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News Archive 2007

Mobile Gaming Solutions and Topgain Investments with First Joint SMS Lottery Project in Romania
LONDON, UK (December 19, 2007) -- Mobile Gaming Solutions Plc ('MGS'), a leading provider of mobile and interactive gaming solutions, and Topgain  Investments, a Cyprus-based company focussing on the development of mobile premium content businesses in South-East Europe...........Subscribers

Mobile Gaming Solutions and Topgain Investments Agree on Strategic Partnership for South-East Europe; First Joint Project Already Under Way
LONDON, UK (December 12, 2007) - Mobile Gaming Solutions Plc (‘MGS’), a leading provider of mobile and interactive gaming solutions, and Topgain Investments, a Cyprus-based company focussing on the development of mobile premium content businesses in South-East Europe...............Subscribers

Hit TV Show at Centre of Illegal Gambling Row
LONDON, UK (December 13, 2007) -- Simon Cowell's hit show ‘America's Got Talent’ is at the centre of a $5million illegal gambling row................Subscribers

Phone Company Pleads Not Guilty to Illegal SMS Lottery Charge
NEW ZEALAND (December 13, 2007 ) -- The Digicel mobile phone company in Samoa has entered a not guilty plea to two charges under the Gaming Act 1978 relating to its recent text competition to celebrate one year of operation since November 2006..................Subscribers

Digital Orchid ‘Mobilizes’ Mexico’s National Lottery
SAN DIEGO, California (December 11, 2007) -- Digital Orchid, Inc., a leader in the development of mobile products and services for the regulated gaming industry, has launched the first state licensed and regulated mobile lottery service in the Americas - Melate Movil............Subscribers

Telefonica, Lotojuegos.com Launch Mobile Lottery Service
SPAIN (December 10, 2007) -- As of today Telefonica users and Lotojuegos.com subscribers can can participate in the Christmas Lottery (The Fat One) from their mobile phones.................Subscribers

Odds on iPhone Betting
UNITED KINGDOM (December 10, 2007) -- Probability, the UK Aim-listed mobile phone gaming company, will tomorrow announce it has created the technology to offer gambling on iPhones..............Subscribers

Cell Phones May Soon be Used for Pari-mutual Wagering
ALBANY, New York (October 18, 2007) -- The New York Racing Association has agreed to use a new software application, mWager, if approved by the state Racing and Wagering Board. mWager would provide real-time information.................Subscribers

Mobile Gambling Wagers to Approach $12bn Within 3 Years
HAMPSHIRE, UK (September 26, 2007) - The increasing deployment of multiple mobile payment technologies and liberalisation of remote gambling legislation in key markets is expected to push total annual wagers on mobile phones to nearly $12bn by 2010, according to a new report by Juniper Research............Read the full story at: Vol.41 No.1

GameTech Gets Order for European Wireless Gaming
RENO, Nevada, USA (September 25, 2007) -- GameTech International, a designer, developer and marketer of electronic bingo equipment and bingo systems, announced that it has received a purchase order to develop and place its server-based wireless gaming system and platform in five locations in Europe..........Subscribers

Barcrest Group and Million 2-1 Sign Partnership Deal To Bring Leading Slot Machine Content To Mobile
UNITED KINGDOM (September 24, 2007) -- Barcrest Group, a leader in amusement and gaming machines and Million 2-1 (http://www.million21.com), the UK's premier provider of interactive competition, lottery and SMS games, have announced a partnership deal that will result in the development of Java-based mobile versions of its leading slot games...........Subscribers

GameTech Announces European Wireless Gaming
RENO, Nevada, USA (September 17, 2007) -- GameTech International, Inc. ("GameTech" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: GMTC), a leading designer, developer and marketer of electronic bingo equipment and bingo systems.............................Subscribers

Philippine Telecoms Firm Launches New SMS Lottery Game
MANILA, Philippines (September 7, 2007) -- Online game developer PhilWeb Corp. will offer a text-based lottery game to its subscribers...........................Subscribers

Tribunal Bans Mobile Phone Contests, Lotteries
NEW DELHI, India (August 25, 2007) -- A consumer tribunal in India has ordered a ban on mobile phone contests, saying such competitions fall under unfair trade practices......Subscribers

Gambling Commission Publishes Statistics on Participation in Remote Gambling
LONDON, UK (July 31, 2007) -- The UK Gambling Commission today publishes the latest figures from a quarterly statistical series that provides a snapshot of participation by adults in remote gambling, including online gambling, in Britain.........Subscribers

Maltese On-Line Gambling Firm Unibet and Swedish Horse Racing Monopoly Clash
MALTA ( July 30, 2007) -- Sweden’s horse racing monopoly AB Trav och Galopp (ATG) has launched litigation against the Malta licensed Unibet online gambling group on allegations of...............Subscribers

Mobile Lottery to Play a Large Part in Indian Company’s Plan to Expand its Lottery Business
INDIA (July 5, 2007) -- As a part of its expansion plan the Zee Group is set to invest over Rs 100 crore in expanding its lottery business over the next year. A large part of this investment is in making the lottery accessible on the mobile networks...........Subscribers

Mobile Gaming Solutions Signs Reseller Cooperation Agreement in Germany
LONDON, UK (June 26, 2007) - Mobile Gaming Solutions Plc is pleased to announce the successful signing of a Reseller Agreement for the German speaking countries with the Munich based media advisory company SC Media GmbH.........Subscribers

Hi-tech Trade Promotions Challenged; Suits Allege Texting Games on TV Shows Violate Lottery Legislation
LOS ANGELES, California, USA (June 25, 2007) -- So-called trade promotions where TV viewers are encouraged to win money by voting for various events via premium text messaging are being challenged in a class-action lawsuit against "The Apprentice," "Deal or No Deal" and "One vs. 100."  The lawsuit alleges the shows' mobile games constitute illegal gambling...........Subscribers

SNMB Signs First Contract for Deployment of GLI Certified Wireless Gaming System
NEW YORK, USA (April 16, 2007) -- Sona Mobile Holdings Corp. (SNMB) announced the first contract for commercial deployment of its Wireless Gaming System in various gaming establishments in Lima, Peru. Lima Uno SAC will install Sona's Wireless Gaming System in a variety of properties to complement their existing gaming operations including Off Track Betting establishments and Sportsbooks.......Read the full story at: Vol.39 No.5

Premium-Rate Phone Operators Will Soon Need A Lottery Licence
UNITED KINGDOM (March 28, 2007) -- Premium phone line operators will need lottery licences to operate from September, according to the UK Gambling Commission.........Subscribers

Smith Micro Announces Its New 'Paperless' Mobile Sweepstakes Generator
ORLANDO, Florida, USA (March 26, 2007) -- CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2007 -- Smith Micro Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMSI), a leading provider of a wide range of software and services for the wireless market, today announced it's new Mobile Sweepstakes Generator..........Read the Full Story at: Vol.39 No.1

Mobile Lottery Solutions Forge Strategic Alberta Connection
VANCOUVER, B.C., Canada (February 21, 2007) -- Bill McKay, Chairman & CEO of Mobile Lottery Solutions Inc. (MLS) today announced the appointment of two prominent Alberta entrepreneurs, the Hon. Fred Peacock and Mr. David Crombie, to its Advisory Board...........Subscribers

National Lottery to be Accessible 24 Hours a Day via GSM Cellphone
NIGERIA (February 14, 2007) -- The Director General of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Mrs. Titilayo  Iroche, has reportedly said that the proceeds from the lottery could be deployed towards an accelerated socio-economic development of the country............Subscribers

New Mobile Lottery Services
LONDON, UK (February 4, 2007) -- Camelot and communications company Orange have signed a deal to develop a new range of lottery games and services for National Lottery players to access through the next generation of mobile devices and other emerging interactive platforms.........Subscribers

WP Receives Significant LOI from a Major National Lottery
TORONTO, Canada (February 7, 2007) -- WagerPhone Inc. – WP (www.wagerphone.com) a wholly owned Subsidiary of New Wave Mobile Inc. - NWWM - has received a Letter of Intent from a Major National Lottery for the utilization of their Lottery Platform to provide extensible channels for ticket sales and distribution.............Subscribers

GSBC Announces Planned Acquisition of SMS Gaming Content Provider
ITALY (February 5, 2007) -- The board of GSBC announced recently that it has made an offer to IDST (www.idstplc.com) shareholders to acquire the company in a $12.250m buyout. GSBC said it has received undertakings to accept the offer by 88% of IDST stockholders.........Subscribers

Million-2-1 Launches 'Lucky Lettas' SMS Lottery Competition
UNITED KINGDOM (February 2, 2007) -- Million-2-1, the UK’s leading interactive competition, lottery and games company, today unveils its new letters-based prize competition, Lucky Lettas. UTV Radio is the first broadcaster to launch Lucky Lettas, across its 17 local radio stations and national radio station talkSPORT, this week with the first live draw taking place during the breakfast shows on Friday 2nd February..........Subscribers

AIM Listed Company Launches Mobile Phone Gambling Service in South Africa
LONDON, United Kingdom (January 16, 2006) - An AIM-listed mobile phone gambling specialist said it has launched a pilot of Lady Luck's, its proprietary mobile phone gambling service, in South Africa following a successful technical and marketing trial in 2006...........Subscribers

Mobile Gambling Forecast to Top $16 Billion Globally by 2011
HAMPSHIRE, UK (January 15, 2007) -- Prospects for the development of the global mobile gambling market remain strong, despite the strengthening of legal barriers to its development in the USA says Juniper Research. In new forecasts for the mobile gambling market, Juniper Research predicts that .........Subscribers

NWWM Closes Its Acquisition Of Multimedia Mobile Leader
TORONTO, Canada (January 12, 2007) -- New Wave Mobile, Inc. (NWWM) is pleased to announce that its 100% acquisition of WagerPhone Inc. (WP).........Subscribers

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