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Minnesota ISPs told to disregard blocking request - 6/9/09 - The Internet freedom pressure group reports that the order to Internet service providers to enforce a “black list” of badly researched online gambling websites has been rescinded by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS).
Las Vegas April another poor month for gambling - 6/9/09 - The latest statistics show that statewide revenues endured a seventh straight month of double-digit declines, with April recording the sixteenth consecutive month that gaming revenues headed downhill compared to the previous year.
Clive Jones CBE joins Netplay TV as non-executive chairman - 6/8/09 - A company spokesman said that Netplay is now well positioned to deliver revenue generating programming to broadcasters as well as continue to develop further Internet and mobile games.
NEW IDENTITY FOR GTECH'S MEDIA AND SPORTSBETTING GROUP - 6/8/09 - G2 is the new brand name for GTECH's interactive gaming and sports betting services businesses which are comprised of Boss Media and its four poker networks, Finsoft, St Minver and Dynamite Idea.
GBP 59.1 MILLION VAT CLAIM BY RANK PLC UPHELD - 6/8/09 - The VAT was paid over a period of five years starting in January 2003 in respect of games of interval bingo and gaming machines in Rank’s Mecca Bingo clubs.
Ipoker Wsop Charity Event - 6/8/09 - Taking place during the WSOP main event, the tournament will feature some of the biggest names in poker, including Tony G, Neil Channing, Jamie Gold, Marty Smith, Scotty Nguyen & Montel Williams.
Wsop Updates - Event 14 + - 6/8/09 - A 28-year-old poker pro from Michigan, Anthony Harb, won his first World Series of Poker bracelet over the weekend as Event 11 - the $2 000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em - came to an exciting conclusion with a heads up between Harb and Californian pro Peter Rho.
PartyGaming Exclusive online bingo and casino agreement signed with broadcaster - 6/8/09 - The premium online service will launch in the second half of this (2009) year and will be operated by PartyGaming and promoted extensively by Five. A company spokesman said that the deal was PartyGaming’s fourth in the business-to-business sector to date this year.
Wsop Event 10 - 6/7/09 - For Boukai it was his second WSOP cash this year - the Saudi Arabian-born pro placed 147th in the Stimulus Special, winning $3 571 last week and adding to his career winnings at that point of $320 000.
Wsop Event 9 - 6/7/09 - Ken Aldridge collected his first WSOP bracelet and the $428 259 top prize.
ONLINE CASINO DEFAULTS ON PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT PAYMENT - 6/7/09 - African Palace Casino fails to meet instalment payment. Apparently some arrangement was made with the Playtech-powered online casino to pay the lucky winner in six monthly instalments rather than one cash tranche.
Taking over other online casinos can be a dicey business - 6/7/09 - The much publicised deal between Playtech and William Hill plc earlier this year saw a few "purchased assets" change hands as the giant British gambling group formed William Hill Online. It now turns out that some of the "purchased assets" may have been brands with a questionable past.
Wsop Event 8 Phil Ivey Winner - 6/6/09 - Phil gets his sixth bracelet. Ivey had to work his way through an original entry field of 147, and a final table that lasted almost six hours, to reach his sixth winner's bracelet and join an elite WSOP list of six-time champs
Minnesota Isp Block Update - 6/6/09 - In a weekend statement, iMEGA chairman Joe Brennan Jnr., said that his organisation had engaged with the Minnesota attorney-general’s office and the Department of Public Safety in efforts to reach a settlement, but that as of Friday no final agreement had been reached.
Neal Wanless Wins 232 million Lotto Jackpot - 6/6/09 - One of the biggest undivided lottery jackpots in US history totalling $232 million has been won on a stake of $15 by a battling 23-year-old rancher near the town of Winner, South Dakota.
Bwin and Gts Gaming content agreement extended - 6/5/09 - A GTS company spokesman said that the renewal was testament to the strong partnership that both companies have forged since 2005, with GTS delivering a number of fortune, mini and mobile games to Bwin via the EdGE content delivery platform.
Ukraine Gambling ban VETOED - 6/5/09 - The rather hysterical rush by the Verkhovna Rada to immediately ban gambling in the Ukraine which took place earlier this month has been stopped in its tracks by President Viktor Yuschenko
Wsop: $10 000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship - 6/5/09 - In the end it was Ellis, a semi-retired realtor who made his fortune on the New York property market after abandoning a nightclub singing career, who prevailed in the four hour heads up to collect the winner's check for $373 744 and a world championship gold bracelet.
E Check Problems Reported From Major Online Poker Sites - 6/5/09 - Fears that financial blocks may have been instituted. The eChecks are also no longer working effective early Friday and there are few if any answers, players complain.
Tampa Florida Local Sheriff raids cyber centres - 6/5/09 - Undercover Pinellas County sheriff's deputies removed numerous computers and computer equipment from two computer entertainment centres this week, claiming that they were closing down illegal Internet gambling operations.
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