South African Gambling Bill Signed At Last
July 25, 2008
South African online gambling legalised - but a delay in implementation
It’s taken some time, but the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki has finally signed off on the National Gambling Amendment Bill, which was approved on May 9, 2008 to license and regulate online gambling. But for reasons that are not yet clear, the legislation will not be implemented “until a date chosen by the President.”
The bill was introduced to parliament in order to set up regulations for the online gambling industry in South Africa more than a year ago. It followed an intensive international study of Internet gambling commissioned by South Africa’s National Gambling Board, which found that there is a need for licensed and regulated online gambling for the African nation.
The Bill has been extensively debated, and makes provision for player protection and disputes, the protection of underage and problem gamblers, advertising and marketing controls, a tough licensing and regulatory regime and anti-money laundering precautions. It is accompanied by taxation elements.
Source: www.online-casinos.com
PokerRoom launches DareDevil poker app for FaceBook
July 16, 2008
PokerRoom.com has launched a new application called DareDevil on the social networking site Facebook.
DareDevil is a poker-based card game designed to teach users about the best hands in poker. Players race against the clock to create the best possible poker hand by discarding and drawing cards. When the clock runs out, players are awarded points based on the cards remaining in their hands.
Source: Egaming Review Newsletter
Shoot-out kills five in casino car park
July 15, 2008
Three suspects and two workers were killed in a shoot-out between police and robbers in a Kenyan hotel parking lot yesterday.
The firing started as officers chased suspects who were trying to rob the Mayfair Casino, which shares a parking area with the Holiday Inn hotel in Nairobi, said Charles Owino, deputy police spokesperson.
Paul Norman, general manager of the Holiday Inn, said: “We were very lucky there were not many guests around.”He said the hotel’s security service had immediately put up safety gates to prevent anyone from entering.
A witness, John Wanyonyi, said the two slain workers were employed by the casino.
Violent crime has long been a problem in the Kenyan capital .
World’s largest Skill Games site enters Online Casino market
July 8, 2008
King.com, the world’s largest skill games site with over 18 million registered players, is to launch an online casino offering powered by Net Entertainment’s CasinoModule.
The company handles over 150 million gamerounds per month and offers games of chance and games of skill to players in over 50 different countries. With the signing of the licensing agreement with Net Entertainment, King.com will offer more than 60 casino games to its customer base upon launch during the third quarter of 2008. The agreement represents Net Entertainment’s ninth new CasinoModule licensee in 2008.
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New Blackjack strategy calculator software
July 7, 2008
Online casino Blackjack players can now use a new version of the free casinos 21 black jack optimal strategy calculator, named Blackjack Radar, to assist them play perfect Blackjack games at the online casinos of their choice.
(PRWEB) July 5, 2008 — In response to a large demand for the need of many non professional internet blackjack players and less than a month since its first launch, Blackjack Radar the leading Casino Blackjack 21 strategy calculator has come out with a new enhanced free version to their popular blackjack strategy calculator.
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