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November 10, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Since mid-July, when the final nine players in the World Series of Poker Main Event was decided, poker fans have been waiting to see the resumption of action after a 117-day hiatus at the behest of television executives. On a grey and rainy Sunday morning this weekend, their patience…

November 10, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The British online and land gambling group Rank plc received a welcome financial boost totalling £59.1 million this week, courtesy of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. The refund was in respect of overpaid VAT over a period of five-and-a-half years between January 2003 and June 2008, and has been…

November 10, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Both Mac and Windows online gambling fans are being invited to take the latest Orbis Technology-powered online casino for a spin this week, perhaps sampling some of the unusual incentives of free strip shows as well as monetary bonuses available at Roulette 69.com. With a decided theme emphasis on pin-up…

November 10, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Providing a new venue for Euro/U.S. dollar/GBP and even South African Rands online casino wagering, Vegas Sky Casino.com debuted recently, powered by Rival Software and offering almost 80 games. The new site is owned and operated by the Folkestone, Kent-based Silverstone Overseas Limited, which has a stable of online casinos…

November 10, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- One of the problems that William Hill plc CEO Ralph Topping inherited when he took over the U.K. online and land gambling group earlier this year was the extensive debt burden the firm is carrying. In an increasingly credit-restricted economy the company was this week negotiating the re-financing of…

November 10, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Irish gambling company Power Poker has discontinued betting facilities on whether the U.S. president-elect Senator Barack Obama will be assassinated during his first term of office, U.K. media reported over the weekend. Offering odds on such an event was generally met with distaste from the media, and characterized…

November 10, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Police in Kuantan, the capital of Pahang state in Malaysia, have continued their clean-up raids of cyber-cafes suspected of offering Internet gambling to patrons (see previous reports) with the arrest of another 17 people in the Gabang area. Police spokesman Asst Comm Mohd Jasmani Yusoff said that the arrests occured…

November 10, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Dublin-based online gambling software provider CryptoLogic has signed an exclusive multi-year agreement with NextGen Gaming, a respected Australian independent developer of slot games for the international gambling industry. CryptoLogic will collaborate with NextGen to develop new branded slot games for the company, and in return, NextGen will provide branded games…

November 10, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Greek gambling monopoly OPAP wasted no time last week in carrying out a threat by its CEO to take legal action against Stanleybet's new betting shops in the country. Barely a week after the shop doors were opened, the local police raided the premises, arrested two employees and…

November 10, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The sources that confidently asserted that the UltimateBet and Absolute Poker cheating scandals expose would be on the November 9 edition of the television program '60 Minutes' apparently got it wrong. The program that aired last night did not feature the much-anticipated expose, and there is no indication as…