There have been many rumors circulating over the past few months of a merger between PartyGaming and Bwin and it has now, at long last, been officially announced that the UK’s PartyGaming and its biggest rival, the Austrian-based Bwin will be merging. In fact, a merger implementation agreement was signed on 29th July 2010 between Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG and PartyGaming PLC. 
During October, 2009, the Australian productivity Commission called on the Australian government to repeal the 2001 Interactive Gambling Act which is very restrictive and presently only allows government-approved providers to legally provide Internet poker, casino gaming and sports betting in Australia. This, of course, results in most Australians playing at online casinos that are based offshore which are unregulated and untaxed. An estimated $1 billion will probably be spent by Australians at these websites during 2010.
WinkBingo.com, presently the fastest growing online bingo site in the United Kingdom who strive to give their members the best online gaming experience by offering fun-filled games and daily promotions and giveaways has managed to make another lucky player 25,000 pounds richer this week.
Italian poker players were totally confused when they discovered that they could not play on the international version of PokerStars due to the changes in their country’s online gaming laws that went into effect early this week.
The excitement had not quite died down after a Greek player, Georgios M won an astronomical amount of 6.7 million Euro on the Mega Moolah progressive jackpot a few weeks ago when a 48 year old from northern Sweden had a lucky windfall of 1.17 million playing at Unibet.com.
188Bet, an online gaming firm, has struck a deal to sponsor Wigan Athletic and Bolton Wanderers making them the first company to sponsor two Premier League clubs. They will be replacing JJB Sports and Reebok.
BetFred has announced that it is to become the main sponsor of the World Snooker Championship for a period of four years. The championship was previously sponsored by online gaming operator 888.com who withdrew from the sponsorship in August 2008 because of the difficult economic climate.
The World Snooker Championship will be televised live from Saturday April 18th and ends two weeks later on Monday May 4th at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
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