Upcoming Gambling Conferences

Clarion Gaming, organisers of the 8th Annual European iGaming Congress and Expo, which takes place in Copenhagen this year between 15 and 17 September, report steady progress as the speaker list takes shape.

The official agenda for the event can now be downloaded from http://www.eigexpo.com/2009/?page=brochure. The program is the distillation of consultations with over a hundred industry specialists and business leaders, and is packed with high-impact features to enhance information exchange and

networking at EiG.

Confirmed speakers thus far include:

* Kristian Jensen, Minister of Taxation, Denmark who will open EiG on Tuesday and give details on the upcoming market liberalisation in Denmark.

* Paul B. Carroll, Co-Author, Billion Dollar Lessons - What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years who will identify the most common business mistakes, drawing from his analysis of over 700 corporate failures, and provide some advice on how to avoid them.

* Christian Lindholm, Managing Partner, Fjord and creator of the Nokia Series 60 user interface who will share some lessons learned over the past 15 years at Nokia and Yahoo! on how to make mobile propositions more user friendly.

* James Cashmore, Industry Leader - Entertainment and Media, Google UK who will talk about maximising online exposure opportunities to acquire more loyal customers in a cost-effective and trackable way.

As in previous years at EiG, CEOs of the leading online brands will share their strategies for success and development in today's tough business environment, with the following lined up to participate:

David Yu, CEO, Betfair
Ed Andrewes, MD, Ladbrokes eGaming
Gigi Levy, CEO, 888.com
Norbert Teufelberger, Co-CEO, bwin
Henry Birch, CEO, William Hill Online
Jim Ryan, CEO, PartyGaming

Cryptologic 14 top games to be provided to Loto-Quebec - 02/08/2012 : The companies have signed a multi-year agreement that will see Cryptologic providing a portfolio of quality games to the Societe du jeu virtuel du Quebec, the online gaming division of the provincial state lottery corporation Loto-Quebec, known as Espacejeux.

Utah : Online Gambling : HB108 - 02/08/2012 : An intrastate attempt by Utah politician Stephen Sandstrom to introduce state legislation banning any legalisation of internet gambling has failed at the start gate.

MORE U.S. DISCUSSION ON INTERNET GAMBLING DUE THIS WEEK - 02/08/2012 : Interest in online gambling in the United States is set to continue on Thursday this week when the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs meets to hear the views of a wide cross section of interested parties on the possible impact of legalised internet gambling on tribal gaming.

Judge wont dismiss DoJ Black Friday charges - 02/08/2012 : Former Utah banker John Campos and e-processor Chad Elie, who face charges relating to the payment processing of online poker transactions, suffered a setback Tuesday when a Manhattan judge refused to allow their motion for dismissal of Black Friday indictments against them.

ANOTHER MAJOR INTERNET GAMBLING BUST IN MALAYSIA - 02/08/2012 : Police units in Malaysia raided a series of premises in a week long anti-online gambling operation, seizing 225 computers and detaining 47 men, according to reports from the Bernama news agency. All of the detained men were later released on bail.