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Online bingo games using the software platform provided by respected company Playtech are benefitting from two new e-processing companies that are now compatible with the product. Playtech are a popular choice for many operators including UK bingo halls. They have signed a deal with Transsend and Intercash who both offer numerous helpful features including prepaid…

According to a new poll by reputable website DuplicatePoker, Scott Montgomery is a massive favourite to win the World Series of Poker $10,000 No Limit Hold ‘em Main Event. In a survey of over one thousand poker players, almost one third of them named him favourite by a near two-to-one margin over the rest of…

Mobile gaming has been described on numerous occasions as the next big step for the gambling industry after online gaming. Fans of this media can look forward to a new ‘casino-in-your-pocket' device believed to be emerging from research and development at software provider Cantor Gaming. It is speculated that this innovation could be released before…

Poker in the Park will come to the heart of London for a two-day poker bonanza on August 15-16 from 4pm-9pm Friday and 10am-6pm Saturday. The event, hosted in London's Leicester Square Park, will draw 25,000 poker players. They will be taking part in freeroll tournaments, professional poker players' lectures and buy books and merchandise…

SHIELDING THE PAST? New U.S. proposal to limit prosecution of pre-2006 online gambling activities Yet more legislation on Internet gambling was introduced to Congress by Representative Pete Sessions this week in the shape of HR6663, titled the UIGEA Clarification Act. The proposal will probably be welcomed by online gambling companies which were active in the U.S. market prior to…

ONLINE GAMBLING STUDY BILL ON HOLD  Mark up on Berkely's HR2140 ran out of time and is rescheduled for September A full schedule of 12 other bills, one of which involved weighty deliberations on the activities of former U.S. presidential adviser Karl Rove, resulted this week in the mark up of Nevada Representative Shelly Berkely's Bill HR…

AN INTRIGUING NEW MOBILE DEVICE  Gambling software provider believed to be almost ready to launch Cantor eDeck Mobile gambling fans can look forward - possibly by the end of 2008 - to a new casino-in-your-pocket device that is believed to be currently emerging from extensive research and development at the online gambling software provider Cantor Gaming. PMP…

BODOG THE SUBJECT OF MAJOR U.S. INVESTIGATION Millions seized from banks and payment processors in anti-online gambling moves Industry observers have been saying for some time it that it would not be long before the U.S. Department of Justice caught up with the Bodog online gambling group founded by high profile Canadian entrepreneur Calvin Ayre (47), and this…

MORE POLITICAL COMPLAINTS ON UIGEA HR5767 may have failed, but the concerns lingers on... The recent tied vote failure of Barney Frank's HR5767, which sought to halt the implementation of the UIGEA regulations pending proper definitions and drafting precision, has not stopped other Capitol Hill politicians from voicing their disquiet. On July 25, four Republican representatives sent an…

A NEW FACE FOR BETUS Sports, casino and poker website gets a revamp The veteran online casino, sportsbook and poker website BetUS has relaunched after an extensive revamp of both presentation and betting engine, offering its visitors a sleeker, more seamless gaming experience.  Spokesman Reed Richards is confident that BetUS gamblers will be pleased with the result,…