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Following a deal announced earlier this week, French games publisher Anuman Interactive now has the exclusive marketing and trading rights for selected Poker Academy training tools. The pan-European licensing deal with the American software developer will see Anuman sell products over the Internet to Texas Hold‘em players seeking to improve their poker skills in a…

In America, proposed legislation by Massacusetts Governor Deval Patrick that would see the eastern state authorise three resort-style casinos while also outlawing online poker seems destined to failure. The legislation is set to come before the state's House of Representatives for a vote this week after norrowly making itthrough committee hearings with the Governor urging…

This Wednesday is the final day players can earn twice the number of merit points playing on Bet365's online poker room at Poker.Bet365.com. Bet365's final Double Merit Point Day will see every player earn twice the number of points for playing on real money cash tables and in tournaments. These points can then be used…

BINGO LAUNCHED AT 32RED Online casino continues to offer diversityPopular online casino 32Red.com has launched its much-anticipated Microgaming-powered Internet bingo offering. CEO Ed Ware, says the launch follows that of mobile casino operations by the company with the goal of offering customers a diversity of entertainment options.  He hinted at further developments by saying that…

SCOTS CREDIT CONTROLLER UNDER INVESTIGATIONCredit controller may have taken £1 million to fund online poker passion. Newspapers in Scotland are reporting that a telecom company worker has been accused blowing £1million of his company's cash playing Internet poker – allegedly at William Hill.  Chris Proudfoot (25) has apparently fled his parents' home and is in…

POKERSTARS BUDGETS FOR MASSIVE WSOP INVESTMENT The biggest poker site on the Internet plans to sponsor a thousand seats Pokerstars has earmarked a massive $12 500 000 for sponsorship of a thousand seats at the 2008 World Series of Poker, the company announced this week. For the next few months leading up to the big event, Pokerstars…

  MASS. HOUSE REJECTS CASINO PLAN (Update) Six hour debate culminates in a defeat (for now) for the Governor Already burdened with a 'not recommended' tag from the Massachusetts legislature's Joint Committee on Economic Development, a bill proposing the introduction of three resort-style land casinos in the state was effectively rejected in a House of Representatives vote…

According to a report in Argentina's El Cronista newspaper, a judge in Buenos Aires has ordered the nation's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to shut down online casino Bwin.com.ar. Judge Maria Fernanda Botana stated that the site's Austrian parent company had violated local laws by advertising extensively in the Argentine media without first obtaining the proper…

Gibraltar-based online sportsbook 888Sport.com has gone live with services in German, Spanish, Danish and Swedish in order to appeal to a wider range of customers. 888Sport.come went live in October in English following a deal between 888.com and Rank subsidiary Blue Square with this multilingual service marking the latest phase in a recovery plan for…

Online casino PokerStars.com has announced the launch of its inaugural Latin American poker series, the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT), with stops in Brazil, Costa Rica and Uruguay. The LAPT is set to bring world-class poker action to some of the most exotic destinations in the world and begins on in Rio de Janeiro from…