans of pulling out of its fifty percent ownership in the Borgata in New Jersey.

MGM was told by regulators in Atlantic City that the company should not partner with Pansy Ho, the daughter of Macau gaming giant Stanley Ho. A report from the regulators claimed that Pansy Ho was an unsuitable partner.

Although that was the view of the New Jersey regulators, MGM did not agree with that label of Ms. (Read the full post about ‘MGM Mirage Eyes Asia Stock Offering, Leaving Atlantic City’…)

Pioneers of live dealer gaming, Evolution Gaming, has signed a deal with online gaming company, Sportingbet to enable customers to play live roulette, blackjack and baccarat. This will mean that sporting bet will now have a branded blackjack table at its disposal and users will have the opportunity to play games with real dealers using real cards.

Dominic Bourke, Head of Casino and Games. of Sportingbet, commented: “We believe that choice is key when it comes to online gaming, and our customers can now do everything from betting on premiership matches to playing casino games with professional croupiers and fellow gamers in real-time. L

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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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