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October 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Edinburgh-based technology firm Rapid Mobile Media Ltd. is marketing an innovative range of mobile application and service delivery software platforms, branded ThinkPhone Design, ThinkPhone Deliver, and ThinkPhone Direct. The new platforms make it easy for operators to deliver high-quality interactive mobile Internet sites and downloadable applications to all types…

October 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Mong Ha Media's online casino Viva Macau has launched its latest 20 pay-line slot from games developer iGaming Software, branded Coral Cash. The game features wild cards, scatter payouts, multiple bonus rounds, and an auto play feature. The game has been chosen as the casino's latest promotional game, whereby new…

October 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Online gambling group Peak Entertainment has just launched one of its biggest yet tranches of new games -- 17 online slots from CryptoLogic that include the innovative four-level jackpot slots "Movie Mayhem", providing online slot players with quality animations and significant jackpots.  The new releases feature superior advancements in…

October 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The World Series of Poker Europe 2008 came to a fitting climax this week with John Juanda emerging as the champion in the GBP10,000 buy-in NLHE Main Event. It was a tough contest with an initial entry field of 362 players, many of them top names in the international game,…

October 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Phillipines publication Business World reports that Manila-listed online gambling firm Pacific Online Systems Corp. expects to grow by more than a third this year, following an impressive three-quarter performance.  Sales from January to September 2008 went up by more than a third from a year earlier as the…

October 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Peter Mandelson is a name which online gambling industry observers have become familiar with over the past year due to his leadership of the EU team pressing the United States on the discriminatory nature of that country's online gambling bans.   Acting at the behest of the Remote Gaming…

October 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Hopeful that upcoming legislation will legalize online gambling in the country, the Czech Republic’s biggest lottery operator, Sazka, has announced plans to launch a new play-for-fun online casino. The Czech government has been considering the legalization and regulation of online gambling for some time, and new legislation in the Eastern…

October 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Antigua Sun newspaper reminded interested parties this week that the Antigua vs. the United States dispute in the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the withdrawal of gambling elements from the agreement by the U.S. may have gone quiet but is far from forgotten. Finance Minister Dr. Errol Cort told…

October 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The U.K. Gambling Commission continues to extend the study and knowledge of gambling, and recently commissioned a literature review on children and young people gambling, which was undertaken by Professor Gill Valentine from the University of Leeds.   The intention of the review is to provide the Gambling Commission with…

October 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The closure of Lasseters Online Casino this week has been confirmed by Australian newspaper "The Age" in its business section. Reporting on the demise of the online company after nine years of operations, the report reveals that shares have been in suspension for almost a month following its AU$15.5 million…