iGaming Business – Server-based gaming specialist Inspired Gaming has announced that Italian gaming company Gamenet has become the latest operator to launch its range of virtual sports games in the country. Inspired’s virtual sports products are already available to Italian players at more than 7,000 venues under existing agreements with SNAI, Sisal, Lottomatica, Eurobet and Cogetech. Inspired anticipates that over 10,000 venues in Italy will be live with its virtual sports products in the next few months with further operators including Intralot and Microgame. “Following this partnership Gamenet will be able to provide an even more extensive games library,” Gamenet’s…

iGaming Business – European football’s governing body Uefa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Europol, the European Union’s joint police body, in an attempt to bolster its campaign to stamp out match-fixing in the sport. Under the MoU, both organisations will provide expertise and constant consultation in the areas of match-fixing and related organised crime, as well as the exchange of information and know-how related to these issues. Uefa and Europol will work together on joint activities and in implementing relevant projects, in addition to exchanging information on suspected match-fixing cases and the methods used by both individuals…

Why would there be a doubling of British and Irish World Cup turnover? Well, bookmakers located in Ireland and Britain have revealed that they expect that a younger, more tech savvy football audience to help double turnover on World Cup betting next month. Speaking to media, William Hill Trading Director Terry Pattinson said that his company will expect to double their £100 million in betting turnover that occurred during the World Cup in 2010. He bases that estimation on younger punters who are more casual in their betting patterns, as well as increased focus being placed on in-play bets. “Most…

Reuters – Greece’s OPAP, one of Europe’s biggest betting firms, plans to launch long-awaited online sports betting before the start of the soccer World Cup in June, its CEO said on Thursday, in a bid to capitalize on the popular event. Greece sold a majority stake in OPAP to Czech-Greek investment fund Emma Delta for 652 million euros ($890 million)last year, marking its first major privatization under its multi-billion international bailout. The new management that took over in October promised to implement the company’s plans to expand into online betting, video lotto and scratch cards. OPAP launched a scratch card…

Birmingham Mail – A Birmingham gambling addict who lost £10,000 in a decade-long betting spree went on the rampage after frittering away his last £230. Hassan Yousaf smashed up a roulette machine with a stool, causing damage put at £6,000 at a Birmingham bookies. The 26-year-old lashed out at Ladbrokes branch in Green Lane, Small Heath, just a year after being convicted over a similar attack at a bookies in Manchester. After the first vandal attack, Yousaf told police he had gambled away £10,000 on fixed odds machines since he was 16. He told Birmingham Magistrates’ Court he was not…

Online-Casinos.com – Atlantis Internet Group is a public Nevada Gaming corporation specializing in the development of casino games, casino management software, slot machine software, gaming networks and land based casino development. ATIG Gaming online division is licensed in Montreal, Canada by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, the largest off-shore Internet Gaming Hosting jurisdiction in the world.  The Company’s subsidiary Atlantis Gaming International, (Australia) is licensed in the Northern Territory of Australia to distribute Gaming Equipment. The recent announcement that Atlantis Internet Group will partner with WikiBetting to launch social sports gaming on Facebook has brought the firm into the online gambling…