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Online casino TitanPoker.com has announced that Roland Shuster has landed a coveted seat to the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Monte Carlo after winning its Super Satellite event held on March 16. The 43-year-old German won the largest prize package ever offered by the Kahnawake-licensed site, which will include the tournament's $16,730 buy-in, six nights…

Antigua-based online casino BodogLife.com has announced that Australian poker player Jonathan ‘Monster_Dong' Karamilikis won first prize at this week's $100,000 Guaranteed tournament to take home $25,000. BodogLife.com's $100,000 Guaranteed poker tournament is one of more than 80 tournaments the site holds every day with the weekly event gradually becoming more international as last week's winner…

DUTCH SETBACK FOR UNIBET Netherlands appeal court supports prior local ruling The dispute between Dutch gambling monopoly De Lotto and London-based online betting firm Unibet over access to Dutch gamblers could escalate to a higher European court following an appeals court decision against Unibet in the Netherlands last week. The appeal was launched by Unibet following a decision…

MORE HEARINGS ON THE UIGEA NEXT WEEK Internet gambling hearing set for Wednesday Congressman Barney Frank, a Democrat from Massachusetts who chairs the influential House Financial Services Committee, wants to legalise online gambling in the U.S., effectively overturning the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) by introducing a regulatory and licensing regime under his Internet Gambling Regulation and…

UIGEA - A BURDEN WITHOUT BENEFIT Competitive Enterprise Institute critical of attempt to use financial institutions to cripple online gambling The 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.  The…

U.S. GAMBLING SLOWDOWN? Economic conditions could add to the burden of UIGEADespite political and law enforcement attempts to derail the US online gambling market, it remains a major contributor to Internet gambling revenues and therefore a new report on US gambling will be read with interest by industry observers. The report, by New York-based Moody's…

NEW REVELATIONS IN SPITZER CASE Another hammer blow for New York crime crusaderFormer relentless crime-buster and New York governor Eliot Spitzer had fresh claims that he consorted with prostitutes to contend with this week as the New York Post published details of his alleged involvement with a further sex-for-hire company called Wicked Models.Spitzer recently resigned…

MACAU BOOMING 22.9 percent increase in employment last year The  538 000 strong resident population of the gambling island Macau, just of the coast of China, is experiencing definite improvements in employment prospects as the island's 29 casinos continue to pull in business and expand, reports Xinhua. A survey result released this week showed that at the end…

FREE CASINOS BRING IN ADVERTISING Diamond I launches another freebie Baton Rouge-based Diamond I, Inc. launched its second free online casino, VegasBetLive.com for US players this week. The new venture is a free poker website for entertainment only and is legal for users in the United States.  VegasBetLive.com features a user's blog, and is integrated with sister…

ONLINE GAMBLING INFO ON CHINALatest MECN study released Dublin-based Research and Markets has announced the addition of "The China Internet Gaming and Portal Market in 2008, MMORPGs and Casual Gaming Market Remains Under-Penetrated" to their offering.China's online Internet gaming market is still experiencing massive growth, the report claims. MMORPGs saw revenue CAGR of 100 percent over…