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November 12, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Gary Kaplan, the founder of liquidated online gambling group BetonSports, has been in jail for the past 18 months on a slew of allegations related to his gambling business activities, and is clearly planning a serious defense action judging by reports in the St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper.  …

November 12, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The decision last week by Microgaming licensees to exclude all new U.S. player registrations from November 10 (see previous reports) has been widened to include a bar on progressive slot action and Flash games for U.S. residents. The move was announced this week to marketing affiliates on the Brightshare program,…

November 12, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Dublin-based online poker software and network provider CryptoLogic has announced that it has entered into a strategic Internet poker agreement with Swedish online poker provider Boss Media AB, and will merge its major poker licensees with Boss Media's International Poker Network (IPN) within the first quarter 2009. The agreement…

November 12, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- PartyPoker.com has declared Great Britain the winner in its 2008 Poker Nations Cup. Team Great Britain, captained by Roland de Wolfe and comprising Neil Channing, Surinder Sunar, Joe Beevers, Ian Frazer and PartyPoker.com VIP online qualifier Charlie Durbin, overcame Team Ireland in the heads-up to take the £100,000 main…

November 12, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Kang Byung-kyu, a Korean baseball player who became a television celebrity through hosting the Korean TV show "Vitamine", is to be summonsed by local prosecutors to answer charges of illegal online gambling, reports the Korea Times and Joongang Ilbo. The celebrity's manager has denied any wrongdoing on the part of…

Paf, l'opérateur de jeu en ligne nordique, vient d'être sélectionné par Jadestone Networks, opérateur du réseau de jeu GamArena, pour contribuer au lancement du réseau de jeu en ligne DiceArena, sa nouvelle gamme de jeux multi-utilisateurs.DiceArena vise à prendre une place aux côtés du poker, dont il est en même temps un concurrent sérieux et…

Un nombre croissant de femmes se connecte désormais pour jouer au poker en ligne. D'après l'étude réalisée par Poker Players Research Ltd, elles formeraient actuellement 26% des joueurs d'argent réel.Cependant, les mises sont soit plus petites, soit moins nombreuses que celles des hommes, puisqu'elles forment seulement 13% de la rake totale en moyenne sur les…

Playtech, el principal proveedor de software para la industria mundial de juegos de azar en línea, tiene la experiencia necesaria para adaptar sus productos rápidamente y con su nueva red italiana de póquer, el Grupo ha sentado las bases para establecerse en este nuevo mercado.Playtech ha sido elegido por los cuatro principales operadores de Italia…