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Online casino DoylesRoom.com has announced that it is launching lucrative satellite events for July's World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. Virtual players can enter for their chance to win one of the packages worth up to $13,000 through affordable entries at the site including continuous $15.40 sit and go satellites, ten dollar daily…

Online casino EverestCasino.com has announced a special promotion where one lucky player will walk away with an exciting eleven-day tour of Australia worth $12,500. The Kahnawake-licensed site stated that its Australian Adventure Vacation Giveaway would give one winner and their guest the chance to visit some of the most famous tourist sites south of the…

Beginning today, online casino BlueSqCasino.com is giving players the chance to win tickets to see the UEFA Champions League Final being held on May 21 at the giant Luzhniki Stadium, home of the famous Spartak and Torpedo Moscow sides. The package includes return flights, four-star accommodation in Moscow along with category-one tickets for the match,…

888.COM ASKED FOR FINANCIAL RECORDS US police seek assistance in murder investigationThe US publication MetroWest Daily News reports that state prosecutors have requested the financial records of a player at the Gibraltar-based 888.com online gambling group.  The officials are involved in a murder investigation in which an accused named as Neil Entwistle (28) is allegedly…

EVEREST'S DREAM TEAM SELECTED Online poker site will sponsor each player with a $100 000 packageUp-and-coming Everest Poker.com has selected ten top players for its "Live the Dream" sponsorship package following two days of interviews, hundreds of poker hands and hours of deliberation by an expert panel of poker celebrities at the Palais Auersperg in…

  GOOD PROSPECTS IN FRANCE?Media reports that a breakthrough may be possible for online gamblingCould the French monopolistic approach to gambling be on the verge of positive change? The French press seemed to think so this week in reporting that the Sarkozy administration plans to liberalise the French online gambling scene by implementing a more…

DUTCH GET POKER CHANNEL 500 000 additional subscribers from the NetherlandsGood news for Dutch poker fans is that the Poker Channel has launched the sole dedicated poker channel in the Netherlands using the UPC digital platform and on KPN. UPC expects to acquire some half a million additional subscribers through the partnership and the growing…

UIGEA - A BURDEN WITHOUT BENEFIT Competitive Enterprise Institute critical of attempt to use financial institutions to cripple online gamblingThe Competitive Enterprise Institute in the United States has come out strongly against the use of financial institutions to cripple online gambling in the United States following a study of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. …

  NON-COMPLIANT EU NATIONS COULD BE HEADED TO ECJEU's compliance commissioner sounds a warning noteThe European Union's no-nonsense compliance commissioner, Charlie McCreevy sounded a warning note at a European Policy Centre meeting in Brussels this week, asserting that it is "inevitable" that some of the cases his staff is currently working on in connection with…

  CASINO ACTION LATEST - LIQUIDATOR'S WEBSITEPoker players now have a destination for their claims in Tusk debaclePlayers at Casino Action poker websites, which were not taken over in the rescue operation by Casino Rewards (see previous InfoPowa reports) now have an online venue where claims against the Tusk Corporation which owned Casino Action can…