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IBAS adjudicates Bet1128 case in favour of players

The Independent Betting Adjudication Service says Bet1128 was unable to provide evidence of collusion between the players

BetonSports executives plead guilty to federal racketeering charges

Neil Scott Kaplan, Lori Beth Kaplan-Multz and Penelope Ann Tucke to forfeit money held in Swiss Bank accounts.

Sportingbet close to settle with the US DoJ, announces a shift in focus

While press reports suggest that Sportingbet is to pay the US Department of Justice several tens of millions of dollars to settle over the company's past US activities, the bookmaker CEO announced a major shift in focus towards the UK.

Paddy Power's Sportsbet Australia to buy International All Sports

The offer by Sportsbet, which is run by Matthew Tripp, values IAS at twice as much the offer of Centrebet back in February.

Boylesports to close its international support center

The Irish bookmaker is to close its multilingual customer support center opened less then a year ago in Spain with a staff of around 40 people.

US seizes $34 million in online poker players funds, EU ready for WTO dispute

The $34m are believed to be the balances of approximately 27,000 players from pokerstars.com, fulltiltpoker.com and other US-facing poker sites

Dimeline Sports tells customer to retract negative comments on betting forum if he wants to get paid

Dimeline Sports tells "Peep" to retract negative comments at the SBR forum if he wants to receive his check.

LGA: a new act of the same old

Reuben Portanier, the new CEO of the LGA tells the Sunday Times that the player-centric philosophy is intrinsic in the Maltese regulations.

10Bet no longer a registered IBAS operator

10Bet de-registered by the Independent Betting Adjudication Service, possibly for failing to comply with a ruling.

Unibet June 2009 rating upgrade

Unibet completes its transformation to recreational bookmaker.

Luxbet new rating

June 2009 rating reassessments

Mansion88 cancels bets after the lines moved against them

The Asian bookmaker cancels confirmed bets when the odds moved against them in pure 10bet-style.

GoldVictory owner arrested in Malta

Dimitris Drosos was arrested for the misappropriation of 500,000 euros from customer accounts.

Redbet to postpone publication of first quarter 2009 results

The online betting exchange and provider of casino and bingo technologies announced that because of discrepancies in its 2008 published results it will postpone the publication of Q1 2009 results.

Boylesports ditches Swiss customers

Boylesports informs its Swiss customers that their accounts will be closed and all outstanding bets canceled with stakes refunded.

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