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PokerStars.com has announced that a player from Switzerland won its Sunday Million tournament and took home nearly $210,000. Online player ‘Sam66' walked away with $209,571 on Sunday after defeating ‘Shantaram' from France, who took home $141,718 for second place. PokerStars.com doubled the guarantee for its weekly competition two weeks ago and, as a result, saw…

Free online slot machine site FreeSlot.com has announced that it has added new features to its slot tournaments and increased the size of its weekly prize pool. FreeSlot.com is operated by Anjouan-licensed SlotLand.com and runs free tournaments around-the-clock. It will now give away a total of nearly $10,000 a week with a top tournament prize…

Jim McDermott has introduced legislation attempting to legalise and regulate online casinos, poker and sports betting for US citizens – the income generated from online casinos (as much as $40 billion) could be used to school children in foster care, provide job training for declining industries and more, hence why it is called the Investing…

Many major online casinos have some sort of VIP club for their more loyal members. Totesport are no exception with their exclusive ‘Emerald Club', an invite-only high-reward club that has seen several players reaping the rewards since July 1st. Members of the club will be given a variety of different bonuses, promotions and offers that…

William Hill is one of the most popular online casinos in the UK, and as such offers a premium-quality software with a range of games. It is complete free to download and there is a bonus of anywhere from £25 to £10,000 for new players, making it very worthwhile to throw some virtual chips about…

The summer period is known as being the slowest in the calendar of online gambling operators. However, the British Open means that bookies are enjoying unexpected custom in the hot months. In these periods the major sporting events worldwide are reduced to baseball, some scattered boxing and a little post-Wimbledon tennis. Tiger Woods's injury meant…

ANTIGUA VS. U.S. NEGOTIATIONS COULD DRAG ON FOR MONTHS Several deadlines passed, and still no resolution - now August 1st is the new target The recent arrival in Antigua of a six man American negotiating team headed by Deputy US Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador John Veroneau (see previous InfoPowa reports) appears to have done little to…

CNBC WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT ONLINE GAMBLING PAYMENTS How effective has the ban on financial transactions been?How effective has the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act been? seems to be the question that broadcaster CNBC is asking this week.In an article on Internet gambling, writer Darren Rovell noted that it’s easy enough to bet online. But…

NEW LIVE DEALER FACILITIES LAUNCHEDGPS Global signs up two operatorsGPS Global is currently beta testing a new Live Dealer Elimination Blackjack offering, and plans to add it to the firm's existing games inventory in the coming weeks. GPS Global already offers Live Dealer games, including Roulette, Three Card Poker, Baccarat and Red Dog Poker running…

  USA TODAY POLL SHOWS BIG ONLINE GAMBLING SUPPORT Readers of major US newspaper think it's time to legalise online gamblingOne of the interesting by-blows from the widely publicised story this week on Representative Jim McDermott's proposal to raise revenues for training and foster home funding through the legalisation and taxing of online gambling, was…