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Virgin Casino has added three new additions to its portfolio, each game belonging to a different category.

The iGaming Super Show, which is being organized by iGaming Business (iGB) will take place at the PVA Letnany Exhibition Centre in Prague from May 25 to May 28 2010.

The Dublin based gaming group, Cryptologic, showed a 35% drop in revenues for 2009 to just under $39 million. The group said that “lower wagering activity” in the gambling industry caused these poor results.

After a wide range of studies testifying on the positive effects of online gambling such as improving memory capacity and increasing social activity, the December 2009 issue of a British Science Journal, Perception, has revealed that playing online games at online casinos can actually have a beneficial effect on the development of the brain and can improve a player’s cognitive abilities.

While US land casinos have reported particularly poor attendance since bad weather hit the country in the past few months, those celebrating are the online casinos that have managed to provide gamblers the kind of entertainment they require, without the need to leave their homes. True, electricity was down now and then when storms hit hard, however, for the most part, it was only blocked roads and the terrible cold keeping players indoors and away from casinos in locations such as Atlantic City.

Intralot, one of the largest lottery operators in the world, has signed a lucrative deal to take the group further into the Latin American market. The latest deal has been signed with the huge Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, considered the second largest state in the country.  The six year deal will see Intralot do Brasil, the group’s Brazilian subsidiary, launch a keno type game, as well as other lottery offerings via an online gaming network.

Global developer of branded online betting games and Internet casino software, CryptoLogic, has extended its ten-year-long partnership with major UK bookkeeper group William Hill PLC with a new multi-year deal in terms of which CryptoLogic will license a suite of its most popular branded casino games.

Software group, Virtue Fusion, which signed a deal with game developer, Endemol last year to create games based on popular brands, announced the launch of a new fixed odds game. The game is based on Endemol’s popular TV game show, Deal or No Deal Classic, and will be available to more than 20 Virtue Fusion licensees which incorporate 30,000 daily players.

After announcing plans to crack down even harder on internet gambling operations in the country, the Chinese government announced that it had made several arrests in the past few weeks. In February, the government said that a number of agencies would group together to fight online gambling, with the intention of targeting unlicensed operators.

Technical Systems Testing (TST), an independent auditor of online and land-based casinos, has awarded a certificate to RoyalAppolo.com, the new Curacao-licensed online casino.

A new report carried out by DKM Consultants shows that Ireland could create jobs for a staggering 8,000 of its citizens should the country pass laws to regulate online gambling this month. The new laws would not only offer jobs for local Irish people, but would also attract foreign businesses that would be subject to taxes.

GTech Corporation, the leading US based lottery group has announced an extension of its partnership with the Czech lottery operators, Sazka SA. The deal will see GTech continue to provide the Czech company with online lottery services and brands. The new partnership will also see the installation and maintenance of an IP tele-comm network by GTech.

A new innovation in online blackjack, Double Exposure, has recently been launched by Devilfish Casino.

The French soccer club, Olympique Lyonnais blasted the government for dragging its feet over legislation to allow online gambling in the country. The laws proposed by the government to bring about significant changes in the market have still not been implemented, even though they were due to come into effect at the beginning of 2010.

According to a survey conducted by the MECN research company together with the Swiss legal firm MME Partners on Switzerland’s view on online gambling it was found that Switzerland is headed towards a serious online gambling liberalization without any pressure whatsoever from any external sources.