Posts Tagged ‘United Kingdom’

Slots Regional Variations

Posted by Nicolae on July 26th, 2008 under Slot machine Guide, Slots
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United States
In the United States, the public and private availability of slot machines is highly regulated by state governments. Many states have established gaming control boards to regulate the possession and use of slot machines. Nevada is the only state that has no significant restrictions against slot machines both for public [...]

Betfair

Posted by Nicolae on June 24th, 2008 under Betting exchange Guide, Companies, Sports Betting
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Betfair

Type
Betting exchange

Genre
Online gambling

Founded
2000

Founder
Andrew Black and Edward Wray

Headquarters
London, United Kingdom

Website
http://www.betfair.com/

Betfair is the world’s largest Internet betting exchange. The company is based in Hammersmith in West London, England.
Since Betfair was launched in June 2000 it has become the largest online betting company in the UK and the largest bet exchange in the world. [...]

Spread betting

Posted by Nicolae on June 17th, 2008 under Sports Betting, Sports betting guide, games
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Spread betting is a form of gambling on the outcome of any event where the more accurate the gamble, the more is won and conversely the less accurate the more is lost. A bet is made against a ’spread’ (or index), on whether the outcome will be above or below the spread. [...]

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 [...]