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November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- After four tough days and 540 opponents, Nottingham, England player Will Fry (28) won the inaugural PokerStars EPT Hungary trophy over the weekend, taking home a check for €595,839 as a well-deserved reward. In fact, the final table of the well-supported tourney went quickly compared with the four days…

November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Malaysian media reports over the weekend indicate that authorities are considering a significant tightening of regulations on massage parlours, which in some cases are being used as fronts for prostitution and illegal online gambling.   Officials in Kuantan have already warned operators that they will not hesitate to revoke…

November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Germany's large gambling market has a new Internet destination this week following the launch of the Mansion group's Casino.com in the German language at de.casino.com.  The Gibraltar-licensed and Playtech-powered website offers daily cash prizes, weekly promotions, and regular big money bonuses as well as a range of game-specific and…

November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Swedish-listed online gambling software provider Net Entertainment has turned in another sterling set of quarterly and year-to-date results, with rising after-tax profits and substantially improved revenues. Highlights in the Year To Date numbers for the nine months to end September include: • Revenue for the nine-month period increased by 50…

November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Speaking at the Palais Omnisports de Bercy in Paris, where he was briefed on the arrangements to combat betting made by the French Tennis Federation (FFT) during the Masters Series, French Budget Minister Eric Woerth said that legislation and regulations on Internet sports betting are expected to be in…

November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Horseracing in Tasmania has produced record turnover of AU $498 million for 2007/08 -- up an impressive 30 percent compared to the previous year -- and it's largely due to a deal with betting exchange company Betfair, which brought in business from outside Australia, reports the Thoroughbred Times. TOTE Tasmania's…

November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The German betting company JAXX AG has reason to be pleased with the performance of its relatively new Spanish lottery subsidiary DigiDis, which is out-performing predictions and could be delivering business worth $30 million by 2009. JAXX, which owns 70 percent of DigiDis, released a statement at the end of…

November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- San Diego-based Mahjong Time, which provides software for the ancient Chinese game, will soon be delivering the tile action by mobile technology following a deal with specialist wireless technology firm Phantom Fiber. Under the terms of the deal, Phantom Fiber will receive an integration fee and will then share…

November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The state gambling monopoly in Norway, Norske Tipping AS, will have a new and permanent Chief Executive Officer by the beginning of 2009. Former veterinary expert and hospital administrator Torbjørn Almlid (58) has been appointed to the post, according to an announcement from the company. He replaces acting CEO…

November 3, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Max Drayman, the disputes mediator at online gambling information site Casinommeister.com, issued a rare warning against an Internet casino operator last week after being given the runaround for some time.  The main complaint involved a player who had been unsuccessfully trying to get a legitimate payout of some $33,500…