News in brief: Harry Reid; DiamondBet...

Senate majority leader Harry Reid, whose support is seen as crucial to the chances of Barney Frank’s federal egaming bill making it onto the statute books, has stated publicly he is still opposed to federal legislation. According to a statement released by Reid’s office to BolaVerde Media Group: “Senator Reid has long had concerns about Internet gaming. He does not support any of the existing bills and he would oppose any proposal that would put jobs in Nevada at risk.” For more on the US regulatory situation, see Chris Krafcik’s feature in the last issue of eGR.

DiamondBet and TellGaming have been acquired and merged into one brand, DiamondBet. The Microgaming-powered casino, poker and sports betting site will feature TellGaming’s Liga Football sports betting pools.

Martin Thorvaldsson has joined Betsson as group general counsel. Martin will be based in Betsson’s Gibraltar office.

myBet, which offers sports betting, poker and casino, has launched its affiliate programme using the NetRefer affiliate software and the services of Ihre Consulting.

Playtech‘s internet bingo business Virtue Fusion Alderney has today launched three new games on its network, called ‘Challenge Roulette’, ‘Fruity Burst’ and ‘Sacred 7s’.

CTXM is to provide Betinternet with casino software, extending Betinternet’s offering to include card games, slots, poker and mini-games. Betinternet plans to connect to the Cake poker network this autumn.