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CONTENTS
7 Columnist
Danish Gaming Association’s Morten Rønde examines the market’s opening
22 H2 data
A fresh look at the US
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9 M onth in minutes
Consequences of a Spanish delay, Q&A with AEDAPI president Sacha Michaud
ANALYSIS 26 Down to the Wire
Tom Victor looks at the potential for US egaming regulation in the wake of the DoJ’s Wire Act clari?cation
NEWS 12 Product review
Bingo Blitz reviewed by the player panel
28 A head in the cloud
Why have operators been so reluctant to embrace cloud computing?
14 Product news
Bet-at-eu goes live, Victor Chandler rebrands as BetVictor, and Italy introduces exchange betting decree
FOCUS 40 Interview
Mikael Pawlo, CEO, Mr Green Online Casino, discusses his company’s rapid rise to prominence
16 Finance news
IGT enters social gaming space, Anthony Cabot’s views on US regulation
47 L ottery focus
With Mylotto, GTECH, LVS, Ardenta, Intralot and Scienti?c Games
18 Finance news 2
UK’s proposed point of consumption tax would drive players to unregulated sites
58 Live gaming focus
Amaya’s Tammy Schuiling discusses live gaming solutions
21 People moves
Campos steps down from PokerStars, Rowse leaves bwin.party, and Scicluna departs Betclic Everest, while Jeremy Frey gives his views on Barney Frank’s retirement
63 Service directory 70 The Smoking Gun
Bodog’s identity crisis; eGR sets Twitter ?lm challenge
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COVER FEATURE
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Cover feature – UK legislation
With the chancellor likely to introduce a point of consumption tax for UK operators in his March budget, eGR asks the industry which regulatory framework would work best
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