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FIVE NEW GAME RELEASES FROM MICROGAMING A day at the races; birthday bugs; axe throwing Vikings; frisky felines and a good old game of Hold’em – more from online games developer. Racetrack action characterises the 5 reel, 25 pay-line new video slot SURE WIN, which heads up five new games on the monthly release list from Microgaming. …

Norwegian Wins $50,000 on All Slots Casino’s $100,000 Slot Tournament Nearly $80,000 of the $100,000 prize pool won by new online casino players                                                                                                 May 8, 2008 – Kahnawake, QC – All Slots Online Casino (www.allslots.com), a proud member of the Jackpot Factory Group and a leading online slot casino, announced that new players won…

888.COM REVENUES UP 38 PERCENT IN Q1 Online casinos the star of the 888 Holdings show Online casino operations made a stellar contribution to 888.com's impressive Q1 2008 results released this week, delivering a 35 percent net gaming revenue gain over the same period last year.  The performance enhanced an already positive overall group performance that saw…

MTV 'REAL WORLD' CELEBS FOR POKER ROOM DoyleRoom marketers set up new bounty tournament The tournament designers at popular online poker room DoylesRoom.com are promising interest, possible reward and the novelty of mixing it up with MTV celebrities from 'The Real World' in a forthcoming tournament.  For a buy-in of under $28 DoylesRoom players will have the…

TECHIE SPONSORSHIP BY BETFAIR 2008 TopCoder Open showcases computing skills and talent  The online gambling and betting exchange group Betfair has recognised the importance of technical talent in the high-tech world of Internet gambling by signing up as a sponsor for the 2008 TopCoder Open scheduled for May 11th - May 15th at the Mirage Resort…

PATENT ISSUES CAN BE EXPENSIVE (Update) And ignoring an action can be dangerous, wherever you are The patent infringement suits filed in a Missouri district court by 1st Technology this week against seven more online gambling companies (see previous InfoPowa report) has already triggered extensive Internet blog comment, including some interesting observations at Covers.com. Poster Freedom@stake, who appears…

WPT Q1 REPORTS NET LOSS OF $2.8 MILLION Plenty of business activity at poker tourney giant, but online gambling and domestic TV license revenues decline The Nasdaq-listed WPT Enterprises, Inc. has released its Q1 2008 results, showing a 10 percent increase in overall revenues over the same period last year, but a $2.8 million net loss for…

PPA REMINDS SEN. KYL OF UIGEA IMPERFECTIONS One of the most egregious flaws in the bill is that it does not define "unlawful Internet gambling" clearly Las week's report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal (see previous InfoPowa report) that Senator Jon Kyl was growing impatient with the protracted drafting process on regulations to support the Unlawful Internet…

IF YOU PLAY, HAVE A SAY WSOP timing for Poker Players Alliance voter drive The World Series of Poker timeframe represents a unique publicity opportunity where world interest is focused on the game of poker, and the one million members strong Poker Players Alliance intends to exploit it. The organisation announced this week that it will launch a voter…

MICROGAMING POKER NETWORK SIGNS THREE NEW LICENSEES New sites owned by Jenningsbet.com, Eurofootball.bg and Sunderlands.co.uk  The Isle of Man based online gambling software provider, Microgaming has signed three new licensees to the Microgaming Poker Network. JenningsBet.com, Sunderlands.co.uk (sunderlands.eu) and Eurofootball.bg are all expected to go live over the next few weeks, according to a company press release. The…