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ALL GEARED UP FOR WSOP 2008 Poker's annual spectacular starts this Friday It hardly seems possible, but another year has passed and on Friday the 39th World Series of Poker launches in Las Vegas, attracting thousands of players from all over the planet who have the buy-in cash for one or more of the many events, or…

PADDY POWER TO HOST EUROPEAN BINGO CHAMPIONSHIP Car and travel prizes in new bingo extravaganza The online bingo division of Irish betting group Paddy Power is ramping up the competitive stakes in the burgeoning bingo sector by hosting a new European Bingo Championship that is scheduled to take place next (June) month. The firm is promising players a…

POKERSTARS FOR CHINA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF Online poker site facilitating aid contributions The online poker website Pokerstars.com has put together a multi-layered scheme through which its hundreds of thousands of members can make aid contributions to the victimes of the Chinese earthquake catastrophy. The Pokerstarsblog comments that its players have a long history of supporting people in need. In…

NOW ITS WILL HILL IN TROUBLE OVER ADVERTS ASA doesn't like online bingo ad More proof that the British advertising authorities are keeping a very close eye on the newly liberated television gambling advertisments scene was afforded this week when the Advertising Standards Authority rejected an online bingo advert from gambling group William Hill plc. The company was…

WAGERWORKS AND LADBROKES GET CLOSE Gambling website to feature premium WW games The major UK land and online gambling group Ladbrokes and gambling software provider WagerWorks have teamed up to integrate WW premium branded games into the Ladbrokes.com website, using the Orbis Fixed Odds Games Framework (FOGF) platform.  The goal for Ladbrokes is to maximise revenues by…

BETONSPORTS: PLEA FOR OWED PLAYERS TO STEP FORWARD Liquidators provide update showing $25 million shortfall With former CEO David Carruthers and founder Gary Kaplan still confined and awaiting trial, the mid-July 2006 shutdown of online gambling group BetonSports was again in the spotlight this weekend, with the liquidators of the failed group giving interested parties an update. Peter Wastell…

PROLIFERATION OF SPORTSBETTING SITES WORRIES SPORTS AUTHORITIES Claims of 15 000 sportsbetting websites on the Internet What appear to be exaggerated claims of a proliferation of online sportsbetting websites is worrying international sports authorities according to a report from Agence France Presse this week. The authorities claim that there are now an estimated 15 000 such sites including some…

POKER SOFTWARE UPGRADE AT PACIFIC POKER Key additions made to improve the player experience at Pacific Poker The much anticipated online poker upgrade at 888.com's Pacific Poker has been completed, with players currently offered bonus incentives to take the improvements for a test drive. Pacific Poker's enhanced software version presents a new poker experience to players, with three…

VEGAS MOGUL BESTED IN HONG KONG LITIGATION US$43.8 million awarded to Hong Kong businessman The US-based casino resort group Las Vegas Sands Corporation - owners of the stunning Venetian venues in Las Vegas and Macau - suffered a legal defeat this week when a Hong Kong businessman won a $43.8 million claim for services rendered in helping…

2 MORE REPRESENTATIVES SIGN UP FOR ANTI-UIGEA BILL Nineteen politicians now support the Frank-Paul bid to halt UIGEA in its tracks. HR 5767, the Congressional bill introduced April 2 designed to halt federal officials from further implementation of the controversial regulations underpinning the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, has another two supporters. The Bill, proposed by House Financial…