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Washington State Court Upholds State Gambling Ban
Lee Rousso, is an avid online poker player, the Poker Players Alliance Washington State’s Director, a lawyer and is fighting the online gambling ban in Washington State through the court system. His central argument against the internet gambling ban is, “The central argument is that Washington State’s statute that bans internet poker is protectionist in nature. It protects in-state businesses from out of state competition. The Commerce Clause of the U.S. -
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Canadian Players Banned from Certain Online Casinos
Could all the legal online gambling action involving Canada lead to some online casinos to drop Canadian players? This could be one explanation to the sudden emails sent out by Bwin Interactive, Paddy Power and Casino Club announcing they will no longer take Canadian players effective Sept. 24th 2010. Another interesting development is that all these casinos run the Boss Media software. There is no explanation in the email about why other than citing “new regulations” as the cause.
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Bodog Casino One Day Winners Total Over $115,000
Bodog casino has a lot of great things going for it including fantastic sign up bonuses, loyalty programs and tournaments along with an abundance of games to choose from and of course big jackpots with lots of money to give away. Case in point, Bodog paid out over $115,421 in one day alone. Out of all this money 5 were paid for online slot jackpots. The biggest daily winner was Jack H. from Texas. While playing Aztec’s Treasure, Jack hit it big winning $50,915.
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RIP Spearmaster - Ted Loh
Guys, I am just about speechless. Earlier this week, Spearmaster, Ted Loh, passed away after a struggle with cancer. Ted is well known in the industry. He was the first affiliate I ever met in person, and he made me feel welcome. Ted was outspoken and straight forward. He spoke his mind, even in situations where most people didn’t share his views.
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Sportingbet PLC to Forfeit $33 million to Settle U.S. Online Gambling Charge
UK Internet gambling company Sportingbet Plc agreed today to forfeit $33 million that it provided to US customers in a deal that they hope will allow the company to resume U.S. online gambling operations sometime in the future if the laws are changed. According to a statement made by Sportingbet as part of this agreement with New York, the company offered online gambling to U.S. residents from 1996 to Oct. 2006.
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Online Poker Affected After California State Sen. Wright Indicted?
What a difference a week makes. California State Senator Roderick Wright (D- Inglewood) seemed to be a light for legalized online poker in the state has now been indicted by a grand jury on eight counts including filing a false declaration of candidacy, voter fraud and perjury beginning back in 2007. If convicted, Wright faces up to eight years and four months in state prison. He pleaded not guilty and was released after posting bail of $45,000. His next court date is October 8th.
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Goldwater Bank To Forfeit $734,000 in Online Gambling Case
Today the bank Ahmad Khawaja and his two firms Allied Systems and Allied Wallet reportedly used to transfer funds to players online poker sites, as agree to forfeit assets.
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Games & Casino News
PokerStars 50 Billionth Hand Dealt Event!
PokerStars is sponsoring a 50 Billionth Hand Dealt event, and when this milestone is reached players will get cash and free tickets to the WCOOP Main Event on September 26th! The PokerStars 50 Billionth Hand Dealt event has four categories to choose from and all poker players can enter to make extra cash.
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Goblin's Treasure Slots - Newest RTG Slot Game!
New Goblin’s Treasure slots are live today.
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Daniel Tzvetkoff Released from New York Jail
The Australian businessman Daniel Tzvetkoff has been released from a New York jail according to news.com.au. The 27 year old had been charged with money laundering, conspiracy to launder, fraud and conspiracy to defraud.
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Royal Vegas Casino Offers an Extra $10 Free!
Join Royal Vegas Casino as a new player now and get an extra $10 free for playing The Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring slots, on top of their regular bonus offers of up to $1,200 free! This is a treat, and if you’ve ever played the new Lord of the Rings slot game the extra ten credits will surely help, plus you’ll have a blast playing.
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Two New Vegas Technology Slots!
The latest Vegas Technology games are, Agent Cash slots the first of its kind with 5-reels and 30-lines, and Paradise Riches slot as another 5-reel 25-payline game.
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Indian Casinos to Have Legal Online Poker in U.S.
Legal internet poker is coming to the United States, at least on tribal land. In a press release today, Atlantis Internet Group Corp. announced a licensing agreement with Cake Gaming NV which will allow Native American casinos across 30 states to legally play poker online.
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Mega Moolah Progressive Online Slot Hits for $4.1 Million
The jackpot of the very popular Mega Moolah Summertime progressive online slot has been hit for $4,170,128. In a press release from Crazy Vegas, the casino manager Trevor Penn says: “CrazyVegas.com is delighted to announce this latest and most dramatic Mega Moolah win on the Microgaming Network.
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High Noon Casino - New RTG Online Casino!
High Noon Casino is hot off the press today offering $60 free to all players and a 200% first deposit bonus up to $2,000 free! See a fresh new look to RTG casinos with High Noon’s rustic wild-west scenes; in their promotions, which show a moving train, horses and carriage, and a river boat. And in their games preview, where tumble-weeds tumble and old western buildings store all the goodies.
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Blanca Games Acquires the Cereus Poker Network
Stuart Gordon’s led Blanca Games, Inc has acquired the Cereus Poker Network the third largest online poker network. The acquisition includes the network operations, software and the two brands, Absolute Poker (AP) and Ultimate Bet (UB). According to Gordon the Chief Executive Officer of Blanca Games in their press release, “The acquisition of Cereus is a significant opportunity for us. Cereus is a major platform of well-managed assets.
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Online Gambling Changes in South Africa, Holland and Nova Scotia
What to do with online gambling has been a hot topic with cash strapped states, provinces and countries lately. California recently wrestled with it, some provinces in Canada have embraced it with others to follow suit and many other European countries have chimed in on one side or the other. South Africa, Holland and Nova Scotia have been the latest to headline the online gambling news.
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Play Doo-Wop Daddy-O Slots at Rival Gaming Casinos!
Doo-Wop Daddy-O slots are live today, offering two hip-hop bonus rounds in its 5-reels and 20-pay lines, plus psychedelic wilds and scatters in a 50’s era slot game.
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PlayNow.com Re-Launches for Online Gamblers
After more than a month of being shut down due to a security breach just hours into their launch, PlayNow.com re-launched right before the weekend under much less fan fair. According to the British Columbia Lottery Corporation CEO Michael Graydon, the approval was given following a review by consulting firm Deloitte and the site had permission to be back online at 7p.m Thursday.By 10 p.m., the site was still not online however and a check at 2a.m. Friday found it still not online.
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Play La Roulette - Win A Day Casino's New Roulette Game
Play La Roulette at Win A Day casino, a new Slotland software game.
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Tribes Coming Together For California Online Gambling
It looks like support is coming together for one last push for legalized online gambling in California. The question now: Is there enough time? There is less than two weeks left for any bill to pass the state Legislature but the Morongo Band of Mission Indians is trying to form a coalition to get it done. According to Morongo spokesman Patrick Dorinson, 21 tribes have either signed up for or sent documents in to join the California Online Poker Association.
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$13.3 Million Forfeited In Online Gambling Case
In a story released through the Dow Jones Newswires, the defendants in the online gambling money laundering case have agreed to forfeit $13.3 million, The money was seized by the U.S. Government from two online gaming payment processors, Allied Wallet Inc. and Allied Systems Inc. both owned by Ahmad Khawaja. The FBI says this is just a small portion of what was run through the business for the first half of 2009.
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Betfair Launches new iPad App
Betfair has gotten into the Apple app business and has launched a new gambling application for the iPad. For those mobile gamblers in the U.S., no need to get excited and search long hours in your iTunes store, it is not available in the United States. This app has only been launched to the residents of the UK and Ireland. The Betfair app uses GPS to make sure the bets are being placed from the proper region.
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Is Online Gambling in Alberta Far Off?
It seems the domino effect is going strong in North America as far as regulating online gambling is concerned. British Columbia and Quebec already allow online gambling and Ontario will soon follow. Now it seems Alberta is at least looking to follow in the same path. Online gambling is legal in Canada but operating a site within its borders is not.
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$148,711 Luck Stars Progressive Online Slot Winner
“I’m so excited I can’t think straight. I’m sure not used to having that kind of spending money so I really don’t know what I’ll do with it! I’m terrible for spoiling my family. Can’t help it! So I’ll have some fun with this that’s for sure.
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NFL No Longer Opposing Legalized Online Gambling
As we have been writing about, Barney Frank’s HR 2267 seems to be gaining a lot of strength since it passed the House Financial Services Committee mark-up session. Since that day it has gained a new co-sponsor and now it has lost a major opponent the stood in the way of legalized online gambling. The influential NFL has softened its stance to legalized online gambling. The NFL has been linked to being a major influence in the passing of the UIGEA in 2006.
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Online Progressive Jackpot Hit at Golden Riviera
According to a press release from Golden Riviera Casino, AUD40,858.75 was one by a player only identified as MC. The online slot was the Treasure Nile 5 Reel Progressive Game. It seems that the Jackpots keep coming at Golden Riviera with a number of players over the last few months hitting for big wins. Emily Alessi, Casino Manager at Golden Riviera showed her excitement in a statement saying, “Congratulations MC. You make us proud by winning such great rewards at our casino.
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Ontario Also Looking at Legalized Online Gambling
On Saturday, The Star Canada’s largest daily newspaper, reported that Premier Dalton McGuinty’s administration is facing a $19.7 billion budget deficit. Due to this, McGuinty is looking into the possibility of Ontario expanding into the online gambling industry. The government needs money, and sources say legalizing online gambling could bring in up to $500 million a year.
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Still Can Get Great August Promotions at Giggle Bingo
There is one more chance to take advantage of Giggle Bingo’s Bank the Double Bonus Promotion for August. On August 30th, 2010 any and all deposits made guarantees you a double bonus cash reward. Giggle Bingo is quickly becoming one of the UK’s as well as the world’s most popular bingo hall. It is also not too late to get into their current promotion Crazy Carnival Promotion which is simple to play bingo. That’s how you win.
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HR226 Gets Another Co-Sponsor in Congressman John Campbell
Most are hailing the passing of HR 2267, The Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act last week as a victory for getting some kind of regulation for online gambling in the U.S. The next step is getting the consideration of the full House of Representatives. Today that next step got more support in the way of Congressman John Campbell (R-CA) who added his name to the growing list of co-sponsors to the bill that now total 70. In last week’s hearing Rep.
