Online Gambling News
Below is a list of the latest casino news.
US professional player Edward Sabat (22) may be young, but he's already cashed in 8 major tournaments and this weekend scored his biggest earnings ever, the $453 851 first prize in the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event. To do it, the young gun had to survive a field of 538 p...
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The close of the week saw the US Department of Justice again putting the moribund BetonSports.com, its founder Gary Kaplan (49) and others under the spotlight after last week's attempt by his legal team to have him released on Speedy Trial grounds
This time the federal authorities issued a superceding indictment - their second in this long running investigation since mid-2006, when Kaplan was named in an indictment that included 22...
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The iMEGA legal team preparing the pressure group's challenge to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has been bolstered by the inclusion of a top Washington DC attorney. Stephen A. Saltzburg, professor of law at George Washington University has been working with iMEGA's legal team as it prepares its case for the US...
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The Poker Players Alliance - American Gaming Association charity poker tournament in aid of the Paralyzed Veterans of America attracted 100 supporters in Minneapolis mid-week despite the competing attraction of Sarah Palin's vice presidential acceptance speech at the Republica...
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UK poker fans can look forward to some typically entertaining and boisterous action from poker pro Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott with the imminent launch of a five part, thirty minute television series called "How to Become a Poker Millionaire." Ulliott will present the show, which has been produced for ITV Wales by the...
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Apple MacIntosh internet poker players who have been using the beta version of the new PokerStars Mac platform now have the fully tested final product in play following its launch this week, just in time for the seventh edition of the firm's World Championsh...
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The recent launch of a GameLogic-powered online gambling website by the Pauma Band of Mission Indians, offering free play on video slot machines, table games and card games, has become a hot subject of discussion by pro and anti gambling personalities.
The Pauma tribe, which operates the Pauma land casino in North County...
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Cryptologic\'s investment in online mahjong gaming software company Mahjong Time could bring some solid rewards following an agreement signed this week between the mahjong software provider and its second licensee, the Chinese online entertainment provider Ai Media.
In terms of the agreement Mahjong Time will soft launch an online Ai Mahjong operation at the en...
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The next few months are likely to be an anxious time for Party Gaming\'s estimated 320 staffers based in Gibraltar, according to reports on the Calida Gaming blog and the Gibraltar Chronicle, which reported this week tha...
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The Victor Chandler online gambling group out of Gibraltar has taken on the Ukash electronic cash voucher option in a deal signed this week. Ukash provides pre-paid online vouchers for customers who do not have or want to pay by credit or...
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With their extensive experience and unique perspectives, Steve Lipscomb, founder and CEO of WPT Enterprises, and Hendrick Knopp, Head of Poker for bwin Interactive Entertainment, bring their dynamic interaction to the opening of the Third Annual World Poker Congress (WPC), scheduled for October 29 - 30 this year.
Both...
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One of online poker's biggest tournaments kicks off Friday (Sept. 5) when the seventh edition of the Poker Stars World Championship of Online Poker starts, with nine new events in the overall 33 event program that will culminate with the $10 million guaranteed No...
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It seems just yesterday that the 3D online poker site PKR.com founded by Internet whiz Jez San, OBE - the first person ever to be awarded an OBE for services to the computer games industry - celebrated its one millionth player registration, yet this week that number had doubled, according to a press release from marketing di...
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News International's online bingo website Sun Bingo has relaunched powered by Gamesys and operated by a subsidiary of the Gibraltar licensed company, Entertaining Play Limited, following a deal signed earlier this year .
The new site retains all of Sun Bingo's faves, and 3 new games - Gold Digger, Whack a Moley and WAG's Shopping Spree.
Among the launch promos is a prize draw to wi...
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The Casino Connection blog reports the death at the tragically young age of 39 years of Adam Fine, one of the most player-popular and respected writers on gambling in the business and a well liked bon vivant. It is understood that the cause of death was a stroke.
Fine's writing in Casino Player magazine was both erudite and humorous, and he enjoyed a large and mainly player oriented following.
Friend and fellow manager Frank Leg...
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