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Online gambling is becoming so huge now that hundred-thousand dollar prizes are commonplace. However, every so often a jackpot comes along that is so big even the seasoned grinders stop asking dealers to hit them to look up and say ‘wow'. Microgaming's Mega Moolah progressive jackpot has topped the $4,000,000 mark for the first time…

October 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Next Tuesday's resumption of debate on the legality of the attempt by the state of Kentucky to seize control of 141 international online gambling domains continues to generate significant interest both within and outside of the industry. Judge Thomas Wingate of the Franklin Circuit Court, who had earlier signed off…

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…