December 2, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Sweden's Jadestone Networks has made another major partnership deal for its DiceArena multiplayer games network, signing up the Vienna-listed online gambling giant Bwin Interactive barely two weeks after clinching a deal with Gala Coral. Bwin will join the network early in the new year, a spokesman said this week. At…
December 2, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Ex-Jamba, Fox Mobile, and Vodafone exec Lee Fenton has joined the Gamesys management team as Chief Operating Officer, and will oversee the company's mobile gambling ramp up. The appointment represents something of a coup for the U.K.-based company, whose Jackpotjoy subsidiary offers 80 bingo and instant win games such as…
December 2, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Tokwiro Enterprises's sister online poker sites, Absolute Poker.com and UltimateBet.com, have banned Kentucky residents with immediate effect, joining other online poker networks like Cake Poker, Merge Poker, and Microgaming Poker in excluding residents of the state. Emails to Kentucky-resident players on the Cereus poker network where UB and AP action…
December 2, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Network World reports that the U.S. Tennis Association used web filtering software to halt Internet betting access on its website. The Association's U.S. Open tournament provides network access for the players, guests, and media, but this year an extra security step was taken to make sure that access wasn't…
December 2, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Online poker forums were abuzz this week with the news that World Series of Poker bracelet winner and online poker ace Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy is to sever his promotional relationship with UltimateBet.com. A member of the website's Star Players Team, Josephy agreed to promote the poker firm in…
December 2, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Online gambling software provider Top Game has announced the imminent release of four new games to its licensees, with 7 Spins.com likely to be the first to offer the games. The releases include Electronic Roulette, Baccarat, and two video slots titles, "Tea Garden" and "Grand Tour," says Peter Huxley,…
December 2, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Washington Post print stories and the "60 Minutes" television coverage of the UltimateBet and Absolute Poker cheating scandals published on Sunday continued to evoke wide comment and exchanges of opinion on industry message boards and in the media this week. Among the widespread assessment of the material were official…
December 2, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Isle of Man-based online gambling software provider Microgaming has released what it claims is the industry's first-ever customizable online slot game, demonstrating groundbreaking technology and innovation with its brand new product "My Slot." Software innovation on the game allows players to create their own truly unique slot machine, importing their…
December 2, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The current World Series of Poker champion Peter Eastgate (22) apparently stands to lose much of his $9.1 million first prize to Denmark's taxman, according to the well-informed poker writer Thomas Somach on Poker Helper.com. As a resident of Denmark -- a bastion of socialism, offering its citizens everything…
December 2, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The December 1st meeting of EU member nations, called to discuss a "harmonized" approach to the regulation of online gambling within the trade bloc, seems to have stalled on the best way forward, according to a Reuters news report. France, as the current holder of the European Union presidency, has…
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