Online Gambling News all over the world 31.10.2009

31.10.2009, Unibet Considers Continuing Court Battle in France / Payments Prevented From Internet Casinos USA / Tain AB Integrates OddsMatrix Full Offering

Unibet Considers Continuing Court Battle in France
Recently in France the company Unibet lost it's fight in court with Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT), or the French Tennis Federation. The company was ordered to pay a fine of 1.3 million euros, a substantial sum of money.

Unibet is considering it's options and may take the action to the Supreme Court in France or seek another judgement from the European Court of Justice. In a quote obtained by Gaming Intelligence Paul Van den Bulck of McGuire Woods, the legal representative for Unibet said, “We are reviewing the decision. There are a lot of decisions about trade marks and gambling that have to be analysed.” With this ruling by the Court of Appeal legal opinion is now divided with those on the side of the gaming operators and others going with the sporting organizations. In the arguments against Unibet the FFT were successful in maintaining they have a monopoly on the profiting rights of their events. Unibet thought that the existing Code de Sport only covered audio-visual rights.

France's new legislation regarding online gambling will be affected by the decision creating a new right for sport betting. Unibet was also found to have infringed the FFT’s trademark. Unibets lawyer argued it was not the use of a trademark but the just the use of the football club name. Unibet has been successful in defending it's use of the name of the football clubs Juventus and Paris St.Germain.

Unibet which is headquartered in Malta is owned by the Nordic OMX was first established in 1997 and has since grown into the Unibet Group. Together with the Nordic region, Belgium, Netherlands and France constitute their key markets with approximately 18 percent market share in France. Through their website and other platforms including mobile phones and digital TV Unibet offers various products associated with online gambling such as sport odds, live betting, supertoto, various casino-games, poker and bingo. The company's turnover in 2008 was GBP 123.4 million, and claims over 3.1 million customers worldwide. As of January 2009, Unibet has registered customers from more than 150 countries. It is hoped the company will continue it's battle in the courts.

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Payments Prevented From Internet Casinos USA
Online gambling sites are being stopped by being not allowed to make transactions with their customers. The federal government, continues to seize consumers funds and is using fear as a destructive tactic to get consumers to not play at online casinos. Accounts allegedly connected to online payments from casinos have been seized by officials. The Baltimore City Paper, recently reported that $365,000 in two accounts owned by Atrium Financial Groups were taken under warrant.

The affidavit within the warrant shows that there is a deliberate intent being made by the Federal Government of the USA to disrupt and prevent payment from Internet casinos. Issued by U.S. District Judge, Beth Gesner, this warrant is not sealed and is available to the public.

Bank accounts are being located by undercover agents requesting payouts from online gambling sites. In a sting operation an officer from the Louisiana State Police opened a gambling account with online Golden Casino, then requested a payout. This is how Atrium was detected.

The police from Louisiana total swamped the Golden Casino with many tries to enter the casino and gain an account. Golden Casino has a good reputation for keeping its debts paid and it well established record always within the law. Protective software did not keep the police from slipping in. The officials have seized the accounts of Atrium but allowed deposits to continue and debits refused. This will continue to fuel the fears that some online gamblers in the USA that the issue of online gambling will continue to be debated but in the mean time the customer must remember to beware the banks and payment companies may be a little slow in getting your cash back knowing that once the government has your money it takes just about forever to retrieve it.

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Tain AB Integrates OddsMatrix Full Offering
Tain AB has been around for a long time in the world of internet gaming. Since 1999 the technologically driven company has been developing platforms for online gaming as well as solutions for sportsbook operations. Expekt's sportsbook was built by this company and is considered a real success in the world of online sports betting. The betting exchange was developed by them too with casino games introduced back in 2003. Then Tain developed their own poker software and started the Tain Poker network in 2005 moving from being just a product provider for one company to being a full supplier of services, support, banking and promotions.

The Tain Commons Platform (TCP) will be expanded it’s product, by integrating white label sportsbook OddsMatrix. OddsMatrix, established in 2008, is part of the EveryMatrix group of companies that also includes GamMatrix, a vendor neutral gaming management and payment processing platform, providing all the required back office tools needed to manage player accounts effectively and also BanaMatrix. Clients of OddsMatrix include Chili Gaming, Tower Gaming, NoiQ, BetFriends and others. Stian Hornsletten, Chief Executive Officer of OddsMatrix, said, “We believe this a great opportunity to gain access to new clients and grow our customer base. Tain has a unique set-up with poker and casino sites, which will greatly benefit from accessing our fully managed sportsbook.”

Tain Chief Executive Officer, Christer Fahlstedt commented, “With the Poker industry currently undergoing significant changes it is increasingly important for operators to have a full offering. A sportsbook is an additional customer acquisition and retention tool as well as a route to new markets. OddsMatrix has quickly established itself and will be a very interesting addition to the range provided by the Tain Commons Platform.” Tain AB, offers a full range of hosting and support services in multiple jurisdictions including

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