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Kentucky Gambling Bill Killed by Senate
The Kentucky State Senate failed to pass legislation requiring a constitutional amendment on any expansion of gambling in the state. The vote was along strict party lines. -
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32Red Casino has Been Acquired by Nedplay
This is an interesting turn of events. We hope that it works out for all involved. (Free-Press-Release.com) January 21, 2010 — 32Red is today pleased to announce that Nedplay casino becomes part of the award-winning gaming operator’s group of casinos.
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IGaming Community Called to Aid Haiti by Calvin Ayre
I think this is fantastic!!! A big KUDDOS to all that participate!!! We need more people like this, what a better world it would be. LONDON, England — (PRESS RELEASE) — No one watching the news in the past week could have ignored the cries and pleas for help coming from one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere – Haiti.
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GTECH G2 Side Games Launched by Virgin Casino
Here is some of your favorite land based casino games now online, like Bar X Majic 7 and more. 18-01-2010 (Stockholm, Sweden) – Virgin Casino has added four more games from the GTECH G2 side games portfolio. The Electrocoin Bar X Magic launched at the popular UK casino several weeks ago and now four more proven popular games have been added: Triple Chance Hi Lo, Casino Dice, Spin Win, Aces High, Bingo Keno Extreme.
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Controversy with Harry Reid Could Change Online Gambling in the US
If the GOP has their way and force the resignation of Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, regulated online gambling may be one step closer to reality. Senator Reid has fought hard to keep online gambling illegal, in order to protect the gaming interests of his home state of Nevada. If he were no longer in Washington, many believe Rep. Barney Frank’s proposal for regulated internet gambling would have a much better chance of passage.
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Legalizing Internet Gambling Bill for New Jersey
The State of New Jersey may be joining the squabble over legalizing internet gaming. State Senator Raymond Lesniak has introduced bill S3167, which would make it legal to play and bet on the games of poker, roulette, baccarat, mini baccarat, craps, blackjack, slots, pai gow, red dog, and sic bo.
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Haiti Relief Poker Tournament by Doyles Room Online Poker
Attention all online poker players. Want to help the cause in Haiti and still player poker? Then have we got the perfect deal for you. DoylesRoom.com is giving all of its proceeds from this Wednesday’s $50,000 Bounty tournament to a relief organization. In addition, it is going to match all bounty money won and will add additional funds to help the relief work in Haiti. That is a potential total of $50,000 to be donated to the Haiti relief efforts.
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2009 Online Gambling Dispute Stats Released by eCOGRA
This is all checked and done for the benefit to the players for approved online sites.
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Microgaming Upgrade Rejected by Casino Rewards
I am sure this came as a disappointment to Microgaming, but looking out for the players interests always comes first! LAS VEGAS, Nevada — (PRESS RELEASE) — A planned upgrade by game software provider Microgaming has been rejected by CasinoRewards.com in an effort to maintain the best user experience across its 19 online casino brands.
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Barney Frank Heads up Internet Gambling Regulation
HOT news right off the press!! KUDDOS to Barney Frank!! Let’s all of us stand behind him and show our support in this matter.
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The Sentencing of David Carruthers
David Carruthers’ ordeal is finally over. Or soon will be in 33 months. That is the length of the sentence handed down to him by Judge Carol E. Jackson of the Missouri Eastern district Court following a plea agreement between David Carruthes and federal prosecutors yesterday. He has been confined to a hotel in St. Louis, MO.
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Pennsylvania Gambling Law Update
I know that Pennsylvania casino players are happy with this news! Hopefully other states will follow. LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell is expected to sign a bill into law today that will allow the state’s slot machine-only casinos to add table games to gaming floors. The new law will allow large Pennsylvania casinos to add up 250 table games each and smaller resort style casinos can add 50 games each.
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Delaware Casinos Resist Further Competition
The gaming industry and the State of Delaware are finding themselves at a crossroads in today’s downturn economy. The State of Delaware has three operating casinos. In today’s economy, they are finding it extremely difficult to maintain their revenue income.The State of Delaware, likewise, is also trying to beef up its flagging revenues. With the slippage of revenue income from the three casinos, the state is looking to increase the number of operating casinos in the state.
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USA Players Lose Another One
The year 2009 saw many examples of Uncle Sam flexing his anti-online gambling muscles. It saw the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) poised to come into full effect, as well as many crackdowns and prosecutions of varying kinds.With all this evil attention given to the gaming community, it is no wonder that the year 2009 saw many gambling centers and casinos pull from the U.S. market. One of the biggest, Golden Casino, pulled out of the U.S. market near the end of 2009.
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Win A Day Has a New Slots
If you love to shop then you will love this one! It is time to go shopping!!! LONDON, England — (PRESS RELEASE) — In the midst of the biggest shopping season of the year, Win A Day Casino has launched a new slot machine dedicated to the dedicated shopper. The new Reel De Luxe is a 5 reel, 25 payline slot machine with a luxurious shopping theme, wild symbols, 2 special bonus features and a bonus game.
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Confused Kentucky Rakes in Millions on Lottery Win!
It looks like there were three lucky winners in the Power ball Lottery drawing Saturday night. A single ticket for the grand prize of $128.6 million was sold in Georgetown, Kentucky. The person who bought the winning ticket is obviously one lucky winner.Winner number two is the Federal Government. If the winner collects the winnings all in one lump sum, it would be around $60 million.
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Network Issues with Interactive Playnet and YouGot Bingo
Attention!! Attention!! All of you players who are signed up at bingo sites such as Churchill Bingo, Bingo Boat, and Bulldog Bingo. Oh the news that has come to light in the last few day concerning Interactive PlayNet and YouGotBingo networks. A few days ago, Interactive PlayNet, the software provider for the YouGotBingo network, went belly up. An email has indicated that there is another party interested, but it is merely speculation as to who that party is.
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Betsson Forced to Close Betting Shop by Court Ruling
Betsson, after 1.5 years of operation, has been ordered to shut down operations as the result of a ruling by the Swedish Administrative Court of Appeals on December 7th. Betsson faces fines of €250,000 if the operation is not shut down. As a result, Betsson will close up shop on the 22nd of December at 11:00 AM. The courts ruling implies that Betsson will be fined whether they appeal or not.
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Uncertainty for Casinos Future in Macau
Macau, China, the Las Vegas of the Far East, is looking at a very uncertain future. Fernando Chui took over the office of Macau Chief Executive today. And his orders from China are to rein in growth spurts and to come up with other ways to maintain economic expansion other than casino gambling.
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Motion to Amend Internet Gambling Complaint by Kentucky
The Kentucky internet gambling case just keeps getting weirder by the day. On Wednesday, Kentucky Commonwealth attorneys filed a motion to add parties to its original complaint, which the Kentucky State Supreme Court heard in October.
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California Man Wins Big on Keno at DoylesCasino
Talk about picking the right numbers, this man sure did. Merry Christmas to him!!! Keno player from Fremont, California wins $100,000 after all 10 of his Keno numbers are picked Las Vegas, Nevada – December 15, 2009 – With a powerful name associated with it, DoylesCasino.com has established itself as one of the most trustworthy online casino destinations around.
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MGM Grand at Foxwoods and Foxwood Casino’s November Slots Report
Well it does not look like the economy has affected these casinos much at all. They seem to keep on thriving. The small drop with them is not much compared to others. MASHANTUCKET, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods today reported to the Connecticut State Division of Special Revenue that the property took in $53.7 million in slot machine gaming revenue.
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Major Win at 32Red Casino
I love to see wins like this! Congratulations to the winner!! GIBRALTAR, December 10 /PRNewswire/ — 32Red Casino , the award-winning Gibraltar based online casino, today revealed details on how a lucky player won over GBP25,000 from a free bet on a slot machine shortly after joining. The player, Brett Hill, was playing the Major Millions slot machine at 32Red when he hit the three jackpot symbols, triggering the GBP25,000 payout and changing Brett’s Christmas instantly.
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eCOGRA Software Accreditation Goes to Greentube
This Austrian software provider commissions full range of eCOGRA services.This is the eCOGRA release:London, 9 December 2009 – Austrian software developer Greentube I.E.S AG has joined the growing number of online gambling software providers that have passed a professional inspection and review process by the independent player protection and standards body eCOGRA.
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Investigation Launched by Grand Prive Group
eCOGRA was commissioned to investigate Affiliates Program closure. This was released today by eCOGRA: London, 7 December 2009 – The Grand Privé group has been following the often inaccurate information exchanges on the Internet regarding the closure of Grand Privé Affiliates with interest, mindful of its reputation as a responsible and respectable business.
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Experts Testified Before the House
Now is everyone’s chance to be heard on how you feel on the subject of online Gambling. We all need to speak now or forever hold our peace so to say.
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$28.2 Million Fine For BetOnSports
If you are keeping score, mark one up for the government. On Tuesday, BetOnSports, the giant gambling house brought down by federal prosecutors, was sentenced to probation and a fine of $28.2 million. However, BetOnSports is in debt up to it’s eyeballs, owing many millions more than it has, so it is doubtful it will pay any of the fine according to lawyers on both sides. It is estimated that it still owes seven to eight million dollars to U.S.
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Internet Gambling Ban Delayed Update
We are all very hopeful for the online gambling industry! This turn of events is definitely in our favor. According to the Associate Press Agencies cite support for new legislation to clarify the current laws in the UIGEA Bill. The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling. The two agencies said Friday that the new rules, which were to take effect on Dec.
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Online Gambling Ban Hearing for December 3rd
And the fight is on!!! Barney Frank is scheduled to go before the Financial Services Committee on December the 3rd.There will be testimony to repeal the UIGEA and to stop the regulations from going into effect on Dec. 1st. Frank is the Chairman and will lead the hearing. Frank is for licensing and regulating online gambling.
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Chapter 11 Filed by Gary Casino
Sometimes it makes you wonder what these companies are really up to.
