2007 October 02 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

Seven British tourists were arrested and fined at a Turkish resort - for playing bingo.   

Seven British tourists have been arrested at a Turkish resort - for playing bingo.

Bingo.com will be exhibiting with Income Access at the CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com European conference in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2007. Both Income Access and Bingo.com will provide affiliates with key information about the Bingo.com affiliate program at one of the most anticipated online gaming events in Europe this year. (PRWeb Oct 2, 2007)

US government officials were given 270 days to produce regulations supporting the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act when it was passed by Congress late last year. And after weeks of ‘will he, won’t he’ speculation, President George Bush signed the unpopular legislation into law on October 13, starting a train of business events that cost international companies billions of dollars and created untold hardship for employees and investors.

The online bingo market is heating up in the UK as evidenced at the 2nd Annual Online Bingo Summit in London where brands such as Gala, Mecca, Sun and Foxy Bingo discussed developments in legislation and strategy amongst other pressing issues.