As you have read before on our pages, many of the EU member states are already regulating the online gambling industry or are planning to do so very soon.

Belgium already has a very strict law on online gambling and, to name but one, Germany is working on a treaty between its member states that should regulate online gambling.

Today, the different national initiatives to regulate, limit and control online gambling and poker received help from the European Parliament, as several…

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Isle of Man-based specialist gambling consultancy Global Betting and Gaming Consultants (GBGC) has announced that a recent analysis it conducted found that the online gambling market grew by twelve percent in 2010 to $29.3 billion.



GBGC stated that its Global Interactive Gambling Market report discovered that sportsbetting accounted for 41 percent of the total online market with gaming products such as casino and poker responsible for 46 percent. Bingo has also grown rapidly in… Continue

Mobile Betting News Febuary 2011

2011:Year of Mobile Gaming

News

04 NRJ Mobile to Launch Sports Betting with France-Pari

04 Buongiorno Targets France with Winga.fr Launch

04 Spin3 Partners with Neomobile for Italian Mobile Casino Launc

05 Blue Square Launches iPhone App

05 IGT Adds iPhone App for MGM M Life Club

05 Spiral Solutions Signs First Managed Services Client in Italy

06 Mobile Version of Lottery.co.uk Web Site Now Available

07 Apple Inc.’s…

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Mobile Betting News is a pdf magazine is emailed to subscribers monthly (annual $75, single issues $10).

It includes news and features on mobile technology in casino games, lotteries, sportsbetting, and horse racing.

MBN also also includes a monthly report on Android gambling app downloads.

http://sites.google.com/site/mobilebettingnews/

There is also a Linkedin forum to discuss MBN articles and… Continue

mFavourite Mobile Casino News

Written by mfavourite.co.uk 04/01/11

Everyone’s getting on board the new trend mobile gambling and with 5 times more people using cell phones than PCs, mobile gambling is exploding. Google recently reported that in some countries the number of people searching on the mobile web is already exceeding the number of online…

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12/12/10

In the UK alone there are now over 1.6 million registered players at mobile casinos and that number is set to grow over the next 2-3 years. The selection of games playable on mobiles, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android phones is continually growing and just about all makes and models of mobiles can run casino software making mobile gambling accessible to millions of mobile users worldwide. All games are free to download and you will…

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Written by mfavourite.co.uk 01/12/10



Whilst sitting and enjoying a drop of fine malt whiskey and cigar I was pondering on the current state of the mobile casino market place.



I asked myself what are people doing when surfing the mobile internet and decided to do some digging

and ask some questions. The main interest for mfavourite.co.uk is the mobile gaming market so I

set about speaking to several mobile casino operators and gathered some statistics. While I… Continue

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As more mobile phones and next generation

smartphones start using touch-screen interfaces,

more apps and casino games designed to take

advantage of multi-touch displays will be created.

This means that the amount of touch-screen casino

games available is about to grow at an exponential

rate according to market analysts. This gives

mobile casino operators the perfect… Continue

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As smartphones become more advanced, so do the

mobile casino games available to them. The

smartphone comes with improved

handset software, which has resulted in a range of

mobile casino games with enhanced casino game

play. Exciting game features such as improved

graphics, scatter symbols and

wild symbols have been added to enhance overall

game play on mobile devices.



Today’s mobile casino games are… Continue

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The new iPad will revolutionize mobile gambling

with its larger screen, light weight design, wi-fi

connectivity and being very portable makes

it ideal for mobile gamblers.



2010 saw the launch of Apple's iPad, a mobile

tablet which acts as a hand held for audio and

visual, movies, music, games, and web

content. The new iPad makes the experience of

mobile gambling easier and more convenient with

its… Continue

Written by mfavourite 28/11/10



The launch of the iPhone and Android has marked a

significant turning point in mobile phone

technologies. The iPhone and Android offer users

enhanced mobile casino games with superior

graphics and sound effects. A new type of mobile

gambler has emerged with a need for richer

graphics and improved game play. To meet this

demand a selection of iPhone and Android casino

games have been developed and launched by seven… Continue

A fascinating but slightly odd new trend in games and sports promotion is underwear and lingerie branding.

Recently the Super Mario corset made headlines and seemed to prove a big hit, at least by web views.

And the idea has spread to sports. After Katy (I kisssed a girl) Perry wore a West Ham Utd corset at a WHam

party she attended, it was so well received that the Marketing bods at West Ham ordered some… Continue

The following story was written at Pissouri village in a quiet tavern with a couple of pints of local beer, two pieces of grilled halloumi and pastourma.



Pissouri is a well known Cyprus village for the blue flag beach, the numerous vineyards, great views and of course it’s people. Pissouri is a fine example of how people from different cultures can exists together. English, Cypriots, Russians, Italians and many more, live in harmony and great friendships are… Continue

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple's iPhone has emerged as a serious videogame platform, fulfilling the long-held promise of mobile phone gaming and positioning itself as a legitimate competitor to handheld consoles.



The Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last week was abuzz with plans about games for the iPhone and its WiFi-only cousin, the iPod touch.



With around 30 million devices on the market -- 17 million iPhones and 13 million iPod Touches -- and access to… Continue