Issue N50, 2009
December 30, 2009
Ladbrokes Gets Green Light to Enter Italian Gambling Market
Ladbrokes gambling group, like so many other companies, has been trying hard to enter the newly reformed Italian gambling market. The group recently applied for an operating license to provide poker tournament services to Italian poker players and this week it was learned that the Italian regulators, AAMS, approved the application. As such, Ladbrokes will be allowed to enter the largest European poker market from January.
Recent statistics shows that gross revenues from the Italian poker market should generate more than EUR 280 million in 2009, with operators flocking to the country following changes in gambling laws.
“We are committed to expanding the international reach of our online business and Italy is an excellent regulated market opportunity,” said the Chief Executive Officer of Ladbrokes, Christopher Bell. “We hope that further positive regulations in Italy will allow us to further expand our product range by launching cash games in poker, as well as bingo and casino gaming.”
Ladbrokes, which is one of the world’s leading online gambling groups, is hoping to expand its services to the Italian market to include casino gaming and poker cash games after further changes in Italian law take place.
Christmas Day Surprise at All Slots Casino
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Superhero Competition Running at 888 Casino
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William Hill Adds new Languages to Software Package
In a bid to expand to as many areas of the world as possible, online gambling giant, William Hill has announced that it has added no les than seven new languages to its software packages. As such, players speaking the following languages will be able to download the software and play the games at William Hill: Japanese, Polish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Romanian, Finnish and Czech.
“We are always very excited to be welcoming new players and I'm pleased to announce that we can now entertain people speaking these languages,” said the Casino Director at William Hill, Colin Cole-Johnson. “We continue to improve our software capabilities to include other languages, and we will also be launching Chinese and Portuguese casinos very soon.”
William Hill is already known as a leader in world gaming and its sites support as many as 11 different languages already. Players can enjoy a huge range of games at William Hill Casino such as video poker, slots and blackjack, and take advantage of a very generous £30 no deposit bonus to try out the software package at this site.