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Internet Gambling Legislation Costly and Un-American
Counterpoint: Bill is costly to taxpayers — and un-American TCPalm By MICHAEL BOLCEREK guest columnist June 27, 2006 Congressional Republicans in Washington remain obsessed with banning Internet poker, and a prohibition bill will hit the House floor within days. Unfortunately, Florida’s own Rep. Dave Weldon is on the record favoring a ban. The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act (HR 4777), sponsored by Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and co-sponsored by Rep. -
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Washington State Law Comes Under Fire From Free Speech Advocates
Free speech advocates speak out about “absurd” Washington State online gambling law Christopher Costigan, www.gambling911.
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Prestige Casino and Ruby Bingo Added In ‘Cash Give-Away’ Promotion
News Released: June 27, 2006 Two New Casinos Added In ‘Cash Give-Away’ Promotion (PRLEAP.COM) Prestige Casino, a hugely respected and well established casino is offering a massive first deposit bonus of 200% to all new players and Ruby Bingo is offering a special 5 dollar bonus claimed through a special bonus code that can be found exclusively at the website.
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Couple Hit the Love Jackpot with Jackpotjoy's Online Bingo
25 June 2006 (PRWEB) June 25, 2006 — Nowadays the internet plays an integral part in just about everybody’s lives and people are using the net for an ever-growing number of reasons. Therefore it came as no surprise when the internet played a major role in bringing two regular people together – dating sites have been doing this already for some time now.
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Belle Rock Entertainment Hits the Jackpot with Four New Casino Games
GIBRALTAR, June 28 /PRNewswire/ – – New games entice players to have their cake and eat it too, the Mad Hatters Video Slot is first to join the party! Today Belle Rock Entertainment has added an element of fantasy to the already fantastic games lineup on its network of casinos.
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New Online Games Added at PartyGaming
PartyGaming is a year old as a listed company and things are smoothing out after a rocky beginning on the London Stock Exchange. This is due in part to the extremely favorable financial gains in first quarter revenue and a record number of new player registrations at their sites. The fast growing company has now added a new product to their stable, PartyGammon.
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NEW MICROGAMING GAMES ARE HERE AND JACKPOT FACTORY HAS THEM NOW!
If you’re searching for the new games released by Microgaming this month, you don’t have to look any further than Jackpot Factory! All 4 newly released games are available now at All Slots Casino, All Jackpots Casino, First Web Casino and Wild Jack Casino. Take your choice of the madly entertaining Madhatter or shoot for the stars with Starscape.
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Online Gambling: Retool state law
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 seattlepi.com SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD Washington legislators would do well to retool their new Internet gambling law before the courts do it for them. The law, which took effect June 7, seems to unjustifiably threaten free speech rights. It makes it a felony if someone “knowingly transmits or receives gambling information” online.
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New state online gambling law raises doubts
Monday, June 26, 2006 Seattle Post-Intelligencer / seattlepi.com New state online gambling law raises doubts Some legal experts say it’s too broad to hold up in court By BLYTHE LAWRENCE AND TRACY JOHNSON P-I REPORTERS Weeks after a new state law about online gambling took effect, some legal experts are questioning whether it would hold up in court. The new law echoes a federal law that already makes Internet gambling illegal and upped the crime to a felony.
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The Most Successful Online Gambling Web Site
ABC News: Nightline By MARTIN BASHIR Online Gambling Is Illegal in the United States, but That Has Not Stopped Owner Calvin Ayre June 23, 2006 — A battalion of bulletproof vehicles speeds around the dusty streets of Costa Rica. Security is paramount — the president is in town. The president, that is, of the Bodog Entertainment Group, whose Bodog.com is the most successful gambling Web site on the planet, where you can bet on horses or play endless games of poker.
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World Championship of Online Bingo Attracts Record Numbers
After week two of the Bingohall.com World Championship of Online Bingo, 70 lucky players have already qualified to compete for what looks set to be the most coveted prize in the history of bingo on the Internet. The first two weekly Semi Final Freerolls attracted a record number of participants, all trying to win their way to the World Championship of Online Bingo Main Event on July 20, 2006, where the World Champion of Online Bingo will be crowned.
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eCOGRA LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE WITH TOPICAL MONTHLY POLLS AND PLAYER NEWSLETTER
LONDON, JUNE 20, 2006 – While more than 30 million people around the world love to gamble online, many don’t know where to seek out reliable information on trustworthy poker and casino sites. eCOGRA, the award winning, self-regulatory body of the online gaming industry and purveyor of the coveted “Play It Safe” seal, today announced the launch of its new Web site at www.ecogra.org.
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Thunder Rolls and Lightning Strikes as InterCasino.Com Rolls Out More Action Hero Slots and Market-First Casino Games
Wednesday June 14, 8:30 am ET Mighty Super Heroes, Thor and Silver Surfer, Blast Onto InterCasino Along With the First-Ever Online Casino Version of Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker LONDON, June 14 /PRNewswire/ — InterCasino.com is the new home for Norse deities and intergalactic cosmic justice, as the celebrated online casino and safest place to play online, is rolling new bonus pack games to their award-winning lineup — including new Thor and Silver Surfer-themed slots.
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Caribbean nation pushing for talks with U.S. over Internet gambling restrictions
ThoroughbredTimes.com In a document made public on Tuesday, the twin island Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda pressed for discussions with the United States over its restrictions on Internet gambling. The U.S. did not meet an April 3 deadline to comply with a 2004 World Trade Organization ruling that found the U.S.
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PartyGaming Executive Added as World Poker Congress Keynoter
Friday June 16, 8:00 am ETLAS VEGAS, June 16 /PRNewswire/ — The merging of online and live poker rooms continues at the World Poker Congress with the addition of Vikrant Bhargava, the group marketing director for PartyGaming, the market leader in online gambling, as a keynote speaker.
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"WAR" IS A LOT OF FUN AT ASTRO BINGO!
Astro Bingo players can compete in a host of chat room specials that not only add to the overall experience of online bingo, but also afford the chance to pick up additional bonus points. One of those games is “Bingo War,” a friendly competition that pits the three chat rooms at Astro Bingo – USA, Zodiac and Tutti-Fruity – against each other.
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Antigua hits back at US gaming laws
Financial Times/FT.com By Frances Williams in Geneva Published: June 14 2006 03:00 | Last updated: June 14 2006 03:00 The tiny Caribbean island state of Antigua and Barbuda has taken the first steps to haul the US back before the world trade court in a long-running dispute over internet gambling. Antigua, which has a population of 68,000, says Washington has failed to comply with a World Trade Organisation ruling last year that US internet gambling laws discriminate against foreign suppliers.
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European Gaming Briefing sparks debate over gaming controls
IGamingBusiness07-06-06Clarion ATE’s 2nd annual European Gambling Briefing (EGB) in Brussels, Belgium last week, saw 150 gaming industry professionals gather for two days of debate over greater gaming controls. Wes Himes opened the conference highlighting unprecedented changes in the European legal scene, before introducing the day’s opening speakers, MEP’s Jacques Toubon and Christofer Fjellner.
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Lucky Blackpool Bingo Player Scoops First ever Jackpot of over £4260
(PRWEB) June 9, 2006 — Blackpool Bingo celebrates its first ever jackpot win this month with Donna (aka Heartz) scooping over £4260. Players at Blackpool Bingo get numerous chances to hit one of the big JP’s every day. Even with this recent big win the JP total still sits at over £3100 and is growing every day. Donna had this to say on the win – “I have played on lots of bingo sites but none have made me feel so welcome as Blackpool Bingo.
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Legalize online gambling
Doesn’t the federal government have better things to do than outlaw Internet betting on the Super Bowl? Los Angeles Times / latimes.com Editorial June 9 2006 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is due to vote soon on proposals to ban online gambling, and the deck seems stacked in favor of sound bites over sound policy. Federal law already outlaws businesses from using phone lines to place or receive bets across state lines, particularly when the bets are on sporting events.
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Tiki Bingo Player ‘cmonnow’ Wins Big During Mega Microwave Madness
(PRWEB) June 2, 2006 — Another online bingo player has been given a new Panasonic Microwave/Browner as part of Tiki Bingo’s (www.tikibingo.com) latest promotion, Mega Microwave Madness. Tiki Bingo player ‘cmonnow’ aka Marie won the final microwave.
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The Jackpot Factory Group Receives Online Gambling Certification
(PRWEB) June 5, 2006 — We have all heard the saying “good wine gets better with age,” and there is no better way to describe The Jackpot Factory. The group was founded in 1999, when it launched its first Microgaming powered online casino. Since then it has become one of the most respected online gambling operators in the world.
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Kiwi and Tiki Bingo Host 3rd Annual Bingo Cruise Contest
It’s that time of year again! Kiwi Bingo and Tiki Bingo is giving their players an opportunity to win a sweet all inclusive cruise in their 3rd Annual Bingo Cruise contest. The contest is based on collecting cruise points and you have until August 15th to collect as many points as you can so there’s lots and lots of time.
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Internet Bingo Hall Announces World Championship of Online Bingo
One of the Internet’s largest online bingo sites, Bingohall.com, today announced the launch of their First Annual World Championship of Online Bingo.
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Kiwi Bingo Showers Players with Winnings throughout May
(PRWEB) June 1, 2006 — Online bingo site Kiwi Bingo (www.kiwibingo.com) has once again showered players with winnings this month. During the month of May, fifteen Kiwi Bingo players won a whole range of great prizes including of a 32” HDTV, Dell computers plus over $35,000 just in bingo jackpots. During Mother’s Day weekend, Kiwi Bingo player Debbra aka BubbleGumBlu won an HDTV worth $1500 in Kiwi Bingo’s Cabana Café.
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Lucky Slots Player Wins Biggest Jackpot Ever at Online Bingo Site Bingohall.com
(PRWEB) June 1, 2006 — One of the Internet’s largest online bingo sites, Bingohall.com, ensured that one of their many lucky players enjoyed a memorable Day after winning over $88,000 playing slots. Peggy B.
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Playtech to Release Another Exclusive Game
Playtech to Release Another Exclusive Game Thursday June 1, 4:13 am ET NICOSIA, Cyprus, June 1 /PRNewswire/ — In line with ongoing efforts to expand its games portfolio and provide its licensees with new and attractive casino games, Playtech has recently released yet another exclusive casino game – Tequila Poker. This comes after the release of Playtech’s first exclusive and popular game Blackjack Switch, a game available solely to Playtech licensees.
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River Belle and The Gaming Club Online Casinos Voted Number 1!
Press Release Source: Belle Rock Entertainment Thursday June 1, 10:46 am ET Top Online Casinos as the winners of ‘Strictly Slots’ magazine’s 2006 Online Video Poker Awards announced GIBRALTAR, June 1 /PRNewswire/ — River Belle Online Casino and The Gaming Club Online Casino, both part of Belle Rock Entertainment, the super group of online casinos owned by Carmen Media, have been recognised for their gaming excellence in “Strictly Slots” magazine’s annu...
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Kiwi Casino Does it Again!
Kiwi Casino has done it again, only two weeks after one of their players walked away with $30,000 in their very first hour; another player has won over $6000 after playing just two hands of Three Card Poker.
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Politics of US gambling makes for odd bedfellows
Politics of US gambling makes for odd bedfellows By Edward Alden in Washington Published: May 26 2006 22:36 | Last updated: May 26 2006 22:36 Financial Times Of the 50 states in the US, in only two – Utah and Hawaii – is it impossible to find a place to gamble legally. Casinos dot America’s landscape, from the neon palaces of Las Vegas to some 400 more modest facilities on Indian reservations.
