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UK bookmaker Ladbrokes to open 70 Spanish shops

Friday, April 18th, 2008

LONDON, April 2 (Reuters) - British bookmaker Ladbrokes became to latest European gambling group to launch an assault on the Spanish market on Wednesday, saying it would open 70 shops by the end of the year.

Ladbrokes, which has a joint venture with Spanish casino, bingo and slot machine maker Cirsa, said its first shop will open in Madrid in about two weeks.

Many of Europe’s big gambling firms are gearing up for pushes into Spain and Italy to take advantage of recent relaxation of gambling laws.

UK rival William Hill and its partner Codere also plan to open 70 Spanish outlets by the end of the year. Greece’s Intralot is eyeing 100, while private equity owned Gala Coral has been in talks with potential Spanish partners for the last six months.

According to figures from consultants MECN, the Spanish betting market is expected to grow to 39 billion euros ($58 billion) by 2010, with the sports betting market set to hit 4.5 billion euros.

Some analysts think the big betting firms could have up to 1,000 betting shops and kiosks across Spain over the next 5-8 years.

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Antigua threatens to OK piracy if gambling dispute is ignored

Monday, March 31st, 2008

As reported by Variety: “The government of Antigua is likely to abrogate intellectual property treaties with the U.S. by the end of March and authorize wholesale copying of American movies, music and other ’soft targets’ if the Bush administration fails to respond to proposals for settling a trade dispute between the two counties, according to the lawyer representing the Caribbean island nation.

“The Motion Picture Assn. of America has been closely following the case with tremendous concern, an organization official said, fearing that the copying could be extensively damaging and that — worse — a dangerous precedent could be set for other small countries angry at U.S. trade policy.

“It is not our preferred option to punish the MPAA or others for the U.S. government’s intransigence, but the U.S. has refused to negotiate fairly,” said Mark E. Mendel, who represents Antigua. Goods and materials that would be copied include “virtually everything from pharmaceuticals to music, anything with IP protection that can be duplicated, though we’ll go for softer targets first,” Mendel said…

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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

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European Union Trade commissioner pot shot at gaming prohibitionists

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

BRUSSELS, Belgium - As reported by The Guardian: “Peter Mandelson, the EU trade commissioner, has called for US prosecutors to stop targeting online gambling companies with links to Europe - including London-listed PartyGaming, Sportingbet and 888.

“The EU is backing an industry group which says the US is breaking free trade commitments by seeking to prosecute overseas online gambling companies that stopped taking bets from America after prohibition 17 months ago.

“…Mandelson said: ‘The US has the right to address legitimate public policy concerns relating to internet gambling, but discrimination against EU companies cannot be part of the policy mix.’…”

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Antigua and Barbuda fail to make U.K. white list

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

By Vin Narayanan

The U.K. Gambling Commission has rejected “white list” applications from the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake in Canada and Antigua and Barbuda. The Gambling Commission did not offer any explanation in making the announcement.

In order for an online casino to advertise freely in the U.K. it must be licensed either in Britain, the European Economica Area or jurisdictions on an approved “white list.”

Tasmania recently joined Alderney and the Isle of Man as the only jurisdictions that have been approved for the “white list” by the Gambling Commission. Online casinos with Tasmanian licenses can begin advertising in the U.K. on Jan. 31.

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