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November 6, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- It appears that the ban on new U.S. player sign-ups at Microgaming-powered online casinos and poker rooms is wider than the Vegas Affiliates communication reported earlier. The number of reports that other licensees are following a similar path is growing, and although no comment has yet been made by…

November 6, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- With the U.S. electoral shake-up now history, InfoPowa takes a look at the losers and winners among American politicians with whom online gamblers have become familiar. The current round of voting decided on the fates of a third of the Senate incumbents and all of the House of Representatives,…

November 6, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Reports earlier this week in the Bermuda newspaper The Royal Gazette that the government is considering setting up buisiness as an online gambling jurisdiction have been followed by warning signals from the Bermuda official opposition party concerned that U.S. reaction may be unfavorable to Bermuda's financial services industry. Shadow Finance…

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…