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August 8, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Online poker leader PokerStars.com has put the pressure on its tournament competitors once again this week, boosting its guaranteed prize pool levels significantly. The giant poker website's Sunday Million prize pool has been taken up $500,000 to $1.5 million, and the regular Sunday Warm-Up event prize pool has been ramped…

August 8, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Veteran Dublin-based online gambling software and games developer Cryptologic and its subsidiary Wagerlogic have snagged a three-year casino licensing contract with the UK's major television network BSkyB plc. Working with Sky Betting and Gaming, a selection of top non-downloadable casino games will be available on SkyVegas.com by early 2009.…

August 7, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The US enforcement regime has been urged by two US legislators to halt its pursuit of European online gambling companies active in the US market prior to the promulgation of the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Florida Rep. Robert Wexler and Rep. Steve Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat, this week…

August 7, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- 1 Live Casino.com has joined the increasingly popular "live-over-the-Internet" gambling sector, facilitated by VueTec's "Distance Gaming" live betting technology, with casino action beamed from the Fitzwilliam Casino and Card Club in Dublin. The games available include Early Payout BlackJack, Roulette, Punto Banco / Baccarat and Texas Hold'em Bonus. Michele Guarino, CEO…

August 7, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Montreal and Sofia, Bulgaria-based gambling firm Carlyle Gaming and Entertainment Limited is about to launch a new Texas Hold'em-based poker game that it believes will revolutionize those markets where the game is restricted or banned ... by removing the element of chance and delivering a purely skill-based, and therefore…

August 7, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Spanish lottery authorities are apparently pleased with the results of the Loteriasyapuestas.es sports betting and lottery website powered by software developed by Iceland's Betware online gambling provider and Spain's Sistemas Técnicos de Loterías del Estado. Betware reports that one year ago Sistemas Tecnicos de Loterias del Estado (STL), the…

August 7, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The latest news on Assemblyman Lloyd Levine's proposal to liberalize poker in California: His bill, AB 2026, has undergone another revision, taking it back to a study of the prospects for the game within California. AB2026, the California Gambling Control/Intrastate Legalization Act, was originally intended to study whether California should…

August 7, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which has closely followed the major BetOnSports online gambling case since the arrest of CEO David Carruthers back in 2006, reports on surprise federal court developments in the city this week. Three Florida residents have apparently pleaded guilty to promotion-related charges and have agreed to…

August 7, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The managing director for online gambling operations at UK gambling group Ladbrokes, John O'Reilly, revealed this week that the company is to change its poker strategy from being a standalone Internet poker room powered by Microgaming, to being a full member of the Microgaming Poker Network, joining more than…

August 6, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- If it's anything like previous seasons, thousands of players will this week be clicking over to the giant Full Tilt online poker site to take their chances in the ninth season of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series. The 25-event FTOPS IX schedule will commence this evening (August 6th) with…