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New Independent Director at eCOGRA

November 30, 2006

Bill Henbrey, a recently retired chartered accountant, is the new independent director of eCOGRA (eCommerce and Online Gambling Regulation and Assurance). Henbrey has more than 30 years of experience in the gaming industry and the non-profit gaming organization will considerably benefit from his expertise. Committed to protecting online gamblers throughout the world, eCOGRA continuously monitors all the Internet gaming providers and tries to make sure that the sites that bear the “Play it safe” seal comply with their strict requirements.

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Last Stop for the Paddy Power UK Poker Tour

November 30, 2006

The Paddy Power UK Poker Tour will make its last stop at the Sportsman Casino in London on Friday, December 1. The tournament has already passed through Edinburgh, Newcastle, Birmingham, Brighton and Banbridge. Players who will make it to the final table will have the chance to play for a seat at the 2007 Irish Open. The capacity of the tournament is of 80 players, and all the places have already been sold out.

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Bowmans, The latest To Exit the US market

November 30, 2006

The Internet gambling and wagering operator, Bowmans.com, announced yesterday that it would no longer accept US players, transferring all its existing customers to Antigua-based Bodog, one of the world’s largest entertainment companies. US players with an account at Bowmans can rest assured, since their bets and deposits will be honored by Bodog.com. Customers who prefer not to gamble at Bodog are given the possibility to withdraw their accounts without charge.Bowmans.com has a large base of Canadian and British customers and Bowmans executives are confident that their business will not be very affected by their exiting the US market.

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Attempt To Support Online Gambling

November 30, 2006

The European Betting Association, in collaboration with Bwin, is planning to launch several awareness campaigns meant to support online gambling. The first targeted country is Germany and the move precedes the legislative discussions of the 16 German Landers who will meet in December in order to debate the contents of the new gambling legislation which will be signed into law next year. These campaigns aim at convincing European governments to give up gambling monopolies and to no longer impose gambling restrictions for foreign operators.

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UK To Allow Card Games in Pubs

November 30, 2006

The British government is planning to remove restrictions on Internet gambling and to allow card games in pubs, thus striving to promote an industry that has considerably expanded over the last years. The laws that forbade playing card games for money in pubs will be changed next year; the 2007 Gambling Act will permit pubs to organize low-stakes poker games, so long as they don’t derive a profit from this activity. Nevertheless, games such as Blackjack and roulette will still not be accepted in pubs. Though the measure is aimed at enabling people to have freedom of choice when deciding how to spend their spare time, some voices say that combining alcohol with gambling is a bad idea that would lead to lots of problems.

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