The mGaming Awards, due to be held on the evening of the 25th of April at the closing of the mGaming Summit, have today announced an illustrious sponsor for the evening’s festivities. Microgaming is the largest software and technology provider for the online gaming market with over 15 years experience in the industry. Their sponsorship of the inaugural award ceremony will ensure delegates to the summit will enjoy a fruitful and note-worthy evening. The short list for the awards has been announced and can be found in full on www.mGamingSummit.com/mgaming_awards.

"We are delighted to support the mGaming Summit," says Neill Whyte, Head of Product Channels at Microgaming. "We have been at the forefront of mobile technology within the e-gaming industry for a number of years, and continue to stay ahead of the game. This event allows us to be ideally placed to meet and greet existing operators, and to discuss the key issues which are driving mobile gaming. We are looking forward to the conference and to our sponsorship of the evening drinks and awards."

The mGaming Awards are tied in to the mGaming summit, a one day event dedicated to the online mobile gambling market – a growing and profitable sector. Created by the leading information providers in each specific sector, iGaming Business (the business of online gambling) and WorldTelemedia (the mobile sector), this event will be bringing together brands, marketing agencies, rights holders, operators, federations, mobile suppliers, payment & billing services. The event is being held in London UK on the 25th of April 2012. More information can be found on www.mGamingSummit.com.

The independent testing and standards company eCOGRA has successfully completed a rigorous assessment by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service to achieve an extension to its International Organisation for Standardisation ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation.

The extension enables the company to include the Danish Gambling Authority’s Technical Standards and Change Management Programme to its area of professional expertise.

"The practical application of this extended accreditation is that, along with other criteria required by the strict Danish regulator, we are now qualified to perform certification work and provide guidance to online gambling companies in the Danish market, and those seeking licenses to operate, " said eCOGRA CEO Andrew Beveridge this week.

The extension qualifies eCOGRA to operate in all five Danish certification categories:

• Gambling functions;
• Business functions;
• Preventative measures to counter money laundering of proceeds and financing of terrorism;
• Vulnerability and penetration testing; and
• Change management

Beveridge says that there has been significant interest in eCOGRA’s capabilities in regulatory compliance, and he is confident that his company’s professional teams of auditors and IT specialists will be engaged to perform certification work for almost a third of Danish-licensed operators.

"Since 2003 we have accrued a considerable fund of experience and knowledge, having conducted literally hundreds of technical and financial inspections, reviews and assessments for many of the leading operators in the internet gambling industry, " Beveridge said. "This has generated more business for us as the regulatory scene in Europe especially has evolved and expanded."

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Satellite tournaments at the popular online poker room will award seats at five guaranteed prize tournaments and at a live event in Barcelona.

Titan Online Poker, the leading online poker room in Europe, has launched satellite qualifiers awarding seats at five online poker tournaments with $1,000,000 in total guaranteed prizes, and at a live event that will be staged in Barcelona.

IPOPS, the iPoker Online Poker Series, will consist of five online events between April 29th and May 6th, 2012. Each of the tournaments carries a large guaranteed prize and offers affordable direct entries. Titan Poker is staging satellite qualifiers around the clock to these tournaments with buy-ins starting as low as $0.10+$0.01.

iPOPS will conclude with a $500,000 guaranteed prize freezeout on May 6th. The online tournament action will pause when only 27 players remain, and the tournament will resume as a live event at the Gran Casino De Barcelona on June 1st.

In addition to the online poker tournaments, Titan Online Poker is staging satellites leading to the IPOPS Live Main Event, which will take place in Barcelona on June 2nd-3rd, 2012.

Three weekly Super Satellites will award winning players with €2,200 packages, which include the €700+€70 buy-in to the IPOPS Live Main Event; €1,000 for 3 nights’ accommodation at the Arts Hotel in Barcelona, June 1st-4th, 2012; €30 for handling fees; and €400 for flights and spending. Participating players will be invited to a special Welcome Party.

The inaugural iPOPS Live tournament, staged in Prague in December, was a huge success and attracted top poker players from across Europe. Poker novices and veteran poker players alike are invited to try out the free poker download at Titan Poker in order to participate in the exciting IPOPS tournaments.