Sweden News - Page 5

The Purple Lounge Swedish poker tour finally arrived at its last two dates, much to the disappointment of Swedish poker fans.

It appears that the Swedes have invaded my life. I cannot seem to stay away from these amazing people- they are magnetic I tell you!! Several weeks ago we started interviewing for a position here at the GPWA and Online Casino City, and of course, there was one candidate that I particularly enjoyed. After the interview, as somewhat of a warning I suppose, I provided this young man with a link to my articles on Casino City Times. Welcome to your potential future manager, my friend. One day later I received a thank you note in the mail, and much to my delight, he signed off with, "PS-I'm Swedish". Yep. You're hired.

International News Brief: The European Commission will set itself on collision course with France, Sweden and Greece today when it orders them to end lucrative state-run sports betting monopolies.

bwin welcomes today's decision by the European Commission to continue the infringement proceedings already instituted against France and Sweden in connection with gaming by issuing 'reasoned opinions.'

After much anticipation, the qualification tournament dates for the Purple Lounge/Moore magazine poker tour have been released.

International News Brief: The European Commission will step up legal action against four countries in a bid to open the betting market across the 27-nation European Union.

International News Brief: Ladbrokes PLC has acquired Sponsio Ltd, its online betting and gaming partner in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

Poker players will be ecstatic to learn that Purple Lounge poker and casino will be re-creating the success of this summer's Norwegian poker tour but this time in Sweden.

Dynamic poker site Poker Eon is now fully available in Swedish, the native tongue of one of the most avid and successful group of players online.

International News Brief: As the Lotto balls fell into place on Saturday evening it slowly dawned on a Trelleborg man that he had just won a cool 93 million kronor - tax-free.

PokerLoco continues to grow on the Nordic market and Sweden has quickly become its largest market.

When the World Poker Congress convenes in Stockholm on June 26 & 27, the poker industry will be examined in an entirely different way.

The World Poker Congress, scheduled for June 27-28, 2006 at the City Conference Center in Stockholm, Sweden, is the first conference to integrate the online and live aspects of the poker industry.

Money Casino continues to expand its multilingual content and announces the launch of its Swedish version PengarKasino.

The organizers of the World Poker Congress reports that Steve Lipscomb, president of the World Poker Tour, will deliver a keynote speech at the event.

PokerLoco.com will continuously sponsor Swedish sports associations and their main supporter clubs during 2006.

The Small Town Poker Tour announces that in addition to Denmark, they are planning events in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Estonia.

PokerRoom.com, one of the world's largest online poker sites, will host two poker tournaments this weekend to benefit the victims of the devastating tsunamis in Southeast Asia.

International News Brief: The gambling operator Unibet Group has been listed on Stockholmsborsen's O list.