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French Tennis Federation tried to ban online gambling companies from offering bets on the Grand Slam Rolland Garros tournament. “There is urgency to act because sporting ethic is at risk,” Jean-Francois Vilotte, director general of the French tennis federation, told The Associated Press. “It is an issue as important as the fight against doping.” The […]

January 01, 2008 TURFTV pulled off its biggest coup when, within hours of launching its full service, the new betting shop picture provider signed a five-year contract with Ladbrokes.
The agreement, which comes hot on the heels of a similar deal with Coral, took the number of shops in Britain and Ireland taking TurfTV to more than […]

NEW YORK, December 2007
Scientific Games (Nasdaq:SGMS) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary The Global Draw Ltd. hasbeen awarded a four year contract to supply multi-game server-based gaming terminals to William Hill (LSE: WMH.L) betting shops. This contract establishes Global Draw as the supplier of gaming machines to a minimum of 548 William Hill betting shops, […]

US banks are warning the US Treasury that regulations proposed in the wake of last year’s sweeping anti-gambling law will be impossible to comply with unless the Bush administration clarifies its conflicting views on online betting.
The Financial Services Roundtable, which represents dozens of banks and other financial services firms, said it was “very concerned” that […]

The IGCE (International Gaming Conference & Expo ) - is the conference division of The Sports Network, the premiere real-time sports wire service in the United States has released its program for the Lisbon, Portugal conference for April 22-24, 2008 
“After intense research and studies conducted,” stated Amanda Manero, Conference Coordinator for IGCE, “it was determined that […]