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El seminario “El futuro del sector del juego en Europa: desafíos y oportunidades” tuvo lugar la semana pasada en la ciudad de Madrid y reunió importantes personajes y datos sobre el desarrollo del sector. El seminario fue inaugurado por Antonio Beteta, el Consejero de Economía y Hacienda de la Comunidad de Madrid quien subrayó la importancia…

El ‘Caso Kentucky’ que ha sido peleado entre los dueños de salas de póquer en línea como Doyle’s Room y redes como Microgaming desde el septiembre pasado cuando el estado norteamericano y su gobernador Steve Beshear declararon que el negocio de esos operadores infringían la ley estatal. El juez Thomas Wingate falló en octubre pasado que…

La salle de poker Playboy Poker, interdite d'accepter les joueurs américains, fermera ses portes à la fin du mois de janvier.Le site avait été lancé en Juillet 2006, seulement quelques mois avant le passage de l'UIGEA, Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, qui interdit les transactions financières entre joueurs américains et sites de jeux d'argent en…

Playtech, le propriétaire du réseau iPoker, a annoncé des résultats plus qu'encourageants pour l'année 2008.  Alors que la situation économique mondiale est difficile pour beaucoup, Playtech, semble très bien se porter puisque ses revenus pour l'année 2008 ont augmenté de 70% par rapport à l'année précédente, soit 111.5 millions d'euros contre 65.7 millions en 2007. …

Day 3 of the AU$10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event concluded yesterday with 28 players left in contention. The chiplead changed hands throughout the day and eventually ended up with Rajkumar Ramakrishnan. One of the chip leaders on Day 3 was Annette Obrestad, perhaps the most dangerous player left in the field after Patrik Antonius was…

Two games available from FootballPools.com, Premier 10 and Footy 15, have made massive payouts totalling £1.25m – and that's just since the start of the season late last summer! In Premier 10, players bet on ten Premier League matches in a simple win/lose/draw format. In Footy 15 the players bet on matches from all around…

Probability is planning to "shake up the poker landscape" with a brand new heads-up poker game exclusive to mobile phones. Charles Cohen, chief executive, says the game has been specially designed for people who already play poker but are looking for "a bit on the side", i.e. furious heads-up poker fun, played on their mobile.…

The countdown to the Asian Poker Tour Philippines, which kicks off on the 27th of January and runs until the first day of February, has officially begun. Officials have announced the inclusion of a PKR-sponsored bounty tournament and a FHM-sponsored party within the series. The FHM Player's Party takes place on the 31st January and…

Several huge names within the online gambling industry, including Bodog and Full Tilt Poker, were planned to be seized by the state of Kentucky – under state law gambling is illegal. However, under said law, the actual names are not devices used to gamble – they are just names. Therefore the state lost the right…