ISSUE
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[CONTENTS ]
P7 COLUMNIST
Anthony Oh of NewShore Partners reviews the last year of transatlantic egaming activity monopolies as their home markets begin to open up
P37
ANALYSIS
P9 MONTH IN MINUTES
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Matchbook CEO Andrew Pantling on the betting exchange market; and a look at the potential implications of William Hill and GVC bidding force joint takeover of Sportingbet
Alongside the publication of this year’s Power 50, James Bennett takes a look at some of the industry’s best performers in 2012
FEATURES
P40 THE POWER 50
Climbers, fallers and new entries are all to be found in eGaming Review’s annual rundown of the most powerful operators in the online gambling industry
NEWS
P14 PRODUCT REVIEW
Catriona Campbell of Foviance assesses Net Entertainment’s Scarface video slot game
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P18 PRODUCT NEWS
Betgenius signs a landmark tennis data agreement with IMG Media, while Evolution Gaming moves into poker and mobile
P58 POKER REPORT
Microgaming’s Lydia Melton details the progress made by the software provider’s poker network
P63 SOLUTION CENTRE
SG Gaming managing director Alex Stephens explains the integration of Barcrest, The Global Draw and Games Media under a single brand
P20 FINANCE NEWS
Australia fails to prevent a net loss for Sportingbet, while the Italian poker market reaches its lowest ebb since the launch of cash games
P64 PAYMENTS FOCUS
Chris Smart of Paypoint.net looks at changes in the sector
P22 PEOPLE MOVES
Zynga casino GM Lo Toney moves on, while Black Friday indictee Chad Elie is sentenced to ?ve months in prison
P65 LIVE GAMING FOCUS P67 IT AND
INFRASTRUCTURE FOCUS
P25 DATA
H2 Gambling Capital analyses online poker’s ?rst month of year-on-year growth in close to two years
With Andy Tipping of Geo Networks
P69 LOYALTY FOCUS P78 THE SMOKING GUN
Find out what Frank Fahrenkopf knows about social media in TSG’s Global Gaming Expo report
P30 A N A L Y S I S
MONOPOLY MONEY
Tom Washington looks at the challenges facing gambling
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