New report and survey analyze the growing trend toward privatizing state-controlled gambling operations.

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According to a report in today's economic magazine "Handelsblatt" the EU Commission is planning to initiate an action for infringement of the EC Treaty against Germany. In the Commission's opinion the state gambling monopoly in place in Germany in particular infringes the freedom to provide services as provided for by the EC Treaty. This action for infringement of the treaty is governed by Art. 226 of the EC Treaty and is composed of several steps. First, after an informal finding of the facts, the Commission notifies the concerned state formally, thus formally initiating the action.

In 1998 after selling the chain of Demmy betting shops he ran with his father and bookmaker Selwyn Demmy, he launched his first online sportsbook. Tim Johnson a fourth-generation bookmaker, he described the 2 years that followed as "sheer pain with technology that wasn't really ready".
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Espelkamp/Constanta (Konstanza). While Rumania is not yet a member of the European Union, the MERKUR Sun already shines on the Black Sea coast, namely in the metropolis of Constanta with its more than 340,000 inhabitants.

The global gambling market is experiencing an unprecedented boom. North America and Canada boast annual growth rates of more than 20%. Las Vegas, severely affected by the terrorist attack, set a new visitor record in 2004, with more than 36 million visitors. The gambling industry recorded a turnover of 74 billion US dollars. At the same time, more and more gambling companies merged into larger and, therefore, almost invincible corporations.

Arts, pleasure, voyages, suspense and a lot of love – five very important parts of life and for the French, an everyday matter of course. They are experts on the arts, enjoy life to the full, love to travel, and suspense is as important as the wonderful aspects of love.

BACTA, the UK trade association for the pay to play amusement industry, today confirmed that Clarion Events, a UK based organiser of trade and consumer exhibitions has acquired a controlling investment in ATE, BACTA's commercial exhibition, conference, publishing and services subsidiary.

In the spring of 2003 the betandwin business model was expanded by the addition of a business-to-business offering with the working title of "White Label", the purpose being to generate additional value added for the company by operating online gaming platforms under other brand names.

MERKUR CASINO, daughter of “Merkur International” which is the Europe-wide operating subsidiary of the privately held German Gauselmann Group, signed a joint venture contract with the Russian Villart Industry Group of Obuhovo/Moscow on 10 June 2005.“Today’s announcement of our joint venture is a significant step in our continuous efforts to grow our local Merkur Casino presence with a very strong Russian partner”, said Rolf Falke, CEO of the Gauselmann’s Group MERKUR CASINO

Organizers of the World Series of Poker predicted the total prize pool at this year’s tournament will reach USD 100 million, more than doubling the record the event set just a year ago. With a total of 45 events, the 36th annual World Series of Poker is the longest, largest and most prestigious event of its kind.

The European Lotteries Association's (EL) General Assembly held in Rome on 15 June 2005, appointed Doctor Winfried Wortmann, General Director of the Westdeutsche Lottery of Münster/Germany as its new President.