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The US Government's recent activity in the online gambling industry has seen Microgaming close its doors to US customers and the UIGEA pushed through congress. However, there is a saviour for American players in the shape of RomeCasino. RomeCasino are willing to accept US players that have been turned away from their favourite sites, they…

Bad news for online casino players everywhere, especially the USA. The Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board today announced the release of a joint final rule to implement the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. In layman's terms, this means that while Americans will still be able to play online poker…

November 14, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- In an interesting interview with the poker information publication CardPlayer.com this week, the executive director of the Poker Players Alliance, John Pappas, explained the way forward for pending Internet gambling legislation not passed in the current session of the U.S. Congress. The 110th session of Congress has only weeks left…

November 14, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Three U.S. organizations that support the concept of freedom of the Internet, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and the American Civil Liberties Union, this week urged a Kentucky Court of Appeals to vacate a lower court's order authorizing the seizure of more than 100…

November 14, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Financial Times reports that Gala Coral is about to reduce its five operating divisions to three in an advance planning initiative designed to prepare the company to weather the tough recessionary times that lie ahead. Apparently the company has already warned staff that up to 200 jobs may…

November 14, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The British skill games provider and network operator GameAccount reports that it has so far proved recession-proof, and has experienced what it calls a "dramatic increase" in punter action and bets placed. Dermot Smurfit, GameAccount's chief operating officer, revealed this week that the firm has received £120 million in wagers…

November 14, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Latest figures from the Nevada Gaming Control Board show a further decline in revenues on both The Strip in Las Vegas and across the gambling state -- the ninth consecutive month in which revenues have gone downhill. Gaming revenues across Nevada were down 5.4 percent to a billion dollars compared…

November 14, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The latest Full Tilt Online Poker Series continued to produce plenty of action this week, with a well-named player nicknamed "Frankly Perfect" delivering a polished performance to take down Event 16, the $200+$22 NLHE 6-max with rebuys.  The game attracted a field of 1,032 entrants with 2,047 rebuys and…

November 14, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The European Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee met this week in Brussels to consider a draft report which seeks a European Parliament Resolution on 'the integrity of online gambling'. The report, by Danish Socialist MEP Christel Schaldemose, does not appear favorable to online gambling, and Parliament’s political…

November 14, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Ladbrokes Poker internet player James Sudworth a.k.a. James666 is putting to good use the £25,000 he won in the recently completed LEOCOP series of poker competitions, where he finished top of the leader board. The 22-year-old from Kent, who has won over £200,000 playing online poker and could win…