Issue N35, 2008
August 21, 2008
Norway’s Opposition Party Makes Online Gambling Promises
With the subject of online gambling so hot on the European continent these days, it is not surprising that politicians are using the issue on their agenda in order to attract votes. The latest comments about online gambling were made by Norway’s second largest party, the Fremskrittspartiet (Progress Party) under the leadership of its chairman Siv Jensen, which promised that if they came to power in next year’s elections, the state monopoly on gambling will come to an abrupt end.
The Progress Party’s deputy leader, Per Sandberg came out against the opposition Socialist Left, Labor and Centre party coalition government in its insistence on injecting a ‘morality’ concept when discussing gambling. “This is not a moral issue,” said Sandberg, “The morality of casinos and gambling is always been used by the red green parties. The fact is we already have the possibility to gamble online, and the state is very progressive operator, with Norsk Tipping launching new games all the time.”
“Our priority is to get private gaming operations including casinos legalized,” said Sandberg. “This is a policy that we have supported for many years.”
Thousands up for Grabs in PokerTime’s New Leader Board Promo
Fancy winning part of a huge $200,000 prize pool? PokerTime, one of the industry’s most popular online casino sites is giving away this amount every single month in its brand new Leader Board competition. PokerTime, which is a member of the reputable Fortune Lounge group of sites, says that this is the biggest leader board competition it has every launched and winning part of the prize could not be simpler. All players need to do is start playing poker at the beginning of each month at PokerTime.com. They then have an entire month to move up the leader board to be part of the top 150 players who will be rewarded at the end of the month.
The $200,000 guaranteed prize pool will be split among the 150 players, with the top player earning him or herself $25,000! "We're making history here at PokerTime by hosting the biggest leader board we've ever hosted to date,” said a representative of the site. “These are exciting times and we're very much looking forward to the future.” Another good thing to note is that a losing streak will not count against the player on the leader board.
888.com Extends Spanish Football Sponsorship Deal
After acting as the Spanish football team, Sevilla’s sponsor for two years, 888.com has announced that it will be extending the contract for another three years as its main sponsor. 888.com is keen to establish a name for itself in Europe as one of the top sports betting and gaming sites and feels that a relationship with Sevilla, which will see its games featured on the official Sevilla site, will be beneficial for all involved.
The Vice President of Brand Marketing at 888, Matt Robinson said: "We are delighted to continue as Sevilla FC's main sponsor. We see Sevilla as a highly ambitious team with great potential and are very proud to be sponsoring a club that has the same approach to business as 888.com - namely offering customers the very finest and most entertaining action available.”
“The synergy between the companies will no doubt help both maximize the huge potential and expected growth into the next decade,” continued Robinson, “We are sure that Sevilla FC can build on their recent successes, both at home and in Europe, in the next few years and we look forward to supporting them to even greater things in 2009 and beyond.”
All Slots to Launch World Series of Slots
One of the world’s most sought-after slots sites, All Slots, has announced that it will be launching an exciting new event in the industry – the World Series of Slots. The competition, to be spread over the course of ten weeks, will kick off next month and All Slots has already promised that there will be plenty of action and naturally hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money up for grabs.
The first month of the World Series of Slots will comprise four weekly slots tournaments, each with $10,000 in prize money for the main winner and another $15,000 distributed among a further fifty players. In addition, All Slots will be running a $100,000 slots tournament, and rewarding 200 players for their efforts in this competition. The main winner of this event will walk away with a hefty $50,000.
If this is not enough, the All Slots World Series of Slots will end with much fanfare thanks to the massive $200,000 competition to be held at the end of the tournament. One lucky winner will go home $100,000 richer from this event, and another 200 players will benefit from the other $100,000! This is definitely one competition that players should look out for next month!