Posts Tagged ‘UK’

Google will allow advertising for online gambling in UK

Posted by Nicolae on October 20th, 2008 under Advertising, Gambling addiction, Gambling industry, Online Gambling, Search Engines
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Google received the highest approval, from the Queen, to allow companies to buy sponsored links for the online gambling in UK. Google stopped advertising online gambling in the search results pages in 2004 after the US Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) and the express claim of the US [...]

Lottery machine

Posted by Nicolae on October 6th, 2008 under Lottery Guide
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A lottery machine is the machine used to draw the winning numbers for a lottery.Early lotteries were done by drawing numbers, or winning tickets, from a container.
In the UK, numbers of winning Premium Bonds (which were not strictly a lottery, but very similar in approach) were generated by an electronic machine [...]

Bingo card

Posted by Nicolae on August 14th, 2008 under Bingo card, Rules, games
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Bingo cards are used to play various bingo games, including U.S. style bingo and U.K. style Housie. Cards are usually made of cardboard or non-reusable paper, but more and more bingo halls are beginning to use computerized cards. Bingo cards are printed in various styles (see below) with randomized bingo numbers. [...]

Sportsbook

Posted by Nicolae on June 11th, 2008 under Football (Soccer), Sport, Sports Betting, Sports betting guide
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A sportsbook (sometimes abbreviated as book) or a race and sports book is a place where a gambler can wager on various sports competitions, including football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, horse racing and boxing. The method of betting varies with the sport and the type of game. The more prominent the [...]

UK white list for online gambling advertising, updated

Posted by Nicolae on January 17th, 2008 under Advertising, Business, European Union, Legislation, Online Gambling
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U.K. Gambling Act of 2005 went into effect Sept. 1, 2007, restricting online gambling advertising to only those companies based in the United Kingdom or other countries in the European Economic Area. The EEA consists of the 27 countries in the European Union together with Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland. Countries [...]

Gambling predictions, 2008

Posted by Nicolae on January 2nd, 2008 under Asia, Atlantic City, Business, Casinos, Dubai, European Union, Gambling industry, Gran Scala, Las Vegas, Macau, Online Gambling, Predictions, Projects, UIGEA, United States
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It seems that it is very hard to make predictions on gambling, this year even more difficult than the other years, and online gambling much more difficult than the classical gambling.
2008 will be a very good year for the land casinos. Las Vegas has some big problems that will allow to other [...]