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SPORTSBETTING SITES ON THE ALERT FOLLOWING TENNIS FEARS - 6/17/09 - Several bookmakers have apparently voided bets on a grass-court match in the Netherlands on Monday when the odds on one player shortened from 5-6 to 1-5 and a four-figure sum was wagered on him to win by a mystery punter.
Mastercard and Ukash In deal - 6/17/09 - The online payment company Ukash has signed a deal with MasterCard to facilitate the launch of its pioneering MasterCard rePower service in Europe - part of a strategic initiative to allow consumers to load cash onto their MasterCard and Maestro prepaid cards at Point-of-Sale (POS) locations.
Wsop Event 27 - 6/16/09 - The final table consisted of Scott Clements, Roland De Wolfe, Brett Richey, Robert Campbell, Alex Kravchenko, Andy Black, John Racener, Armando Ruiz and Anthony Lellouche
Wsop event 26 - 6/16/09 - By the time play reached the three handed stage, it was a close-run contest between Jason Tam in the lead on 970 000, Swedish pro player Tomas Alenius on 930 000 and Al Barbieri on 850 000, with Barbieri going into a card decline which finally saw him eliminated in third place for a payday of $80 072.
Merge Gaming Poker Network badbeat jackpot - 6/16/09 - After the flop, players "Ween10" and "kdawg1979" both had 3 of a kind - 7's and Queens, respectively. Betting escalated between each player as kdawg1979 caught his 4th Queen on the turn and Ween10 got his 4th 7 on the river, meeting the Bad Beat Jackpot conditions.
Leonardo DiCaprio In New Gambling Theme Movie - 6/16/09 - Apparently the film, which does not yet have a working title, will be centred on Costa Rica, the operating base of many online gambling enterprises
Internet Gambling Bust - 6/16/09 - Two Indian sportsbetting operators arrested in hotel room raid. Jayesh Ganatra and Dipak Chudasama, both residents of Jamnagar, used a laptop to operate on the Internet which was seized, along with six mobile phones and Rs 40 000 in cash.
Internet bingo poised for significant growth - 6/15/09 - The successful bidder in the ongoing Cashcade sale negotiations could determine who will lead the online bingo industry into what increasingly looks like a bright future for the game.
Wsop Event 25 - Ivey Wins - 6/15/09 - Poker ace wins his second WSOP event this year. With career tournament winnings approaching $7 million, 8 major tourney wins and 43 cashes, the Atlantic City pro can position himself among the game's top players.
Massive Gambling Bust In China - 6/15/09 - Chinese police uncover major gambling cases, launch a global hunt for seven principals .
Paddy Power adds CryptoLogic as a new games provider - 6/15/09 - Online gambling software provider Cryptologic has followed up on its games supply deal with Sportingbet last week with a new agreement, this time to provide quality games to the major Internet gambling group Paddy Power.com.
Boss Media Games Update - 6/15/09 - Through its subsidiary Boss Media, G2 is a sponsor of the Bingo Summit which will bring executives from leading online bingo companies together in London June 16 and 17 to discuss current challenges and opportunities in the online bingo industry.
MICROGAMING LAUNCHES STAND-ALONE BINGO OFFERING - 6/15/09 - Microgaming’s Bingo software has been available to existing customers as an extension to their casino offering, but is now available as a stand-alone offering
Bodog is Back - 6/15/09 - Renowned Bodog.com domain becomes brand’s global portal. The strength of the brand, coupled with deep regional expertise, makes this model truly powerful.
Wsop Event 24 - 6/14/09 - the $1 500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em has also reached a conclusion, with an initial field of 2 506 reduced rather quickly to a final table led by Andy 'BKiCe' Seth on a chip count of 2 290 000, followed by Alan Jaffray
Wsop Event 22 - 6/14/09 - Best of a thousand - that's the boast Jeff 'Wildcat' Carris can make this week after beating a large entry field to take down Event 22 - the $1 500 buy-in NLHE Shootout tournament at the World Series of Poker.
Four new co-sponsors sign up for HR2267 - 6/14/09 - Industry observers hope that the current HR 2267, which supports the autonomy of individual states, excludes sportsbetting but seeks to legalise and regulate online gambling in the United States, thus rendering the contentious UIGEA largely redundant, will have a better chance of success
ONLINE GAMBLING COMPANY SUES INTABILL - 6/14/09 - Australian entrepreneur Tzvetkoff hit with A$52 million lawsuit. Kolyma Corporation AVV is suing Intabill Incorporated for Full Tilt and other payments which Kolyma says were not passed on.
Slot Glitch Causes 2 Million dollar payouts - 6/14/09 - The story of a Canadian slot player who was twice declared a million dollar winner by a faulty machine when he had actually won lesser amounts was finally put to bed in Toronto this week when the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. paid the $1 000 and $4 000 that the unidentified player had really won, and dismissed the error as a software flaw.
All In: The Poker Movie - 6/14/09 - The timing and location of the premiere meant that big names in poker were among the 300 invited guests who viewed a comprehensive study of the industry generously interlaced with commentary from over a hundred well known poker celebrities, together with up-to-the-minute as well as extensive archive footage on the game.
Wsop Event 23 - 6/13/09 - The explosive Finnish player Ville Wahlbeck, who is having an extraordinarily successful WSOP thus far and must be in contention for the WSOP Player of the Year kudos, managed not only another final table this year, but a second placing in Event 23 - the $10 000 buy-in 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship (No-Limit).
Wsop Event 21 - 6/13/09 - Event 21 - the $3 000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. attracted an entry field of 452 players, up 9 percent on last year and generating a $1 247 520 prize pool that put players right down to 43rd position in the money and guaranteed a first prize of $311 899.
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