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Online Gaming News
Beau Rivage, Gold Strike slash 100 jobs to combat weak economy
16 Apr 2008
News Brief: One hundred managers and salaried employees at MGM Mirage's two Mississippi casinos have lost their jobs.
ePassporte stops processing online gambling transactions
16 Apr 2008
American Internet poker players and online gambling affiliates were dealt another blow this weekend when ePassporte stopped processing transactions with online poker sites.
Share prices for major casino companies drop
16 Apr 2008
Share prices of the major casino operators tumbled Tuesday, the day after MGM Mirage said it eliminated 440 manager and supervisory level positions at both property and corporate levels.
Lanni last year: $9.6 million in compensation
16 Apr 2008
Excluding the value of stock options and awards, MGM Mirage Chief Executive Terry Lanni earned $9.6 million in compensation last year.
CelebPoker opens more high stakes tables
16 Apr 2008
CelebPoker has opened several new, high stake cash tables that certainly aren't for the faint-hearted.
Liv Boeree hosts Absolute Poker school
16 Apr 2008
A highlight of this year's Comms Solutions 2008 is the Absolute Poker School with Liv Boeree.
Titan Poker launches country races
16 Apr 2008
Titan Poker is currently staging online poker races for its Canadian, French, German, Italian, and UK players.
Penn National Gaming merger approved by New Mexico board
16 Apr 2008
Penn National Gaming, Inc. has received approval from the New Mexico Gaming Control Board for the pending merger of the Company and certain funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group and Centerbridge Partners, L.P.
Taiwan looks to open up gambling
16 Apr 2008
President-elect Ma Ying-Jeou has pledged to open up the island nation’s gambling business by revising the current Statute for Offshore Island Development.
Exec doesn't expect online ban to be lifted soon
15 Apr 2008
Although he supports congressional efforts to roll back the Internet gambling ban, the vice president of a poker Web site on Monday said he is skeptical that will happen in the near future.
IGT, Progressive Gaming team up
15 Apr 2008
International Game Technology and Progressive Gaming International Corporation report a broad-based strategic alliance.
PokerTrillion.com reports legal action against Boss Media
15 Apr 2008
PokerTrillion.com reports that at the First Hall Civil Court, Malta, they achieved a garnishee order on the bank accounts of Boss Holdings Limited and Boss Media Malta Poker Ltd.
PokerRoomSchool offers WSOP seat
15 Apr 2008
PokerRoomSchool is sending one lucky player to the World Series of Poker 2008 Main Event.
Titan Poker offers chance at main events
15 Apr 2008
Titan Poker is rewarding its VIP Club members with the opportunity to win free seats at two of the biggest poker events this spring.
MGM Mirage to cut 440 jobs
15 Apr 2008
MGM Mirage is laying off some 440 management employees at both the property and corporate levels, a response to the souring national economy but also part of a corporate belt-tightening program begun last year.
Official moves to block bet regulations
14 Apr 2008
Regulations to enforce an Internet gambling ban would be blocked under a bill introduced this week by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
Tabcorp, Tatts face uphill battle
14 Apr 2008
International News Brief: If Tatts Group and Tabcorp are serious about tendering for the $700 million Victorian wagering licence, they will have to think long and hard about antagonising the Victorian Government with threats to sue it for up to $1.2billion in compensation claims for losing the poker machine duopoly.
Purple Lounge sponsors Michelle Orpe
14 Apr 2008
Purple Lounge has responded to the explosive growth of interest among women poker players to Sponsor professional player and TV presenter Michelle Orpe.
Absolute Poker launches Assassin Bounty Tournaments
14 Apr 2008
As if Texas Hold'em wasn't intense enough, America's favourite poker game is about to get even more cutthroat with the launch of Absolute Poker's Assassin Bounty Tournaments.
Irish National Student Poker Champion crowned
14 Apr 2008
The National Student Poker Championship 2008, sponsored by Devilfish Poker, was won by James Scullion, a computer science student from Ballymena studying at Queens University, Belfast.
Congress moves to suspend internet gambling ban
14 Apr 2008
The Safe and Secure
Internet Gambling Initiative announced its support for new
legislation that would prohibit the Department of the Treasury
and Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing or implementing any
regulations related to the current ban on Internet gambling.
Harrah's, Orbitz sign deal
14 Apr 2008
Harrah's Entertainment has
increased its hotel distribution network in Atlantic City through an
agreement with Orbitz Worldwide.
RomeCasino.com hostesses turn heads
14 Apr 2008
RomeCasino.com's recent venture to the Casino Affiliate Convention turned quite a few Dutch heads as the beautiful Romegirls, or ragazze di roma as they are known, toured Amsterdam.
Harrah's audit finds 34 projects
11 Apr 2008
The audit found 34 projects at eight hotels in Clark County since 2000.
Record Bingo Gold jackpot won at Jackpotjoy
10 Apr 2008
The highest ever Bingo Gold jackpot was won this week by Lancashire’s Mark J, who’s now a massive £107,646.90 richer.
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