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Online casino Paddy Power.com has announced a series of events for the World Series of Poker being held at Harrah's Casino in Las Vegas in June and July. The Irish site is offering a Main Event qualification package worth $14,000 with players able to qualify for as little as seven dollars. Taking place from July…

Online casino group CasinoRewards.com has announced that one lucky punter won over $200,000 after hitting two royal flushes in just two days on its BlackjackBallroom.com site. The online operator has 18 different casinos and saw eleven players hit the jackpot in March alone. It has now added ‘Peggy L' to that list after she threw…

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) has announced that Matt Savage has been appointed Tournament Director for its upcoming Manila Main Event next month, due to be held at the ultra-modern Dusit Thani Manila Hotel. The APT stated that few men are as qualified for the position as Savage as he previously served as Tournament Director…

CryptoLogic today introduced seven exclusive casino games, highlighted by the Internet's first-ever slot version of the infamous Street Fighter II arcade game. Get ready to rumble as electrifying match-ups, legends of the silver screen, exciting bonus rounds and dazzling visuals take players to a new level of excitement. The new Street Fighter® II slot sees…

STUDY ON INTERNET POKER BILL PROGRESSES California legislative proposal moves forward to Assembly Appropriations Committee.California legislators appeared to be taking a sensible and pragmatic view of online poker in the state this week as the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee (AGOC) unanimously forwarded a proposal to study the issue thoroughly to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.AB 2026…

POKERSTARS VIDEO BETA TESTING GOING WELL Good public response to Pokerstars.tvThe new Poker Stars public video initiative (see previous InfoPowa report) appears to have been well received in its beta testing phase at Pokerstars.tv.Still in the test phase, the video site provides live webcasts of major events and a unique collection of high quality poker…

BWIN CHALLENGE TO GERMAN BAN HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF SUCCESS Schleswig-Holstein law adviser says German bans won't stand the test of ECJBwin Interactive Entertainment AG, probably Europe's biggest private online sports-gambling company, may win a legal fight that threatens Euro 118 million in annual revenues, or a third of its take, reports the Bloombergs…

 BETSSON STEPS UP FOR RESPONSIBLE GAMBLINGSwedish online gambling firm offers research scholarshipsKudos to Swedish online betting group Betsson, which has stepped up to contribute to the real need for research into the impact and consequences of problem gambling in the industry.The company has launched a scholarship for problem gambling research in its native Sweden. The…

ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IMPACTS GAMBLING Analysts take a pessimistic view in the short termReports from the Las Vegas Gaming Wire and mainstream business news outlets are suggesting that times are already tough, and could become tougher, in the gambling industry due to weakening economic conditions.The LVGJ reports that gaming revenues on the Las Vegas Strip fell…

  WILL COSTA RICA LAND CRACKDOWN IMPACT INTERNET OPERATORS?Land casinos subject of significant new restrictionsCosta Rica, the Central American republic that is home to many online casino operators, is currently cracking down on land casino venues within the country in moves that will change the way that such operations are run and could ultimately discourage…