- Denmark regulate online gambling| Leave a Comment
The country is just one in a series of European Union countries that have come under intensive scrutiny for their stance related their monopolistic gambling practices. France, Holland and Germany are just a handful of nations under fire.
Denmark has one of the largest concentrations of online gamers!
The Danish minister for taxation - Kristian Jensen - told the [...]
- Barney Frank - USA - UIGEA| Leave a Comment
It is nice to know that no one has forgotten about the online gamblers of America. The House Financial Service Committee’s (HFSC) Bill currently has 48 co-sponsors fighting against the online gambling ban. Frank also announced that - The ban is - one of the stupidest things” he has ever seen. His battle seems to be [...]
- The Poker Players Alliance in full force| Leave a Comment
The Poker Players Alliance has been in full force - working to reach their goal of legalization of online poker games. The group has been working toward this goal with the hope that online poker will become legal or at least see an exception to the current laws. This week the group is expected to announce [...]
- World Series of Poker at Titan Poker| Leave a Comment
Titan Poker is offering an exciting prize package to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas this July. The Executive Package is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for any poker player. It includes a $10,000 buy-in to the Main Event as well as registration fees and a 14-night accommodation (July 3rd - July 17th) for [...]
- U.S. warned not to implement UIGEA| Leave a Comment
Barney Frank and his pals have sent an official letter to U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve officials telling them *not to waste any more time trying to implement a ban on online gambling*.
In other words - they are giving a direct order not to enforce the UIGEA! (UIGEA = Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act)
This is awesome [...]
- Bodog Players Get a 110 Percent Signup Bonus| Leave a Comment
Bodog is giving existing players an opportunity to boost their bankroll by offering a 100 percent reload bonus up to $500. New players can also take advantage of a deposit bonus of 110 percent.
With the extra free money, players can compete in daily qualifiers for the 2008 World Series of Poker main event, the $100,000-guaranteed [...]
- Calvin Ayre has quit at Bodog| Leave a Comment
Calvin Ayre announced Monday on Bodog’s website that he has quit…..!!!!????
Calvin Ayre - now 47, became involved in the online gambling industry in the late 1990-s, and introduced Bodog in 2000. By 2006 - Bodog-company was generating more than $7 billion US in wagers, making it the seventh-largest online gambling company in the world.
(That same year - Forbes [...]
- Brandi Hawbaker Tribute| Leave a Comment
Brandi Hawbaker (Poker Player) found dead - She was only 26. Her body was found Sunday - April 13 - 2008, in a residence in the 8700 block of Pershing Drive in Playa Del Rey, Cali. An autopsy ruled her death as a suicide.
According to Brandon Gerson - a friend and former boyfriend of Ms. Hawbaker, she suffered [...]
- River Belle Casino News| Leave a Comment
This weeks Online Slot Game of the Week is Isis, lasting from April 21-28. Other slots include Tomb Raider, Hitman and Avalon. There is still a month left on this promotion, so there is plenty of time to enjoy all the great slots action at River Belle Casino and put yourself into the major prize [...]
- All About UltimateBet| Leave a Comment
Designed with the assistance of the best poker players in the world - Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke - UltimateBet provides the best poker games available on the internet. Players can download the free poker software, play in free ring games and tournaments and get tips from these pros to learn the sport or to [...]
- Block Internet Gambling Ban| Leave a Comment
A bill just introduced in the House of Representatives would effectively block the federal government from enforcing the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.
Stating that the Internet Gambling Enforcement Act infringes on two basic rights of importance to Americans, “the ability to do with their money as they see fit, and the freedom from [...]
- Can anything stop the UIGEA| Leave a Comment
The bill to ban online gambling - the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), rocked the online poker world when it was introduced in late 2006. Although many online poker players felt the bill would not be able to impose a total ban on Internet gambling, it did do damage to the industry. The year before the [...]
- WSOP Package at PokerStars| Leave a Comment
PokerStars is launching a very special freeroll series which could see the winner take home a massive $12,500 World Series Package.
(PokerStars has sent over 3,600 players to the WSOP’s Main Event since 2002)
Players have several ways they can qualify to win one of the many seats to the World Series of Poker this year and [...]
- Support for online poker| Leave a Comment
Lee Rousso - lawyer - former gubernatorial candidate and Poker Players Alliance (PPA) regional director for the state of Washington, noted in his most recent PPA update that he received a very favorable ruling towards his case challenging the criminalization of online poker and online gambling in Washington state - clearing the way for his case to be [...]
- Bodog poker room play for free or for real money| Leave a Comment
Bodog Online Poker is one of the most U.S. friendly poker site today. 110% bonus up to $500 including a 10% instant bonus - money is deposited straight into players account with no qualification required and then the additional 100% bonus is paid as you generate rake.
(So if you deposit say $400, you will get a [...]
- Intertops Casino Is Celebrating| Leave a Comment
Online casino Intertops is celebrating ten years in the gambling business and stated that its success is down to the trust it has earned from customers.
“Trust is everything in this business,” said Michael Corfman - Head of Marketing for Intertops Online Casino.
Intertops Casino stated that another factor in its big success over the last ten years [...]
- Kentucky Derby Betting| Leave a Comment
From now until May 3rd, you can pick Kentucky Derby winners and make the most exciting two minutes in sports payoff with insider horse racing information now available at the Bodog Racebook.
*The Kentucky Derby can only include a select number of horses each year. In order for officials to decide on who will be racing [...]
- Canbet - Sport - Poker - Casino - Racing - Games| Leave a Comment
Wherever you are in the world you can feel confident when betting with Canbet that the highest industry standards are adhered to and that you are dealing with a solid publicly traded company whose management team has spanned over 3 decades of expertise within the strictest regulated gaming and wagering environments.
For over 10 years, thousands [...]
- Online Casino Tropez Accepts South African Rands| Leave a Comment
Casino Tropez is pleased to announce that they now accept South African Rands in both the online and the mobile versions of the award winning online casino. The online casino - which already accepts Euros - Pounds - Dollars and Canadian Dollars, now has the facilities for their South African members to play in Rands.
Players from South Africa [...]
- Make gambling legal — so it can be taxed| Leave a Comment
More and More Republicans seem to be supporting online gambling as Jerrold Nadler (R-NY) has become the 48th co-sponsor of the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA).
Due to his respectable statues in congress, Rep. Nadler brings greater hope along with his support of the IGREA. Nadler is currently serving his 9th term as a [...]
- $10 Million in Bad Beat Jackpots| Leave a Comment
Where can you find the happiest Online Texas Hold’em players? If a report released by Absolute Poker today is any indication, the answer is at the online poker site’s Bad Beat Jackpot tables. Absolute Poker announced that its poker players have profited from over $10 million in Bad Beat Jackpot payouts since the game was [...]
- Online backgammon site Play65| Leave a Comment
The popular online backgammon site Play65 won the Silver Award in the Top Skill Game category at the 2007 Readers’ Choice Awards of the leading gaming publication Gambling Online Magazine. Thousands of players from around the world have named Play65 as one of the top skill gaming sites in the industry. By winning the prestigious [...]
