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UEFA, European football's governing body, has opened disciplinary proceedings against three big clubs from Turkey and Romania in relation to match-fixing allegations. Three Clubs Investigated Fenerbahce and Besiktas, two of Turkey's three biggest clubs, will both front up to UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body later this month. The latter will be familiar with the body, as it was banned from the 2011-12 Champions League and its president was jailed for six years over previous cases of match-fixing. Fenerbahce is being investigated following a July 2012 civil trial in which 93 people - including club officials, coaches and players - were charged in a case which centered around its winning streak in 2011. Besiktas is being investigated over allegations relating to the 2011 Turkish Cup final. In a separate case, Romanian club Steaua Bucharest will face UEFA in relation to admission criteria for participation in European tournaments. Clamping Down on Corruption The leading online sportsbook such as William Hill Sports, Ladbrokes, bet365 and 888 all play their part in clamping down on match-fixing, by cooperating with European and global sports bodies, regularly putting their betting systems to the scrutiny of independent auditors, and generally encouraging an atmosphere of responsible gambling. Players can play their part in ensuring sport remains clean and free of corruption by heading to the aforementioned online sportsbooks and other certified and reputable betting outlets that have no involvement in the dark underworld of illegal betting.
Aston Villa has become the latest European football club to partner with an online sportsbook, with the English Premier League club signing a sponsorship agreement with Asian online gaming site Dafabet. Villa and Dafabet Under the two-year agreement, the Dafabet logo will appear on Aston Villa's new kit and the online gambling operator will participate in various activities, most notably as part of its support for the Acorns Children's Hospice in West Midlands, Birmingham, not far from Villa's home base. Dafabet realized the increased potential of becoming an official club sponsor following its signing last season of international betting partner deals with two other rival English Premier League clubs - Everton and West Bromwich Albion. About DafabetDafabet is one of Asia's biggest operators of online gambling, including its flagship online betting product. Established in 2004, it serves the Chinese and Asia Pacific market through licensing and regulation by CEZA and First Cagayan in the Philippines. The English Premier League is big business in Asia with television ratings and kit sales outstripping those of local clubs, so the new partnership between Dafabet and Aston Villa is sure to help both of them become even more recognizable.
Playtech and bet365 have teamed up to deliver two more mobile live casino games, releasing Mini Baccarat and Ultimate Blackjack Mobile Live Casino for iOS hot on the heels of their Roulette release earlier this year. Mobile Games Release Mini Baccarat and Ultimate Blackjack Mobile Live Casino games are particularly unique as they operate on a native iOS platform that allows bet365 and other operators to provide their client base with a top-quality live gaming experience at their fingertips anywhere and anytime they have a 3G or Wi-Fi connection. As is the case with the existing Roulette Mobile Live Casino product, once bet365 customers download either Mini Baccarat or Ultimate Blackjack from the Apple App Store, they can enjoy playing these games from their iPhone or iPad at their convenience. Like the desktop version, these mobile live games show the action from multiple angles. Earn Daily Double Bet365 Mobile customers can try out the new live casino games while also taking advantage of the Mobile Daily Double promo which runs from June 10-23. One player's name will be pulled out of the daily draw to win an iPad mini, while 20 others win a cash prize of $100 each day during the promotion period. For those who miss out on the daily prizes, bet365 Mobile Casino promises to deliver a second daily reward for up to $100. Simply play your favorite casino games on any of the promotion days and the House will transfer you 10% cashback on whatever it takes in as a result of your play.
Breaking news out of London is that Leander Games (LeGa) will soon be showcasing its impressive range of slots games at Casino777. The integration is complete and players will get a taste of a high-tech slots gaming platform, courtesy of one of the finest providers in the business. Casino777 is wholly-owned by the Circus Group, and it provides gaming fans with a wide range of popular gaming titles. The integration with LeGa will ramp up the selection of slots games no end. Leander Games is revered in the online gaming arena. This company has been nominated for 3 categories including Social Gaming Supplier of the Year, Slot Provider of the Year and Innovation in Slot Provision by eGaming. An impressive range of slot games peppers the arena with Leander Games including these fine titles 7 Lucky Dwarfs, Little Pigs Strike Back, Megadeth, Ali Baba, Snake Slot and Magic Building. The integration was completed via LeGa - the remote server of Leander Games. Casino777 is now instantly updated with the entire gaming portfolio of Leander Games. There is no lag time between game launch and availability for players across Europe and beyond. For its part, Casino777 is delighted with the integration with Leander Games. New players are being brought into the fold, with many more games appealing to many more players. Multi-lingual accessibility, sleek design, high-tech innovation and scores of new games are slated for release. Examples of new slots titles that players can expect to enjoy include Queen of Thrones, Dragon Slot and Potion Factory. It's a win-win-win for both Leander Games and Casino777, with players being the ones who benefit most from the integration.
EuroMillions is set to jackpot to €143 Million and UK EuroMillions will jackpot to £122 million on Tuesday night, but no matter where you are in the world you can purchase tickets through Lotterymaster.Two Massive JackpotsFollow these instructions to purchase EuroMillions tickets online: head to Lotterymaster, choose your five numbers from the guess range of 1-50 and the two additional numbers (called Lucky Stars) from a range of 1-11. If your seven numbers match all the numbers drawn on Tuesday night, the jackpot is yours.UK EuroMillions works along the same lines. Just head over to this leading online lottery ticket agent, choose your digits from 1 through to 50 plus two additional lucky stars, and wait to see if your numbers come up in the big Tuesday night lotto draw.Lotterymaster FeaturesThanks to the Lotto-Matic feature developed by Lotterymaster, you can purchase an online ticket without having to worry about lucky numbers. Just click Proceed to activate the feature and it will select your EuroMillions or UK EuroMillions numbers at random.If it turns out that you're the jackpot winner in either lottery or on any of the 40+ lotteries from around the world that are offered at Lotterymaster, they will notify you automatically and help you to collect your riches.
The Business to Business (B2B) division of 888 has recently unveiled a new bingo app. The innovation is expressly geared towards Apple devices, specifically iPads. The new app is currently being used by Foxy Bingo - a partner in the thriving bingo arena. The mobile bingo evolution has taken the world by storm and 888 is bang on the money with plenty of promotional offers to boot. Players are able to enjoy lots of enticing bingo games including 90 ball bingo and a bevy of instant gaming attractions. There are many new games slated for release in times to come. The iOS bingo application provides players with anywhere, anytime bingo entertainment, via a wide range of compatible mobile gaming devices. The Dragonfish VP alluded to being well pleased with the extension of the bingo platform to the Apple iPad arena. Players are now able to experience world class bingo across multiple bingo platforms. 888s Dragonfish bingo iPad application is expected to rollout to all online bingo affiliates, partners and brands soon. The goal is to provide greater access to bingo games via the 888mobile gaming platform. Among the many notable brands expected to showcase the bingo brands are MoonBingo and CostaBingo.
The Chicago Blackhawks have lost every Game 3 in the NHL playoffs so far but will have to reverse that trend if they are to avoid handing the Boston Bruins a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals tonight. Chicago won Game 1 in triple OT but gave up their home advantage to the Bruins with a loss in Game 2. Chicago finished the shortened 48-game regular season as clearly the NHL's top team but it all counted for nothing in Game 2 on Saturday night as the Bruins turned around a 0-1 first-period deficit to dominate the final two periods - putting in 24 shots to 15 and scoring two goals to none in the process. Boston will be comfortable heading into tonight's game at the TD Garden with the same lineup that won Saturday night, but Chicago may make at least one change after coach Joel Quenneville hinted that he would bring in Swedish winger Victor Stalberg. In pre-game betting, William Hill is offering the following odds: Money line - Bruins 4/5, Blackhawks 21/20; Puck line - Bruins 12/5, -1.5, Blackhawks 5/14, +1.5; Total goals - Bruins U5.00, 20/29, Blackhawks O5.00, 5/4. There are plenty of other pre-game wagers including team and individual specials. In Stanley Cup title betting, the Bruins are 5/6 favorites for the first time in the series, compared to the Blackhawks who have edged their way out to evens. Hill online sportsbook customers can also now place bets on series correct score, with Bruins 4-2 and Blackhawks 4-3 considered most likely at 3/1 odds. William Hill Sports will provide in-play betting on this game just as it has on every NHL regular season, playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals game. Place live wagers on game result and play-by-play scenarios while the action plays out on the Boston ice.
Lotteries are big business, used to raise money for many purposes. There are publicly operated lotteries on almost every continent in at least 100 countries and over 200 jurisdictions worldwide. Everybody loves a lottery, and it is the eternal optimism in the belief of the chance to score a big win which has been at the core of its enduring appeal. However, worldwide global lottery markets have shown a very minimal increase in sales of 0.5% for the first quarter of 2013, this as against the first quarter of 2012. These numbers seem to point to a complicated picture for world lottery markets, with sales in Europe and Africa dipping downwards, growth in North America trending sharply down, sales in the Asia Pacific region holding steady and Latin American markets surprisingly, doing well. It seems that in Europe, the downward spiral of lottery sales can probably be tied to the continuing economic crisis in the Eurozone. As an example, the 27% unemployment rate in Spain makes it difficult for many in that country to cough up that extra bit of cash in hopes of winning the big time. In contrast, the slowdown in growth in the North America and Asia Pacific regions appears to be due more to several one-off events as opposed to structural reasons or systemic problems. All in all, it's been a sluggish start this year to lotteries worldwide. But odds are, sales will improve.
Microgaming Poker Network has announced it is replacing its standard heads-up cash game tables with a Heads Up 8-Man Blaze, a fast fold online poker format with a maximum of eight players in each pool. Introducing 8-Man Blaze 8-Man Blaze, or "the concept of speed-dating in online poker" as MPN is calling it, will allow only one entry per pool and cap the pool at only eight players. Instead of allowing a single unlimited player pool at each game and stake, there will be multiple 8-man pools that begin when games fill up. Microgaming hopes the introduction of this new format will solve the industry-wide problem of "bum-hunting". This is a poker term for when a strong player grabs a seat at a regular Heads-Up table and waits for a weaker player to sit down, while refusing to play with an opponent of equal or better skill. Poker Keeps Speeding Up All the leading operators have launched fast-fold poker style games in the past couple of years, with MPN's own Blaze Poker (launched in March 2012) allowing players to join a pool of players competing in up to 300 hands per hour. Once a player folds their hand they immediately move to another table and are dealt another hand. More leading online gambling operators are signing on to MPN as they continue to make changes. Ladbrokes is one of the veteran partners, while the latest to join this year was 888bet, which offers the full suite of Microgaming online poker games including Blaze and now 8-Man Blaze.
Amaya Gaming Group Inc. an entertainment solutions provider for the gaming industry, will pay US$25 million to purchase 100% of the equity of Diamond Game, a designer and manufacturer of gaming related products.Diamond Game was established in 1994 and manufactures and services games and gaming systems for numerous North American gaming markets. Originally finding its success in the Native America casino market, it has since expanded into public gaming, race track, bingo and commercial casino markets.Amaya Gaming provides a full array of gaming products and services. It maintains a worldwide presence in all major gaming markets with some of the world's largest gaming operators and casinos being powered by Amaya's online, mobile and land-based products. As to what this means for both companies, Jim Breslo, President and Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Game put it best when he said, "The transaction unlocks the value for both companies by pairing our patented technology, innovative products and key contracts in the lottery segment with a well-capitalized entity in Amaya, which possesses a solid foundation of expertise throughout its organization as well as key relationships throughout the industry." General consensus among industry analysts is that it is not surprising to see the CEO of Diamond Game Enterprises issuing such a positive statement, as this is a major merger and very good news for a small firm. Amaya is considered by those in the know to currently be the top online gambling software developer and predict there will be even more online casino operators choosing Amaya to power their online gambling sites.
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