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October 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- One of the world's top poker pros, 34-year-old Monaco-based Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen, has been causing havoc in the big money online poker action at Full Tilt.com, earning a million dollars in a single day at one stage, reports the HighStakesDb.com poker information site. And playing against some…

October 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Paddy Power Irish Masters Championship has been won by relative unknown player Fiachra Meere of Limerick, who survived a field of 423 poker hopefuls to scoop the €150,000 main prize. The championship was part of the Irish Winter Festival and provided a fitting close this week for the…

October 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Charles Cohen, CEO at mobile gambling specialist provider Probability plc announced half year 2008 pre-tax profits of £166,000 this week, an impressive turnaround from the same period in 2007 when the company recorded a loss of £585,000. Cohen used the opportunity to reveal that the company will be expanding…

October 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The gregarious CEO of the Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LGA) in Malta, which handles the regulation and licensing of large numbers of Europe-facing online gambling operations, Mario Galea has resigned with immediate effect, according to a brief notice on the LGA website this week. The LGA Board of Directors has…

October 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- The Times Online and specialized music industry media are extensively reporting an embezzlement case in which managers for a top classical musician and composer are alleged to have misappropriated a claimed £447,000 to finance online gambling activities at unidentified websites. Michael and Judith Arnold, both in their seventies, had worked…

October 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- Always innovative, the 3D online poker website PKR.com has come up with a marketing scheme aimed at getting singles to the virtual tables. The company has inked a deal with UK dating site Lovestruck.com aimed at bringing singles together in a series of online and face-to-face poker nights, starting…

October 30, 2008 (InfoPowa News) -- A Greek betting barney appears to be imminent following a statement this week from U.K.-based fixed odds gambling group Stanleybet International confirming that, in defiance of the Greek monopoly on gambling held by OPAP, it has opened up two betting shops in the country. OPAP Chief Executive Christos Hadjiemmanuil was…

Le fournisseur de jeu Chartwell, vient de s'associer à Extrabet, une filiale de IG Group Holdings PLC, pour créer le premier casino licencié par la Commission des Jeu de Hasards britannique (UK Gambling Commission).La technologie de Chartwell a été passée au crible et a été soumise à un processus de certification complet par le régulateur…

Les soirées poker pour célibataires commenceront avec une soirée spéciale poker afin que les membres de PKR.com et de Lovestruck.com puissent se rencontrer et apprendre à jouer. La soirée d'inauguration aura lieu le jeudi 6 novembre dans un bar branché de Londres.L'idée est certainement à étudier, parce qu'en effet le poker est un jeu social,…