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December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Two Australian public figures -- a charity campaigner and a politician -- have lashed out at online betting exchange Betfair for advertising on Boxing Day on grounds that the material impinged on family interest subjects like cricket and were therefore dangerous to children and teenagers. The two criticized the Nine…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The United States' incoming Obama Administration's announcement that Eric Holder is to be appointed Attorney General of the United States may moderate expectations that the new president might take a more liberated approach to Internet gambling.  Although well qualified professionally for the post, Holder's past associations with lobbyists for…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Korea Times reported the arrest on illegal gambling charges of an unlikely den of gamblers -- five Buddhist monks -- last week. The monks were picked up in a police raid on a poker game involving millions of won taking place in a hotel near Mount Songni, a spokesman…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- For weeks now, the UK 'white Christmas' gamblers have been tuning in to weather predictions before placing their bets on whether there would be snowfalls on Christmas Day, but as it turned out it was the bookies who got it right this year, with some avoiding a potential million-pound…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Towcester Racecourse chief executive Chris Palmer (34) is to sever an 11-year association with Lord Hesketh and start a new job with Ladbrokes in February, reports the Northamptonshire Chronicle. Palmer will replace Alan Ross as corporate development director at the U.K. gambling giant. Palmer is respected for pioneering the successful…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- After months of anticipation, it looks as if the new year will at last see legalized online gambling in the Czech Republic. Radio Praha reports that after years of lobbying, and promises to prevent minors from betting on their websites, the country’s five biggest bookies will soon receive permits…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The British newspaper The Daily Mail, a publication not known for taking a positive view on gambling generally, has published a report in which it claims that Britain's 284,000 [potentially] problem gamblers are estimated to have run up debt of £5 billion. The newspaper compares this amount with the £2.7…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Capitalizing on the trend towards social networking in Internet gambling, a savvy webmaster has been making good progress with a website branded Twitter Poker Tour.com, which sets up weekly online poker micro-tourneys at PokerStars and Full Tilt and is modeled on the comfy "home game" concept. "Just a group…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Following some months of Italian "play-for-fun" poker operations, the London-listed software provider Playtech plc has announced the successful launch of a "play for real money" poker network in the rapidly expanding Italian poker market.  Following license agreements, announced earlier in the second half of this year (see previous reports)…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The COO of UltimateBet parent Tokwiro Enterprises, Paul Leggett, has expanded on his earlier statement following further timeous investigations into the incorrect payouts on games at UltimateBet.com over the weekend (see previous reports). "There is a prevention system in place designed to protect hand results against disconnections," Leggett explained in …