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Harrah's Interactive launches CAESARS Bingo Online with Gamesys
09/03/2010

Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment (HIE) has become the latest operator to enter the online bingo space with the launch of CAESARS Bingo Online...

Exclusive: Gamesys to launch Heart FM bingo 09/03/2010

Gamesys has signed a deal to launch a bingo product for UK radio station Heart, EGRmagazine.com can reveal exclusively...

News in brief: Pokerhost joins Merge network; H2 signs Italy JV deal; GMG first quarter; Sportsdirect; Enetpulse; Cash 4 Clubs... 09/03/2010

Pokerhost.com has joined the US-facing Merge Gaming poker network. Merge Gaming will see a six-fold boost in liquidity in six months and will be one of the world’s top 10 poker sites by early 2011...

Mecca to launch Britain's Got Talent bingo 08/03/2010

Meccabingo.com has signed a deal with Fremantle Media Enterprises (FME) to be the official online gaming partner of Britain’s Got Talent, the UK’s highest rated TV series in 2009.

Italy bingo back on after court suspension rejected 08/03/2010

Online bingo in Italy is legal again following the reversal of a regional court's decision to suspend new laws regulating the game...

PartyGaming: new casino marketing strategy after 2009 shake-up 05/03/2010

PartyGaming chief executive Jim Ryan has revealed a new strategy for marketing the company’s casino products following a dramatic shift in fortunes away from poker and toward the casino vertical...

PartyGaming 2009: Revenue down, but Ryan remains upbeat 04/03/2010

PartyGaming has reported a net loss of $26.5m for the full-year 2009 against $66.1m profit in 2008. Revenue for the period was also down with poker EBITDA dropping 44%. The company was buoyed, however, by strong fourth quarter growth, EBITDA increases in three of its four key verticals, and significant B2B progress.

Blog

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Need to know: financials, Betfair, floatation and Florida 05/03/2010

March's first Need to Know discusses the 2009 financial results of four major operators on either side of the Irish Sea, plus Betfair, floatation, Florida and red herrings...

Why we're betting on US betting 05/03/2010

US federal online gambling legislation is unlikely at present, says Daniel Beard of recruitment agency Pentasia, but moves to introduce intrastate regulation by states such as California, Florida and New Jersey are strong enough to have led the company to open a US office on the basis that new laws are now ‘when', not ‘if'.

Betfair and the floatation tank 03/03/2010

There is cautious optimism among the UK broking community that 2010 will see a rebound in the IPO market - but institutional investors remain wary of all operators but one, says Akur Partners' David Shapton, who explains why...

Features

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Online gambling: up for the Cup

Regulation and consolidation could prove transformational and the football World Cup in South Africa this year is set to be a major staging post in the battle for market share. EGRmagazine.com looks at how these factors will impact the sector.

The world in B2B

Remember the good old days? When operators operated, service providers provided services? Well, those days are long gone. With the distinction between operator and service provider fast disppearing, eGaming Review rounds up which operators have signed which business-to-business deals so far in a handy cut out and keep guide.