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13 CONGRESSMAN SUPPORT HOLD ON UIGEA REGS - 6/11/09 - Political interest in HR 2266 - the Reasonable Prudence in Regulation Act proposed by House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank - is reportedly growing, with 13 Congressmen and women already signed on a co-sponsors.
Rtg T-rex 200k WInner - 6/11/09 - The casino reports that the lucky winner started with $300 and had been playing on the T-Rex slot machine all evening, taking his positive account balance up over $70 000. He didn't win one of the lucrative progressive jackpots, but played a regular slot game.
Wsop Event 18 - 6/11/09 - Toronto-born but Vegas resident poker ace Daniel Negreanu (34) almost stole the limelight from Daniel Alaei in Event 18 - the $10 000 buy-in World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo at the World Series this week.
Wsop Event 17 - 6/11/09 - Besting a field of 1 060 that included some of the top women players in international poker , a Las Vegas cash game specialist playing in her first live tournament has taken home the Ladies World Championship bracelet at the World Series of Poker, along with the winner's prize of $195 390.
Durrr vs. Antonius Update - 6/11/09 - Duelling duo find time even at WSOP for a quick session. The two pros were slugged it out for just over a further two hundred hands, bring the number of hands played in the 50 000 hand challenge to 15 338 with an average pot size of around $4 658,
Sportingbet + cryptologic in Game deal - 6/11/09 - Two established majors in the online gambling industry came together this week in a deal that will see software developer Cryptologic provide at least 10 of its top online slots to Internet gambling operator Sportingbet.com.
U.S. VIOLATES WTO RULES SAYS E.U. - 6/11/09 - Powerful European political and trading bloc may challenge online gambling ban at the World Trade Organisation.
Wsop Event 16 and 17 - 6/10/09 - Successful Internet players, most under the age of 30 years, were among a youthful final table in Event 15 - the $5 000 buy-in No Limit Hold 'Em - at the World series of Poker. But the 'oldest' man at the table at age 32 was the big winner.
U.S. ENFORCEMENT IN NEW MOVES ON E-CASH PROCESSORS - 6/10/09 - PPA 'disappointed' by freezing of poker player funds. The online poker action group Poker Players Alliance took the lead in issuing a statement on the issue this week which achieved major mainstream press coverage through the Associated Press news agency.
Does Slotpower Have New Owners - 6/10/09 - Rival-powered online casino changes hands. FGP has also purchased SlotPowerCasino.com from "Free Roll Software of the Netherlands", CEO Robert Forman disclosed.
UKRAINE: PRESIDENT'S GAMBLING VETO UNDER THREAT - 6/10/09 - Gambling has become a political football. It appears that gambling has become something of a political football in the Ukraine, where President Viktor Yuschenko ruffled a few feathers by exercising his veto on a gambling ban last week .
UK RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING FUNDING ISSUE RESOLVED - 6/10/09 - The agreement ends an impasse where insufficient funds had been voluntarily provided, leading to government threats that it would impose a mandatory levy in order to sustain the RIGT.
CELTIC ONLINE BINGO AND LOTTERY LAUNCHED - 6/10/09 - The white label enterprise is in partnership with The Irish Post newspaper in the UK and Rehab Lotteries, Ireland's leading charity lottery organisation. This is the first white label of the successful RehabBingo.com site to go live.
Italian betting in the first five months of 2009 up 9.5 percent - 6/10/09 - Wagers in Italy rose 9.5 percent in the first five months of the year to Euros 22 billion, and total wagers in May, including slot machines, scratch and win cards, sports betting and lotteries, were Euros 4.342 billion, it said
EXPEKT BACK WITH MICROGAMING IN ONLINE CASINO DEAL - 6/10/09 - Online gambling operator Expekt has signed a deal for an online casino system equipped with both download and instant games from online gambling software provider Microgaming.
SEXY SWANK POKER AD BANNED - 6/10/09 - ASA says linking sexual success with gambling in a no-no. The UK Advertising Standards Authority has ruled against a SwankPoker advertisement launched in an adult magazine and intimating that sexual success and gambling are linked
Gambling: Further liberation of the Italian market in store - 6/10/09 - The Italian government has initiated a drive to further liberate the country's remote gambling sector by framing new legislation extending licensing to online poker cash games, casino games, betting exchanges and betting on virtual events.
SURPRISE FINDS IN U.S.A. ONLINE POKER TESTS - 6/10/09 - Greenlight found that the simple word 'poker' was the most effective poker search term and was used by 37 percent of searchers. "Online poker" was next most popular at 8 percent.
WSOP Update - 6/9/09 - Jeff's second bracelet, Negreanu pipped at the post and a first for the Stammdog
Partypoker Launches Major Marketing Campaign - 6/9/09 - PartyPoker.com and PartyCasino.com have launched a new markeing campaign with the strapline "Feel It". The strapline is motivated by the 'rush' that gamblers often experience in a win.
Skill gaming for Italy - 6/9/09 - The multi-year deal enables Sisal’s online customers to engage in playing GameAccount’s portfolio of online skill-based games including Solitaire, Poker Dice, Gin Rummy, Multiplayer Blackjack, Backgammon and Dominoes.
RANK PLC VAT REFUND IMPLICATIONS EXAMINED - 6/9/09 - Rank plc's success in fighting for a VAT refund on bingo operations could have expensive financial implications for the British government, reports the BBC in a follow-up piece.
EGBA APPLAUDS E.C. REJECTION OF FRENCH DRAFT - 6/9/09 - Commission's rejection of first French proposal underlines that online gaming and betting is a cross border economic activity.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko wins World Poker Tour Championship - 6/9/09 - The 21-year-old Ukrainian-born Washingtonian phenom was merciless and aggressive in using his advantage to take his amateur opponent Azor down in short order, recording his third major tournament win in a short but remarkable career and adding $2 149 960 to his burgeoning career winnings.
Lottery For NFL Team - 6/9/09 - Online revenues will boost the Washington Redskin coffers
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