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December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- One of online poker's most exciting and audacious players, Tom "Durrr" Dwan, has enjoyed another spectacularly successful weekend, winning over $1.3 million by multi-tabling at Full Tilt over a few hours in some action-packed -- and profitable -- Internet poker. Playing NLHE $500/1000, Omaha PL $500/1000 and Mixed HA $500/1000…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- RMRoyal Media has launched a new no-download Rummy network under the name RummyRoyal.net. The founding company claims that the network is autonomous from the RummyRoyal.com platform and is targeted on the casual gaming market.  Players can hone their skills in one or more of the wide variety of Rummy…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Finishing 2008 in style this week, and getting 2009 off to a running start, William Hill Casino player SimonB cracked a sublime £227,054 progressive jackpot on the Pharaoh's Treasure slot ... on a 40p winning line! The thirty-something Staffordshire online player's initial stake took him to the King Tut's Tomb…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Swedish Entraction poker network has launched a new €100,000 main prize live tournament branded the European Masters of Poker in conjunction with some of the most exclusive land-based casinos in Europe. The tournament will consist of a series of five live poker tournaments starting at the Olympic Casino in…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Mansion group online subsidiary Circus Casino.co.uk has announced a new initiative to have the game of poker recognized as an Olympic sport; initially as a demonstration sport in 2012 and then as a main event in 2016. Buoyed by a public Internet campaign, the online gaming company is hoping to…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- A Swedish university research program will soon be working with social networking community websites in a research bid to learn more about how the Internet affects the way Swedish teens build their norms and values, reports The Local.se. Lund University plans to work with The Pirate Bay, the Svenska Pokerförbundet…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Without giving any reasons for the action, a press statement from Playtech's iPoker network over the weekend informed interested parties that NoIQ Poker and Carlos Poker are to be removed from the network on January 24th. The terse statement reads: "iPoker has, following discussions with Tain, decided to remove Carlos…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The British national lottery operator Camelot had the embarassing problem of explaining a four-hour computer crash Saturday which deprived many would-be lotto players of the opportunity to take a ticket, either in retail outlets or over the Internet. A Camelot spokesman insisted there was no question of the draws being…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Two Australian public figures -- a charity campaigner and a politician -- have lashed out at online betting exchange Betfair for advertising on Boxing Day on grounds that the material impinged on family interest subjects like cricket and were therefore dangerous to children and teenagers. The two criticized the Nine…

December 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The United States' incoming Obama Administration's announcement that Eric Holder is to be appointed Attorney General of the United States may moderate expectations that the new president might take a more liberated approach to Internet gambling.  Although well qualified professionally for the post, Holder's past associations with lobbyists for…