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November 4, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The big online poker tournaments last Sunday once again illustrated the continued keen interest in playing the game on the Internet, with several winning players taking home six-figure payments. The regular industry biggie -- the PokerStars Sunday Million -- soared past its guaranteed prize-pool level of $1.5 million as 7,836…

November 4, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Online pari-mutuel horseracing technology and content provider Youbet.com has announced the appointment of David Goldberg as Chief Operating Officer. Goldberg was formally Executive Vice President at Ticketmaster Global Music Services, where he was responsible for overall leadership of the business through the office of the CEO, and for all…

November 4, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The glitz and glamor of the silver screen and the Oscars feature in the new 5-reel, 30 pay-line flagship slot from Microgaming for November, branded STAR APPEAL.  With a glittering starlet as the Wild and a Hollywood Walk of Fame star of honor as the Scatter, there can be…

Le fournisseur de services de paiement en ligne de l’Ile de Mans Neteller plc vient d’annoncer son bilan pour le 3ème trimestre 2008. Celui-ci montre une croissance continue, avec des revenus en augmentation de 27% par rapport à la même période l’an dernier, à 13 millions de dollars.Les revenus en provenance d’Europe se montent à…

Le fournisseur de système de paiement Ukash vient de signer un contrat avec un géant des télécommunications espagnol Telefonica, qui rendra disponible des coupons de monnaie électronique disponibles 24h sur 24 dans 70.000 kiosques téléphone installés partout en Espagne. L’interface utilisateur dans les kiosques pour acheter cette monnaie électronique est simple, et il suffit de…

November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- According to reports on several online poker information portals this week, the burgeoning Merge Gaming poker network has joined Microgaming in excluding Kentucky residents from all network activity, presumably as a precaution against the predatory behavior of Kentucky governor Steve Beshear and his contingency-contracted lawyers in their efforts to…

November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The new Isle of Man-registered online gambling software provider Wizard Gaming has announced the launch of its second licensee, All Star Slots.com, using the latest version 3.0 of the company's gambling software. All Star Slots is operated by All Star Slots NV, a subsidiary of Cyprus-registered EvoLogic Limited, licensed…

November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The giant Ongame Internet poker network underlined its aversion to rakebacks this week by announcing the expulsion, effective November 1st, of NextPoker.com. Ongame spokesmen said that the expulsion was "Due to repeated violations of the rakeback policy, Ongame Network will exclude NextPoker from their poker network effectively by the 1st…

November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Online betting exchange Betfair Australia, which is co-owned by Oz gambling mogul James Packer, has extended its penetration of the horse racing market with the introduction of in-run betting at the prestigious Melbourne Cup, traditionally run over the first Tuesday in November. Company spokesmen said that this form of…

November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- For the third month in a row, the Slotland.com progressive jackpot has been hit for six figures, bringing the total jackpot wins for autumn at the online slots and video poker site to an impressive $411,260. The most recent player to strike gold at Slotland was 'Minomine,' who won…