http://blog.ixgames.com The latest information about gambling news Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:41:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over the months of August and September, Celeb Poker is offering a Simply Irresistible package of prizes for all types of player. Weekly Freeroll tournaments for new players, loyalty tournaments and Rake Races for existing players and the chance for all players to gain entry into some of the biggest ... http://blog.ixgames.com/events-at-celebpokercom/ When University of Western Ontario marketing professor June Cotte started researching online gambling, she never expected to recommend its legalization. "If you told me I was going to come to that conclusion at the start of research I would have laughed," said Cotte. But when the Richard Ivey School of Business ... http://blog.ixgames.com/legalize-online-gambling/ Antigua's finance minister says it could take several more months to resolve an Internet gambling feud with the U.S. The countries have been at odds since the World Trade Organization last year ruled the island could impose retaliatory sanctions for a U.S. ban on online betting. The World Trade Organization says ... http://blog.ixgames.com/antigua-gambling-feud-still-unresolved/ Dan. D hit a huge jackpot on the Double Double Bonus Machine in the Bodog Casino. There's always big winning at the bodog casino. Dan D. of Colorado did. He won $104,000 on the 52-Hand Double Double Bonus Poker game in the downloadable Bodog Online Casino. He bet the max in ... http://blog.ixgames.com/online-casino-winners-at-bodog/ Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) had introduced legislation that would allocate up to $40 billion over the next decade to provide educational and job training assistance to current and former foster care participants as well as people in declining job sectors. How does this affect online poker, you ask? Great question! ... http://blog.ixgames.com/new-internet-gambling-legislation/ Canada and the United States should legalize and regulate online gambling to contain its potentially harmful effects because players tend to bet more frequently and aggressively than they do in casinos, a study released on Tuesday says. The study - conducted jointly by academics of the University of Western Ontario ... http://blog.ixgames.com/legalize-and-regulate-online-gambling/ History will be made this summer at Bodog as the online poker powerhouse hosts its largest guaranteed prize pool tournament ever on Sunday, Aug. 10, at 4 p.m. EST. A guaranteed $250,000 in total prize money will be awarded, no matter how many people register, and to give players of ... http://blog.ixgames.com/250000-guaranteed-prize-pool-online-poker/ When trade emissaries from the European Union arrive in Washington later this month to talk to officials in Congress, the Justice Department, and other executive branch agencies, they'll have some difficult questions to ask. In particular, they'll ask about some gambling laws that rank among some the worst written sections ... http://blog.ixgames.com/the-risks-of-gambling-regulation/ A computer system called Polaris outperformed some of the world's top players recently at a human-vs.-machine competition in Las Vegas. The score was computer 3, humans 2, with one draw. If you think it should be easier for a computer to win at poker than at the highly intellectual game of ... http://blog.ixgames.com/computer-vs-poker-player/ The steps that France has carefully considered appear to do an excellent job of protecting their citizenry, far better than a ban leaving online gambling to uncontrolled entities. Maybe the United States could take a lesson. France will create a regulatory agency, responsible for monitoring and licensing applicants for legal online ... http://blog.ixgames.com/regulate-online-gambling-in-france/ CryptoLogic Limited the leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, today introduced two unique features to its Internet poker software line-up: the ability for players to host their own tournaments, and a new advanced sorting and filtering tool that allows players to customize their own settings for cash ... http://blog.ixgames.com/cryptologic-limited-offers-new-internet-poker-features/ U.S. PLAYERS are very tired of being told what they can do with their own money. The Poker Players Alliance which now has over 1 Million poker members! Has become a very powerful non-profit membership organization. Barack Obama is winning support for his White House campaign from – America's poker players. ... http://blog.ixgames.com/poker-players-support-democrats-and-obama/ Casino Tropez Player Wins €32,000 on the new Wild Spirit slot machine, just days after the game is launched at Casino Tropez. (5-reel 20-line video slot). Andre G. from the Netherlands won this grand prize just four days after the game was launched at the online casino. Wild Spirit - along with ... http://blog.ixgames.com/casino-tropez-player-wins-e32000/ Bodog is proud to announce the official release of its mobile casino client, Bodog Mobile - With versions specifically designed for mobile phones. Bodog Mobile puts your favorite Bodog Casino Games in your hand. Simply log in and enjoy the best of the Bodog Casino on your mobile phone! Play for fun or ... http://blog.ixgames.com/bodog-mobile-casino-games/ The newest form of legalized gambling in Indiana is available Tuesday. There are several options including tip boards - raffles - drawings and pull tabs. Look for pull tabs to be the most popular. Mike Warner stocked a new supply of pull tabs in his Beech Grove bar Monday morning. They sell for ... http://blog.ixgames.com/legalized-gambling-in-indiana/ Newspapers have been blamed for a rise in youth gambling, especially on football matches, a media report said Monday. As a result - newspapers should run betting coverage in separate supplements rather than include it as part of their sports sections to reduce youngsters exposure to gambling, the South China Morning ... http://blog.ixgames.com/hong-kong-media-blamed-for-gambling-rise/ Tonya J. won her prize on Fruit Fiesta, a classic game using different types of fruit as symbols - winning $31,495. Fruit Fiesta is available in both old-school three-reel version, and a newer video five-reel game. The game is one of the oldest of slot machines - and has been online ... http://blog.ixgames.com/all-slots-casino-winner/ Absolute Poker gave away *bad beat jackpot*. The Absolute Poker Bad Beat Jackpot is triggered when someone holding four 8s or better loses a hand while sitting at a “Bad Beat Jackpot” table. Absolute Poker launched the Texas Hold’em-based jackpot game to the delight of US players. An online poker player ... http://blog.ixgames.com/absolute-poker-jackpot-is-hit/ Billions will be spent to prevent what cannot be stopped, rather than billions made while we regulation online gambling! Barney Frank's resolution to prevent the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act failed to make it out of committee today. A vote led to a stalemate - at 32-32. A majority victory ... http://blog.ixgames.com/barney-franks-resolution-failed/ It was a day like any other in the Bodog Online Casino for the 55year-old Howard G. of Houston, Texas. 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