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November 6, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- U.K. betting group Stanleybet International wants fair, open, and equal access to all European Community gambling markets for companies domiciled in EU member nations, and to this end has launched a Fair Play For Sports Betting campaign. The campaign director, Adrian Morris, fired the first broadside with an open letter…

November 6, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Full Tilt Poker.com traffic has recently soared to new heights, probably due to the start of the tenth edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series, which this time around is offering $15 million in guaranteed prize pools. According to independent poker-tracking statistics, the average number of players per a…

November 6, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Hard on the heels of press reports concerning an Ontario Superior Court settlement between the software provider Excapsa and Blast Off Limited this week (see previous report), the Kahnawake Gaming Commission has issued an official statement. The settlement forms a part of liquidation proceedings on Excapsa, which cannot realize the…

November 6, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- In what appears to be a reaction to the additional hassle of doing business in America following the Kentucky attempt to confiscate domain names, Vegas Affiliates has served notice that it will no longer accept new U.S. players. The online gambling group, which includes among its subsidiaries well established venues…

November 6, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Ashley Highfield will be joining the board of directors at U.K. gambling group William Hill plc as a non-executive director effective 17 November 2008, according to an announcement from the company this week.  Highfield is currently CEO of Project Kangaroo, the proposed three-way joint venture between the BBC, ITV…

November 6, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- U.K. football pools and online gambling group Sportech plc has announced the purchase of one of the U.K.'s leading football community websites, 4thegame.com, for £600,000. A statement from the company says the acquisition will strengthen the already strong online presence of The New Football Pools, a recently launched venture.  With…

November 6, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The expulsion of NextPoker.com from the Ongame poker network looks set to generate more income for the legal profession, with the poker website owners Abbantina Malta Limited considering legal action against the network for accusing it of rakeback violations. Abbantina issued a statement this week saying that the Ongame allegations…

November 6, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Previously an exclusively online poker operation, Devilfish Gaming announced this week that it has expanded into the online casino milieu with two new online casinos, each powered by a different gambling software provider. Regulated by Alderney, Fire Casino comes with the acclaimed WagerWorks software, whilst the Malta-licensed Ice Casino carries…

Vegas Affiliates, un afiliado del proveedor de software Microgaming, ha informado que no aceptará clientes de los EEUU desde el día 10 de noviembre.Los casinos en línea de Vegas Affiliates incluyen el Grand Hotel Casino, Colosseum Casino, Vegas Joker Casino, Vegas Country Casino, Vegas Slot Casino y Vegas 7 Casino. Todos los jugadores de los…

El sitio Web del desarrollador de software Microgaming tuvo problemas técnicos el martes por la mañana y culpaban a la confiscación que amenaza realizar el gobernador de Kentucky.Parece que la  empresa Microgaming es uno de los blancos más grandes en el caso de los operadores de sitios Web de póquer en línea.“[Gobernador Beshear] tiene a…