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Is New Jersey bringing in online gambling?

2010-11-10T21:52:00.000-08:00

New Jersey state has been ranked second among the worst effected economies when compare to other states in he United States Of America.

Ever since the traumatic Recession of 2008, it has been observed that several unexpected moves to deregulate internet gambling and some surprising people backing legislation because of their belief in defending individual rights, as well as their belief that legalized online gambling could be a monster revenue-raiser.

The New Jersey Governor, Jon Corzine supported a lawsuit initiated by New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak declaring unconstitutional the federal ban on sports gambling. Current New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was a little more enthusiastic to throw his support in that direction.

Now the government of New Jersey is seriously seeking to lgalize online gambling on order to improve the financial viability of the state and come back strong from he reccession.

Dutch to bring in online gambling law

2010-10-11T22:28:00.000-07:00

The newly upcoming Dutch government has taken certain steps for legalizing online gambling in the country. The current government bans all forms of online gambling such as casinos, poker and other online betting activities.

Now, the new government has proposed legalizing online betting and further states that strict regulations will be implemented by offering few licenses to only quality operators, limiting the transactions to an extent and other important steps to curb minor from betting online.

Dutch is not the only country which is proposing legalization, as France had already done it by imposing strict law in their country.

Player win Lamborghini at PokerStars

2010-10-07T01:33:00.000-07:00

PokerStars, the largest online poker room in the world concluded its Million Dollar Lamborghini tournament on Sunday by giving away a class Lamborghini and lots of cash.

After a 2 months of long run, contestant leading up to the Oct. 3 Grand Final, 16,848 players took their virtual seats on Sunday for a chance at the sports car and a piece of the $250,000 prize pool.

The winner participant of the freeroll was marciocid from the country, Brazil. To go along with the $200k Lamborghini , the unknown online player pocketed $20k for the win.

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Full Tilt still accepts players from Washington

2010-10-06T02:41:00.000-07:00

A recent decision that came out from the the state of Washington court that any forms of online gambling is purely illegal no matter playing poker, casino or bingo online.

The court declared that any one breaching the law would be sentenced and has to pay heavy fines. This decision made the largest online poker room, PokerStars to withdraw from the Washington state and room stated that they would no longer operate in Washington.

The only room which showed guts was, FullTiltPoker . The room still accepts players from the US state of Washington and informed their players about it.

Full Tilt poker is taking a huge risk as the Washington state has been very strict in terms of gambling as minors are badly influenced by this.

One of the court officials stated that online gambling has been very addictive and we are totally concerned about the minors and adults of the state.

France passes online gambling bill

2010-04-13T00:29:00.000-07:00

A big news flowing in from France, that its government has passed the online gambling legalizing bill in the parliament, making all forms of games such as online poker, online casino, online sports betting and horse racing purely legal.

French has ended the monopolistic form of gambling with in its jurisdiction and allowed foreign owned entities to operate in their market with proper licensing and fees.

Strict rules ans regulations will be implemented for proper conducting of online gambling activities in the country.

Most Americans still against online gambling.

2010-03-15T22:16:00.000-07:00

A survey was conducted whether to legalize online gambling in America or not and the results were very disappointing for online gambling favorites.

It was revealed that every 2 out of 3 Americans want online gambling to be remained illegal. More than 1,000 people took part in the survey.

Barney Frank, introduced legislation that would legalize online gambling. Barney has been successful in delaying the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). It was supposed to go into effect at the end of last year. It's been delayed until June. Family advocates explain that Frank called for the delay in order to have time to overturn UIGEA.

The Fairleigh Dickinson poll also shows a majority oppose sports betting and the legalization of it for government revenues, according to Mike Faragher, a counselor with the Problem Gambling Treatment and Research Center.

Harrash Goes online with its casino launch.

2009-12-09T22:38:00.000-08:00

No need to give a brief intro about the giant offline casino company, Harrash, the biggest land based casino operating in United States. Harrash has been getting effected with the share presence of online gambling due to which the revenues tumbled and future was in dark.

Harrash, was keen in launching their online gambling portal in United States, which hold more than 80% of internet gambling share but due to on going UIGEA concerns, Harrash opted to start its online casino which will not accept US players until the law is clearly defined.

Its a bold step from the giant casino company which definitely boost the moral of online gambling sector.

Online gambling legalization could bring billions of dollars.

2009-11-04T22:01:00.001-08:00

According to a research report, US govt can generate an approximate of $40 billion in revenues if online gambling is legalized. Time is less as UIGEA rules will be fully implemented this December as we can already see US govt seizing gambling bank accounts and other money transfers.

Things are looking very dark for online gambling in United States but many congressmen are also supporting online gambling legalization bill which was formulated by Barney Frank and awaiting hearing in the senate. Around 60 co-sponsors have already added their name in support for Barney Frank's bill but time is running out as UIGEA is spreading its wings in US soil.

Barney Frank is trying utmost hard to eradicate UIGEA bill but given the time stream is less the congressman has to fight day and night. A recent Kentucky internet gambling domain name seizure case was also heard but the court threw it in favor of online gambling companies. many states are coming up to support online gambling as offline gambling taking a huge beat due to on going recession.

The time will only say what's going to happen in the near future.

Full Tilt Poker failed to register in guinness book of records.

2009-07-20T22:32:00.000-07:00

Reports were coming in recently, that full tilt poker was unsuccessful in registering its name in the Guiness book of records. Yes, Full tilt poker failed and poker stars retained its name in the Guiness book of records for conducting the world largest online poker tournament ever.

Full tilt poker no matter drew a massive 50000 players but their rival, poker stars drew 65000 player in similar tournament.

How did Poker Stars managed to do that ? They offered a very similar tournament for a fraction of the cost, not to mention they clearly have a larger player pool than Full Tilt Poker. Also, Full Tilt Poker put a cap on their tournament at 50,000. Now if you are trying to break records, why would you put a cap?

No matter what players are really making a bowl. Just with a small amount money, players are walking away with giant prize pool of money. . Full Tilt's tournament held a prize pool of $500K, while Poker Stars tournament offered up a total prize pool of $130K. The winner of the Full Tilt Poker “The Record Breaker” tournament will walk away with $45,000.00, risking only $5.00.

WrestleMania free poker online tournamnet winner named

2009-03-24T23:46:00.000-07:00

Online poker room, Ultimatebet.com recently announced the name of the winner, who will get Wrestlemania prize package :-

The package includes 1) Free 2 tickets to Wrestlemania at Houston stadium , Texas.

2) Night hotel accommodations for two

3) $500 CDN spending money

4) Meet and greet with WWE Superstars in Houston

5) Two replica WWE championship belts

6) One framed WWE 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania poster

The winner is Alex Cummings of Lower Cove. He won series of Texas holdem poker qualifiers and made it to the Wrestlemania prize package. Congrats, great work Alex.

$52 billion in taxes from online gambling.

2009-02-26T22:27:00.000-08:00

Is $52 billion in taxes from online gambling ok for United States. Yes, that is true, as price water house coopers, Americas biggest Chartered accountant estimated that if US brings back online gambling it could generate an estimated amount of $52 billion or more.

Many financial experts suggested that US should legalize online poker and casino's and in return should collect good amount of taxes from licensing and from gambling winnings.

If we see current market condition, taxes from online gambling could help American economy grow.

Barney Frank is in full throttle to overturn current UIGEA rules and he is introducing a new bill in March.

Canadian online gambling growing.

2009-01-26T21:46:00.000-08:00

Canadian online gambling market is growing at handsome pace due to which local gambling companies that is land based casino's in Canada are really concerned about online gambling industry.

The online gambling industry is sucking profits away from off line based gambling companies. Many land based companies in Canada raised their concerns and stated that earnings are down as majority of people are showing keen interest in internet gambling due comfort, cut off in transport expenses, accessibility and better payout rates due to lower overheads. These factors are attracting players.

In Canada the average monthly loss of individual Internet gamblers is $541 compared to an $82 loss for all gamblers. Problem gambling stats are around 3 percent, but this is growing and the majority of online gambling revenue comes from this source. It is estimated that worldwide revenues from online gambling reached $20 billion in 2008.

Record growth for Pokerstars.com

2009-01-07T22:11:00.000-08:00

Pokerstars.com will be very much impressed with their performance in 2008 with record breaking sign ups and traffic. Poker stars portal was the busiest of all when compare to other online poker portals.

Millions of players both free and real money registered at pokerstars.com .According to research reports, PokerStars now has more than 35 percent of the entire market share in terms of concurrent cash players.

Pokerstars saw a huge 65% increase in their traffic when compare to last years traffic and expected to grow at decent pace for the current year as well.

Pokerstars to advertise on Yatinoo.com

2008-12-14T21:52:00.000-08:00

Pokerstars, world's largest online gaming company with 15 million players in its bag is all set for an advertising deal with popular General community and multilingual portal dedicated to the Arab and African world and it also offers regional and international news and various other free services to inform, communicate and entertain web users named Yatinoo inc.

Yatinoo's spokesperson said that "world's largest online gambling poker portal is all set for banner advertising on our site". Advertising banner will be displayed with 10 business day.

Under the terms of this agreement Yatinoo will receive referral fees associated with the agreement.

Norway Says NO To Online Gambling

2008-12-12T22:06:00.000-08:00

Norway, which was suppose to be one of the best area for online gambling firm to focus has now banned online gambling. Norway internet gambling bill was recently passed in the parliament and the bill largely emphasis on banking and financial institutions.

Norway bill says that playing online poker and casino's are illegal and asked banking and other financial institution not to process payments to online betting and gambling sites.

Norway was pretty good country as people are rich over there and gambling firms were intended in promoting their gaming services.

Online gambling has become one of the major concerns world wide due to its popularity among people.

With new president in America, online poker has some bright chances to come back.

Can Kentucky kill online gambling?

2008-10-28T23:21:00.000-07:00

Its all happening in Kentucky state. The online poker industry may once again be fundamentally changing in the United States.First came enactment of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act on the national level back in 2006.

Now Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has taken it upon himself to try to eradicate internet gambling altogether by seizing 141 of the world’s largest domain names. The reason: In part to protect the state’s horse racing industry and state lottery. For more information please visit http://luckynumbers.kansascity.com/?q=node/366

South Africa Legalize Internet Gambling.

2008-05-19T22:26:00.000-07:00

Great news for all online gambling lovers in South Africa. South African parliament recently approved online gambling bill and ensures strict rules and regulations for all online gambling firms and players. President of South Africa is yet to sign the bill for to law to come into effect.

The new bill ensures that every player has to file an affidavit to confirm his or her age before gambling. These strict measures are taken in order to safeguard minors and others from bad side of online gambling.

The RSA government further added that they will keep a close eye specifically on taxation, advertising, players and other important factors.

Now Its Turn For Danish To Regulate Online Gambling.

2008-04-29T22:21:00.000-07:00

It has been a very busy month in posting news of poker around the world, as my previous post brought in a good news for online gambling and now its my another post which once again brings in excellent news for online gambling industry.

First it was Poland and now its Danish , a country well known for rich and wealthy people will soon see legalized online gambling. According to a source Denmark has given up on online gambling monopoly and now seems to allow foreign gambling firms to enter their jurisdiction.

The speculation last week that the government may be changing its policy toward online gambling has to some extent been confirmed this week by many media reports that regulation and licensing is now being seriously considered.

Poland To Legalize Online Gambling.

2008-04-22T21:44:00.000-07:00

According to numerous media source Poland is planning to legalize online gambling and online betting from the next half of 2008.

Marek Kapica, Deputy Minister of Finance, added that the nation is prepared to legalize online gambling before providing suitable legislative changes. He further stated that there is no way to curb online gambling and its better to legalize and license gambling in a proper way in order to drive some revenues out of it.

New Bill To Legalize Online Gambling Introduced.

2008-04-13T21:42:00.000-07:00

A well known congressman 'Barney Frank' and the chairman of Financial Services Committee has finally introduced the bill IGREA(HR 5767 ) which legalizes online gambling in America. The bill has already gained 48 co sponsors and has strong position to be passed in House and at Senate level.

"These regulations are impossible to implement without placing a significant burden on the payments system and financial institutions," said Frank in a statement on Friday.

Frank said that he expecting the bill to get clear and further stated that "every adult has right to spend his or her money in what ever way, unless it hurts family and and society. We have no right to impose any kind of ban on adults to spend their hard earned money and try to inter fear in their personal life.

Online Gambling Bill Getting Delayed In RSA.

2008-04-08T21:59:00.000-07:00

The bill to get online gambling legal in South Africa is getting delayed as another problem related to online gambling advertisements persisted. Now the problem is whether to allow foreign gaming sites to advertise in South Africa. This comes after the National Council of Provinces amended the Bill to include an outright prohibition on the advertising of online gambling.

Gambling market is huge in RSA with revenue closing towards massive R14 million and millions of people gambling every day at off line casinos and poker rooms. The current law makes only land based casino that are licensed to operate in the country but the bill to legalize internet gambling is still pending and decision has to come from the RSA parliament.

Online Gambling Hearing In Washington Tomorrow.

2008-03-30T22:24:00.000-07:00

A crucial hearing on internet gambling is set in Washington tomorrow on tuesday, the debate on UIGEA ( Unlawful internet gambling enforcement act )is heating up and the party members will decide whether to exempt online poker from the UIGEA bill.

Ever since UIGEA was passed in U.S, it failed to gained any control in stopping online gaming growth, many banks and financial institutions are against UIGEA as it makes it difficult for them to inspect each and every transaction. According to millions of American's poker is purely a skilled game and should be exempted.

Sweden About To End Online Gambling Advertising Ban.

2008-03-19T22:00:00.000-07:00

Good news for all the gambling firms that seeks to operate in Sweden country. Sooner or later Sweden authorities are removing ban on online poker and gambling advertising.

Prosecutors in the Scandinavian country were told to stop prosecuting cases against media outlets that were publishing or airing ads related to online poker and gambling from foreign sources.

Online Gambling German Domain Gets Huge Price.

2008-03-16T22:24:00.000-07:00

A Danish media and advertising company has paid a whooping price of $5,91,000 to grab domain 'Casino.de' . Ever since online gambling gained popularity, keyword domains like those of poker.com was once thrown 27 Million dollars as an auction price.

The new owner of Casino.de stated that the domain name acquisition was a bargain: ”The value of this particular domain consists of several things," said Balslev Media chief Jan Balslev, this is a keyword domain and will get direct traffic due to type in keyword domain name.

Peru To Start Online Gambling.

2008-03-10T00:07:00.000-07:00

Peru is sooner laying their hands in Internet gambling market with success of land based casinos. As spoken to Manuel San Roman, director of the Peruvian General Office of Casino Games and Slot Machines, said that about Peru’s recent successes in regulating a formerly illicit gambling industry, the Government’s is encouraging the consolidation of the land-based sector and its intention to tackle internet gambling from foreign gaming sites by introducing restrictions on payments.

Israel To Censor Online Gambling

2008-02-28T04:54:00.000-08:00

Internet gambling has become the talk of the town now ever days with many countries like France, Australia and now Israel planning to put censorship on online gambling.

The bill that was passed in its first hearing would block casinos, online poker sites, online porn sites and more unless customers specifically ask to be allowed to visit those sites.

Customers who are interested in visiting these sites has to verify their age so that those sites will be unblocked by the internet services providers.

Online poker may Come Back To California State.

2008-02-21T20:55:00.000-08:00

Ever since UIGEA was passed in United States, major online gaming companies took a major blow on their revenue. But the things may change as few online poker players along with California's assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys are planning to bring back 'Online Poker' to California state.

Assemblyman from California brought in a new bill CGCC (California Gambling Control Commission ), for exempting online poker from the current UIGEA rules. Commission will study briefly about the effects of UIGEA along with DOJ official, they would also study whether online poker has anything to do with UIGEA.

888.com Has A Tremendous Growth.

2008-02-13T04:34:00.000-08:00

Ever since United States banned online gambling, no one thought that 888, a gaming company will ever come back into the business, but things changed rapidly for them and they are now making handsome profits with unexpected growth.

Through 888's poker and casino operations, Paradise Poker and Casino-on-Net, did $213 million in net revenue last year, a rise of 36% over the previous year.

The online gaming company further expects to expand into sports gambling in Europe, and is adding online casinos and sports wagering for Asia. Growth of the revenue from the casino games rose 60% in the fourth quarter alone. Poker income was up 17% in the same period.

EU Not Pleased With German Banning Online Gambling.

2008-01-28T01:13:00.000-08:00

Ever since, German country banned online gambling, many gaming companies opposed the decision of the law and appealed to European commission high court. The EU then stated that they are not at all pleased with German's new law towards online gambling and will take legal actions against them.

The EU commission fight for online gambling against Germany is not new.Few months back in March 2007, EU Industry Commissioner wrote to a number of German states that had imposed regional bans, giving them a month to revise their laws. The Austrian company Bwin was somewhat more successful in legally challenging the regional bans. In May, Bwin regained its Bavarian operating rights outright. In December, German courts ruled that Bwin's license to operate, granted prior to German reunification, was valid in Eastern Germany.

Washington Candidate Wants A Change In online Poker Law

2008-01-23T01:06:00.000-08:00

Last year in march 2006 a law was signed which says that playing or betting online is illegal in Washington state and making as Class C felony, This makes online poker users in the same category in her eyes as people who possess child pornography, threaten the governor, or torture animals.

This made Rousso to the core. Rousso, in Washington, attorney, is attempting to remove this law from the books by challenging it in a court of law. He further added that if he’s unable to win his challenge in the courts, he would try to accomplish it politically. This is his fight.

“I’m just upset beyond words that a law like that in a country like this could become a law. It’s just flat out wrong,” Rousso said. Read Whole Story:-->>

Vietnam To Legalise Gambling.

2008-01-07T22:32:00.000-08:00

Vietnam, well know for the most dangerous war ever fought, is experiencing a huge growth in its economy among South East Asian countries. Vietnam is now seriously planning to legalize gambling and casinos to draw tax revenues for further economic growth, according to reports from the news agency VNA.

The finance ministry in Vietnam is drafting documents to the government in order to legalize gambling market in the country and allow individual to set up gambling and casino shops.

Currently, all forms of gambling have been illegal in Vietnam except for the state-operated lottery. Since 2003, however, the Vietnamese government has allowed some upper-scale hotels to establish electronic centres to offer gambling to foreign passport holders.

Interesting Gambling Article From Fox news.

2008-01-02T22:18:00.000-08:00

A very interesting article published by foxnews on topic "Internet gambling ban: why you should oppose it". It gives a grim picture of online gambling law enforced by United States.

The problem is that the law carves out exemptions for some forms of gambling, such as state lotteries and domestic horse racing, while banning most other forms, most notably poker, the most popular form of online wagering. Please read the whole article:-->>

New Non-Executive Directors For PartyGaming Firm.

2007-12-13T21:25:00.000-08:00

PartyGaming has appointed four new non-executive directors in its firm and still struggling to come back into the business. PartyGaming is still waiting for the response of DOJ regarding their pre UIGEA business operations in United States.

The company is looking forward to do well in the year 2008, as the company still struggles ever since their departure from US market.

Recently PartyGaming has appointed new directors to the company, UK life peer Lord Moonie, who was previously a House of Commons MP and parliamentary under secretary for state at the Ministry of Defence from 2000 to 2003 has accepted a directorship, as has Stephen Box, who from 1997 to 2002 was the financial director of National Grid.

Two other non-executive directors have been appointed as representatives of the billionaire founders of the once powerful group: John Davy, the representative of shareholders Ruth Parasol and Russell DeLeon, and Emilio Gomez, the representative of shareholder Anurag Dikshit.

Internet Gambling Bill Gets 3 more Co-sponsors.

2007-12-06T21:56:00.000-08:00

Barney Frank's internet gambling regulation bill has added up with 3 more new co-sponsors with a total of 44 supporters now. The bill is showing some good sign for online gambling to be taxed and legalized in United States. The list of supporters are as follows:-

Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)
Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)
Joe Baca (D-Calif.)
Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)
Howard Berman (D-Calif.)
Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)
Michael Capuano (D-Mass.)
Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.)
Julia Carson (D-Ind.)
William lacy Clay (D-Mo.)
Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)
William Delahunt (D-Mass.)
Bob Filner (D-Calif.)
Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.)
Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)
Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.)
Michael Honda (D-Calif.)
Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)
Peter King (R-N.Y.)
Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.)
Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)
James McGovern (D-Mass.)
Charlie Melancon (D-La.)
James Moran (D-Va.)
Ron Paul (R-Texas)
Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)
Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas)
Steven Rothman (D-N.J.)
Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.)
Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
Robert Scott (D-Va.)
Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)
Melvin Watt (D-N.C.)
Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)
Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)
Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.)
Albert Wynn (D-Md.)
Don Young (R-Alaska)

Poker Champion Going For A Second $1m

2007-11-26T04:36:00.000-08:00

Defending world champion Rajesh Modha is looking for a second victory in order to grab $1 Million in prize money.

Mr Modha, of Grange Park, Northampton, won $1million in the Ladbrokes Poker Million V last year and will starts the weekly heats for this year's contest on Tuesday.

The 45-year-old father-of-three could play against the celebrity heat winner, Brian McFadden, if he wins his $12,000 heat.

Pkr Launching Casino Games Soon.

2007-11-09T21:56:00.000-08:00

After achieving a mega success in online poker industry, now pkr is soon launching their new online casino project and has signed a deal with playtech for software support.

Pkr has not yet disclosed as to when they are going to launch their casino project, it will be very interesting to see whether they can capture casino markets in EU countries along with big major companies like PartyGaming and 888.com.

Pkr is providing different types of games like casino games, Blackjack, Roulette, and casino Texas Holdem.

Is There Any Chance For More Poker Rooms To Come back To U.S?

2007-11-02T05:33:00.000-07:00

Internet gambling has been one of the most discussed topics in the gaming world, as many countries are trying to regulate it and some countries are opposing it. Last year at this time UIGEA well know as { unlawful Internet gambling Enforcement Act } was passed in United States which forced many major gambling companies to withdraw their business from united States and took a major blow on their profits.

The law was signed by the president George Bush which went on to end's party gaming monopoly in the online gaming field, took a major blow on share's and the same goes to 888.com . But even after the ban, both companies performed pretty well and came out of hassle.

Many poker rooms which avoided taking US players are now re-joining the market as one of the most reputed poker room's 'Doyles room' returned to US market, with other rooms like cake poker, carbon poker. Two most Online poker giants Full Tilt Poker and Poker Stars and Bodog Life are still operating even since the UIGEA was passed.

This move makes it feel that pressure is mounting on US govt as the WTO is against them and asking for huge compensation for banning online gambling.

Party Poker Irish Championship.

2007-10-16T23:42:00.000-07:00

2008 Irish poker tournament launched by party poker will be starting from Jan 6th to jan 8th at famous Radisson Hotel and Spa in Galway. This is the first time Party poker is going to launch their first premier tournament in Ireland.

Pokerevents.ie is organizing this 2008 event as it was successfull since last three years. The buy-in for the tournament will be €2,000 and is expected to bring around 500 players from across Ireland, Europe, the U.K. and the U.S.

In the year 2006 Kieran Walsh, a young business student from the Irish county, took home €150,000 from Irish Poker Championships.

Pkr Poker Tremendous Growth

2007-10-14T21:15:00.000-07:00

Pkr.com is an online poker room and ever since it has launched in October 2006, it never looked back. Pkr.com has reached a milestone of reaching more than 1 million players with record breaking revenues.

The site focuses on new features in poker room providing 3-D graphics to its players with comfortable and flexible software. Pkr poker room has also launched an innovative marketing campaign to attract a new players to its room.

The future looks very good for Pkr room as they have never accepted bets from American players which can cuts their revenues.

Online Bingo Could Be The Next Big Game

2007-10-05T06:36:00.000-07:00

Online Poker has become the most popular forms of online gaming which can be played for real and play money, but now even Bingo is taking some good response from the players and might be the next big online game.

According to online bingo company BingoDreams.com has launched their new online bingo site early last month and the returns have shown that Bingo could be a game that sticks in the online market.Microgaming has provided the software for the website

Norway May Ban Internet Gambling.

2007-09-29T01:17:00.000-07:00

I think problems for online gambling doesn't seems to be ending as one more major country Norway is planning to ban internet gambling, same as United States has done (UIGEA) .

It's an ironic twist that just weeks after online sensation and resident NorwegianAnnette Obrestad won the biggest tournament in European history, the government is talking about banning the online rooms where Annette15 earned her poker chops.

The Norway online gambling opponents says that online gambling has become a very dangerous addiction and may effect gamblers very bad as in the year 2006 Norway banned all slot machines.

Czech Republic To Ban Online gambling.

2007-09-25T22:33:00.000-07:00

After United States, now its turn for Czech Republic to ban online gambling. The finance ministry at Czech Republic drafted a bill for banning internet gambling advertisements and stop accepting banking transactions to and from internet gambling companies.

According to a source almost $4 billion Czech were wagered last year to foreign gambling companies and local companies were no where to be seen.

Poker Players Information To Be Protected.

2007-09-23T00:35:00.000-07:00

Many online poker players across the world has been complaining that their personal information is getting leaked without their consent and this made to take some serious action by worlds largest poker room the Poker Stars.

Poker Stars the leading poker room in the world has been charged up by listening to their player complaints and is now making access to personal information much harder to attain.

The threat to people's privacy is at the fore front of the move, which Poker Stars claims will make playing at their site much safer then it has been in the past.

Internet Gambling Deserves A Chance

2007-09-17T07:09:00.000-07:00

When Internet gambling was banned in United States many countries like West Indies and other's have criticized American government for passing such stupid bill in senate last October, and now celebrities from Hollywood have come up against UIGEA and wants proper formation of online gambling in U.S . Time is changing so do the thinking. Will 2008 be the year where internet gambling can take a lease of air in United States.

According to business.com article it shows whether online poker rooms deserves a new chance. Actually its a very interesting article please do read and pass on valuable comments.

PPA Wants Support From 2+2

2007-09-10T21:49:00.000-07:00

According to poker newsvine source we have come to know that PPA is interested in getting support of two plus two publishing, the worlds largest online gambling and poker community. The deal is to fight against UIGEA by grabbing majority of people to speak against the current internet gambling law in United States.

No one expects to take these steps alone to completely mend the negative attitudes each group might still harbor toward the other, but it’s a reasonable first step in a process of cooperation that will be essential for either group achieving their larger shared aim of bringing legal, regulated poker to the internet says 2+2 webmaster head.

EU Justice Court Extends Frech's Online Gambling Deadline.

2007-09-07T21:39:00.000-07:00

The fight is still going on between EU and French authorities in online gambling matter, now the EU court has give a final deadline to France till Oct 29th 2007 to modify the rules and regulations on online gambling legislation. Apart from France even Sweden has been criticized for blocking other EU operators from entering its markets by allowing only native gambling companies to thrive in the country.

According to European Court of Justice French country is breaching article 49 of EU treaty, which allows for a free market in the service sector within the EU.

French government currently only permits two local gambling operators to offer their services over the Internet, PMU and Française des Jeux,.

U.K Tv Advertising Companies Cash In.

2007-08-20T22:28:00.001-07:00

U.K Tv companies will hit the jackpot next month as all the gambling companies are lined up to advertise during Tv shows after 9 o clock in the night and this is happening for the first time.

The demand for the Tv advertising has gone up with the tremendous amount of interest shown by the gambling companies like Party Bingo, Sunbingo, Party Poker, Full Tilt, Cyber Bingo, Foxy Bingo, Gala Bingo, National Bingo, Betfair, Poker Stars and the National Lottery and others to advertise.

Poker Stars Allowed To Advertise In Great Britain.

2007-08-14T22:38:00.000-07:00

In my previous post, I mentioned that many online gambling websites are banned to advertise in United Kingdom, the reason is that, those companies do not posses UK gaming license and will not be allowed to do business in the country. Even big names like Bodog and FullTiltPoker come under such rules and regulations.

But as far as Poker Stars company is concerned, which illegally operates in United States got approval by the British Gaming commission to advertise. Poker Stars is the world largest online gambling company, based in isle Of Man and they are also set free with no tax in UK country.

Many major online gaming companies was badly hit by the new advertising regulation by the British Govt and the law will be applicable from this September.

Gambling Advertising Banned In United Kingdom.

2007-08-13T02:53:00.000-07:00

Gambling advertising through radio, newspapers, and other channels are banned in United Kingdom due to new regulation according to sports ministry, but not for all, but for other thousand's of non U.K gaming sites that do not posses gaming license in U.K.

This is actually a very bad news for the non U.K gambling sites who promoted their brand names in United Kingdom through radio and other channels. Even big names in gaming industry like Bodog and Fulltiltpoker have to apply for U.K gambling license in order to advertise. London stock excnage listed companies like Party Gaming and 888.com PLC have no problems at all for advertising.

The new rules & regulations will be formed this September. All the gaming companies interested to promote have to apply for gaming licenses in United Kingdom.

Earn Party Points Faster Now.

2007-07-27T23:05:00.000-07:00

PartyPoker now gives their players to earn party poker points much faster and due to much improved level of customer service and other features.

The much and improved and upgraded Party Points program gives party players the chance to earn points at up to 400 percent of the standard rate, and there is potential to hit a private level beyond that. Points can be earned on any brands like Party Poker, Party Casino, Party Bets, Game bookers , Party Bingo and Party Gammon and exchanged for cash, tournament entries and soon a series of other products and services.

Party gaming has made much improvements to its software and other features to make players' experience easier and better.

Sensible Approach To Gambling | Play Safe

2007-07-24T01:37:00.000-07:00

The article that I am going to mentioned below is written by author Belinda. Before you begin to gamble, you should work out financial budget and also calculate all your household and living costs including savings. Realistically work out how much money you can comfortably afford to lose. Please read the whole article sensible approach to gambling. Its a very interesting article. Please read the article before laying your hands on the poker & casino table.

Future Of online Poker

2007-02-21T22:44:00.000-08:00

Online poker is growing in a good pace ever since Us banned it. pkr poker well known as 3d online poker is growing at great pace with steady increase in player traffic and with good conversion rate.
pkr poker is promoting its brand in only europen countries and not accepting any US players from the launch of its poker room.

Many poker players are very much satisfied with the pkr poker software and it virtual graphics which gives a little edge over other poker rooms. when I played at pkr it looks as if the live people are on the tables and playing poker, exchanging words and showing gestures. Great room to play poker at.

A Man Wins $1.5 million In Poker Tournament Held In North carolina.

2006-09-21T21:37:00.000-07:00

ATLANTIC CITY:- Mark Newhouse of Chapel Hill, N.C., beat more than 500 other competitors to win a World Poker Tour event at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa.

In competition that began last Friday and ended late Tuesday, the 21-year-old Newhouse won $1.5 million, the richest purse in the Borgata tournament's four-year history and the richest ever offered in Atlantic City, according to Borgata spokeswoman Noel Stevenson.

Chris McCormack, 27, of Laurel Hollow, N.Y., finished second and earned about $800,000.

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2006-08-23T08:51:00.000-07:00

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Party Poker Started No download version Software.

2006-08-08T20:32:00.000-07:00

Now even party poker started no download version software. Party poker recently launched a no download version of their online poker software. It’s great news for Linux and Mac (aka Macintosh) users who installed expensive tools like PC emulator to make the current client windows compatible.

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Rogues to riches

2006-08-06T00:32:00.000-07:00

With the nightclub Tao swathed in red and black, music pulsated and go-go dancers gyrated on raised platforms along the wall. Everything from the "reserved" signs to the billiard table felt to the models' Chinese-style dresses bore the same label: "bodog.com."

The only thing missing was the online gambling site's flamboyant founder, 45-year-old Canadian Calvin Ayre.
"He'd have girls all around him and he'd be the life of the party," said Ronn Torossian, a publicist and acquaintance familiar with Ayre's celebrating ways.
The billionaire who graced Forbes magazine's March cover decided to make himself scarce after federal authorities arrested David Carruthers, the head of rival Web gambling operator BetOnSports PLC, on July 16.
A federal judge ordered BetOnSports to stop accepting bets placed from the U.S., and prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of $4.5 billion, plus several cars, recreational vehicles and computers from Carruthers and 10 other people associated with the Costa Rica-based gambling operation.
Around the same time, the U.S. House passed a bill that would ban most Internet gambling. Though the bill's future in the Senate is uncertain, the issue loomed over the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas: Is online poker legal?
Tournament organizers and the U.S. Justice Department say no. The players, thousands of whom qualified in cash-paying Internet tournaments, say yes.
"I've got no certainty whatsoever," said Ayre, speaking by phone from Canada, days after Carruthers' arrest.
"I don't believe any senior executive of any online gaming company is going to be going into the United States for the foreseeable future," Ayre said. "It's not just me, and I've talked to a lot of them."

Online gaming sprouts up
The World Series of Poker's uncomfortable relationship with online gambling emerged in 2003, when an unknown accountant named Chris Moneymaker qualified through a $40 online tournament and went on to win the $2.5 million main event, becoming the poster child for the wild popularity of online poker.
Advertising by poker sites on mainstream television exploded -- and then the Justice Department intervened.
In a June 11, 2003, letter, Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Malcolm warned the National Association of Broadcasters that the department considered Internet gambling illegal. "Any person or entity who aids or abets" online betting "is punishable as a principal violator," he wrote.
Major networks reacted by forcing online poker companies to create "dot-net" sites, on which poker was played only for fake money and no reference or link would be made to the "dot-com" versions, where billions of very real dollars are wagered every year.
Thus, PartyPoker.net, the so-called "World's Largest Poker School," has become an official sponsor of the World Series of Poker, its logo visible every time a flop hits the felt. PartyPoker.com, the moneymaking reason for its existence, lurks in the shadows.

Online roots entrenched
By some counts, about half of the 8,700 players in the World Series' main event qualified through online satellite tournaments. PokerStars.com boasted more than 1,600 qualified on its satellites. PartyPoker.com is reported to have sent more than 800 qualifiers and bodog.com says it sent some 700.
But tournament commissioner Jeffrey Pollack insisted that an online tournament isn't what puts a player into the World Series -- it's the $10,000 cash he individually pays for a seat at the table.
"I don't talk to the dot-coms, I don't," he said. "Online gaming is illegal. Everything we do, whether it's selling hospitality at the Rio (the hotel-casino hosting the World Series) or selling product placement with PartyPoker.net on our felt, is done with a sharp eye on the regulatory environment."
The televised tournament's first day was even delayed by several minutes as organizers announced that anyone sporting a "dot-com" poker logo would not be allowed to play. About half that day's field of more than 2,000 players flipped shirts inside-out, and workers circulated with rolls of black tape, covering any "dot-com" symbols they could find.
The House bill that would ban Internet gambling -- except for horse race betting and state lotteries -- is an attempt to close a perceived loophole in the 1961 Wire Act, one of a series of laws meant to crack down on racketeering.
Similar legislation failed in the House in 2000, but many blame that on the efforts of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is accused of spending lavishly to get the bill killed on behalf of an online lottery company.
The Wire Act explicitly forbids businesses from using a wire communication facility to assist in placing bets on "any sporting event or contest." But the wire law doesn't cover other types of casino betting, a federal appeals court in New Orleans has ruled, leaving some doubt whether prosecutors can shut down Internet poker and other casino games.

Mass prosecutions doubtful
Other countries allow it, so online companies have set up operations outside the U.S. but with easy access to U.S. players and their computers. Of course, with or without a new law from Congress, the Justice Department interprets all online gambling to be illegal.
Poker advocates suggest the department's enforcement practices don't back up that assessment. Indictments dating to 1998 have focused on operators of online sports books, not sites that offer only poker.
Not only are there hurdles in arresting the operators of such sites in Costa Rica, Aruba, the Isle of Man and Gibraltar, but many argue poker tournaments online technically are not gambling.
And prosecuting a business for promoting a dot-net site that does not have direct Web links to its dot-com cousin makes for difficult legal work in court, he said. "That's a pretty good ruse, as they say," he said. "This is an area with lots of line-drawing that's uncomfortable."
People who make a living playing online poker have joined a group called the Poker Players Alliance to lobby Congress to stop the Internet gambling bill from passing the Senate.
Since the House passed the bill July 11, alliance membership more than doubled to 75,000. Alliance president Michael Bolcerek warned the bill would "drive the business of poker underground."
For now, it remains well in the open.
Jon Friedberg, a 31-year-old business owner who lives in Las Vegas, makes $150,000 a year playing poker, mostly on PokerStars.com. Winning several online tournaments earned him a seat at several events at the World Series, one of which he won for $526,185.
The specter of the House bill going forward is not putting him off his game, nor did it seem to bother the thousands of players and fans roaming the Rio, which was full of displays touting sites from PamelaPoker.com to BetHoldem.net.
"I'm really not worried at all," Friedberg said. "Part of being a poker player involves just fearing nothing in life. It's probably not the best approach in life in certain things, but it works well in poker."

April Fool's joke sparks strip poker championship

2006-07-28T05:44:00.000-07:00

DUBLIN (Reuters) - It started as an April Fool's joke but an Irish bookmaker's proposal to hold the world's biggest strip poker contest will become reality next month.

Paddy Power floated the idea as a joke but it generated so much interest -- and hundreds of requests to take part -- that the Dublin-based company decided to organize a contest.

So next month, 200 poker buffs will risk baring all in an attempt to become the first World Strip Poker Champion -- and earn a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

The winner will also receive a "Golden Fig Leaf" trophy plus 10,000 pounds ($18,630) in cash.

"This will be the most fun you can have with your clothes on -- or off!" Paddy Power said in a statement for the tournament, which will be held in London on August 19.

After 10 years of waiting Party Poker for Mac users is now possible with the new “no download” beta release by Party Poker.

2006-07-21T06:41:00.000-07:00

The largest distributor and news site about Mac poker rooms says they are proud to finally be able to tell their customers that Party Poker can now be used on the Mac for free.

Previously Mac poker players had to use Virtual PC, Dual Boot, run Parallels and all sorts of wacky expensive stuff to try and play Party Poker on a Mac.

The beta will work in different browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer just to name a few. Linux poker players can also enjoy Party Poker as the Java.

Currently, only play money games are accessible on the beta software. Party Poker seems to be working on minor quirks and problems with the beta before going live with real money games.

Players may also notice that the Mac compatible beta is not always linked to the homepage of PartyPoker.com .

Features not yet found on Party Poker’s beta are table filters, buddy listings, histories of hands, poker training, multi-table resizing, private tables, and table searching capabilities. Party Poker may add these once the Java software officially goes out of beta testing.

The owner of CompatiblePoker.com says more big poker sites on the Mac are on their way. As of late, two major poker rooms have contacted them about what Mac users want in the Mac compatible software. The names of these sites are being kept confidential until the release dates.

Party poker for Mac will prove to be a large step in furthering Mac poker player options when stepping into the virtual world of internet poker. Political battles may squash Mac users from playing at Party Poker for much longer in the USA but for now they are taking advantage of Party Poker on a Mac.

Two New Players Win Seats to Play in the 2006 World Series of Poker

2006-07-05T06:10:00.000-07:00

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- July 05, 2006 -- TeenPatti.com's month-long FreeRoll Tournaments for June concluded on June 30th when the hot, young website crowned two more winners, awarding them seats to play in the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP). FreeRoll Tournaments were sponsored by Taj Systems, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: TJSS), the software development company credited with designing the Internet version of the popular Indian card game Teen Patti.

The first winner of June, with screen name DroppnDeuces, won TeenPatti.com's month-long Points Tourney. As a result of his great play, DroppnDeuces will be awarded a seat to play in Event #37 of the 2006 WSOP held at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on July 25th. Very much like last month's winner Ziggy Holmes, DroppnDeuces consistently placed high in a series of daily tournaments in which the top 10 players were awarded points based upon finishing position.

A player by the name of Versoe took home the most valuable prize of TeenPatti.com's June FreeRoll Tournament, a $10,000 seat to play in the Main Event of the WSOP. The closing hands of that final tournament produced the most excitement as Versoe came from behind against two players who each had almost four times as many chips as him. He single handedly took down both competitors to capture the top prize and join the TeenPatti Team.

This year's Main Event of the WSOP kicks off on July 28th and is expected to host the largest field of players ever, with a prize pool in excess of $60 million. Last year's WSOP Main Event included a total purse over $50 million with the first place finisher, Joseph Hachem of Australia, taking home $7.5 million. Monitor all the action of the 2006 WSOP, and track the performance of the TeenPatti Team on the TeenPatti.com website.

TeenPatti.com was created for a whole new crowd of Three-Card Poker lovers as well as the millions of Indians who have been playing this game for generations. Properly translated, Teen Patti means "three-card," and is an eastern version of Poker. TeenPatti.com was launched this year to cater to the growing online gaming community who enjoy both western Poker and eastern TeenPatti. Visit TeenPatti.com, download the software, and begin playing today.

Worst hands are the best in Triple Draw

2006-07-01T07:27:00.000-07:00

Triple Draw poker is one of the newest forms of poker to really gain popularity, especially among high-limit players. It's different than other forms of poker, but in some ways it's much easier to understand and play.

There are two variations of Triple Draw that are played today: A-5 Triple Draw and 2-7 Triple Draw. In A-5 Triple Draw, the best hand is A-2-3-4-5; in 2-7 Triple Draw, the best hand is 2-3-4-5-7.

What else makes the games different?

In A-5 Triple Draw, an ace plays as a low card, and straights and flushes don't count against you. In 2-7, you're looking to make what would be the worst hand in traditional poker.

To play Triple Draw, you don't even need to know the rank of poker hands. Full houses are irrelevant as it's all about the numbered value on the card. A jack-low beats a queen-low, and a pair of threes beats a pair of fives.

The game is set up much like a Texas Hold'em match, with a button, a small blind and a big blind. Because there are so many cards in play, the maximum number of players is usually limited to six or seven. Each player is dealt a five-card hand and then has the option to draw as many cards as desired, up to three times.

There is a betting round before players draw cards. In a $200-$400 Triple Draw game, with blinds of $100-$200, the first raise would be to $400. After the betting round, remaining players have the opportunity to draw a card(s).

Then, there is another betting round in $200 increments. After this, there's a second draw, followed by another round of betting; this time the bets double to $400. Finally, there's the last chance to draw cards, followed by the closing betting round.

The pot sizes in Triple Draw tend to be larger than in other games. The game creates a lot of excitement and might be a fun addition to your weekly home game. Here are a few tips:

A-5 Triple Draw

• Only draw to a 6 or better — It's much easier to make a hand in A-5 Triple Draw because there are fewer obstacles than in 2-7. So, it's important to draw to premium hands only. An 8-low will rarely win, and a 7-low is marginal.
• Draw from the bottom up — You always want to draw from the bottom up; you'd rather have A-2-3 than 3-4-5. Hands often come up where both players tie with a 6-low or a 7-low. When that happens, the tie is broken by the next highest card. For example, 7-5-4-2-A beats 7-6-3-2-A.

2-7 Triple Draw

• Always start with a 2 in your hand — A deuce in this game is twice as powerful as any other card. In fact, all of the top eight hands contain a 2: 2-3-4-5-7; 2-3-4-6-7; 2-3-5-6-7; 2-4-5-6-7; 2-3-4-5-8; 2-3-4-6-8; 2-3-5-6-8; 2-4-5-6-8.
• Draw two or fewer cards — If you have a hand like 2-3-4-K-J, you'd actually have a pretty strong starting hand, and would draw two cards to the 2-3-4. As a rule, you want to start with at least three good hole cards in Triple Draw.
• Don't draw to straights unless you have a deuce — Starting hands like 4-5-6 are not playable. The problem with these hands is that they are too likely to land you a losing straight.
The only straight hands you should play are 2-3-4, 2-3-5, 2-3-6, 2-4-6, and 2-5-6. Again, each of these hands contains a deuce. • Don't draw to a 9-low — Since there are three draws, chances are that someone will eventually make a powerful hand. Drawing to a rough hand like 9-low is simply asking for trouble. Instead, draw for a 7-low or a smooth 8.

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Johnny Chan Profile

2006-06-29T02:44:00.000-07:00

Let us take another poker player today. How about Johhny Chan :).He is also one of the best players in poker world, born and bought up in Canton (China) later shifted to texas. Johnny was a dropped out student from the university of texas as he wanted to become a full time professonal gambler which made him to shift Las Vegas.

Johnny's popularity came into light when he took part in the world series of poker event in the year 1987 and came out as a champion and then he went on to win 1988 WSOP final. Johnny's two consecutive win made him the best poker player in the history of poker world.

Johnny is also well known for keeping a LUCKY Orange on the table while playing and the players became so superstitious that even other players started to bring fruits to the table with a hope that it will improve their chances of victory. But later on johhny revealed that the orange that he had bought with him is not because of the luck, but it's only for the good smell, as people would like to smoke in the tournaments an the smell disturbes his concentration.

Johnny has won ten precious WSOP bracelets in the year 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004,2005 wasn't that amazing.

Steve Badger Profile

2006-06-27T05:22:00.000-07:00

Steve badger is one of the world famous poker player and had a very bright and successfull career in omaha poker. Steve won the Omaha 8 or better event in the year 1999 WSOP(world series of poker) and holding a precious world series bracelet. His well known poker web site playwinningpoker consisting of some very important articles on how to play poker online & Internet, countless strategy articles.

Stave gives the best out of his poker skills through his web sites which make new poker players to expertise the poker game, as the content of the web site is unique and the best resource on WEb.

Steve badger's lifestyle is very simple, straight forward attitude and very truthful person.

Steve Badger's creation, Playwinningpoker.com, is a comprehensive website detailing not just inside information on the game but also strategic concepts which could be studied and applied to help “serious players win significant money”

According to Steve badger Creative, logical, sensible, situational thinking is key to winning. Even more, it's the key to winning big.”

Learn Poker Betting Moves

2006-06-26T21:54:00.000-07:00

If a player wants a call, he’ll be very careful not to frighten you. In players mind, overly forceful or exaggerated betting moves will make his hand appear strong.

The key to interpreting your opponent’s hand by the manner he bets is not so hard. If the move is too dynamic, you should suspect weakness. If it’s quiet and smooth suspect strength.

When a player couples his wager with the words, “I’ bet,” or something similar in an optimistic tone, there’s a good chance he is weak or bluffing. If he says nothing his bet is a negative tone, figure him for a strong hand.

In a sense, the whole science of interpreting betting moves run contrary to what you might at first expect. You’ve already learned that players who are bluffing or weak often try to blend it with tablecloth after betting. Then shouldn’t you expect a player who’s bluffing to bet in a very sedate manner so as not to call attention to himself.

No. The reason is that bluffers try to disappear only after their bet. At that times they’re not required to do anything but sit and wait their fate. While waiting, they try do nothing that might trigger your call. But while betting, they don’t have luxury of doing nothing. No matter what they might desire, they know theey’re sure to call attention to themselves while placing the bet. Hat’s why they revert to trying to disguise their hand and strong when weak.

Betting with extra emphasis is an attempt to appear strong. It means weak. Betting casually is an attempt to appear weak. It mean strong. A casual bet is frequently accompanied by other overt signs of pretended weakness: shrugging,sighing and negative tones of voice.

Some times you must be cautious. While a dynamic bet usually means weakness, a few players particularly sophisticated opponents will bet with a great deal of force in an attempt to intimidate you into calling. this is how you can tell the difference:A bluff is usually bet with slightly or moderately force and is great and is generally directed at nobody in particular a strong hand might occasionally be bet with overwhelming force.